Assessing IT skills with free practice tests

by Michael Tighe

Posted on 7th May 2020 at 5:07 pm

All ICDL courses offer free online practice tests called Diagnostic Tests to help you diagnose what digital skills you need to work on the most. What is an ICDL diagnostic test? Diagnostic tests are a kind of practice or mock assessment of your skills for a specific ICDL course. They contain similar questions to the […]

ECDL/ICDL is now free from SOLAS as response to ongoing Covid-19 crisis

by Michael Tighe

Posted on 22nd April 2020 at 2:52 pm

ECDL/ICDL is now free on fetchcourses.ie to support those affected by the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Working in partnership with SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, ECDL/ICDL resources have been made available for free on the SOLAS online learning service as a support to learners who have been impacted by the current containment measures. Students […]

Digital skills in an uncertain world

by Amy Townsend

Posted on 26th March 2020 at 4:56 pm

Life has changed suddenly and the skills we need to cope with this new reality have changed too. By Mary Cleary, the deputy chief executive of the Irish Computer Society, which runs Tech Week. We often talk about life skills and in “normal” times, there is little disagreement on what those are. Apart from specific job-related skills, […]

Secure User Package for FET Students

by Amy Townsend

Posted on 28th February 2020 at 2:52 pm

Are users an organisation’s greatest weakness? ICDL Ireland, along with The Irish Computer Society and the Association of Data Protection Officers, has launched a set of complementary modules designed to inform workers of the dangers of individual user error and resultant data breaches. ICS Secure User Certification comprises of two courses: IT Security and Data […]