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Digital for Life: Let's Get Online
This course is designed to develop your basic digital skills, confidence and enable you to access information and services online to make your life easier, such as finding out more about events, opportunities and support available in your local area.

Open Course Fees

B1: £0.00 (In London Resident)
B2: £0.00 (London Concessionary)
B3: £0.00 (Concessionary)
B4: £0.00 (Out of London Resident)
Prosp User 2

Open What will I learn?

By the end of this course you should be able to:
• Search for information online using key words
• Refine your search results
• Access information on the Hillingdon Council website
• Complete and submit an online form
• Identify signs of a safe website.
Prosp User 3

Open How will I be assessed?

You will record your progress through your Individual Learning Plan (ILP) and your tutor will provide you with ongoing feedback to support you.
Prosp User 4

Open What experience or qualifications do I need to start this course?

This course is designed for those with limited experience of using computers. You should be able to use a keyboard and mouse and to navigate the desktop or home screen.

If you are a complete beginner, you will benefit from attending our 'Digital for Life: Using a Computer' course before this one.

You will need to have a reasonable level of English in order to understand the topics covered in this course. This will be assessed when you enquire about the course.
Prosp User 5

Open Important Information

•You will be expected to be punctual and attend 100% of this course. Please do not book holidays in term time and let us know of any planned absences before you start the course. If you do not attend for 2 consecutive sessions, without prior notice you may be withdrawn, and this will reduce your chances of joining another course in the future.

•Learners may complete an Emotional Health and Wellbeing survey to help us identify and support these needs appropriately.

•We use a mixture of classroom based and online learning for classwork and homework.
Prosp User 14

Open Is there anything I need to bring? Are there any other costs?

No additional resources are required to attend this course.

Open Can I get extra help?

Yes. There are various ways to support your learning, subject to your individual circumstance and type of programme, please ask your tutor or the centre staff for more information on the following:
• Additional funding to pay for resources.
• Laptop, Loan and Learn scheme
• Homework Club
• Additional support within the classroom
Prosp User 6

Open After the course….

After completing this course you could progress to:
• another 'Digital for Life' workshop or short course
• an Essential Digital Skills for Work programme
• volunteering with Learn Hillingdon Adult Community Education or another community organisation.

Your tutor will be able to provide you with information about the most appropriate next steps for you.
Prosp User 7

Open What job opportunities could this lead to?

This course is designed to improve your basic digital skills and confidence and could form the first steps of your pathway to develop your digital skills for everyday life, learning and work.
Prosp User 8

Open How will I be able to give my views on the course?

• You can give your views through your ILP, course evaluation forms, surveys and our Compliments, Comments and Complaints forms which can be found in Centre offices.
• You may also choose to become a course representative for your class. Course Representatives can then stand for election onto our Learner Council
Prosp User 9

Open Safe learning

• We want you to enjoy your learning experience and feel safe, equal and respected while you are here with us. If you have any concerns, please report it to a member of staff or directly to a Designated Safeguarding Officer as soon as possible.

• To ensure that our learners can communicate with each other safely we offer a variety of functions in Google suite. We strongly discourage the use of other social media groups such as Whatsapp, which rely on personal data being shared.
Prosp User 10

Open How to apply/enquire

To apply for this course, please answer the questions in this online form by clicking on the link.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYXx9NUUYSlUAvwIUEQ6P0JQN0ubbiyTvYJhy_mS58XmJB4A/viewform?usp=sf_link

If you need help to complete this online form, please contact us by visiting or calling one of our Adult Education Centres. A member of the team will be in touch to discuss your answers and to make sure that this is the right course for you.
Prosp User 11
ITS1058
21/05/2024
09/07/2024
12:30 - 15:30
7 weeks
South Ruislip ALC
Please note – the course will only go ahead subject to sufficient enrolments.
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