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Digital Literacy for the Workplace

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Excel 2013 for the Workplace

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Excel 2016 for the Workplace

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Excel 365 for the Workplace

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Excel for the Workplace

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Microsoft 365 Overview

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Microsoft Teams

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Office 2013 Essentials for the Workplace

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Office Essentials for the Workplace

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Outlook for the Workplace

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Increased productivity

There is a clear link between staff increasing their IT skills and increased productivity in the workplace but don't take our word for it... In a survey of 3000 staff, over 90% stated they had increased their productivity in the workplace having undergone IT Training as part of the IT Skills Pathway.

Working to a recognised standard

How often have you seen a job description that asks for "good IT skills", "sound knowledge of Microsoft Office" or something similar? The trouble is, these tend to be very subjective terms. By implementing the IT Skills Pathway, you can provide your organisation with an objective, measurable standard that is accompanied by customisable assessment and learning tools.

Not reinventing the wheel

Whilst every organisation has different IT skills requirements, we believe there are certain core skills required by all staff. The IT Skills Pathway "for the Workplace" courses provide you with these core skills and also allows you to customise course content to suit your individual organisational needs. Designing, authoring and hosting your own learning is a time consuming and costly process. The IT Skills Pathway provides you with a system where this hard work has already been done for you - releasing your training staff to concentrate on other projects.

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Digital Literacy for the Workplace - Course Outline

Getting started

Digital literacy
Digital citizenship

Digital devices

Introducing digital devices

Apps, applications and files

Manufacturers, operating systems and applications
Managing files
Using external devices and storage
Sharing information

Staying safe

Viruses, malware and virus checkers
Phishing and unverified links
Your digital footprint
Password security

Communication

Using email and webmail
Online chat
Blogs and podcasts
Social networks
Etiquette and ethics

The Internet

Connecting to the internet
Web browsers
Using search engines
The Internet of Things

Digital Skills for the Workplace - Course Outline

Mouse skills

Moving the mouse, clicking and dragging
Scrolling

Keyboard skills

Letters and numbers
Capital letters
The insertion point / text entry cursor
Punctuation and symbols
The return key
Backspace and delete
The tab key

Switching on and off

Power switches and switching on
Logging on
Changing your password
Locking the computer
Logging off
Restarting
Shutting down

Working with windows

The desktop
The Start menu
Parts of a window
Maximise, minimise, close and restore
Moving a window
Resizing a window

Working with applications

Starting applications
Working with dialogue boxes and task panes
Opening files
Switching between windows
Overtyping
Selecting text
Using the clipboard cut, copy and paste
Copyright images
Using task manager
Snipping tool
The problem steps recorder

File management

Introducing the computer filing system
The 'This PC' window
Locating your network drive
Working with folder explorer view
Finding and opening files and folders
Sorting files
Creating folders
Moving and copying files and folders
Renaming files and folders
File compression
Deleting files
Emptying the recycle bin

Web skills

Introducing web browsers
Using web addresses
Searching the web
Finding and following links
Using web forms

Excel 2013 for the Workplace - Course Outline

Workbooks and worksheets

Working with Workbooks
Managing Worksheets
Freeze panes
Split panes
Add headers and footers to worksheets

Entering data

Entering data in the Worksheet
Copying, moving and Auto-Filling data
Define names for cells and cell ranges
Using absolute and relative addresses
Insert and delete rows, columns and cells
Hide and unhide rows or columns
Use pick lists
Use comments

Sorting and filtering

Sorting data
Filter data using AutoFilter

Formatting data

Formatting cells
Format worksheets
Visualise data with conditional formatting

Working with charts

Understanding charts
Changing the chart layout

Formulas and functions

Create and edit simple formulas
Trace formula precedents and dependents
Using common built in functions
Understand error messages

Excel 2016 for the Workplace - Course Outline

Workbooks and worksheets

Working with workbooks
Managing worksheets
Freeze panes
Split panes
Add headers and footers to worksheets

Entering data

Entering data in the worksheet
Copying, moving and auto-filling data
Define names for cells and cell ranges
Using absolute and relative addresses
Insert and delete rows, columns and cells
Hide and unhide rows or columns
Use pick lists
Use comments

Sorting and filtering

Sorting data
Filter data using AutoFilter

Formatting data

Formatting cells
Format worksheets
Visualise data with conditional formatting

Working with charts

Understanding charts
Changing the chart layout

Formulas and functions

Create and edit simple formulas
Trace formula precedents and dependents
Using common built in functions
Understand error messages

Excel 365 for the Workplace - Course Outline

Workbooks and worksheets

Working with workbooks
Managing worksheets
Freeze panes
Split panes
Add headers and footers to worksheets

Entering data

Entering data in the worksheet
Copying, moving and auto-filling data
Define names for cells and cell ranges
Using absolute and relative addresses
Insert and delete rows, columns and cells
Hide and unhide rows or columns
Use pick lists
Use comments

Sorting and filtering

Sorting data
Filter data using AutoFilter

Formatting data

Formatting cells
Format worksheets
Visualise data with conditional formatting

Working with charts

Understanding charts
Changing the chart layout

Formulas and functions

Create and edit simple formulas
Trace formula precedents and dependents
Using common built in functions
Understand error messages

Excel for the Workplace - Course Outline

Workbooks and worksheets

Working with Workbooks
Managing Worksheets
Freeze panes
Split panes
Add headers and footers to worksheets

Entering data

Entering data in the Worksheet
Copying, moving and Auto-Filling data
Define names for cells and cell ranges
Using absolute and relative addresses
Insert and delete rows, columns and cells
Hide and unhide rows or columns
Use pick lists
Use comments

Sorting and filtering

Sorting data
Filter data using AutoFilter

Formatting data

Formatting cells
Format worksheets
Visualise data with conditional formatting

Working with charts

Understanding charts
Changing the chart layout

Formulas and functions

Create and edit simple formulas
Trace formula precedents and dependents
Using common built in functions
Understand error messages

LinkedIn - Course Outline

Intro to Social Media
What is LinkedIn?
Creating a Profile
Finding Connections
Managing your Feed
Finding Groups
LinkedIn Messaging

Microsoft 365 Overview - Course Outline

Introduction to Microsoft 365

What is Microsoft 365?
Accessing Microsoft 365
My 365 profile
Personalising your launcher and 365 experience
365 online, desktop and mobile

Overview of Microsoft Apps

What are Microsoft 365 Apps?
Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Yammer
Microsoft Stream
Microsoft Forms
Microsoft Planner

SharePoint

What is SharePoint?
Navigation in SharePoint
Uploading files to SharePoint
Using the view functionality in SharePoint
Sharing in SharePoint
Document management and version control in SharePoint

OneDrive

What is OneDrive?
Creating and saving documents in OneDrive
Document collaboration and co-authoring in OneDrive
Sharing files and folders in OneDrive
Syncing and versions in OneDrive

365 Accessibility

Captions
Screen Readers
Real time subtitles
Dictate
Microsoft Search
Request accessibility content

Microsoft Teams - Course Outline

Getting started with Teams

What is Teams?
The Teams interface
Joining a Teams call
Microphone and video settings
Meeting etiquette

Interacting with Teams

Raising hands
Chat
Sharing your screen
Posts (Conversations)
Calendar - joining a meeting

Scheduling Teams meetings

Scheduling a meeting in Teams
Scheduling a meeting in Outlook
Inviting other people to call or chat
Meet Now

Managing a Teams meeting

Admit from lobby
Attendance Lists
Mute others
Recording and sharing a meeting
Enable and share the Whiteboard
Breakout rooms - use of and monitoring

Administering Teams

Adding Channels
Sending emails to a channel
Saving posts
Setting up your Team
Adding and removing members
Joining a Team

Going further

How to structure your Team (Channels)
Files - adding documents
Sharing and co-authoring
"@" mentions
Edit and Delete messages
Meeting Notes
Controlling notifications
Find and add Apps
Wikis

Office 2013 Essentials for the Workplace - Course Outline

Working with Microsoft Office applications

Introduction to applications
Common screen elements
Using ribbon tabs
Getting help

Text and text formatting

Selecting and editing text
Text formatting
Using Format Painter
Borders and shading
Organise using bullets
Using hyperlinks
Find and replace text
Using the Thesaurus

Working with files

Saving, Autorecover and File Versions
Using document properties
Using templates
Undo and Redo
Headers and footers
Using the Quick Access Toolbar
Using keyboard shortcuts
Spell checking a file
Page Setup and printing

Working with tables

Creating tables
Formatting tables
Adjusting tables

Working with objects

Using text boxes
Inserting pictures
Inserting online pictures
Manipulating pictures
Using SmartArt
Drawing shapes
Adding charts to a file
Working with objects

Office 2016 Essentials for the Workplace - Course Outline

Working with Microsoft Office applications

Introduction to applications
Common screen elements
Using ribbon tabs
Getting help

Text and text formatting

Selecting and editing text
Text formatting
Using Format Painter
Borders and shading
Organise using bullets
Using hyperlinks
Find and replace text
Using the Thesaurus

Work with files

Saving, Autorecover and File Versions
Using document properties
Using templates
Undo and Redo
Headers and footers
Using the Quick Access Toolbar
Using keyboard shortcuts
Spell checking a file
Page Setup and printing

Working with tables

Creating tables
Formatting tables
Adjusting tables

Working with objects

Using text boxes
Inserting pictures
Inserting online pictures
Manipulating pictures
Using SmartArt
Drawing shapes
Adding charts to a file
Working with objects

Office 365 Essentials for the Workplace - Course Outline

Working with Microsoft Office applications

Introduction to applications
Common screen elements
Using ribbon tabs
Getting help

Text and text formatting

Selecting and editing text
Text formatting
Using Format Painter
Borders and shading
Organise using bullets
Using hyperlinks
Find and replace text
Using the Thesaurus

Work with files

Saving, Autorecover and File Versions
Using document properties
Using templates
Undo and Redo
Headers and footers
Using the Quick Access Toolbar
Using keyboard shortcuts
Spell checking a file
Page Setup and printing

Working with tables

Creating tables
Formatting tables
Adjusting tables

Working with objects

Using text boxes
Inserting pictures
Inserting online pictures
Manipulating pictures
Using SmartArt
Drawing shapes
Adding charts to a file
Working with objects

Office Essentials for the Workplace - Course Outline

Working with Microsoft Office applications

Introduction to applications
Common screen elements
Using ribbon tabs
Getting help

Text and text formatting

Selecting and editing text
Text formatting
Using Format Painter
Borders and shading
Organise using bullets
Using hyperlinks
Find and replace text
Using the Thesaurus

Working with files

Saving, Autorecover and File Versions
Using document properties
Using templates
Undo and Redo
Headers and footers
Using the Quick Access Toolbar
Using keyboard shortcuts
Spell checking a file
Page Setup and printing

Working with tables

Creating tables
Formatting tables
Adjusting tables

Working with objects

Using text boxes
Inserting pictures
Inserting online pictures
Manipulating pictures
Using SmartArt
Drawing shapes
Adding charts to a file
Working with objects

Outlook 2013 for the Workplace - Course Outline

Introducing email

Introducing email
Explore the Outlook modules

Using email

Viewing and reading emails
Replying to and forwarding emails
Sending a new message
Using the Address Book
Adding a signature
Working with attachments
Requesting delivery or read receipts
Setting up an out of office reply

Organising messages

Sorting messages
Using folders
Searching emails
Deleting messages
Emptying Deleted Items
Cleaning up the mailbox
Setting up rules for emails

Appointments and meetings

Create an appointment from an email
Create an appointment
Request a meeting
Use the Scheduling Assistant
Make changes to a meeting
Share your calendar with a colleague

Using Contacts

Creating contacts
Creating a new contact from an email
Creating a contact group

Outlook 2016 for the Workplace - Course Outline

Introducing email

Introducing email
Explore the Outlook modules

Using email

Viewing and reading emails
Replying to and forwarding emails
Sending a new message
Using the Address Book
Adding a signature
Working with attachments
Requesting delivery or read receipts
Setting up an out of office reply

Organising messages

Sorting messages
Using folders
Searching emails
Deleting messages
Emptying Deleted Items
Cleaning up the mailbox
Setting up rules for emails

Appointments and meetings

Create an appointment from an email
Create an appointment
Request a meeting
Use the Scheduling Assistant
Make changes to a meeting
Share your calendar with a colleague

Using Contacts

Creating contacts
Creating a new contact from an email
Creating a contact group

Outlook 365 for the Workplace - Course Outline

Introducing email

Introducing email
Explore the Outlook modules

Using email

Viewing and reading emails
Replying to and forwarding emails
Sending a new message
Using the Address Book
Adding a signature
Working with attachments
Requesting delivery or read receipts
Setting up an out of office reply

