DGT-101Foundation

Digital foundations

Digital Literacy & Online Safety

Build confidence with computers, smartphones, files, email and safe internet use through practical Sierra Leonean examples.

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Next delivery

7 September 2026 – 18 September 2026

Teaching days: Monday–Thursday
Time: 09:30–12:30
Mode: Hybrid / Remote
Enrolment: Open for enrolment

What you will be able to do

Clear outcomes. Practical evidence.

Use a computer and smartphone confidently
Organise files and protect important information
Recognise scams, phishing and unsafe links
Communicate professionally by email

Course structure

Modules and lessons

Devices, files and reliable saving

Use phones and computers confidently while protecting work from storage limits and interrupted power.

Save, organise and back up your work25 min
Files, downloads and safe sharing15 min

Accounts and recovery

Protect accounts with unique passphrases, MFA and safe recovery information.

Passphrases, MFA and recovery codes25 min

Email, messaging and attachments

Communicate clearly and verify unexpected files before opening them.

Professional messages and safe attachments25 min

Scams, phishing and mobile money

Recognise urgency, impersonation, malicious links and QR-code payment fraud.

Stop, verify and report30 min

Privacy and digital footprints

Control permissions, location sharing and information that persists online.

Share less, review often25 min

Social media and reliable information

Check claims, respond to harmful behaviour and use reporting routes.

Check before you share30 min

Shared devices and low-data access

Use public or shared devices without leaving accounts and private files exposed.

Learn safely on a shared device25 min

Practical safety decisions

Combine safe-device, account, communication and verification skills.

Scenario practice and assessment preparation35 min

Access and progression

Know what the course requires.

The required capability matters; the learner does not have to personally own every device.

Who it is for

First-time or developing digital users, job seekers, small-business staff and community learners.

Hardware access

A smartphone supports personal study. A readiness-approved THNF centre supplies the keyboard-equipped computer required for practical work.

Software and practical access

Course software is available through the text-first pack, an approved offline installer or a readiness-approved THNF centre.

Possible progression

Office or administrative support trainee, data-entry assistant, digital-support volunteer or progression to an ICT pathway.

Progression is not a guarantee of employment or external certification.

Sierra Leone context

Low-cost/shared phones, mobile-data cost, Orange Money and Afrimoney safety, WhatsApp/email, misinformation and intermittent electricity.

Skills in context

Career directions and next steps

These are realistic directions that the skills can support—not promises of employment, job titles or external certification.

Digital support assistant
Office and administrative technology user
Customer-service technology user

Possible progression pathways

Digital skills and workplace productivity · Computer hardware and IT support · Beginner to intermediate web developer · Programming and software engineering · Data and databases · Networking, systems and cloud · Cybersecurity · Computer science and technology education