Introduction
Expand economic opportunity for everyone
Digital skills can play a powerful role in helping people connect, learn, engage with their community, and create more promising futures. This course can help individuals gain the digital skills necessary to engage in a digital economy and improve livelihoods.
Who Should Enrol
The Digital Literacy Course is available for any South African.
To register, learners will need a device, such as a phone, tablet or computer, with internet connectivity and a web browser as well as a valid email address.
Additionally, each delegate would require a valid South African ID.
Course Design
The course is designed for both self-paced individual study or classroom use. If you are completing the course through independent study, you can read the lessons, watch the videos, and complete the knowledge checks without further instruction.
In a classroom environment, the course may be used to supplement additional classroom courseware, or it may be used on its own, depending on the choices made by your instructor or learning center.
The following Learning Paths will be covered:
- Work with computers
- Access information online
- Communicate online
- Participate safely and responsibly online
- Create digital content
- Collaborate and manage content digitally
Course Duration
The time commitment required to complete the course will vary by learner and experience level. We estimate at least 1.5 hours per module, or 9 hours to complete the full course.
Certification
Learners no longer need to take a final assessment to validate their skills.
You will receive a 'Certificate of Completion' when you are finished with all the modules.
Contact
Please contact our support line if you need any assistance.
Tel: 012 111 7000
Email: support@ps.studio
FAQ
- Basic digital knowledge on how to use a computer
- How to use the Internet
- How to keep yourself and your computer safe online
- How use Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Phone, Tablet or Computer with Internet connectivity
- South African ID number
- Email address
- For any user support queries, please feel free to browse our comprehensive help page by clicking here
- Starting an online chat with one of our support consultants by clicking the green “chat” button at the bottom right hand corner of your screen. If all of our support consultants are busy, please leave a message in the chat box and we will contact you as soon as we are available
- Alternatively, please feel free to send an email to support@vertice.software or
- You can call for support on 012 111 7001
- For any user support queries, please feel free to browse our comprehensive help page by clicking here
- Starting an online chat with one of our support consultants by clicking the green “chat” button at the bottom right hand corner of your screen. If all of our support consultants are busy, please leave a message in the chat box and we will contact you as soon as we are available
- Alternatively, please feel free to send an email to support@vertice.software or
- You can call for support on 012 111 7001
- For any course content or course-related queries, please contact Foundation for Professional Development School of Information Technology by sending an email to itschool@foundation.co.za or
- You can call for support on 012 816 9000
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