Digital Skills: create, connect and stay safe
Create documents, presentations and spreadsheets. Find useful information, draft emails and make safer choices online.
Hello World Learning
- Units
- 9
- Level
- Beginner
- Learning format
- Self-paced
- Content language
- English
About this course
Create documents, slides and spreadsheets; search information, draft email and make safer online choices. Build a Women in Technology presentation in nine free, self-paced units.
What you will learn
- Navigate a device, organise files and select useful digital tools.
- Create readable documents, slides and a spreadsheet with checked calculations.
- Search for information and compare the evidence behind a claim.
- Draft appropriate emails and recognise suspicious messages.
- Make thoughtful choices about privacy, social media and digital careers.
What you will make
A digital learning portfolio: a sample CV document, communication slides, a cost spreadsheet, an email draft and a final Women in Technology presentation.
Your learning journey
Open a unit to see what you will work towards. Enrol to access its lessons and practice.
Unit 1: Computer basics, terminology and digital tools
Navigate a device, create and find a file, and select useful digital tools.
Unit 2: Word processing
Create a readable fictional profile document and a formatted sample CV.
Unit 3: Presentations
Build and rehearse a readable five-slide communication presentation.
Unit 4: Spreadsheets
Create a labelled cost sheet, calculate a total and check it manually.
Unit 5: Internet and web searches
Navigate a web address and compare sources for a practical question.
Unit 6: Email
Draft an appropriate message with safe recipients and an attachment plan.
Unit 7: Social media and online safety
Plan a responsible profile and practise privacy and scam decisions.
Unit 8: Digital lifestyles and careers
Compare benefits and barriers, then choose a realistic next learning step.
Unit 9: Final presentation and reflection
Build and review a Women in Technology presentation using verified evidence and your portfolio.
How you will learn
- Learn: read the short lessons and try the worked examples.
- Practise and save: save your notes or files in each unit. Return to improve them whenever you need.
- Check and revise: compare your answers with the guidance, revise your work and mark the self-check done.
Learn at your own pace, with no deadlines or trainer approval gates. Your saved practice is visible to you and authorised course staff; public sharing is not required.
The core teaching is available in the online lessons. PDFs and interactive exercises are optional. Keep your own copies of useful work.
Before you start
For beginners who want practical digital skills for everyday life, work and community learning.
- A suitable computer or tablet with document, presentation and spreadsheet tools.
- A place to save and find your practice files.
- Internet access for search practice, lessons and saved work.
You can read lessons on a phone. Some phones limit document formatting, formulas and slide editing; a written plan does not replace hands-on practice with suitable tools.
Life Skills is recommended preparation for confidence, communication and the sample CV. You may enrol directly in either course.
Paid software, sending an email, creating outside accounts, recording video and presenting publicly are not required.
RECOGNISE YOUR PROGRESS
A certificate of completion
Complete the required readings, save your practices and confirm your self-checks. Then pass the final knowledge check to earn your Hello World completion certificate.
- 20 final questions
- Pass mark: 80%
- Unlimited attempts
- No time limit
Your highest score is retained. Review the feedback and revisit lessons before trying again.
Once you qualify, download your PDF from the certificate activity at no extra cost. Issued certificates are also available in My certificates.
Public verification by code or QR shows your name, course, issuer and award date. It does not show your email or practice work.
This recognises course completion; it is not an accredited qualification or an identity check.
Take your next step
Open the course and begin with its welcome guide. You can pause and return to your saved work.