Global Context: Identities and relationships
Key Concept: Global Interactions
Related Concepts: Adaptation and Collaboration
AK Strand: Pluralism
Global interactions impacts on our identities and relationships
Factual
What is online safety?
What are the benefits of online safety?
What are the online safety needs?
Conceptual
How can one stay safe online?
How does online safety impact us?
Debatable
Is staying safe online a must?
Websites have become a necessity in today's society. They are used for various purposes such as for advertisements, for selling of goods and services online, for communication, for online presence by different companies and individuals etc. Many people and organizations nowadays have websites and those that do not have website risk being left behind and not making any meaningful impact in this information age the society.
Most of the websites are majorly made up of several web pages that consist of tons of related information about an organization/company/individual or even a topic. Simply put the website is several web pages put together.
Summative Assessment
Online safety refers to the act of staying safe online. It is also referred to as online safety, cyber safety, and e-safety.Being safe online means individuals are protecting themselves and others from online harms and risks which may jeopardise their personal information, lead to unsafe communications or even affect their mental health and wellbeing (What is Online Safety? | National Online Safety, 2021).
Your task for this Unit is to identify a client who has experienced/encountered any online safety issue such as cyberbullying, scamming, invasion of privacy, or attack by computer viruses amongst others and needs a web page to address/solve this issue by educating/guiding them how to stay safe online. You will research your client's problem and create a web page for the client that informs the client how to stay safe online.
The Design Cycle; all the four Criteria (Criterion A,B,C and D) of Digital Design will be applied to assess this particular task.