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YEAR GROUPS

ESSENTIALS - YEAR GROUPS 5-7

This module is organised into eight units that address issues of online safety and security including device and app settings as well as issues of privacy in relation to social media and online gaming. It introduces strategies for identifying and avoiding various types of malware attacks or cybercrime. It explores online copyright, creative commons and the use of other people’s work as well as plagiarism and how these relate to good digital citizenship. Positive and negative interactions with others online is a key aspect with particular emphasis on cyberbullying and being an upstander not a bystander. Online transactions and the difference between real currency and online credits and tokens are covered too.

SETTINGS

84% 55%

84%

55%

Identification of risks in cyber-security situations.

78% 40%

78%

40%

Critical evaluation of the likelihood that an app or supplier is safe.

82% 53%

82%

53%

Threat prevention and minimisation strategies.

70% 36%

70%

36%

Understanding of security software and browser updates as key prevention tool.

99% 80%

99%

80%

Threat identification and strategies.

77% 44%

77%

44%

Matching of threats and effects.

49% 21%

49%

21%

Safe use and maintenance of a secure Wi-Fi connection.

92% 63%

92%

63%

Understanding of location-based settings, potential risks and what LB is.

95% 73%

95%

73%

Reasons for security on personal mobile devices.

96% 74%

96%

74%

Knowledge of individual mobile app setting required to maintain security.

89% 60%

89%

60%

PRIVACY

88% 61%

88%

61%

Identification of potentially untrustworthy sites/messages and "likely" threats.

96% 70%

96%

70%

Knowledge of the permanence of personal information shared on the Internet and others' ability to share this at will.

95% 68%

95%

68%

Explanation of their and others' (permanent and ongoing) digital footprints, and their impact on people's offline reputations.

89% 66%

89%

66%

Understanding of need to seek permission BEFORE posting anything about anyone else.

99% 83%

99%

83%

Correct identification and explanation of a cookie.

86% 54%

86%

54%

Knowledge of browser privacy settings that must be set by users.

64% 36%

64%

36%

Identification of information that should never be shared online (unless with explicit parental intervention).

99% 80%

99%

80%

Identification of factors that make a strong password.

91% 69%

91%

69%

Explanation of location-based service and app-specific settings to turn on and off.

78% 49%

78%

49%

Knowledge of privacy settings and their management across multiple apps/settings.

93% 66%

93%

66%

Identification of URLs which are safe for personal data entry.

72% 44%

72%

44%

Strategies to minimise likelihood of "infection" or scam.

81% 47%

81%

47%

LOOKING

87% 57%

87%

57%

Identification of basic settings within a search engine.

88% 55%

88%

55%

Identification of effective searching skills.

58% 16%

58%

16%

Selection of various "signs" (visual literacy) to indicate nature of risk.

83% 48%

83%

48%

Review of options and selection of "trustworthy" sites (critical evaluation).

96% 73%

96%

73%

Understanding that the veracity/accuracy/currency of online content is not controlled by anybody in particular.

93% 59%

93%

59%

Review of options and selection of "trustworthy" sites (critical evaluation).

95% 74%

95%

74%

Identification of appropriate action to be taken if confronted by inappropriate content.

94% 70%

94%

70%

96% 71%

96%

71%

Recognition that "good" or "appropriate" behaviour is just as important online as it is offline.

99% 76%

99%

76%

Awareness of consequences to posting/downloading copyright protected content online.

94% 69%

94%

69%

Understanding of the permanence of posted content, whether deleted or not.

93% 70%

93%

70%

Understanding that the use of Snapchat or Skype does not preclude images from being stored on the Internet.

99% 85%

99%

85%

Understanding of what an AUP covers.

85% 55%

85%

55%

Knowledge that school ICT environments (and others) are monitored.

90% 63%

90%

63%

Identification of the ramifications of breaking the rules.

93% 69%

93%

69%

Identification of online content that has copyright attached.

99% 71%

99%

71%

Identification of different labels attached to other people's content (CC, ShareALike, etc.).

94% 67%

94%

67%

Identification of plagiarism and its inappropriateness.

94% 70%

94%

70%

Identification of inappropriate postings.

99% 90%

99%

90%

Ability to make a 'mash-up' with appropriate permissions.

94% 72%

94%

72%

PLAYING

93% 70%

93%

70%

Understanding of commercial nature and imperatives of most social media sites.

70% 41%

70%

41%

Knowledge that all posts can be manipulated (edited, forwarded, tagged, shared, etc.).

96% 74%

96%

74%

Knowledge that data posted to the Internet affects reputation (potentially negatively).

99% 83%

99%

83%

Identification of the basic etiquette surrounding distributing images of others.

99% 77%

99%

77%

Identification of the risks associated with 'tagging', 'sharing', or otherwise distributing images of themselves or others online.

70% 37%

70%

37%

Knowledge that people have the right to refuse "connection" and the rude or potentially criminal nature of chasing someone for this.

96% 77%

96%

77%

Explanation of the nature of online and offline games, and of how and when even offline games access the Internet to share information.

94% 71%

94%

71%

Identification of risks associated with online gaming.

99% 82%

99%

82%

Risk minimisation strategies for online gaming.

97% 80%

97%

80%

Knowledge that in most cases social networks are self-moderated and require users to report inappropriate behaviour.

94% 68%

94%

68%

Understanding that users of social media sites have a responsibility to behave in an acceptable manner.

86% 64%

86%

64%

Identification of the features of a high-quality, safe and secure social network.

94% 72%

94%

72%

Identification of risks associated with posting personal data relative to the nature and reliability of the site.

97% 77%

97%

77%

Identification of suitable and unsuitable usernames which might attract unwanted attention.

74% 44%

74%

44%

Identification of content/info that should never be shared online.

99% 84%

99%

84%

Assessment of what happens to data posted to various websites.

99% 86%

99%

86%

Knowledge that all data on the Internet is permanent.

99% 76%

99%

76%

TALKING

95% 71%

95%

71%

Can use and manage contact lists

98% 79%

98%

79%

Can tell the difference between genuine messages in online chat forums and ones that are likely to be scams or other unwanted contact, and knowing how to respond/ ignore.

99% 81%

99%

81%

Know that all messages conveyed via connected technologies are permanent

99% 93%

99%

93%

Knows difference between and appropriate use of CC and BCC

82% 41%

82%

41%

Is aware of strategies to ensure webcam use is "safe"

99% 90%

99%

90%

Knows that WC can be recorded and posted outside their control

89% 56%

89%

56%

Understand that the distribution of images and video is getting easier online and that controlling who sees anything online is very difficult

89% 60%

89%

60%

Knows the posting images of others is potentially illegal (and irresponsible/unfair)

99% 85%

99%

85%

Know that attachments and/or links in emails can possibly be bad

74% 42%

74%

42%

Can identify email scams (various) and apply appropriate actions

99% 85%

99%

85%

FRIENDS

97% 74%

97%

74%

Management of privacy settings and friending.

88% 53%

88%

53%

Strategies to address trolling.

93% 71%

93%

71%

Articulation of risks associated with meeting online connections in person and strategies to enact if doing so.

99% 85%

99%

85%

Knowledge that all is not what it appears online and that sometimes people can use the web to make contact for "bad" reasons.

99% 75%

99%

75%

Recognition of inappropriate behaviour and strategies to mitigate and manage the social ramifications of reporting and "unfriending".

99% 88%

99%

88%

Identification of the different forms of cyber-bullying versus other inappropriate (one-off) behaviour.

97% 69%

97%

69%

Identification of and selection of options to address cyber-bullying and appropriate levels of escalation.

92% 71%

92%

71%

Identification of and selection of options to address cyber-bullying of others and appropriate levels of escalation.

90% 66%

90%

66%

Identification of cyber-bullying prevention strategies.

92% 68%

92%

68%

Knowledge of how behaviour might be misconstrued as cyber-bullying and identification of indications from others that may be the case.

99% 85%

99%

85%

Matching of behaviour to situations.

98% 80%

98%

80%

MONEY

93% 67%

93%

67%

Identification of "real" cash transactions versus "not real" ones.

98% 80%

98%

80%

Identification of phishing/scam e-mail/scams.

93% 57%

93%

57%

Knowledge of actions to take if in receipt of a phishing message.

97% 75%

97%

75%

Knowledge that URL names (e.g. of a bank) are not an indication of authenticity.

88% 58%

88%

58%

Identification of the hallmarks of a secure site (padlock, https, valid certificates).

80% 49%

80%

49%

Identification of a one-off transaction as opposed to an ongoing commitment.

91% 66%

91%

66%

Identification of ways to pay for in-app purchases.

99% 83%

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SOSIndex is a community service provided by CyberPASS using data from student responses. With over 1.9 million questions answered by students across Australia, we know what students do and don’t know about online safety.

CHOOSE A MODULE TO SEE THE DATA

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