Unit 8 Project – Digital Citizenship Pledge and Footprint Review
Unit 8 Project · Digital Citizenship Pledge & Footprint Review
The course finale. Review your digital footprint, show you can use sources fairly and honestly, and write a personal Digital Citizen Code that pulls together everything you've learned across all eight units.
🎬 The Brief
Show you can be a thoughtful digital citizen. Review your footprint, prove you can use sources fairly and honestly, and write a personal Digital Citizen Code. Keep everything appropriate — no real private details.
Skills You'll Integrate
- Lesson 1: copyright and fair use
- Lesson 2: quoting, paraphrasing, and citing (no plagiarism)
- Lesson 3: understanding and shaping your digital footprint
- Lesson 4: the rights and responsibilities of a digital citizen
What You'll Build — Three Parts
Footprint Review
Make two lists: things that build a positive footprint and things that hurt one. Then name one privacy setting you'll check and one positive thing you'll share this month.
Fair Use & Citation
Find one free-to-use image and record why you're allowed to use it (with credit). Then take one fact and show it three ways: a quote, a real paraphrase, and a citation.
Your Digital Citizen Code
Write 5–8 personal promises for how you'll act online. Pull from the whole course — communication, security, copyright, honesty, and footprint. Make them positive and specific.
Milestones
- Review (Lesson 3): audit what builds vs. hurts your footprint.
- Source fairly (Lesson 1): find a free-to-use image and record the credit.
- Cite honestly (Lesson 2): quote, paraphrase, and cite one fact.
- Pledge (Lesson 4): draft 5–8 promises for your Digital Citizen Code.
- Finalize: polish and submit all three parts.
📊 Grading Rubric
Each row is scored 1–4. Aim for the Exemplary column.
| Criterion | Exemplary (4) | Proficient (3) | Developing (2) | Beginning (1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footprint Review/4 points | Thoughtful build/hurt lists plus a concrete privacy action. | Both lists and an action. | Thin lists or no action. | Missing. |
| Copyright & Fair Use/4 points | A genuinely free-to-use image with clear credit and reason. | Free-to-use image credited. | Image use unclear or uncredited. | Not shown. |
| Citation & Honesty/4 points | Correct quote, true paraphrase, and a complete citation. | Mostly correct. | Paraphrase too close, or weak citation. | Missing or copied. |
| Digital Citizen Code/4 points | 5–8 specific, positive promises spanning the course. | A solid set of promises. | Few or vague promises. | Missing. |
| Reflection & Craft/4 points | Personal, thoughtful, well organised, and proofread. | Clear and complete. | Rough in places. | Incomplete. |
✅ Student Checklist
Tick each step as you go. Everything checked means you're ready to submit.
- Listed things that build a positive footprint
- Listed things that could hurt a footprint
- Named a privacy setting to check and a positive thing to share
- Found a free-to-use image and recorded the credit
- Wrote a fact as a quote (with quotation marks)
- Wrote the same fact as a real paraphrase
- Added a complete citation
- Wrote 5–8 promises for my Digital Citizen Code
- Made the promises positive and specific
- Proofread and submitted all three parts
📖 Key Vocabulary
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📤 How to Submit
Hand in your footprint review, your fair-use + citation work, and your Digital Citizen Code — as one document or slides. This is also great preparation for your Digital Foundations Exam. Check your work against the rubric and checklist first.