Organising messages

Sorting messages
Using folders
Searching emails
Deleting messages
Emptying Deleted Items
Cleaning up the mailbox
Setting up rules for emails

Appointments and meetings

Create an appointment from an email
Create an appointment
Request a meeting
Use the Scheduling Assistant
Make changes to a meeting
Share your calendar with a colleague

Using Contacts

Creating contacts
Creating a new contact from an email
Creating a contact group

Outlook for the Workplace - Course Outline

Introducing email

Introducing email
Explore the Outlook modules

Using email

Viewing and reading emails
Replying to and forwarding emails
Sending a new message
Using the Address Book
Adding a signature
Working with attachments
Requesting delivery or read receipts
Setting up an out of office reply

Organising messages

Sorting messages
Using folders
Searching emails
Deleting messages
Emptying Deleted Items
Cleaning up the mailbox
Setting up rules for emails

Appointments and meetings

Create an appointment from an email
Create an appointment
Request a meeting
Use the Scheduling Assistant
Make changes to a meeting
Share your calendar with a colleague

Using Contacts

Creating contacts
Creating a new contact from an email
Creating a contact group

PowerPoint 2013 for the Workplace - Course Outline

Setting up a Presentation

Create a presentation from an outline
Creating a Master slide

Adding Content to Slides

Arrange objects
Adding animation
Insert audio and video content

Working with Slides

Managing the slides layout and design
Adding slide transitions

Delivering a Presentation

Running and viewing the presentation
Use timings and narration
Creating notes and handouts

PowerPoint 2016 for the Workplace - Course Outline

Setting up a Presentation

Create a presentation from an outline
Creating a Master slide

Adding Content to Slides

Arrange objects
Adding animation
Insert audio and video content

Working with Slides

Managing the slide layout and design
Adding slide transitions

Delivering a Presentation

Running and viewing the presentation
Use timings and narration
Creating notes and handouts

PowerPoint 365 for the Workplace - Course Outline

Setting up a Presentation

Create a presentation from an outline
Creating a Master slide

Adding Content to Slides

Arrange objects
Adding animation
Insert audio and video content

Working with Slides

Managing the slide layout and design
Adding slide transitions

Delivering a Presentation

Running and viewing the presentation
Use timings and narration
Creating notes and handouts

PowerPoint for the Workplace - Course Outline

Setting up a Presentation

Create a presentation from an outline
Creating a Master slide

Adding Content to Slides

Arrange objects
Adding animation
Insert audio and video content

Working with Slides

Managing the slides layout and design
Adding slide transitions

Delivering a Presentation

Running and viewing the presentation
Use timings and narration
Creating notes and handouts

Twitter - Course Outline

Twitter

Intro to Social Media
What is Twitter?
Compose a Tweet
Reply to a Tweet
Re-Tweeting
Hashtags
Direct Messages

Word 2013 for the Workplace - Course Outline

Working with documents

Outline a document
Use the Navigation Pane
Add a table of contents
Use bookmarks
Use AutoCorrect

Formatting

Paragraph formatting
Set tabs
Page formatting
Inserting page and section breaks

Working with others

Share a document
Merge information into a document
Track changes

Word 2016 for the Workplace - Course Outline

Working with documents

Working with documents
Outline a document
Use the Navigation Pane
Add a table of contents
Use bookmarks
Use AutoCorrect

Formatting

Paragraph formatting
Indenting paragraphs
Setting tabs
Page formatting
Inserting page and section breaks

Working with others

Share a document
Merge information into a document
Track changes

Word 365 for the Workplace - Course Outline

Working with documents

Working with documents
Outline a document
Use the Navigation Pane
Add a table of contents
Use bookmarks
Use AutoCorrect

Formatting

Paragraph formatting
Indenting paragraphs
Setting tabs
Page formatting
Inserting page and section breaks

Working with others

Share a document
Merge information into a document
Track changes

Word for the Workplace - Course Outline

Working with documents

Working with documents
Outline a document
Use the Navigation Pane
Add a table of contents
Use bookmarks
Use AutoCorrect

Formatting

Paragraph formatting
Indenting paragraphs
Set tabs
Page formatting
Inserting page and section breaks

