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IT for Beginners
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Improve your computer skills and feel confident to move to an accredited course.
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Attendance - Part-time
Duration - 5 weeks
Start date - 25 September
Where - Pioneer Higher Skills Centre
Course Overview
Computers can be intimidating, especially if you didn’t grow up with them. Some tasks that seem simple to experienced users can seem impossible to new users. In this free, friendly course you’ll learn more about the types of computers and operating systems in use today. You’ll also gain a better understanding of the basic parts of a computer, how applications are used, connecting to the Internet, and much more.
To enrol on this course, please call the enrolment hotline on 01484 437100, open from Monday 11 August or email ace@kirkleescollege.ac.uk
To enrol on this course, please call the enrolment hotline on 01484 437100, open from Monday 11 August or email ace@kirkleescollege.ac.uk
Classes will run on Thursdays, 10:00am – 12:30pm
An assessment session will take place on Thursday 11 September at 12.30pm
An assessment session will take place on Thursday 11 September at 12.30pm
This computer basics course goes at your own pace to make sure you understand the basics. On the course you will learn buttons and ports on a Computer and what the basic parts do. You will learn about Microsoft office and the internet and how to keep yourself safe online. At the end of the course you will have the confidence to try new things and move on to our next digital level.
Computers can be intimidating, especially if you didn’t grow up with them. Some tasks that seem simple to experienced users can seem impossible to new users. In this free, friendly course you’ll learn more about the types of computers and operating systems in use today. You’ll also gain a better understanding of the basic parts of a computer, how applications are used, connecting to the Internet, and much more.
To enrol on this course, please call the enrolment hotline on 01484 437100, open from Monday 11 August or email ace@kirkleescollege.ac.uk
To enrol on this course, please call the enrolment hotline on 01484 437100, open from Monday 11 August or email ace@kirkleescollege.ac.uk
This computer basics course goes at your own pace to make sure you understand the basics. On the course you will learn buttons and ports on a Computer and what the basic parts do. You will learn about Microsoft office and the internet and how to keep yourself safe online. At the end of the course you will have the confidence to try new things and move on to our next digital level.
Classes will run on Thursdays, 10:00am – 12:30pm
An assessment session will take place on Thursday 11 September at 12.30pm
An assessment session will take place on Thursday 11 September at 12.30pm
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Free if you do not already hold a Level 1 in Digital Skills or have been assessed at Level 1 or below.
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