Improve Your Digital Skills: Northstar Digital Literacy

It’s a new year and now could be the time to improve your digital literacy skills!

We’re happy to share our new service called Northstar Digital Literacy which provides a suite of tools that includes assessments, and training modules on essential digital skills. Northstar Digital Literacy is a self-directed assessment and learning tool that covers a variety of technology scenarios. It comes complete with short lessons and practice exercises to improve skills on a number of common computer topics. The Northstar resource is available 24x7 on the Library webpage, and Library staff are available to help with the resource during regular hours.

Not only does Northstar include assessments and training modules on some of the expected skills such as Internet Basics & Using Email, but this goes into assessing Information Literacy, Understanding Your Digital Footprint & Supporting K-12 Distance Learning. For more available resources, view our Northstar webpage. 

Once you’ve taken an assessment you’ll find out where you may need some additional training. Or if you have the skills mastered, you can show them off on your resume or to your current employer. You can receive a certification of these skills by scheduling an appointment for a proctored testing time. Schedule your appointment by using our webform.

If you want to go further with your learning, we also subscribe to LinkedIn Learning where there are thousands of training on different software, and even more nuanced digital training such as graphic design, video editing, or app development. The possibilities for learning are endless with your library card.

Thanks to the Washington State Library for providing our community with this resource!