Working with others

Share a document
Merge information into a document
Track changes

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THE PLATFORM
1. These terms of use (Terms) set out the rules for using each of our following platforms (each being a Platform):
  1. elearning for healthcare hub (elfh Hub);
  2. Digital Learning Solutions IT skills platform (DLS); and
  3. online electronic Learning Hub (Learning Hub).
2. Each Platform is a collection of online learning (elearning)and educational resources (Content) which is:
  1. in respect of elfh Hub: provided free of charge as part of our elearning for healthcare programme to support patient care by providing elearning to educate and train the health and social care workforce. The Content is developed by us in partnership with NHS, third sector and professional bodies;
  2. in respect of DLS: provided to aid registered health and social care organisations (Centres) with the training, development and assessment of competence of their staff. The Platform continues to support existing locally-developed learning;
  3. in respect of the Learning Hub: provided free of charge to educate and train the health and social care workforce. The Content is uploaded, shared and contributed by the Platformâ€™s user community. Users can access, contribute, share and rate digital resources including video, audio, images, web links, documents and articles.
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4. Access to and usage of any Platform is granted in consideration of and is dependent on your acceptance of these Terms.
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1. The Platforms are operated by NHS England (we, us, our, NHSE) via our Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) programme. We are a Non-Departmental Public Body under the provisions of the Care Act 2014 and are responsible for the education, training and personnel development of the healthcare workforce for England. Our head offices are situated at NHS England London , Wellington house , 133-135 Waterloo Rd , London, SE1 8UG
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  2. You are required to provide accurate and complete information, which may be obtained via your OpenAthens accreditation, or if you do not have OpenAthens accreditation you will be required to provide us with such information and materials as we may require in order to proceed to establish your credentials to our satisfaction. We will assess the information provided by you and confirm whether you are eligible for an Account. For the avoidance of doubt, we are under no obligation to grant an Account to any person.
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5. You are responsible for the security of your Account. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your Account code or password, or that anyone other than you has access to your Account, you must promptly notify us using the contact details provided in clause 2.2.
6. You are solely responsible for all activity that occurs on your Account, including any information associated with your Account and anything that happens in relation to it including (without limitation) unauthorised or wilfully malicious access granted by you to another person.
7. If we have to contact you, we will do so by writing to you at the email address you provided to us when setting up your Account. Therefore, it is important to keep your account detail up to date , as set out in clause 5.1
USE OF A PLATFORM
1. You may only use a Platform in accordance with our Acceptable Use Policy.
2. The Platforms and their Content are only targeted to, and intended for use by, people residing in the United Kingdom or British Overseas Territories (Permitted Territories). We do not represent that Content available on or through any Platform is appropriate for use or available in other locations. By continuing to access, view or make use of a Platform, you hereby warrant and represent to us that you are located in a Permitted Territory. If you are not located in a Permitted Territory, you must immediately discontinue use of the Platforms.
3. Save in respect of elfh Hub and Content on the Learning Hub, the Platforms and Content are provided 'as is'. We make no representation or endorsement of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy of the Content.
4. While reasonable professional care has been taken in developing the Content (excluding any Third Party Content (as defined in clause 8.1) and any Contributions (as defined in clause 7.1)), we make no warranties concerning the correctness or completeness of the Content. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the Content, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the Content is up to date.
UPLOADING CONTENT TO A PLATFORM
1. Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload or contribute Content to a Platform (Contribution), you must comply with the Content Standards (as defined in paragraph 4 of our Acceptable Use Policy).
2. By uploading a Contribution to a Platform, you:
  1. warrant and represent that such Contribution complies with the Content Standards( Link to Content standards) and that you have all rights, power and authority necessary or desirable to grant the rights, use and access to such Contribution in accordance with these Terms; and
  2. acknowledge that the Platform and any content contributed or linked from it is not intended to generate income and does not have the purpose of generating income.
3. A Centre shall:
  1. retain ownership of all intellectual property rights in any Content uploaded to a Platform by that Centre; and
  2. grant us, or procure the direct grant to us, for the purpose of hosting the Platform of a fully paid-up, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable licence to copy Content uploaded to a Platform by that Centre.
4. In respect of the Learning Hub, when you submit a Contribution to the Platform, you must select the appropriate licence in accordance with the guidance provided at https://support.learninghub.nhs.uk/support/solutions/articles/80000986606-which-licence-should-i-select-when-contributing-a-resource-to-the-learning-hub-. Whichever licence you select, you grant the following rights in relation to that Contribution:
  1. a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable licence to us to use and display that Contribution on the Platform, to expire when you delete the Contribution from the Platform; and
  2. a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable licence for users of the Platform to use the Contribution in accordance with the functionality of the Platform.
5. You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your Contributions.
6. We take no responsibility for and do not review nor expressly or implicitly endorse Contributions. Without prejudice to the foregoing, we do not endorse any Content or any link to any Content:
  1. which is created for advertising, promotional or other commercial purposes, including links, logos and business names;
  2. which requires a subscription or payment to gain access to such Content;
  3. in which the user has a commercial interest;
  4. which promotes a business name and/or logo;
  5. which contains a link to an app via iOS or Google Play; or
  6. which has as its purpose or effect the collection and sharing of personal data.
7. We have the right to take action, as set out in paragraph 10 of our Acceptable Use Policy, including but not limited to removal of any Contribution, if in our opinion a Contribution does not comply with our Acceptable Use Policy.
THIRD PARTY CONTENT
1. The Platforms may contain a variety of Content including but not limited to audio files, videos, text, images, articles, links to other websites, facilities, products, services, resources, elearning and other links of any kind whatsoever and wherever in the world and other materials which may be posted from time to time by other users or any other third party (Third Party Content).
2. Third Party Content is not owned by us and is not under our influence or control in any respect whatsoever and has not been verified or approved by us. We assume no responsibility for any Third Party Content and do not endorse any Content or any link to any Content, including but not limited to Content of any type listed in clause 7.6 above. The appearance of Third Party Content on a Platform should not be interpreted as approval by us of those links or information you may obtain from such Third Party Content. We do not give any warranty as to the accuracy of Third Party Content. The views expressed by other users on a Platform do not represent our views or values.
3. We cannot guarantee that Third Party Content will work all of the time and have no control over the availability of any Third Party Content.
4. You use and access Third Party Content strictly at your own risk and you must exercise all care and due diligence on your own behalf before proceeding to pay any attention to, rely on or take any action in connection with Third Party Content.
CHANGES TO, AND AVAILABILITY OF, A PLATFORM
1. We reserve the right to update, move or change a Platform at any time in order to meet our usersâ€™ needs and our business priorities and to continually improve our online service. External web sites link to a Platform at their own risk.
2. We reserve the right to modify, suspend or discontinue a Platform at any time without notice. You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuation of a Platform.
3. We do not guarantee that a Platform, or any Content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of a Platform for business and operational reasons, including (without limitation) for technical or security reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal but are under no obligation to do so.
4. We do not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained on a Platform will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that a Platform or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of any materials provided on a Platform.
5. Access to a Platform requires the functioning of servers and internet connections. We undertake to provide a service at least meeting elearning industry norms for those elements of availability which are under our control. We do not undertake to provide availability to the Content at any specific time.
ACCESS VIA CENTRE (DLS ONLY)
1. Where you are a Centre that provides access for your staff (Delegates) to a Platform, then:
  1. you must:
    1. provide appropriate support to Delegates in relation to their use of the Platform. Under no circumstances should your staff contact us directly to resolve issues or for advice relating to the Platform;
    2. ensure that Delegates understand where complaints in respect of the Platform should be directed within the Centre;
    3. make all reasonable attempts to resolve issues before escalating to us; and
    4. where any Delegate is identified as failing to comply with our Acceptable Use Policy, withdraw access to the Platform from the Delegate by inactivating the Delegateâ€™s Account and notify us by raising a support ticket.
  2. we shall assume that all communication sent by Centre administrators through a Platform is official correspondence from you acting in your official capacity on behalf of your Centre.
2. We provide Platform support to Centres Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm excluding English bank holidays. A reduced service is provided over each Christmas holiday period and we will notify Centres of this in advance. We do not provide direct support to Delegates.
3. We will have full, unrestricted access to Content to enable support to be carried out in a speedy and efficient manner.
4. We undertake to respond to support tickets issued by Centres within 2 (two) working days, with one of the following responses:
  1. the issue is now resolved;
  2. more information from the Centre is required;
  3. the issue requires software development; or
  4. a request for change needs to be submitted and considered.
5. If a Platform is decommissioned and we hold any Content which was created by a Centre and/or any data which relates to elearning completed by the Delegates of a specific Centre (Data), we will provide the Data to that Centre. If you require the Data to be provided in a specific format, you must discuss this with us to determine (acting reasonably) whether this is feasible. The Data will be transferred securely and with send and receive receipts.
6. Where you are a Delegate, in the event that your Centre ceases to have access to a Platform, your access to a Platform may become limited or cease.
WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR VIRUSES
HOW WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
1. Without prejudice to clauses 7.3 and 7.4, we are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in a Platform, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
2. Save as expressly set out in these Terms, you shall not acquire in any way, any title, rights of ownership, or intellectual property rights of whatever nature in a Platform, its software or any Content or in any copies of it.
3. You acknowledge and understand that a Platform and its software and Content contains confidential and proprietary information. You shall not conceal, modify, remove, destroy or alter in any way any our proprietary markings on or in relation to the same.
4. You may not use any names, images and logos identifying a Platform (Marks) without prior approval. If you wish to use any of the Marks, please contact us using the details provided in clause 2.2, stating which Marks you wish to use and how and why you wish to use the Marks. Please include your name, address, telephone number, fax number and email address.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU
1. We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
2. We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to a Platform or any Content, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
3. To the maximum extent allowed by law, we exclude all liability arising from:
  1. errors or omissions in the Content;
  2. non-availability of access to the Content; and
  3. use of the Content by you in circumstances where such use is inappropriate.
4. Although we may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chat, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards and other communications media on a Platform, we are under no obligation to do so and assume no responsibility or liability arising from the Content of any such locations nor for any error, omission, infringement, defamation, obscenity, or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on a Platform.
5. We do not accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from a Platform.
6. We assume no responsibility for any Third Party Content.
7. We neither warrant nor guarantee that:
  1. your use of a Platform will be uninterrupted or error-free or compatible with any third party software or equipment;
  2. defects in relation to a Platform, if any, will be corrected;
  3. a Platform and/or the information obtained by you through a Platform will meet your requirements;
  4. the Content (or any part of it) is up-to-date, complete, accurate, reliable, suitable, safe or will be made available at all times;
  5. the Content will be uninterrupted or error free;
  6. that a Platform or the server that makes it available are free of viruses.
8. We will not be responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or any other loss or damage resulting from the transfer of data over communications networks and facilities, including the internet, or any failure caused by third party software and you acknowledge that a Platform may be subject to limitations, delays and other problems inherent in the use of such communications facilities.
9. In no event will we be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with use of, or inability to use, a Platform or in reliance on any Content, including (but not limited) to in relation to.
  1. loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
  2. business interruption;
  3. loss of anticipated savings;
  4. loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
  5. any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
INDEMNITIES
1. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless and continue to indemnify and hold harmless us, our employees, agents, partners, sub-contractors, third party software providers and collaborators anywhere in the world in all respects and in relation to all matters relating to your use (and that of any other person acting on your authority) of a Platform, including (without limitation) in respect of any breach of these Terms to the fullest extent permitted by law.
2. Without prejudice to clause 15.1, you retain responsibility for Contributions in all respects and agree to indemnify and hold harmless and continue to indemnify us and hold us harmless in all respects and in relation to all matters in respect of Contributions, including in respect of breach of the warranties given under clause 7.2, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
SUSPENSION AND DEACTIVATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT
1. We reserve the right to disable or limit the use of your Account at any time without notice and without giving any reason if you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms or if we suspect any unauthorised use or misuse of your Account, any Content or a Platform generally. We reserve all rights not expressly granted by these Terms and conferred by law. In the event that your Account is disabled, your right to access a Platform shall (without prejudice to any of our rights and remedies) terminate immediately.
2. Should you wish to deactivate your Account at any time, please contact us using the contact details provided in clause 2.2. In such circumstances, we will aim to deactivate your Account within 5 (five) working days, but please note that this may take longer.
GENERAL
1. Transfer of these Terms: We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to another organisation, including but not limited to NHS England. You may not transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms to another person.
2. Entire agreement: These Terms and the documents expressly referred to in them contains the whole agreement between you and us relating to its subject matter and supersedes any prior agreements, representations or understandings between them unless expressly incorporated by reference in these Terms.
3. Waiver and delay: No delay, act or omission by us in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.
4. Severability: If any part of these Terms is declared unenforceable or invalid, the remainder will continue to be valid and enforceable.
5. Governing law and jurisdiction: These Terms, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

