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Uplift Associates - Digital for beginners

Course title

Digital for beginners

The Digital for beginners course is designed to equip adults aged 19+ with essential digital skills for both professional and personal use. This course is perfect for anyone who wants to learn or improve their digital skills.

What to expect:

  • Foundational skills: Learn to use a laptop, mouse, keyboard, and navigate essential programs such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and File Explorer.
  • Email and internet basics: Explore how to access and use email, browse the internet, and perform effective web searches.
  • Digital safety: Understand how to stay safe online, including tips on password security, protecting personal information, and working safely at a computer.
  • Introduction to Microsoft Office: Get hands-on experience with MS package, learning key functions such as opening and closing files, using basic formulas, applying design themes, and navigating the menu ribbon.
  • Hardware and software basics: Gain an understanding of common hardware devices, application software, and key functions like switching on devices, using the start menu, and accessing system settings.

Key topics:

  • Safe computer use
  • Password security - tips for strong passwords
  • Navigating the internet/understanding webpage symbols
  • Using email to read, open, and send messages
  • Typing skills, copying, cutting, and pasting text and images
  • Maximising/minimising windows, and understanding menus
  • Introduction to hardware (input/output devices) and application software

By the end of this course, learners will have the confidence to use a computer and perform everyday digital tasks efficiently and safely, with a solid foundation to build upon for future learning.

Contact

[email protected]

0191 500 1233