Build your first web page
You’ll make: Your own personal web page
13 lessonsAbout 30 coffee breaks
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Learn a skill by making something.
Skillreps puts the best free YouTube lessons in order. Watch a short step, try it with your own hands, and log what you made. Every rep earns XP.
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- 11
- short skills, from cooking to code
- 470
- lessons in the Cybersecurity Expert program
- 10 min
- or less, every lesson
- ₦0
- forever. No card, ever.
How a lesson works
Every step ends with your hands.
The same three steps whether you’re learning to knit or to code. Most XP comes from doing, not watching.
- 1
Watch the step
+10 XPA short, captioned clip, never longer than 10 minutes. Slow it down, go back 10 seconds, or loop the tricky part.
- 2
Try it yourself
+25 XPEvery lesson ends with a task for your hands: cast on 20 stitches, dice an onion, write a form.
- 3
Log what you made
+40 XPAdd a photo and a note to your makes. Other learners can give kudos and cheer you on.
What you can learn
11 short skills. All free.
Each one takes under 15 hours and ends with something you made. Open any of them and start watching, no account needed.
Chop, slice and dice like a line cook
You’ll make: A bowl of fresh salsa, every vegetable cut by you
11 lessonsAbout 31 soft-boiled eggs1 learning
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Crochet a granny square
You’ll make: A finished granny square (or a few, ready to join)
15 lessonsAbout 56 long showers
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Draw anything with simple shapes
You’ll make: A shaded drawing of an object from your home
14 lessonsAbout 53 long showers
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Knit your first scarf
You’ll make: A scarf you knitted yourself
17 lessonsAbout 33 sitcom episodes
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Lock down your online accounts
You’ll make: Your five most important accounts secured, with a written checklist
8 lessonsAbout 27 long showers
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Organise anything in Google Sheets
You’ll make: A monthly budget with formulas and a chart
8 lessonsAbout 17 coffee breaks
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Play your first four chords on guitar
You’ll make: A two-minute recording of you strumming a song with all four chords
23 lessonsAbout 29 sitcom episodes
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Sew by hand: buttons, hems and repairs
You’ll make: Three clothes you mended yourself
14 lessonsAbout 32 hemmed trouser legs
Start learningThe program
Cybersecurity, from zero to Security+.
3 courses, taken in order: from how computers work to defending networks. Built on Professor Messer’s free videos, split into steps, with hands-on tasks and timed checkpoints.
- Course 1 · ≈ 57 h 27 min · 208 lessonsIT FoundationsPrepares you for CompTIA A+ (220-1201 and 220-1202)
- Course 2 · ≈ 35 h 3 min · 114 lessonsNetworkingPrepares you for CompTIA Network+ (N10-009)
- Course 3 · ≈ 42 h 34 min · 148 lessonsSecurity OperationsPrepares you for CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701)
See the whole program
Skillreps isn’t affiliated with CompTIA.
XP, streaks and the leaderboard
Reps add up. So does XP.
| Watch a stepTo the end | +10 |
|---|---|
| Try it yourselfThe hands-on task | +25 |
| Log what you madeA photo and a note | +40 |
| Pass a quick checkAfter a lesson, no timer | +15 |
| Pass the module gamesTower or Speed round | +30 |
| Pass a checkpointTimed, mid-module | +50 |
Weekly streaks, at your pace
Choose 2 to 5 practice days a week. A practice day is any day you try a step or log a make, and days off never reset your streak.
A leaderboard that resets every Monday
Rank across everything or one skill, against everyone or just people you follow. Nobody falls permanently behind, and you can switch it off.
Quizzes and 3D games
Know it. Don’t just watch it.
Quick checks
A few questions after a lesson, no timer. +15 XP the first time you pass.
Tower
Every right answer stacks a 3D block. How tall can you build it?
Speed round
20 seconds a question. Faster answers and streaks score more.
Match-up
Flip cards to find the pairs. A memory game for the module.
Timed checkpoints
Halfway through a module, with fair-play rules up front and extra time if you need it.
The community
Show what you made. Get cheered on.
Log a photo of your granny square, your first web page or your diced onions. Other learners give kudos, leave a kind word and cheer your milestones.
- Comments are picked from a short list of kind phrases, so it stays friendly.
- Photo location and other hidden details are removed when you upload.
- YouTube only loads when you press play.
Free tools that already exist
You don’t need to buy anything to start.
The lessons are free. The tools are free. Skillreps is free, forever: no subscription, no paywall, no card. We put it all in order and give you a reason to keep going.
YouTube
The lessons. Picked from teachers like Professor Messer, Kevin Powell and BandLab, and credited to them.
BandLab
A free music studio in your browser, for making your first beat.
Google Sheets
Formulas, charts and pivot tables, free with a Google account.
Your phone
The camera you already carry, plus free editing apps.
Your browser
A code sandbox built into every coding lesson. Nothing to install.
Code without installing anything
Every coding lesson has a sandbox for HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Write it, press Run, and see your page next to the lesson.
Questions
Good to know
Is it really free?
Yes. No subscription, no paywall and no card. The lessons are already free on YouTube; Skillreps puts them in order and adds the practice, quizzes and XP.
Who makes the videos?
YouTube creators. Every lesson plays from YouTube and belongs to the person who made it. If you made a video and want it removed, tell us and we’ll take it down.
Do I need an account?
No. You can open any skill and watch every lesson without one. Sign in with Google to save your place, earn XP, keep a streak and share what you make.
How long does a skill take?
Every short skill takes under 15 hours, in steps of 10 minutes or less. Most people do a few steps a week; you choose 2 to 5 practice days.
Is the cybersecurity program official CompTIA training?
No. It’s built on Professor Messer’s free videos and prepares you for the A+, Network+ and Security+ exams, but Skillreps isn’t affiliated with CompTIA. Exams are booked and paid for through CompTIA.
Who’s behind Skillreps?
Elev8r Software, a product studio in Nigeria. We design, build and run Skillreps ourselves.
Start your first rep today.
Pick a skill, watch one short step, and try it with your own hands. It takes ten minutes and costs nothing.