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Digitalisation test (English)
What's your digital fitness level? Find out with the digitalisation test
Digitalisation has long been a major influence on our jobs, our work processes and our private lives. To remain competitive in the labour market, employees are expected to prove their digital skills at a range of levels. And with the breakneck pace of development, regular visits to the digital gym are a must. But which training programme is right for you?
 
The digitalisation test can show you how well positioned you are, and the areas where you may need to improve. This specially developed online tool tests the state of your knowledge in a range of focus areas and provides a detailed profile of your digital skills.

Benefits at a glance
  • Check your knowledge easily online
  • Results in 30 to 40 minutes
  • Available in English, German and French
  • Adaptive, adjusts automatically to your individual level
  • Creates a comprehensive strengths-and-weaknesses profile
  • Evaluation in eleven focus areas
  • Great addition to your job application file


  • Focus area
    Eleven focus areas for transparency

    Where are your solid foundations, where are works still in progress? The digitalisation test brings clarity by concentrating on eleven central areas, evaluating and displaying them separately.

    This sophisticated test format provides a comprehensive, individual profile of your digital skills.
     
    1. Office applications: How well can you navigate the Office applications Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote?
    2. Windows and data management: Do you know the most common Windows functions; can you manage data properly and use networks to the full?
    3. Security in the workplace: Are you familiar with the basics of risk related to viruses, hacking and attachments, and can you create secure passwords?
    4. Internet: How efficiently do you use the internet to find information, and do you know enough about privacy and copyright law?
    5. Advanced work application knowledge: Can you integrate high quality images into documents, and do you have basic knowledge of project management?
    6. Communication: Do you have a command of email, Skype and other online meeting formats?
    7. Collaboration: How professional are you in your use of the company intranet, corporate social networking and collaboration functionality in Office applications, such as document sharing and tracked changes mode?
    8. Mobility: Do you use tablets, smartphones and the cloud efficiently to work from anywhere, with any device, and share documents?
    9. Monitoring and reputation: Do you know where to find reliable information on the internet, and do you know the importance of social media and the information it conveys about you and your business?
    10. Social media: Are you familiar with social media networks and do you know how to use them in your work?
    11. High tech: How knowledgeable are you about big data, artificial intelligence, Generation Y, 3D printing and augmented reality?
  • Target group
    People who want to receive an overview of their digital skills online in order to promote their professional development and/or training.
  • Vorgehen
    The test is offered in English.
  • Your profile
    • Experience in working with computers.
    • No other prior knowledge necessary.
  • System requirements
    • PC or laptop
    • Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP3, Mac OS X 10.6 or later
    • Browser: Internet Explorer 10 or later, MS Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Safari
    • High-speed internet connection (at least 20 Mbps).
  • Learning objectives
    Detailed profile of your digital skills in the focal areas:
     
    • Digital media: Monitoring and online reputation, social networks, high tech, email and communication, collaboration and mobility
    • Applications on the PC: PC security, internet, work software, use of the PC and other user software

    The skills profile offers an ideal starting point for targeted optimisation of digital skills and can be a real asset to your job application file.
Details
Course start immediately
Duration of course 6 Months
Course location Online