This document provides an introduction to digital literacies. It discusses how digital literacies can be broken down into four parts: information management, creating materials, effective communication, and identity. It then guides the reader through exercises to examine the data various companies like Facebook, Google, and Apple have collected about them through their online activities and devices. It encourages users to be mindful about what information they share online and how to curate a positive online identity. The document concludes with directions for participants to complete surveys reflecting on the data collected about them and their experience.

1. Digital Literacies: An
Introduction
By Tom Rowledge and Tom Davidson,
Digichamps and Web Science Students

2. Digital
Literacies
Info
Management
Creating
Materials
Effective
Communication
Identity
Digital Literacies are
the way people use
digital technology, to
achieve any
objective.
Can be broken down
into 4 parts as shown.

3.  Many people have perceptions of how they use
technology, or how “tech-savvy” they might be. We are
interested to hear your perceptions, and why you might
think that way.
 So please can you navigate to: http://bit.ly/20CTctP
and complete the survey.
 At the end you will be given a grade reflecting various
aspects of your own digital literacy
Digital Health-Check

4. Online Identity
Arguably the most important part of Digital
Literacies, so here we’re going to do something
a bit different.
We’re going to show you how information might
be gathered about you online.
Video!

5. Nothing to do with me…
It is easy to think that this doesn’t matter to you,
for a number of reasons:
 Since all privacy settings are set to “Only friends”
or equivalent. But, many don’t know that every
time Facebook updates its terms and conditions
(even just changing one word), and you accept,
they may change back to public
 Many people believe that Facebook and others
don’t know that much about them…

6. Find Out What They Know About You
Facebook Google (Only really works if you use lots of
Google services)
1. Log onto Facebook on a computer
2. Go to Facebook Settings.
3. Click at the bottom of the first page;
“Download a Copy”
4. Wait for the email to arrive
You can use a combination of Websites to
explore Google’s data.
1. aboutme.google.com – to see Google+
information, or if you don’t use this, other
information you have given Google
2. www.google.com/settings/dashboard - to
see everything about your Google account,
including “Location History” which tracks
your phone!
3. www.google.com/settings/ads - to see what
information Google thinks it knows about
you, from your browsing habits – fun to see
what they have guessed at

7. Google Maps History Instructions
1. Visit www.google.com/settings/dashboard
2. Scroll down to “Location History”
3. Then press “View Location History”
4. Now you can navigate along the timeline

8. Apple iPhone Location Tracking
1. Go To Settings
2. Privacy
3. Location Services
4. Scroll down to the Bottom where you should see “System Services”
5. Then Press Frequent Locations
6. You have a history now come up…you can click on them to see visits, a map, and
the time spent at these locations!
This data is not sent to Apple however, we’re merely showing you just so you can see
quite how much data exists on you.
https://youtu.be/hZiuUg3I74M

9. Online Identity
It should therefore be very clear that it is best to be
careful about what you post online for:
 Security – there is a wealth of information that can
fall into the wrong hands.
 Image – employers are now more and more (we’re
sure you’ve heard this as many times as us) checking
up on prospects on Facebook. This is most important
us, as we are both the group who needs jobs, and
who are also most likely to be photographed on the
floor of Jesters drenched in last nights Jesticle…

10. What Lack of an Online Identity Is Doing
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2bniFJigI0

11. Activity
Please fill in these surveys depending on
what personal data you were able to access:
• Facebook: https://www.surveyface.com/l/facebook-collection
• Google Search History: https://www.surveyface.com/l/google-
collection
• Apple Location History: https://www.surveyface.com/l/apple-
location-collection
• Google Maps Location: https://www.surveyface.com/l/google-
location-collection

12. Lecture and Follow Up
 Lecture will include:
 Data Analysis on what you’ve provided today
 How to generate a positive online identity
 Information on resources to improve your skills and employability
Further Reading:
 The internet Society Digital Literacy Tutorials:
https://www.internetsociety.org/tutorials/digital-footprint-matters/module-1-
digital-footprint/

13. Complete our Survey
We also ask you to please
complete our survey:
Link:
https://www.surveyface.
com/l/session-evaluation
Thanks again.