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[Resource Website] Best Buy Digital Citizen - French & English

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Best Buy Digital Citizen can be accessed for FREE in English and French using the following links:


Digital Skills Courses help build your foundational skills to navigate the digital world. Learning about apps, how to stay safe online, and even how to use your new android tablet or iPad.

How-To Guides help walk you through step-by-step instructions for common tasks on popular devices or online services.


There are over 200 Lessons Available on the Best Buy Digital Citizen website. Feature courses include:

  • Using your iPhone
  • Exploring with YouTube
  • Getting to Know Your Tablet
  • Staying Safe Online


You can browse course details before diving in: to see the details about a course and the specific lessons you will learn click the Learn now… button from the course catalogs and you will be to be taken to the specific courses home page. Built-in course navigation allows you to easily move between different lessons and topics.


As examples, the Best Buy Digital Citizen program can be used by:

  • volunteers who help others with their tech questions – so they can learn and share about the latest ‘how to’
  • residential care facilities by:
  • sharing with their residents
  • creating a class by putting the lesson up on the screen as a weekly activity
  • sharing with family caregivers so they learn how to better connect/support their loved one
  • older adult centers as ‘tech lesson of the week’
  • in-home caregivers as a leave behind if their client/patient needs to learn something related to technology (maybe even print out the lessons they get asked about the most)
  • health care professionals (for example, during the outpatient experience if the person needs to learn about video calling their doctor / emailing their information to their doctor (for example, the lessons can be QR coded))
  • sharing it with your organization partners and spreading the word about the program


  • By

    Best Buy Canada

  • Published

    Mar 26, 2024

  • Subject Area
    • Technology
  • Audience
    • Service Providers (Non-profits, Community Organizations, Local government)
    • Caregivers, Seniors & Volunteers
  • Category

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