Digital Discovery Tool

The Digital Discovery Tool was developed by Jisc and is an online self-assessment questionnaire for evaluating and reflecting on your digital capabilities, helping you to identify strengths and areas for development. By answering the questions, you will be made aware of digital practices that you already have, and new ones you can develop. 

The Digital Discovery Tool can be used by staff and students as a stand-alone tool, or in conjunction with role profiles to provide context. The digital skills development tool also contains additional role specific questions which can be accessed via the question bank. 

The College used both the Digital Capability tool and each year we use the Jisc Digital Insights Survey to get more specific information about our adoption of digital technology benchmarked to institutions across the UK.  College staff can find information of past staff and student surveys on MyConnect.

For managers, it’s a great way to frame Annual Development conversations around developing digital skills using a common language. Individual reports can also be generated and used, with permission from the owner, to structure these conversations.

About the Questionnaire

The questions and report align with the six elements of digital capability in the JISC Digital Capability Framework.

The questionnaire takes about 20 minutes to complete and presents a series of reflective questions that aim to assess your confidence and experience with a host of real-world digital practices. 

On completing the questionnaire, you will receive an individual report showing your current digital skill levels divided into six elements of digital capability, and an indicator of your current level of competence in each. 

You can use the report as the basis of a development plan. Your responses to the questions and your report are private and will only be seen by other individuals such as your manager or personal tutor if you choose to share it with them.