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Digital Footprint Assignment

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

When trying to get a job in the future your interviewer may check any past social media posts or accounts which can affect your chance of getting the job.

If you meet someone new say in a class and they see something negative about you online, that may jade their opinion of you.

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

Only post things that you will be comfortable having posted in the future, this will prevent you from embarrassment or any sort of trouble.

Always take peoples feelings into consideration, you should never hurt anyone online.

Never post anything illegal or crude in any way.

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 would explain to other students that whenever you post anything always get others to check over it to make sure that it is appropriate and will not be embarrassing in the future.

Training Post

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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.

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