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Computing and digital skills

Whether you are a beginner or already have some digital skills, there is a course to meet your needs and help you gain a qualification or employment.

This roll on roll off course is based on the National Essential Digital Skills Framework. Designed to help adults safely benefit from, participate in and contribute to the digital world, you will choose your own learning outcomes from across the modules in order to tailor your learning journey to suit your situation and need.

Entry 3

This is an entry level qualification course where you will develop your skills, following on from the Digital Essential Skills course. You will continue to gain experience of using appropriate computer software to complete tasks as you may be required to in a workplace or which will be useful in managing certain personal tasks.

Level 1

This qualification course will allow you to develop your skills following on from the Entry 3 Award in Using ICT or to gain a work ready qualification if you already have some experience of working with computers.

This is a qualification course which involve a minimum of 3 hours learning a week, where you will develop your skills following on from the Level 1 (Certificate) ITQ or have equivalent skills and want to gain a Level 2 qualification.

This roll on, roll off course is designed as a starting point for those who are new to using a computer or who have very little knowledge. It will provide you with the basics to get you started and to use email and the Internet.

This course is designed to help you develop and improve your Word, Excel and/or PowerPoint skills to the point where you feel competent to progress to a qualification course or move on to the next qualification level.  For those with ECDL Extra Level 2 we can help set you on your way to Level 3 (Advanced) by providing support with activities of the same level.

This course is designed for parents wanting to support their children and become more aware of the online dangers that we are facing in the digital world, parental concerns and devising an Internet agreement for your family.

The digital world is fast-moving. Today's digital people are moving from emails to shared drives.  Join this course and learn how to make the most of the cloud: What it is, how to share safely and its uses for home life and in business. Learn how to use the main free Cloud apps including Google Docs.

An introductory course for people interested in learning basic coding and programming as well as their application in real world examples.