Whether you’re exploring technology for the first time or refreshing your skills, our Digital Literacy Toolkit makes learning easy and engaging. Each short, step-by-step video walks you through essential tech topics — from using email and online tools to staying safe on the internet — so you can learn at your own pace and feel confident using technology at home, at work, and in your community.
Welcome to the beginner-friendly guide to understanding how to interact with a computer keyboard. This tutorial covers how to use a keyboard to navigate documents and provides examples of helpful keyboard shortcuts and their uses, and explains the differences between PC and Mac keyboards, including their different uses of function keys and certain key combinations.
Welcome to the beginner-friendly guide to understanding how to find, remove and restore files on your computer. We’ll look at how to access and navigate the File Explorer on Windows personal computers, how to delete files and the use of the Recycle Bin, how to select and move multiple files, and multiple keyboard shortcuts to make using your computer easier and more efficient.
Welcome to the beginner-friendly guide to understanding how to interact with a computer or device. This tutorial covers how to use the mouse, touchpad, or touch screen controls you may use to interact with your desktop computer, laptop, pad or phone, including how to use left and right mouse clicks, features of the mouse wheel, as well as touch screen actions like tap, drag, double tap, or press-and-hold, and how to zoom in and out on a computer or touch screen.
Welcome to our introduction to how to perform basic internet browsing. What is a browser? How do you perform a basic internet search? What is a “URL?” We’ll also look at how to use multiple tabs to look for more than one thing at a time.
Join us for a quick exploration of online privacy and what you can do to keep your information safe. We’ll look at the concept of the digital footprint and how to adjust privacy settings in applications such as Google Chrome, Facebook and Instagram. We’ll demonstrate such things as clearing the cache, enabling two-factor authentication, and adjusting the visibility of your accounts.
Thank you for joining us for our lesson on how to protect your privacy online. We’ll explore the concept of the “digital footprint,” how apps and websites collect our info and some things you can do to take control of these risks and responsibilities.
Join us for a quick look at distinguishing between reliable and unreliable information. In a world that is increasingly flooded with information, it can be hard to be sure what you can count on as true, so we’ll demonstrate some tips that may help.
In this lesson, we’re going to look at how to recognize scams online. We’ll look for red flags, including phishing attempts, prize scams, tech support scams. What questions should you ask yourself to be safe and protect yourself? What reliable information can help you avoid fraud and emotional manipulation online?
Welcome to an introduction and discussion of how to use generative artificial intelligence professionally. We’ll look at how to create clear prompts for such tasks as preparing for interviews or writing a resume.
Welcome to our introduction to email, where we will look at how to create an email account, create a strong password, write and send email, and log out of your account. We’ll also consider important things to remember about email security and etiquette.
Welcome to our introduction to basic email skills, including signing in and out, navigating the inbox, and forwarding, starring and deleting emails.
Welcome back to the “Introduction to Email” series. In this video, we are looking at how the use of “carbon copy and blind carbon copy,” also known as CC and BCC, which are important tools in email. We’ll also look at formatting email text, how to create a digital signature, how to give email labels, and even how to customize your Gmail theme.
Welcome to the beginner-friendly guide to understanding word processors, especially Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Learn how skills with these applications are valued in the modern markets, as well as how to navigate the basics of both. We’ll look at how to navigate the Word tabs and ribbons and the Google Docs menus, as well as how to use Page Setup.
Welcome to the beginner-friendly guide to Microsoft Word. In this video, we are looking at basics for Microsoft Word, including how to open the app on your computer or browser, how to find, open, save, print and share files, and important formatting features. We’ll also look at how to use Cut, Copy and Paste to move text around a document easily as well as Find and Replace.
Welcome to the beginner-friendly guide to understanding how to use some of the more advanced features of Microsoft Word to make your documents more interesting, dynamic and useful. This lesson covers the use of Styles, headings, the use of rulers and tabs, indents, headers and footers, page breaks, columns, cover pages, tables, adding pictures and icons, inserting links, and the design menu.
Welcome to our overview of spreadsheet software, including the basic functionality of applications like Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, compare their key components and identify factors for deciding which application to use.
Welcome to an introduction to navigating Microsoft Excel. We’ll look at how to navigate the menu and ribbons, including using the Home and Insert menus to format data and add charts. Other features include comments, the use of page layout, and themes.
Welcome to this lesson, where we’ll practice how to use Microsoft Excel. We’ll use a budgeting activity to practice how to rename a file, enter data, use simple formulas, change formatting, and how to access quick functions like Sort and Filter.
Welcome to our video lesson on sharing and collaboration with Microsoft Excel. In this video we’ll look at naming, renaming, saving and sharing files. We’ll look at how to check who can collaborate with your file, what permissions they have and how to communicate with them through comments.
Welcome to our introduction to Google Sheets. We will look at how to navigate the application, identify key features and apply basic formulas and naming conventions. We’ll look at important menus like File, Insert, Format and Data. We’ll also look at important keyboard shortcuts to make using Sheets easier.
Welcome to our video lesson on saving and collaboration with Google Sheets. In this lesson, we’ll be looking at how to navigate Google Sheets, create and manage spreadsheets, share documents with others, set permissions, and even look at best practices for communication and collaboration, such as adding comments.
Welcome to our tutorial for using O*Net to help you find jobs that match your skills, interests and goals. We’ll look at how to use the interest profiler, a salary estimator, and how to find occupations with bright outlooks in the future economy.
Physical components of a computer, including the motherboard and hard drive, as well as the monitor, speakers, and printers.
Basic comparison of operating systems like Windows, AppleOS, Android, iOS and Linux.
Ethical use of AI, AI prompting, common uses of AI in the workplace.
Fact checking, verifying materials, identifying AI.
Downloading, opening and sending attachments, and identifying unsafe attachments.
Identifying dangerous emails, preventing internet and email damaged, deleting and preventing unwanted emails, use of the spam folder.
Opening files, using templates, text formatting, and common menu navigation.
Tabs, headers, footers, graphics, tables, “smartchips”.
Online job boards, job searches, email alerts, responding to job postings, use of job hunt apps.
Uploading resumes, managing applications, saving jobs, submitting applications, and tracking application status.
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