Building Your Digital Skills – Week 4

Building Digital Skills

Download Practice Activities

Create folders • Download documents • Add text • Use voice typing • Save your work • Send emails

📋 Lesson Information

  • Create a lesson folder before starting.
  • Download all 3 worksheets.
  • Complete each activity carefully.
  • Save all work inside your lesson folder.
  • Email your completed work to your tutor.

📁 Part A — Create a Folder

  1. Create a new folder using your name and today’s date.
  2. Save the folder inside: Documents
  3. Name the folder: Your Name Today’s Date
  4. Save all worksheet activities inside this folder.

💡 Example folder name: John Smith 28 May 2026

⬇️ Part B — Download Practice Activities

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Worksheet 1

Download the document and add 3 sentences about how you use technology.

📄 Download Worksheet 1
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Worksheet 2

Practise using voice typing and accessibility features in Microsoft Word.

📄 Download Worksheet 2
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Worksheet 3

Complete the formatting task and practise editing a document.

📄 Download Worksheet 3

📝 Part C — Knowledge Check

1. Which folder is usually used to store downloaded files?

2. Which feature allows you to speak and the computer types your words?

3. What should you do after completing your work?

📧 Part D — Email Task

When all worksheets are complete, email your work to your tutor.

  1. Open your email account.
  2. Create a new email.
  3. Use the subject line: Building Digital Skills
  4. Attach all completed worksheets.
  5. Check that your files are attached correctly.
  6. Send the email.

🎉 Well Done

You have completed today’s Building Digital Skills activities.

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⭐ Part E — Challenge Activities

Finished the lesson? Try these challenge activities to practise your typing, proofreading, formatting and research skills.

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PDF 1 — Typing Challenge

Type the information into a Word document and correct the spelling and grammar mistakes.

  • Typing practice
  • Correct spelling mistakes
  • Add headings
  • Save your work
📄 Download PDF 1
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PDF 2 — Accessibility Support Scenario

Create an accessibility information document using online research and formatting tools.

  • Research accessibility settings
  • Insert online images
  • Change colours and fonts
  • Add page borders and page colour
📄 Download PDF 2

🚀 Challenge Yourself

Try to complete both challenge activities independently using the digital skills you have practised today.

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