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The Basics
Learning Upgrade: Digital Literacy
Learning to Use Your Devices
Protect yourself
- Privacy and protecting your data
- Managing your money, especially online
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has clear consumer guidance on all money topics. This is the place to get informed and to submit a complaint if you’ve had an issue with a service or provider. This section on Bank Accounts and Services covers in-person and online essentials. Review their Frauds and Scams content to know what to avoid.
- TD Bank’s TD Digital Academy is a good example of the type of plain-language guidance you should expect from your financial institutions. Explore their section on Digital Banking 101.
- Scams and phishing
- Identifying fake news
Expand Your Skills
- Lifelong learning resources for your digital existence
- Learn Microsoft Office and more at LinkedIn Learning’s Lynda.com (accessible to Westchester Library System card holders) – There are mere than 3000 courses covering everything from how to use gmail to programming languages, photo editing and web design. Each course includes video and a transcript; stop and start as you need – you can even take notes when you make an account. (You do not need a LinkedIn account, but if you decide you want one – take a look at our Job Search Toolkit chapter on social media and the instructions on how best to use LinkedIn to showcase your skills.)
- Courses and professional certificates are available at no cost from Coursera (courtesy of the NYS Department of Labor) – A diverse offering worth exploring. Covers topics such as business writing, project management, negotiation, intro to HTML5, and more!
- Accessibility features.
Social uses