Digital Functional Skills - Module 5 - Online Safety - Unit 5.2 - Protecting Personal Information

These resources have been created for those delivering the Digital Functional Skills Qualification at Entry Level which replaces the current Functional Skills ICT Qualification from 31st of July 2023.

The DFS qualification’s main purpose is to provide reliable evidence of a learner’s achievements against content that is relevant to the workplace and real life.

These resources provide a structured assessment in workbook form to evidence learner’s knowledge and skills as well as their ability to apply these in different contexts and demonstrate that all learning outcomes have been met.

The qualification itself is made up of many 5 main skill areas (Modules) each with its own series of units.

The unit workbooks include various challenges, activities and tasks to prove learners understanding. Each page has a header that includes the individual outcomes covered and can be assessed easily and signed off.

This resource covers:
**Module 5 – Being Safe and Responsible online
5.2 Know simple methods to protect personal information and privacy online (including not sharing personal info and, looking for HTTPS when logging in).

This resource includes:
Task 1 - Introduction - Learners to read the scenario and find 9
examples of personal information within the text and highlight as they go.

Task 2 - Using the flow chart, learner will need to identify the ‘risky’ and ‘safe’ examples from 20 different posts.

Task 3 - Learners to list 3 potential dangers or negative impacts that could result from 3 risky posts (chosen from Task 2)

Task 4 – Learners to log on to the internet, connect to a browser, visit a (secure) website and follow the relevant instructions to access and screeshoy the website validation certificate.

Task 5 – Independent Task - In this task, learners will write two versions of a post: one safe and one risky. Both posts will share the same information, but the risky post will include personal details and unsafe links. (Scenario and Social Media templates provided)

Recap Quiz (Answers included)

Also included is a Glossary for learners to fill out and Skills and Knowledge checklist to be completed before and after delivery of this unit. Guided Tutor Answers for relevant tasks are also included.

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Other Workbooks in this DFSQ series are available on TES. Many are still being created and will all be available soon.