Digital Footprint Assignment

1. How might your digital footprint affect your future opportunities? Give at least two examples.

your digital footprint can be seen by everyone and everything you post, comment, and like can be used against you.

  • future employers
  • future schools

2. Describe at least three strategies that you can use to keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe.

  • THINK before you post
  • check your privacy settings
  • don’t post anything that could be embarrassing in the future

3. If you could go back in time, is there anything you would do differently online? Think of what type of advice you would pass on to your younger self or other students. How could you go about explaining it to them?

I think that I have been pretty aware of my digital footprint. But one thing that i would say when teaching others about their digital footprint, would be to THINK before they post and make sure they now the consequences of a bad digital footprint.

Training Post

You are now going to create your very first post. In a separate tab or browser window, go to your Dashboard on the left and go to  Posts -> Add New.

1) Title – Create a title for your blog post. Your title will be: Digital Footprint Assignment

2) Body – This is where you place your content of the post – text, videos, pictures, etc. Follow the instructions on the Digital Footprint Assignment page to see what questions you need to answer here.

3) Tool Bar – In your toolbar you can “Add Media” and “Add Documents” into your posts, this is the best way to create visual representations. You can also change fonts, hyperlink, etc.

4) Publish – Here is where you control what items are public and private. You can also control when they are published to your website.

5) Categories – Here is where you choose where you want your post to go. This is your digital binder with all of your subjects. Make sure to categorize each post with the relevant subject. E.g. Categories -> English

6) Tags –  Here is where you tag posts with one or two of the most readily applicable Core Competencies. These tags can help you find things quicker on your blog and help you stay organised. E.g. Tag -> creativethinking

7) Publish – When you are done, simply “Publish” it. If it has been edited, press “Republish” to update with the latest version of the content.