Data Entry Skills

10FastFingers

• Test & improve your typing speed

How to Type

• Boost your typing efficiency with these handy tools!

Ratatype

• Learn to type faster

TypeRacer

• Award-winning online typing competition

Typing.com

• Learn to Type Faster and Easier for Free

Typing Test

• Check your typing skills in a minute

eMail Skills

GCFGlobal: eMail Basics Tutorial

• Learn how to use common email features and practice proper etiquette

GCFGlobal: Gmail

• Get an introduction to Gmail and learn how to manage, send, and respond to messages

GCFGlobal: Responding to email in Gmail

• Shows how to read an email, open attachments and reply to emails

GCFGlobal: Sending email in Gmail

• Shows how to compose an email, add an attachment, and create a signature that will appear on all of the messages you send

Google: Delete or Recover Gmail messages

• When you delete a message, it stays in your trash for 30 days. After 30 days, the message is permanently deleted from your account and can't be recovered.

Google: Open and Download Attachments in Gmail

• When you get an email with an attachment, you can download the attachment to your device

Google: Print Gmail Messages

• You can print individual messages or all messages inside a conversation

Google: Report Spam in Gmail

• In Gmail, you can report unwanted emails as spam. Emails you report as spam are added to Spam. As you report more spam, Gmail identifies similar emails as spam more efficiently

Google: Sending Attachments in Gmail

• Add attachments, like files or photos, to your emails

File Management

Computer Skills Course: File Management, Part 1

• YouTube video. Learn the core concepts of file management, including folders, filenames, and file extensions

Computer Skills Course: File Management, Part 2

• YouTube video: Learn basic file management techniques in Mac OS and Windows.

Manage Files and Folders with File Explorer (Windows 10)

• Well-illustrated article on file management in Windows 10

Perform Basic File Management Techniques

• Module from a Basic Computer Skills MOOC (from Wisc-Online - have a look at their other computer courses) introducing basic file management

Internet Skills

Age Action: Computer Tutor Resources (Internet Archive version)

• Computer training lesson plans

GCFGlobal: Chrome Tutorial

• Learn all about browsing, customizing, and bookmarking in Chrome, as well as personalizing your privacy and security settings.

GCFGlobal: Internet Basics Tutorial

• Improve your Internet skills so you can connect, use the cloud, download and upload files, and do more online.

GCFGlobal: Online Safety Tutorials

• These tutorials will provide you with the strategies, skills, and mindset needed to protect yourself, your computer, and your privacy online.

How Do Search Engines Work?

• The world wide web is made up of nearly 2 billion websites. To find a website, we use search engines (Google, mostly)

Online Research: Tips for Effective Search Strategies

• YouTube video explaining how to create a basic search strategy

Printing in Chrome

• Chrome's printing help page

Word Processing Skills

GCFGlobal: Google Docs Tutorial

• Learn how to use this free cloud-based program for creating professional documents.

GCFGlobal: Word Tutorials

• Use these tutorials to learn more about producing, editing, and sharing documents

GCFGlobal: Word 2013 - Checking Spelling and Grammar

• Tutorial on Word 2013's spelling and grammar checker

GCFGlobal: Word 2013 - Printing Documents

• How to print your documents

GCFGlobal: Word 2013 - Saving and Sharing Documents

• How to save, export and share documents directly from Word

Microsoft: Align Text Left or Right, Center Text, or Justify Text on a Page

• Learn how to change the orientation of text in paragraphs

Microsoft: Word Help & Learning

• Microsoft's Word support portal

Microsoft Word 2013 Tutorial - Formatting Text

• Part of a YouTube tutorial series created specifically for people to learn the basics and where to start with Microsoft Word 2013

Microsoft Word 2013 Tutorial - Spelling and Grammar Check

• YouTube video covering the Word Editor

Word 2010 | Setting Margins and Paragraph Alignment

• Learn how to set the document page margins and paragraph alignment.

Additional Resources

Digital Stepping Stones

• A free self-assessment tool that helps you check how digitally literate you are

Books

Absolute Beginner's Guide Computer Basics, Windows 11 Edition

• See eBooks page

The Internet for Dummies

• see eBooks page

Microsoft Office 365 For Beginners (Amazon)

• A beginner-friendly guide to Office 365. Not available in the Digital Library - s

Microsoft Word in Easy Steps

• see eBooks page

Windows 11 For Dummies

• see eBooks page

Windows 11 in Easy Steps

• see eBooks page

Courses

Alison.com

• Free online courses With certificates & diplomas. Over 1200 IT courses

Coursera

• Access 10,000+  courses, get guidance with Coursera Coach and earn recognized credentials

LinkedIn Learning

• Get guidance to develop the critical skills you need to advance your career. Requires a paid subscription

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)

• A comprehensive list of MOOCs and free online courses.

Open University

• Over 1000 free short courses from the Open University