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Cybersecurity · CYB-102

Online Safety

Browse, communicate, and share information online while protecting your privacy, devices, and personal data.

LEVELBeginner
LESSON TIMEAbout 5 hours
FORMAT6 self-paced lessons
PATHWAYCDAP required

Practice and the final project time is additional to the lesson estimate.

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IS THIS COURSE FOR YOU?

What to expect from Online Safety

Learners who browse, communicate, shop, or share information online.

What you will learn

  • Manage privacy and sharing choices
  • Use safer connections and devices
  • Respond appropriately to online risks

LESSON OUTLINE SAMPLE

Understand your digital footprint

Understand your digital footprint is more than a term to remember: it is a practical skill that requires you to understand the situation, select an appropriate method, complete the work carefully, and verify the result. Use this study guide to connect the underlying ideas to the decisions you will make in the lesson activity.

This sample shows the lesson goals and selected takeaways. Enroll to access the complete lesson notes, activities, and assignments.

What this lesson covers

  • Explain the purpose and everyday value of Online Safety.
  • Recognize the core skills and safe practices introduced in this course.
  • Apply the introductory concepts to a realistic activity.

Selected takeaways

  • Online safety combines privacy awareness, secure connections, updated devices, careful sharing, and respectful communication. Before posting or clicking, identify who can see the information, how long it may remain available, and whether the site or person is trustworthy. Public networks and shared devices require extra caution.
  • Your online safety baseline: Recognize common online risks and safer everyday choices.
  • For Getting started with Online Safety, practice with sample information, verify the result, and record the safe process you followed.

COMPLETE SYLLABUS

3 modules · 6 lessons

6 follow-up assignments · 3 assessments
01
Your online safety baselineRecognize common online risks and safer everyday choices.
2 lessons
  1. 1.1Understand your digital footprint
  2. 1.2Use secure browsers and connections
02
Privacy and communicationShare and communicate without exposing personal information.
2 lessons
  1. 2.1Control privacy settings
  2. 2.2Communicate and share safely
03
Devices and public spacesProtect devices and information wherever you connect.
2 lessons
  1. 3.1Secure phones and computers
  2. 3.2Stay safe on public Wi-Fi

FINAL COURSE PROJECT

Safe Online Participation Guide

Submit a practical guide covering privacy, secure browsing, communication, downloads, reporting and recovery, supporting evidence of your process, and a concise reflection. Do not include passwords, private records or confidential information.

Approximately 4 hours · Instructor reviewed

How success is evaluated

  • The project responds directly to the stated audience, purpose and scenario.
  • The submitted artifact demonstrates skills from multiple modules rather than one isolated lesson.
  • The learner provides evidence of testing, verification and revision.
  • The work addresses clear protective actions, inclusive language, realistic scenarios and response planning.
  • The explanation is original, clear, well organized and suitable for instructor review.

GRADING AND CERTIFICATE POLICY

Progress by demonstrating mastery

This course is completed through verified evidence of learning—not by averaging every activity into a traditional grade. You can use feedback, revise your work, and resubmit when an instructor requests changes.

  1. Complete the lessonsFinish the required lessons and applied practice in the published course release.
  2. Pass knowledge checksMeet each assessment’s published passing score. Attempt limits and retry guidance are shown before starting.
  3. Demonstrate practical skillsSubmit required assignments using safe, non-confidential evidence and receive instructor approval.
  4. Pass the final projectComplete the course-specific project and satisfy its published marking rubric. Revise and resubmit when requested.
  5. Unlock the certificateThe certificate becomes eligible only after every required lesson, assessment, assignment approval, and final-project requirement is verified.
How grading decisions are made
  • Courses use mastery-based completion rather than an averaged GPA or assignment-category percentage.
  • Practice activities help learners improve and do not reduce a course grade.
  • The rubric displayed with the active assignment in My Learning is authoritative.
  • Accuracy, safety, privacy, accessibility, or ethical failures may require revision even when other work is strong.
  • Instructor feedback and earlier submissions remain visible when work is revised and resubmitted.

Published assessment requirements: Your online safety baseline knowledge check: 75% passing score, up to 3 attempts · Privacy and communication knowledge check: 75% passing score, up to 3 attempts · Devices and public spaces knowledge check: 75% passing score, up to 3 attempts

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Online Safety