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ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT FOR NHS ENGLAND DIGITAL LEARNING SOLUTIONS

NHS England (NHSE) is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (Accessibility Regulations).

This accessibility statement applies to Digital Learning Solutions (DLS). DLS is a free of charge resource for public sector health and care organisations in England and can be accessed by users at home or work. It provides diagnostic tools to assess your current skill level and then subsequently suggests a learning path.

This website is run by NHSE. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website.

For example, that means you should be able to:

change colours, contrast levels, and fonts
zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
navigate most of the website using a keyboard
navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the latest versions of JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand. However, some of our content is technical, and we use technical terms where there is no easier wording which we could use without changing what the text means.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability, which can be found here: https://abilitynet.org.uk/.

1. HOW ACCESSIBLE THIS WEBSITE IS

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

1.1 some pages are not written in plain English

1.2 most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

1.3 some of our online forms are difficult to navigate using just a keyboard

1.4 you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader

2. ACCESSIBILITY HELP

We have provided accessibility support on the website, which can be found here: https://www.dls.nhs.uk/v2/LearningSolutions/AccessibilityHelp.

3. THIRD PARTY ELEARNING CONTENT

DLS also hosts a variety of digital resources such as Word documents, PDF documents, videos and e-learning content developed by third parties. We also link to websites and resources hosted on third party platforms.

The Accessibility Regulations do not apply to third-party content that is neither funded nor developed by, nor under the control of NHSE.

Some of the third-party organisations whose content we host have provided their own accessibility statements covering their e-learning content and their contact details should be available on their help pages.

4. FEEDBACK AND CONTACT INFORMATION

If you need information on this website in a different format, then contact us at support@dls.nhs.uk and tell us:

4.1 your name and email address

4.2 which e-learning resource you are enquiring about

4.3 the format you need, for example, easy read, audio CD, Braille, BSL or large print, accessible PDF

We’ll review your request and aim to respond within 10 days.

You can also view the accessible document policy of the organisation that published the document to report any problems or request documents in an alternative format.

5. REPORTING ACCESSIBILITY PROBLEMS WITH THIS WEBSITE

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact support@dls.nhs.uk.

6. ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Accessibility Regulations. If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) here: https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/.

7. TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WEBSITE’S ACCESSIBILITY

NHSE is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018, which can be found here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/952/regulation/4/made.

8. COMPLIANCE STATUS

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, which can be found here: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

9. NON-ACCESSIBLE CONTENT

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons:

9.1 Non-compliance with the Accessibility Regulations

We recognise that some of the DLS e-learning content doesn’t comply with the Accessibility Regulations. Some content is not screen reader compatible, some content is not keyboard navigable, some content does not follow Web Content Accessibility Guidelines accessibility standards, and some video content does not contain closed captions or transcripts.

9.2 Disproportionate burden

While we have endeavoured to ensure the DLS website is as compliant as possible, we believe that auditing the e-learning content specifically for its compliance with the Accessibility Regulations would be a disproportionate burden.

You can read the disproportionate burden statement here: https://www.hee.nhs.uk/disproportionate-burden-statement

9.3 Content that’s not within the scope of the Accessibility Regulations

9.3.1 PDFs and non-HTML documents

Many documents are not accessible in a number of ways including missing text alternatives and missing document structure.

The Accessibility Regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. Please refer here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/952/regulation/4/made.

10. PREPARATION OF THIS ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

This statement was prepared on 14 November 2022. It was last updated on 17 March 2023.

This website was last tested on 10 November 2022. The test was carried out by Cyber-Duck. The sessions chosen to be tested were the most accessed pages and the pages that the learners interact with the most. DLS was tested in relation to the following accessibility requirements:

Robust - meaning that the content and functionality is compatible with assistive technology
Operable - meaning that a user can successfully use controls, buttons, navigation, and other necessary elements
Understandable - meaning that content is consistent and appropriate in its presentation, format, and design
Perceivable - meaning that the user can easily identify content and interface elements

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