What can I learn?
Registering with Code Skills gives you access to three learning programmes:

Introduction to Using Computers
Introduction to Word Processing
Introduction to Spreadsheets
You may choose to study all of each learning programme or skip certain sections you feel confident in.

Each learning programme is divided into learning outcomes such as Document management and then into brief modules in which one or more skills are introduced and practised.

Click on Learning programme content (link) to view checklists of the skills you will develop.

Click on Module demo (link) to try one of our modules for yourself.

Tell me about the BTEC Award in IT
The BTEC Foundation Award in IT Desktop Skills is made up of three units which match the three Code Skills learning programmes. All three units must be passed to gain the Award.

Each unit is assessed by an online test undertaken at an approved testing centre. This will often be a local college or school. Click on BTEC (link) to see a list of approved testing centres in your region. You may be charged a fee to take each test by the testing centre.

Each test lasts one hour in which you will be asked to undertake about thirty tasks. You need to achieve 70% marks to pass. You will be told at the end of the test if you have passed and if there are any skills you need to develop further. You can take the test at any time in the year when you feel ready. A pre-test trial is also available as a “practice run”. You will be sent a certificate for each unit passed and your Award once all three units are passed.

The BTEC Foundation Award in IT Desktop Skills is an excellent basis upon which to go on to Intermediate level courses such as the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL).