The Basic Digital Skills of Working Life

Opintojakson kuvaus

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

• Utilize and effectively use common digital tools in the working environment.
• Communicate purposefully and effectively in communication and interaction situations required in the working life.
• Critically evaluate information and describe the fundamental principles of information security and data protection.

The course consists of five modules: Information Technology, Communication, Information Retrieval, Image and Video, and Security. The course includes online materials, exercises, and assignments.

Arviointikriteerit

The course is evaluated on a scale of pass-fail.

Opintojakson työskentelytavat ja aikataulutus

The course is available 01.12.2023 – 30.06.2024.

• The course is conducted in the Canvas learning environment. You can complete this course flexibly at your own pace. The course has a recommended schedule, but deviating from it won’t affect the assessment, as long as you complete the course by its final availability date.

NOTE! The course material is in Finnish, but you can translate most of the assignments to English using browser’s translation function.

Registration is open continuously, and new registrations are accepted approximately once a week (less frequently during holidays).

Completing the course requires participants to have access to a computer and an internet connection.

Opintojakson tiedot

Many modern web browsers offer the possibility to translate web pages into different languages. Here are instructions for the most popular ones:

Microsoft Edge: 1. Open the webpage you want to translate. 2. Click on the three dots in the upper right corner and select ”Translate”. 3. Choose the desired target language from the drop down menu.

If the translate button is not visible, you can enable the translation feature in Edge’s settings: 1. Open Edge settings. 2. Go to the ”Languages” section. 3. Enable the ”Offer to translate” option.

Google Chrome: 1. Open the webpage you want to translate. 2. Click the translate button in the right edge of the address bar (the symbol is a sort of bookmark or A-letter within brackets). 3. Choose the desired target language from the dropdown menu.

If the translate button is not visible, you can enable the translation feature in Chrome’s settings: 1. Open Chrome settings. 2. Go to the ”Languages” section. 3. Enable the ”Offer to translate” option.

Mozilla Firefox: Firefox does not offer a built-in translation feature, but you can use translation extensions like ”Google Translator for Firefox”. Here are the instructions to enable this extension: 1. Open Firefox and go to Firefox’s add-on management. 2. Search for ”Google Translator for Firefox” and install it. 3. Open the webpage you want to translate, and click the translate button in the browser’s toolbar.

Safari: 1. Open the webpage you want to translate. 2. Click the translate button in the right edge of the address bar (two A-letters). 3. Choose the desired target language.

Opintojakson lisätiedot

This course as available also in Finnish ”Työelämän digitaitojen perusteet”. You cannot get credits from both implementations.

Opintojakson sisältö on sama kuin suomeksi ”Työelämän digitaitojen perusteet”. Jos olet jo suorittanut kyseisen opintojakson, et voi saada uutta suoritusmerkintää ja opintopisteitä saman opintojakson englanninkielisestä toteutuksesta.