Our Digital Skills courses are great for those looking to navigate the online world, improve work and technical skills, and get the guidance you need to feel more comfortable on your device.
Why choose these courses?
We offer courses for complete beginners to accredited courses in which you can gain qualifications you need to progress in your career.
- Delivered at centres or online with tutor support
- Access to Virtual Learning Environment with a range of excellent resources and guidance
- The following courses could be fully funded
- No previous experience needed
- First class tutors and resources
Essential Digital Skills Qualifications Initial Diagnostic Tool
The Basic Suitability Assessment will help determine if you are ready for Essential Digital Skills Qualifications or if you would benefit from first doing some additional preparation.
The Strengths and Weaknesses Assessment will assist tutors in identifying which level of EDSQ is likely to be most appropriate for you. It will also show where your strengths and weaknesses lie.
Each tool offers you the opportunity to receive an email containing a breakdown of your results. Emails will come from notifications@typeform.com, if you do not receive an email, please check your junk folder.
Results Checker
Once you have completed the Strengths and Weaknesses Assessment, you will receive a “score” in the confirmation email, you can use the below Score Checker tool to quickly lookup which level of Essential Digital Skills qualification is likely to be most appropriate.
Let’s Get Digital
Are you not currently using digital technology or perhaps you are using it in limited ways but would like more confidence to engage with the technology?
Our Let’s Get Digital course is suitable for those who have no or very little knowledge and experience of digital skills, and once completed, will have provided you with the foundation skills to move onto the Essential Digital Skills courses.
Duration: 7 weeks
Location: In centres, countywide
Price: Free
You will learn how to:
- turn on a device
- use the available controls on a device
- make use of accessibility tools on a device to make it easier to use
- interact with the home screen on a device
- connect a device to a safe and secure Wi-Fi network
- use the internet to access information and content
- open a browser to find and use websites
- ensure that passwords and personal information are kept safely as they have value to others
- update and change a password when prompted to do so
How to enrol
You will need to book an assessment session at one of our centres before enrolling on this course. Please enrol online or call, 0345 603 7635
Essential Digital Skills
The Essential Digital Skills courses will enable you to benefit from, participate in and contribute to the digital world of today and the future. These courses assume you have some foundation skills on which to build your confidence to engage with digital technology.
Duration: 18 weeks
Location: In centres, countywide
Price: Free
There are five categories of Essential Digital Skills for life and work:
- Communicating online
- Using devices and handling information
- Transacting (buying) online
- Creating and editing
- Being responsible, safe and legal online
For more information about what the essential digital skills standards are, please view the Gateway Qualifications infographic.
How to enrol
You will need to book an assessment session at one of our centres before enrolling on this course. Please enrol online or call, 0345 603 7635
IT Skills Using Microsoft Office (Online courses)
Microsoft Word
During the course you will learn how to enter/delete and amend text and other characters, change the display of text, enter images such as photos or logos, adjust the page layout including margins and paragraph settings, creating tables, save and print your work and quickly send it off as an email attachment.
Duration: 7 weeks
Price: Price on Application
Microsoft Excel
During the course you will learn how to enter, delete and find data, basic formatting, analysing data using charts, and ways of sorting your work, save and print options and how to make simple calculations.
Duration: 7 weeks
Price: Price on Application
Microsoft PowerPoint
This course will teach you the basic elements of Microsoft PowerPoint that are frequently used in the workplace or for personal use. It will include how to edit, format, and prepare slides and produce effective presentations.
Duration: 7 weeks
Price: Price on Application
Principles Of Cyber Security L2 NCFE
In an increasingly digital world, cyber security is fast becoming a main concern for many organisations. With complex online scams and cybercrime, it’s essential that organisations have an understanding of preventative measures to maintain cyber security, including techniques and security checks needed to store data securely. This distance learning course is a key starting point for anyone looking to begin their career in cyber security.
Benefits
- Achieve a nationally recognised Level 2 qualification
- Further your personal and professional development
- Learn at a time that suits you without the need to attend college. You will have the support of a tutor with your learning through planned tutorials and/or workshops sessions.
What you will learn
- Introduction to cyber security
- Understand terminology used in cyber security
- Understand legal and ethical aspects of cyber security
- Understand common threats to cyber security
- Understand methods of maintaining cyber security
- Working with others in cyber security
IT Skills Tasters & Short courses
These online taster session will help you learn ways to improve your digital skills including topics such as Stop Frame, Being Safe online, Coding, Email, Microsoft and more more!
How to enrol
Further details, including course information sheets, are available through the full list of courses.
If you are interested in gaining a qualification (European Computer Driving License), please visit our ECDL page.
We are happy to provide you with more information about our courses before you make a decision. Fill out the contact form below and one of our tutors will get back to you.
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