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Computers & Digital Literacy · Grade 6

Security, Privacy and Digital Citizenship

Learners protect their accounts with long passphrases, unique passwords and multi-factor authentication, decide what personal information to keep private and how a digital footprint forms, and practice spotting the warning signs of scam messages and unsafe downloads. The course ends with respectful communication, a clear plan for responding to cyberbullying and asking for consent before posting about others.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 95 minutes
  • Security, privacy and citizenship check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Protect accounts with long passphrases, a unique password for each account, and multi-factor authentication using something you know, have or are.
  • Protect personal information by recognizing what is personal or sensitive, using privacy settings and thinking about your digital footprint.
  • Recognize warning signs of scams (urgency, too good to be true, mismatched sender, requests for passwords or codes) and install apps only from trusted sources.
  • Communicate respectfully, respond to cyberbullying (do not retaliate, save evidence, block, report to a trusted adult) and get consent before posting about others.

Lessons

  1. Strong logins 6 steps4 practiceabout 24 min
  2. Personal information and your digital footprint 6 steps4 practiceabout 24 min
  3. Spotting scams and installing safely 7 steps5 practiceabout 24 min
  4. Respect, cyberbullying and consent 7 steps4 practiceabout 23 min
  5. Security, privacy and citizenship check 10 questions at the end

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