Safeguarding

Key Facts

  • Starting
    4 Jun 2025
    Location
    Merton
    Start Time
    13:00
    End Time
    15:30
    Duration
    5 Weeks
    Study Mode
    Part Time Day
    Days
    Wednesday
    Start Date
    4 Jun 2025
    Level
    Short Course
    Code
    MICX051ML

    Fees

    19+ Fee
    Free
Essential Digital Skills - Using The Internet and Staying Safe Online

This course is part of our non-accredited Essential Digitals Skills offer, designed to support you build confidence and develop the skills and knowledge needed to become a competent user in the modern digital world.
As part of the programmes, we are offering 5 courses scheduled in a chronological order to support you to progress gradually and systematically:

*Essential Digital Skills – Get to Know Digital Devices

*Essential Digital Skills – Using the Internet and Staying Safe Online

*Essential Digital Skills – Emails and Other Digital Communications

*Essential Digital Skills – Digital Transactions (Banking, Online Shopping, Online Forms)

You may also choose to only study on one of the above courses to learn about things that you feel least confident about. For example, you might feel that you know all about digital devices, the Internet and digital transactions, but you would like to learn more about emails. You will then enrol on our Essential Digital Skills – Emails and Other Digital Communications Course, for example.

  • Course Content


    Essential Digital Skills – Using the Internet and Staying Safe Online Course will support you build confidence in using the Internet. On this course you will learn how to connect your device to the Internet and navigate online using hyperlinks, menus and other navigation elements. You will also learn how to keep yourself and your personal information safe and protected by learning about ani-virus, firewalls, phishing emails or links, etc.

  • Progression Next Steps


    Progression Opportunities:

    The natural progression from this course will be onto our Essential Digital Skills – Emails and Other Digital Communications However, you may choose to do any of the other courses within this programme, depending on your personal needs.

  • Additional Information


    What is needed for the course:

    You can bring your own laptop, tablet or a Smart phone if you wish. We will provide you with a desktop or a laptop in our classroom. Please bring a notebook and a pen as there will be lots of note taking

  • Course Structure


    By the end of this course, you will be able to: • Connect and navigate the Internet independently to research and locate required information • Apply necessary methods to protect your personal information and privacy • Apply necessary methods to protect data on your devices

  • Assessment Details


    Your tutor will give you feedback and there will be some homework for you to do.