Foundational courses focus on the essential skills that archivists need to manage digital archives. They focus primarily, but not exclusively, on the needs of practitioners (i.e., archivists who are or will be working directly with electronic records). These courses present information that an archivist might implement in the next year.
| Courses | Format | Archivist Audiences | Other Audiences |
| Appraisal of Digital Records | 1-day | Practitioner | Records Manager |
| Arrangement and Description of Digital Records: Part 1 | 1-day | Practitioner, Manager, Administrator | Librarian; Museum Professional |
| Basics of Managing Digital Records | Web | Practitioner, Manager | Librarian, Museum Professional, Legal Professional, Records Manager |
| Digital Curation: Fundamentals for Success | 1-day | Practitioner, Manager, Administrator | Librarian; Museum Professional |
| Digital Forensics: Fundamentals | 1-day | Practitioner, Manager, Administrator | Librarian, Museum Professional, Legal Professional, Records Manager |
| Digital Preservation of Audio and Video: Fundamentals | Web | Practitioner, Manager | Librarian, Museum Professional |
| Introduction to Email Preservation | Web | Practitioner | Records Manager |
| Introduction to Processing Digital Records and Manuscripts | Web | Practitioner, Manager | Librarian, Museum Professional, Records Manager |
| Metadata Overview for Archivists | Web | Practitioner | Librarian, Museum Professional, Records Manager |
| Standards for Digital Archives | Web | Practitioner, Manager, Administrator | IT Professional, Legal Professional |
| Thinking Digital | Web | Practitioner, Manager | Librarian, Museum Professional, Records Manager |
| Web Archiving Fundamentals | Web | Practitioner, Manager | Librarian, Museum Professional, Records Manager, IT Professional |