Digital Skills for Citizens Programme - Beginners
Course Duration: 5 weeks x 2 hrs
Course 1: Tuesday 7th March 2017 – 10.00am – 12noon
Course 2: Tuesday 7th March 2017 – 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Course 3: Wednesday 8th March 2017 – 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Course 4: Thursday 9th March 2017 – 10.00am – 12noon
Course 5: Thursday 9th March 2017 – 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Course 6: Thursday 9th March 2017 – 7.00 pm – 9.00pm
Course 7: Tuesday 11th April 2017 – 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Course Cost: Free of Charge
Location: Enterprise House, O Brien Road, Carlow
Eligibility: - Age profile 45+
- Farming communities
- Small business owners (<10 people)
- Unemployed persons
- Persons with disabilities, and
- Disadvantaged groups
Course Content
Compulsory Elements
* Introduction to the internet * Online government services
* Internet safety & security * Conducting everyday transactions
* Email * Online voice and video calls
* Search engines and websites * Use of “Apps”
Additional Optional Element – Minimum of 2 from the following
* Social Media * Instructional videos on YouTube
* Playing Video, TV and Radio * Shopping online
* Online banking, including the process and security safeguards
* Revision.
For more information please contact Mary Wynne on 059 9129780
The Digital Skills for Citizens Programme is funded by The Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment, in line with the Government’s National Digital Strategy, as part of the Getting Citizens Online Programme.
