Course content

This course is for adults who have limited digital skills and knowledge. It will prepare you with the basic skills you need to help you to become confident with digital skills. You can then use these skills to help you with employment and everyday life.

You'll become aware about how to keep yourself safe when using the internet and how to create secure passwords. You'll use different devices and explore accessibility settings to customise them to suit you. You'll use a keyboard on a computer, tablet or phone to help you to access local resources. This includes our website or searching for jobs.

The main aim is to build your digital skills and help you to become confident in the digital world. It helps you with the key skills and words.

This course will help you to:

Build digital skills and become aware of key words:

• Connect your device to a safe and secure Wi-Fi network.
• Know how to keep passwords and personal information safe.

Use digital devices and handle details in the right way:

• Understand and assess what details or content may, or may not, be reliable.
• Understand and conform with your organisation’s policy for IT use.

Create, edit, and store digital content:

• Understand that the cloud is a way to store information and content in a remote location.
• Organise information and content using files and folders on a device or the cloud.
• Use Microsoft Office to create working documents.

Share content and communicate effectively using digital devices:

• Understand the importance of communicating securely.

Be safe, confident, and responsible online:

• Understand the risks and threats involved in carrying out activities online and the importance of working securely.
• Be aware of common scams and what you can do to keep yourself safe.

You'll also gain the following skills for work:

• Work as part of a team, sharing ideas and helping peers to complete a task.
• Have a positive attitude to plan your own work and complete it within a timeframe.
• Be a good listener and follow instructions accurately.
• Be resilient and have the ability to stick with a task, even if things don’t go to plan. It will also teach you to learn from setbacks.
• Literacy and numeracy skills will be supported throughout the course.