Digital essentials
Everyday skills. Lasting confidence.
Build practical computer skills, protect your information, and work with open productivity tools.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPLORE
- Understand everyday computer tasks
- Work with documents, spreadsheets, and slides
- Build safer online habits
Get comfortable with computers
Start with the skills and concepts you use every day.
Your digital essentials roadmap
Get an overview of the digital skills covered by the ICDL learning material and choose a starting point.
Computer essentials
Start with the role of a computer, its main components, and the tasks it helps you perform.
Computer and online essentials
Explore the hardware, software, and online concepts that support everyday computer use.
How computers work
Build a first mental model of instructions, processing, and the parts that work together inside a computer.
Create and collaborate
Turn ideas and information into useful work.
Write with LibreOffice Writer
Build practical document skills with an introduction to LibreOffice Writer and structured writing.
Work with LibreOffice Calc
Explore spreadsheet structure, calculations, and ways to organize information using LibreOffice Calc.
Present with LibreOffice Impress
Explore how to organize an idea and turn it into a clear presentation using LibreOffice Impress.
Work together online
Explore the tools and habits that help people share information and work together across the internet.
Build good digital habits
Explore safety and put your knowledge into practice.
Protect your digital world
Explore personal information, online risks, and practical cybersecurity concepts in the ICDL material.
Everyday cybersecurity
Explore practical ways to protect a computer, a network, and the information you use every day.
Tech Quest
Explore computing, programming, AI, networking, and open source through an interactive question-based activity.
STAY CURIOUS
Your next idea starts here.
Explore something new. Build on what you know.