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Digital Foundations

Everyday digital confidence and safety, from using a computer properly to email, files, online forms and staying safe online.

Area status: Open — early accessStarter → Capable

Open to learners today. New and still being improved. Tell us if anything is unclear.

At a glance

  • 3 training programmes
  • Levels: Starter → Capable
  • Used in 16 seed pathways
  • 23 skills
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Training in this area

3 training programmes

Each programme shows its own status. Planned modules are an outline and may change before they are built and reviewed.

Status: Open — early access

Computer Skills (Windows & Mac)

Find your way around a Windows or Mac computer, look after your files, stay safe and fix the small problems yourself.

  • Level range: Starter → Capable
  • No related pathway yet
  • About 6 hours (estimate)

Units

  1. Know Your Computer
  2. Files and Folders on Windows and Mac
  3. Keyboard, Mouse and Trackpad Shortcuts
  4. Browsers and Downloads on a Computer
  5. Cloud Storage on Your Computer
  6. Settings That Matter
  7. Keep Your Computer Safe
  8. Fix It Yourself
  9. Work-Ready Habits
  10. Computer Skills Practical Project (reviewed practical assessment)

What you’ll practise

  • Finding an app and a file on Windows and on a Mac
  • Using the shortcuts that save the most time
  • Deciding whether a downloaded file is safe to open
  • Checking updates, security and the screen lock
  • Closing a frozen app and freeing disk space

Skills

  • Desktop and window navigation
  • Files and folders in Explorer and Finder
  • Keyboard, mouse and trackpad shortcuts
  • Browsers and downloads on a computer
  • Cloud folders, sync and backup
  • Computer settings
  • Keeping a computer safe
  • Fixing common computer problems
  • Work-ready computer habits
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Digital Foundations

Everyday digital skills, step by step: your device, the web, email, files, staying safe and taking part online.

  • Level range: Starter → Capable
  • 16 related pathways
  • About 8 hours (estimate)

Units

  1. Your Device and Digital Confidence
  2. Browsers and Search
  3. Email Basics
  4. Files and Folders
  5. Cloud Storage
  6. Passwords and Two-Step Verification
  7. Online Scams and Safety
  8. Video Meetings
  9. Online Forms
  10. Digital Foundations Practical Assessment (reviewed practical assessment)

What you’ll practise

  • Organising files and folders in a safe simulation
  • Spotting scam messages and fake sign-in pages
  • Setting up two-step verification
  • Completing an online form accurately

Skills

  • Device navigation
  • Basic digital judgement
  • Browser use
  • Web search
  • Email communication
  • Scam recognition
  • File management
  • Cloud storage
  • Online safety
  • Password hygiene
  • Multi-factor authentication
  • Video meeting participation
  • Online form completion
Status: Planned

Everyday Online Services

Use banking, government, employer and other online services with confidence, and recover accounts safely when something goes wrong.

  • Level range: Starter → Capable
  • No related pathway yet

Planned modules

  1. Official websites and apps
  2. Creating and recovering accounts
  3. Online banking safely
  4. Government and employer portals

What you’ll practise

  • Recognising an official service website
  • Recovering a locked account in a simulation

Skills

  • Online form completion
  • Online safety
  • Managing online accounts

Best after: Digital Foundations

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Open — early access

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