Getting comfortable with a work computer
A gentle first walkthrough of using a work computer: signing in, finding your way around the screen, opening the apps you need, and locking up when you step away.
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Free, plain-English lessons for everyday work technology.
From getting comfortable with a work computer to spotting a scam email: short lessons explain what to do, show the safer choice, and offer optional practice. No login, no account, no jargon.
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Everyday office basics
New to desk work, or just want the fundamentals? Start here.
Writing Clear, Professional Work Email
This lesson shows you how to write short, clear work email that gets a quick reply, and how to use To, Cc, Bcc, and Reply All without slip-ups.
Video Calls and Online Meetings: A Calm Beginner's Guide
A plain-English walkthrough of joining and taking part in video calls on Zoom, Teams, or Google Meet, from clicking the link to fixing common hiccups.
Saving, finding, and organizing your files
A plain-English guide to saving files, naming and filing them so you can find them later, searching when you cannot, and knowing when a file lives on your computer versus a shared or cloud drive.
Calendars and Scheduling: A Calm Guide to Meetings and Your Time
A plain-English guide to using a work calendar: replying to invites, sending your own, seeing when people are free, handling time zones, and blocking focus time.
Keyboard Shortcuts and Habits That Save Time and Prevent Lost Work
A handful of everyday keyboard shortcuts and small habits that speed up your work and protect you from losing it.
Printing, scanning, and PDFs at work
Printing and scanning are two everyday office skills that feel more confusing than they are. This lesson walks you through sending a document to a printer, choosing the correct printer from a list, and scanning a paper page into a PDF file you can email. You will also learn what a PDF actually is and why it is handy. Jams and "which printer is that again?" moments are completely normal, and none of it will break anything.
Shared Drives and Cloud Files: Where Your Work Lives
A file saved only to your own computer lives in one place that just you can reach. A file saved to a shared or cloud drive lives in a common space your teammates can open too, and your edits sync automatically. Once you understand where a file actually lives, sharing gets simple: save it to the shared place and send a link instead of emailing copies around.
Spreadsheets: The Basics You Will Actually Use
A calm, beginner-friendly walk through the spreadsheet skills you will actually use: what cells, rows, and columns are, how to type in your data, how to add a column of numbers with SUM, and how to sort a list into order. Along the way you will pick up the one habit that saves beginners the most grief — not typing over a formula or your only copy, and saving a backup before you experiment.
Staying Organized at Work: Taming Your Inbox, Tasks, and Notes
Staying organized at work does not require special apps or a perfect system. It takes three small habits: a calmer inbox, a short task list you actually look at, and quick notes so nothing slips out of your head. This lesson walks you through each one in plain steps you can start today with the tools you already have.
Workplace Tech Foundations
Confidence-building lessons for common sign-in, screen, file, and support decisions.
Account and Message Safety
Short lessons for sign-ins, suspicious requests, passwords, and browser decisions.
Files, Privacy, and Data Boundaries
Learn how to recognize sensitive information and choose safer sharing, messaging, and file-handling boundaries.
Staying safe at work
The security calls that come up at any desk job — phishing, passwords, sharing files, and knowing when to report.
Never Approve an MFA Prompt You Did Not Start
Learn how that quick extra step at sign-in keeps your account safe, how scammers try to trick you with it, and what to do when a pop-up or code shows up out of nowhere.
Spotting Sensitive Information Before You Share It
Learn to spot personal details on your screen or in your files, and pick a safer way to share, hide, or get help before they end up in front of the wrong person.
Handling Records That Need Extra Care
Learn how to spot a record that's protected by extra rules — like the ones for health, student, payment, or financial records — and how to find the right person to ask before you move, copy, or share it.
Email Recipient and Attachment Checks
Learn a simple habit of checking who it's going to, what's attached, any private details, and whether it's the right place to send it, all before a message goes out.
Passwords and Password Managers
Learn why using the same password everywhere is risky, how a password manager keeps each one safe for you, and where your passwords should and shouldn't be kept.
Remote Sign-ins and Public Wi-Fi Safety
Learn how to get into your work safely from home, while traveling, or in shared spaces, by sticking to your own work account, Wi-Fi you trust, and the help channel you'd normally use, and how to know when to stop.
Browser, Download, and QR Safety
Learn how to tell whether a link, a file you're asked to open or send, or a code you're asked to scan really belongs to what you're doing—before you act on it.
Spotting Phishing and Scam Messages
Learn how scam messages try to rush you into acting, the warning signs to watch for, and what to do with one before you click, reply, or download anything.
Shared Devices and Signing Out Safely
Learn how to spot when a computer other people use still has someone else's account or work open, and how to leave it ready for the next person.
Secure File Sharing and Permission Checks
Learn when a plain email attachment is the wrong way to send a file, what to use instead to keep it private, and how to check who can actually open what you send.
Incident Reporting and First Response
Learn how to tell an everyday tech problem from one worth reporting, and how to write a calm first note that captures the facts without giving away anything private.
Spotting Fake Payment Requests
Learn how scammers pose as a supplier or boss to push you into changing where a payment goes, the warning signs to watch for, and the simple check-first habit that keeps the money safe.