Use a computer without fighting it
Digital Foundation
This module is about the layer underneath everything else. Where files actually live, why a document arrives broken, what a browser is really doing, and how to stop losing work. None of it is glamorous and all of it is assumed. People who are missing these fundamentals do not usually know it — they just find that computers take them longer than they take everyone else, and quietly conclude they are bad with technology. They are not.
Lessons
- 0116 min
Where your files actually are
Stop losing work. Understand the one idea — folders inside folders — that every computer, phone and cloud drive is built on.
You keep: Can find any file, put it somewhere sensible, and get it back later.
- 0218 min
File formats, and why things break
Why a document arrives looking wrong, why a file will not open, and what the letters after the dot actually mean.
You keep: Can pick the right format to send something in, and work out why a file will not open.
- 0318 min
What a browser is actually doing
URLs, tabs, accounts, extensions and why a page will not load. The tool you use all day and were never taught.
You keep: Can read a URL, spot a fake one, and fix a page that will not load.
- 0418 min
Cloud storage, and who can see your files
What "the cloud" actually is, why sync is not backup, and the sharing setting that leaks documents.
You keep: Can share a file with exactly the right people, and knows their work is genuinely backed up.
- 0520 min
Passwords, and not getting locked out
Why reusing one password is the risk you actually face, and the setup that fixes it in an afternoon.
You keep: Has unique passwords they do not memorise, and can still get in when a device is lost.