Introduction to Digital
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Less than 30 minutes
What are digital capabilities?
Format: Video
Duration: 2 minutes
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: What are digital capabilities and why are they important? Technology is entering nearly all aspects of our life, this video helps to explain why it is important to think about your digital capabilities and how these can help you to live, learn and work in a digital society.
User rating: 4.75/5 (based on 5 reviews)
SQA digital learning guides
Format: eLearning
Duration: Up to 30 minutes
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: Digital learning guides take learners through some commonly used websites. Each guide provides screen capture videos showing how to navigate web pages, highlighting functions, icons and terminology used.
User rating: 5/5 (based on 1 review)
Digital dictionary
Format: Online document
Duration: Up to 30 minutes
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: A guide that simplifies the language of the internet, with the aim of helping us all make the most of life in an online world.
User Rating: 4/5 (based on 1 review)
Digital dictionary - understanding tech jargon
Format: PDF document
Duration: Up to 10 minutes
Audience: Intermediate
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: A short jargon buster to help you understand the most common techy terms.
User Rating: 4.5/5 (based on 2 reviews)
Microsoft 365
Format: Webpage & Video Content
Duration: Up to 30 minutes
Audience: Beginners in NHS Scotland
Account creation/sign in required: Yes (NHS Scotland M365 account)
Description: A collection of guidance and video content on how to get started on Microsoft 365, including what Microsoft 365 is, how to sign in and how to check the type of Microsoft 365 license you have.
User rating: 4/5 (based on 1 review)
Internet basics
Format: Webpage and video
Duration: Up to 30 minutes
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: Improve your Internet skills so you can connect, use the cloud, download and upload files, and do more online.
User rating: 4/5 (based on 1 review)
Between 30 minutes and 1 hour
What we mean by ‘digital’: a guide
Format: Webpage
Duration: 30 minutes - 1 hour
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: The term ‘digital’ often gets conflated. To try to end that, Catalyst has produced this guide. It offers definitions of the different things we can mean when we talk about digital to help everyone in the sector to have greater clarity.
User Rating: 4/5 (based on 2 reviews)
Between 1 and 2 hours
How to get started online
Format: eLearning
Duration: 1 - 1.5 hours
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: This course aims to help you find the right device for your needs, get it connected online and take the first steps using it. You'll also learn about features on your device that can make accessing technology easier for you.
User rating: 4/5 (based on 1 review)
Online essentials for beginners
Format: eLearning
Duration: 1 to 2 hours
Audience: Beginners
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: This course will help you take your first steps to exploring the online world. You will be introduced to a range of topics that cover some basic skills that you might need to do a variety of things online.
User rating: 3.5/5 (based on 2 reviews)
Starting to use the internet
Format: eLearning
Duration: 1 - 2 hours
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: Introductory eLearning modules focussed on navigating around websites, features of online forms, search engines, website addresses, connecting to the internet and safely accessing online services.
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Between 3 and 5 hours
Digital skills for work and life
Format: eLearning
Duration: 4 hours (2 hours per week for 2 weeks)
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: On this two-week course from Accenture, you’ll explore the meaning of digital and how it’s changing the way we work and live. You’ll discover digital’s impact on industries and jobs and consider the opportunities and challenges it brings.
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IT in everyday life
Format: eLearning
Duration: 4 hours
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: This course will enable you to gain an understanding of the information and communication technologies that drive our networked world and how they now permeate our everyday lives.
User rating: 4/5 (based on 1 review)
Windows basics
Format: Online tutorial
Duration: Up to 5 hours
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: This tutorial is designed to show you the absolute basics of using a Windows computer, including how to use the desktop, how to open different files and applications, and how to move and resize windows.
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More than 5 hours
Get started online
Format: Online tutorial
Duration: 5 hours
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: Understand essential digital and life skills you need to get started and succeed online.
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Internet of everything
Format: eLearning
Duration: 15 hours
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: The internet of everything (IoE) is the networked connection of people, process, data and things. The goal of this course is to introduce you to fundamental concepts and technologies that enable the IoE and help you understand its benefits as well as potential risks. The course presents introductory material and is intended to be easily completed by anyone with a basic appreciation of computer technologies.
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Introducing computing and IT
Format: eLearning
Duration: 10 hours
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: This course provides a general overview of how digital technologies have come to dominate virtually every aspect of the modern world and some guidance on how to prepare for this digital life. It raises awareness of the importance of data security and online safety. It also provides an explanation of the internal structure and workings of a typical computer and describes hard and solid state drives in some detail.
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An introduction to computers and computer systems
Format: eLearning
Duration: 16 hours
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: This course challenges how we view computers through the examples of processors in kitchen scales and digital cameras, as well as examining the work of art that, at heart, is a computer. You will also explore how computers are connected together to achieve even more than when working alone.
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Succeeding in a digital world
Format: eLearning
Duration: 24 hours
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: This course will develop your confidence and skills for life online, whether study, work or everyday life. It explores a range of digital skills and practices, including digital identity, digital well-being, staying safe and legal, finding and using information and online tools, and dealing with information overload.
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23 things digital list
Format: Webpage
Duration: 20 to 30 hours
Audience: Beginners in Social Services
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: Work your way through 23 digital things to support your practice and learning in social and health services.
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