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Digital for Life: Using the Internet
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: £00.00 (In London Resident)
B2: £00.00 (London Concessionary)
B3: £0.00 (Concessionary)
B4: £00.00 (Out of London Resident
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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
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Open How will I be assessed?

Throughout the course your tutor will assess your progress through a range of activities and you will record your progress through your Individual Learning Plan (ILP), where your tutor will provide you with ongoing feedback to support you.

Outside of class, you will need to dedicate time on a weekly basis to complete tasks set by your tutor.

In order to successfully achieve this qualification you will create a portfolio of evidence to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the required criteria.
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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.
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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 If you do not attend for 2 consecutive sessions, without prior notice you may be withdrawn, and this will reduce your chances of joining another course in the future.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.

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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

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Open After the course….

Your tutor will be able to provide you with information about the most appropriate next steps for you.
After completing this course you could progress to:
• Digital for Life: Using a Computer
• Digital for Life: Next Steps
• Improve your English Skills
• 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 3 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

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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.

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Open How to apply/enquire

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ITH1032
13/03/2026
01/05/2026
13:00 - 16:00
6 weeks
Harlington ALC
Please note – the course will only go ahead subject to sufficient enrolments.
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