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Digital Literacy

Technology at work can feel unfamiliar because every workplace uses different tools. Here you can practice common digital tasks in a safe environment before you encounter them on the job.

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Short workplace experiences.

These run on the same SkillRise Workday structure as the workplace stories: you arrive, something happens, you decide, and Rise talks it through with you.

Playable nowBrightSpark Digital · 7 minutes

The Strange Email

You are working at BrightSpark Digital when a message arrives asking you to urgently reset your staff password. It looks almost right.

Digital SafetyCritical ThinkingWorkplace Judgment
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Coming soonBrightSpark Digital · 5–8 minutes

Upload the Document

Your manager at BrightSpark Digital asks you to upload a PDF to the team workspace before a meeting.

What to expect

  • A short arrival scene at BrightSpark Digital, written like the practices you can already play
  • Two or three real decisions with consequences, plus coaching from Rise
  • An evidence card you can keep, showing the skills you practiced

Estimated readiness: Q4 2026

File ManagementDigital Confidence

Not playable yet — nothing to start here.

Coming soonHarbor Hotel · 5–8 minutes

Sending It Properly

The message is written. Now the subject line, the recipients and the tone have to carry it.

What to expect

  • A short arrival scene at Harbor Hotel, written like the practices you can already play
  • Two or three real decisions with consequences, plus coaching from Rise
  • An evidence card you can keep, showing the skills you practiced

Estimated readiness: Q4 2026

Digital CommunicationProfessionalism

Not playable yet — nothing to start here.

Coming soonEveryday systems · 5–8 minutes

The Online Form That Times Out

A benefits portal form has to be finished in one sitting, and one field is unclear.

What to expect

  • A short arrival scene at Everyday systems, written like the practices you can already play
  • Two or three real decisions with consequences, plus coaching from Rise
  • An evidence card you can keep, showing the skills you practiced

Estimated readiness: Q4 2026

Digital ConfidenceForms & Documents

Not playable yet — nothing to start here.

Coming soonBrightSpark Digital · 5–8 minutes

A Password You Can Actually Remember

You set up a work account and have to choose how you will keep it secure.

What to expect

  • A short arrival scene at BrightSpark Digital, written like the practices you can already play
  • Two or three real decisions with consequences, plus coaching from Rise
  • An evidence card you can keep, showing the skills you practiced

Estimated readiness: Q4 2026

Digital SafetyPersonal Systems

Not playable yet — nothing to start here.

Coming soonBrightSpark Digital · 5–8 minutes

Is It Okay to Use AI for This?

You could draft a client reply with an AI tool. Whether you should depends on what is in it.

What to expect

  • A short arrival scene at BrightSpark Digital, written like the practices you can already play
  • Two or three real decisions with consequences, plus coaching from Rise
  • An evidence card you can keep, showing the skills you practiced

Estimated readiness: Q4 2026

Digital JudgmentProfessionalism

Not playable yet — nothing to start here.

Coming soonHarbor Hotel · 5–8 minutes

Finding It in the Portal

Your pay stub, your schedule and your policies are all somewhere in a system nobody showed you.

What to expect

  • A short arrival scene at Harbor Hotel, written like the practices you can already play
  • Two or three real decisions with consequences, plus coaching from Rise
  • An evidence card you can keep, showing the skills you practiced

Estimated readiness: Q4 2026

Digital NavigationSelf-Reliance

Not playable yet — nothing to start here.

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