What is the Basic Online Skills Course about?
Learn how to make the most of your smartphone or other devices with our free three-week course.
We'll show you how to search for information online - including for jobs, manage your apps, explore mobile banking and shopping, and improve your personal cybersecurity.
This course is for anyone with a smartphone or internet connected device who wants to get better at using it to find information, apply for jobs, handle everyday online tasks, and protect their personal information online.
What You’ll Learn:
- Get better at searching the web.
- Manage your apps more easily.
- Use mobile banking and shopping safely.
- Protect your personal data and stay safe online.
Who is this for?
It’s for anyone who wants to pick up useful skills to help with everyday life online and stay secure while doing so.
Note: This is not a coding or software development course.
Sign up now and start using your smartphone with more confidence!
Next start dates:
- London:
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March 24th, March 31st, April 7th - SW9 9SP
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- Sheffield:
- 8th, 15th, 22nd March - S1 4PD
How it works:
- Register your interest in participating in the training.
- We will contact you to confirm your eligibility and other details.
- You attend three in-person sessions and complete the homework.
- Receive a certificate of completion.
Our Campaign Partners
Our partners are organisations and charities helping people thrive and enhance their lives. They help us reach struggling professionals, refugees and people from disadvantaged backgrounds to give them access to the Basic Online Skills course for free.
What you will learn using your smartphone:
Week 1
- Key symbols/icons
- Browsing, searching & Generative AI
- Apps
- Social Media
- Translations
Week 2
- Gestures
- Digital Documents
- Professional emailing
- Personal Cybersecurity
- Scanning Documents
- Maps & Navigation
Week 3
- Online Banking
- Online Shopping
- Job platforms