What you’ll learn
Digital Skills Training covers three themed modules: Digital Communication, Digital Creation, and Online Buying and Selling.
Course details:
- To complete one module, it will cost $120 per person.
- Each module includes five hands-on workshops that are taught over two weeks.
- Every workshop will run for 90 minutes and include breaks.
Module 1: Digital Communication
Learn how to use email, stay safe online, and communicate confidently.
Skills you will have after completing this module:
- Explain what digital communication means and understand why digital communication is important in everyday life
- Identify different ways people communicate online and the tools used
- Writing simple, clear emails using polite and professional language
- Understand the different email functions, such as reply all
- Recognise different types of scam and phishing emails and how to delete them safely
- Know what social media is and how it connects people
- Recognise safe and unsafe behaviour on social media
- Explain what a digital identity is and why it’s important to protect it
- Recognise what a government website looks like and what it is used for
- Understand how to upload and download files
Module 2: Digital Creation
Get creative with simple, fun tools for making digital content.
Skills you will have after completing this module:
- Understanding what digital creation means and why it is important
- Knowledge of how to use Canva and how to save your work
- Learn how to write about yourself
- Understand a resume structure and how to organise skills, education and work history
- How to create positive self-image content
- Design simple social media posts and share safely
Module 3: Online Buying and Selling
Learn how to shop and sell online safely and confidently.
Skills you will have after completing this module:
- Have an understanding of digital promotion
- Identify different online marketplaces
- Recognise ways to stay safe online when buying or selling
- Use keywords to search for an item online
- Check if a seller is real or safe to buy from and how to communicate with them in a polite and clear way
- Know what to do if a product is wrong, broken, or doesn’t arrive
- Understand how to compare products and prices
- Understand basic online banking functions and the best and safest payment methods
- Understanding how to become a seller online for products and/or services
- Understand how to communicate with a buyer in a polite manner
- Know how to handle questions, returns, problems and feedback or reviews
