Online Identity

Who is this for?

These lessons are for people who want to learn more about the etiquette of communicating in digital spaces and how to create a positive online identity.

If you come across a term you do not understand, try looking it up in the Computer Hope Glossary.

Places to learn about Online Etiquette and Online Identities

GCFLearnFree

Email Etiquette and Safety

This is a lesson. Scroll down the page to learn about good email etiquette.

NOTE: If you want to save your progress as you work through GCFLearnFree tutorials and lessons, you can create an account and log in each time you do some work here.

Wisconsin Technical Colleges

Create an Online Identity

Social Media Communication and Etiquette

These are lessons in a course about using Social Media. You can sign up if you want to take the tests or you can go through the material as a guest.

Rumie Bytes

Rumie Bytes are short lessons--micro lessons--that are designed to take 10 minutes or less to complete. Don't worry if you take longer.

What Are My Digital Rights and Responsibilities?

This Byte is an introduction to the The 3 Principles Of Digital Citizenship: Respect, Educate and Protect

What Information Is Safe To Share Online?

In this Byte, you will discover how to check that a site is safe and understand where the information is going.

Digital Identity

A series of Bytes about how to craft your online profile.

• Protecting your digital reputation

• Managing a professional persona online

• How am I depicted online

Computer Hope

Etiquette

Online etiquettes

• Chat etiquette.

• E-mail etiquette.

• Forum etiquette (bulletin board or message board).

• Signature etiquette

Google Applied Digital Skills

Identify Cyberbullying

Click the Start button to go to the first lesson. in each lesson there is a video explanation and instructions for a practice activity in the top right corner. It will take you about 90 minutes to work through these lessons but you may not want to do every section. There is a Transcript button under each video. You can click that button and read about the video if you wish. If you sign into your Google account, you can earn a certificate.

You can choose from these sections:

1. Introduction to Identify Cyberbullying

2. Brainstorm Community Guidelines in a Document

3. Research Online for Reliable Sources

4. Plan What to Do When Cyberbullying Happens

5. Identify Cyberbullying Wrap-Up

6. Extensions: Identify Cyberbullying