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Digital Confidence for the Workplace


Description
Stand out from the crowd and gain confidence for the Workplace!

The Digital Confidence for the Workplace course is a comprehensive experience delivered virtually. Students can discover what digital skills will help them succeed in the workplace.

Course modules:
Work Based software: spreadsheets, professional emails, presentations, teams meetings, Power Bi.
Networking and Research: how to create a LinkedIn profile, how to research online effectively.
AI and Gamification: using AI in job search, using AI in research, how platforms use gamification to engage.
Internet safety: how to critically think online and internet safety.
Coding: TinkerCAD, Python and Scratch.
Digital careers including discovering different career options and then the final project on a choice of four areas covered in the course, Data Analysis, AI, Coding or Research.
At the end of the scheme, students graduate with a Silver Industrial Cadet Award, a nationally recognised award that students can use as evidence of their experience and take forward to complement their future applications and career journeys.
*Compulsory task
Content
  • Introduction
  • Digital Confidence for the Workplace Introduction
  • FAQ document Digital Confidence Programme
  • *Pre-Course Survey
  • Module 1 Work Based Software
  • Module 1 Introduction to Spreadsheets
  • Module 1 How to Create an Engaging Presentation
  • Module 1 How to Send Professional Emails
  • Module 1 How to Create a Teams Meeting
  • Module 1 Power Bi Introduction
  • Module 1 Work Based Software Task
  • *Module 1 Work Based Software Task Submission
  • Module 2 Networking/ Research
  • Module 2 How to LinkedIn Professionally
  • Module 2 How to do academic research online effectively
  • Module 2 Networking/ Research Task
  • *Module 2 Networking/ Research Task Submission
  • Module 3 Gamification/ AI
  • Module 3 How platforms use gamification to engage
  • Module 3 Using AI to your advantage - job search
  • Module 3 Using AI to your advantage - research
  • Module 3 AI and Gamification Task
  • *Module 3 Gamification/ AI Task Submission
  • Module 4 Safety
  • Module 4 Internet Safety
  • Module 4 How to critically think online
  • Module 4 Internet Safety Task
  • *Module 4 Internet Safety Task Submission
  • Module 5 Coding
  • Module 5 TinkerCAD Moon Base Project
  • Module 5 TinkerCAD Instructions
  • Module 5 Scratch Game
  • Module 5 Scratch Instructions
  • Module 5 Python
  • Module 5 Coding Task
  • *Module 5 Coding Task Submission
  • Module 6 Digital Careers
  • Module 6 Digital Careers
  • Module 6 Digital Careers Task
  • *Module 6 Digital Careers Task Submission
  • Final Project
  • Final Project
  • *Final Project Submission
  • Evaluation
  • Industrial Cadets Next Steps
  • Additional Resources
  • *Completion Form Digital Confidence
  • *End of Course Survey
Completion rules
  • You must complete the units "*Pre-Course Survey, *Module 1 Work Based Software Task Submission, *Module 2 Networking/ Research Task Submission, *Module 3 Gamification/ AI Task Submission, *Module 4 Internet Safety Task Submission, *Module 5 Coding Task Submission, *Module 6 Digital Careers Task Submission, *Final Project Submission, *Completion Form Digital Confidence, *End of Course Survey"
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever