CPD The Importance of Online Safety

Section 1: The scope and risks of online activity

• Positive uses of the internet
• The surface web, deep web and dark web
• The risks of negative online activity
• Why individuals may be vulnerable online
• Possible outcomes of unsafe online activities

Section 2: How online risks can be minimised

• How potentially unsafe/illegal activity can be prevented
• Examples of what may be included in policies relating to internet use
• Individuals’ personal internet use at home
• AUPs
• Parental controls

Section 3: The influence of social media

• Social media usage
• Social media and radicalisation
• Use of social media for propaganda

Section 4: How to promote the safe use of social media

• Safe social media settings
• Recommendations for use of personal information

Section 5: How to recognise and respond to changes in behaviour indicating unsafe online behaviour

• Inappropriate uses of the internet
• Signs that an individual is using the internet inappropriately
• Signs or changes in behaviour that might indicate that an individual is experiencing online abuse
• How an individual can be supported to change their online behaviour.

The benefits of this course include:

• Learn from your own home, in your own time
• Access to award-winning learning and assessment materials.