Share with learners best practices for managing their ad settings on different sites and platforms

About This Module

This curriculum module is based on takeaways from series two of NYC Digital Safety training videos. You may use this module by:

• Including it in your pre-existing public workshops
• Combining it with other NYC Digital Safety modules to make a longer data-privacy focused workshop
• Sharing the handout with library users at various service points

Downloadable presentation slides, a facilitation guide, and a handout can be found below. The handout from this module has been translated into Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Russian, and Spanish.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, learners will be able to:

• Describe ad settings
• Determine the benefits of managing ad settings
• Use best practices to manage ad settings

Lesson Plan

This lesson plan is also included in the downloadable facilitation guide below. You are welcome to use any and all of this, or adapt it as you see fit.

This module will take approximately 50 minutes to complete and includes an activity and time for discussion.

Introduction to module

Greet learners and review the plan for this module

Defining ad settings

Provide a brief definition of ad settings and see if anyone has any questions

Activity: Discussing ads online

Open it up for discussion and ask your learners to share their personal experiences with ads.

How and why online ads work the way they do

Explain the different ways that online ads work and define tracking cookies, URL trackers, and other terms. Pause to see if your learners have any additional examples to share

Activity: Exploring online experiences and ads

Have your learners use their handout to consider their online habits and how those might influence the ads they see

Ways to manage online ads

Review best practices for avoiding online ads

Wrap up, final tips, and final questions

Review the closing thoughts and share the suggested resources. See if anyone has any final questions

Next Steps

Download the materials below for use in your workshop or at service points throughout your library.

If you plan to create a longer privacy-focused workshop using these materials, here is a link to view-only Google slides. Feel free to make a copy if you’d like to add these slides to any other deck.

And please let us know how it went! Use this form to share your feedback on this module. We’d love to hear from you.

Discuss and share best practices for managing social media account settings

About This Module

This curriculum module is based on takeaways from series two of NYC Digital Safety training videos. You may use this module by:

• Including it in your pre-existing public workshops
• Combining it with other NYC Digital Safety modules to make a longer data-privacy focused workshop
• Sharing the handout with library users at various service points

Downloadable presentation slides, a facilitation guide, and a handout can be found below. The handout from this module has been translated into Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Russian, and Spanish.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, learners will be able to:

• Describe social media account settings
• Determine the benefits of managing and monitoring social media accounts
• Use best practices to manage social media accounts

Lesson Plan

This lesson plan is also included in the downloadable facilitation guide below. You are welcome to use any and all of this, or adapt it as you see fit.

This module will take approximately 65 to 70 minutes to complete.

Introduction and welcome

Greet learners and review the plan for this module

Defining social media account settings

Provide an overview of social media account settings and see if anyone has anything to add to this definition

Discussion: Which social media accounts do you use?

If you did a pre-test, you can use the results to get the conversation going. Hold a conversation with learners and ask what social media accounts they use and how they like to use them

Social media account settings

Review what sort of information is shared on social media, and what information may be revealed about social media users

Discussion: Your personal information, online

Hold a conversation with learners about what they’ve seen posted online that they feel might make the person who posted it vulnerable to privacy and security issues

Best practices for managing social media accounts

Review best practices for protecting personal information on social media. Briefly pause after each slide to see if anyone has anything else to add or any questions

Activity: Managing your social media account settings

Make sure learners have their guided handouts. Break them into small groups. Have them work through the handout to identify their social media accounts and make a plant for strengthening their social media account security

Wrap up, final tips, and final questions

Review the closing thoughts and share the suggested resources. See if anyone has any final questions

Next Steps

Download the materials below for use in your workshop or at service points throughout your library.

If you plan to create a longer privacy-focused workshop using these materials, here is a link to Google slides. Feel free to make a copy if you’d like to add these slides to any other deck.

And please let us know how it went! Use this form to share your feedback on this module. We’d love to hear from you.

Share insight with learners as to best practices for private browsing online

About This Module

This curriculum module is based on takeaways from series two of NYC Digital Safety training videos. You may use this module by:

• Including it in your pre-existing public workshops
• Combining it with other NYC Digital Safety modules to make a longer data-privacy focused workshop
• Sharing the handout with library users at various service points

Downloadable presentation slides, a facilitation guide, and a handout can be found below.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, learners will be able to:

• Describe private browsing
• Discuss the benefits and the limits of private browsing
• Use best practices for browsing privately and securely online

Lesson Plan

This lesson plan is also included in the downloadable facilitation guide below. You are welcome to use any and all of this, or adapt it as you see fit.

This module will take approximately 45 minutes to complete.

Introduction and welcome

Greet learners and review the plan for this module

Defining private browsing

Provide a definition for private browsing and see if anyone has any questions or anything else to add

What private browsing does and does not do

Review what private browsing can do and what its limitations are. See if anyone has any questions

When to use private browsing

Review some scenarios where private browsing might be beneficial or advisable. See if anyone has any other scenarios to add to the list

Staying secure with private browsing

Review a list of other digital safety best practices to use in conjunction with private browsers for a more secure online experience

Activity: Testing out private browsing

Put your learners into small groups. Give everyone the guided handout and have them record their responses there. Have your learners run searches in both private and non-private browsers. Encourage your learners to reflect on the differences between their browsers – does the private browser seem to know less personal information about them? What is happening to their search results or ads?

Takeaways, resources, and final questions

Review the closing thoughts and share the suggested resources. See if anyone has any final questions

Next Steps

Download the materials below for use in your workshop or at service points throughout your library.

If you plan to create a longer privacy-focused workshop using these materials, here is a link to Google slides. Feel free to make a copy if you’d like to add these slides to any other deck.

And please let us know how it went! Use this form to share your feedback on this module. We’d love to hear from you.