CyberStudent Module Content Overview
CyberStudent includes eight modules. Every module is available for Lower Elementary (LE), Upper Elementary (UE), Jr. High (JRH), and High School (HS).
Module 1: Digital Citizenship Overview
This module discusses the importance of being a good digital citizen and being smart and staying safe in the digital world.
Module 2: Cyberbullying
This module covers the definition of cyberbullying, the roles people play in cyberbullying, and steps to take if you are ever the target of cyberbullying.
Module 3: Digital Footprint/Digital Reputation
This module covers the permanence of everything you post online, and how you can build a positive or negative reputation based on your online behavior.
Module 4: Digital World Basics/Social Media
This module covers the basics of online safety, privacy settings, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and social media boundaries.
Module 5: Media Literacy
This module covers how to recognize different types of media, understand the messages they send, and evaluate whether a source is reliable.
Module 6: Privacy & Cyber Awareness
This module covers online strangers and how to protect your private information online.
Module 7: Age Appropriateness/Tech Laws
This module covers why it’s important to follow age restrictions and COPPA guidelines, plus the laws that govern online behavior, such as those on online impersonation, intellectual property, and cybercrime.
Module 8: Review
This module revisits the key lessons from the first seven modules to help reinforce what the students have learned.
- Knowledge checks: Each module video ends with a knowledge check to assess understanding.
- Quizzes: Each module ends with a quiz. Lower Elementary students take a 5-question quiz that isn’t graded. Upper Elementary, Jr. High, and High School students take a 10-question quiz and need a score of at least 70% to pass.
- Badges and certificate: Students earn a custom badge for each module they finish and receive a certificate when all 8 modules are completed.