skillbridge

A digital learning platform bridging students to essential digital skills.

SkillBridge

SkillBridge is a community-focused digital learning platform designed to bridge the digital skills gap for students in low-resource communities.

🚀 Inspiration

Many students lack access to structured digital literacy training. SkillBridge was built to provide simple, accessible, and offline-friendly digital learning for students who need it most.

🛠️ What It Does

• Provides structured digital skill lessons
• Offers interactive quizzes
• Tracks learning progress
• Works well on low-end devices
• Supports low or limited internet access

🧱 Built With

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• PHP
• MySQL
• SQL
• Apache (XAMPP/WAMP)

📂 Project Structure

The project follows a modular full-stack structure separating frontend, backend, and database logic.

⚙️ How to Run Locally

1. Install XAMPP or WAMP
2. Clone this repository
3. Move the project to the htdocs directory
4. Import database/skillbridge.sql into MySQL
5. Start Apache and MySQL
6. Open http://localhost/skillbridge

🌍 Impact

SkillBridge empowers students with essential digital skills, helping them become confident digital citizens ready for education and future opportunities.

🔮 Future Plans

• Multi-language support
• Teacher and mentor accounts
• Certificate generation
• Mobile app version
• Deployment in schools and community centers