Skills Lab 4: Connected & Safe
Practice stations: a Canva poster, a shared document with comments, a meeting invitation, safe sharing, checking a viral post and a privacy clean-up.
⌨️ Start with your 10-minute typing warm-upBy the end, you will be able to:
- Design a readable poster in Canva from a brief and download it with a correct file name, and co-edit a shared document using helpful comments, resolving and version history.
- Organise files in a cloud folder, share it with the right permission and send a calendar invitation with a video-call link and the folder link.
- Choose safe sharing permissions, check a viral post with W.A.I.T. and remove P.I.I. from a profile, and show the Silver typing target of 25 words per minute at 92% accuracy.
What you need
No computer at home? Print the PDF and practise on paper.
Follow these steps in order
Tick each step when you finish it. Your ticks are saved on this device, so you can stop and come back later.
Typing check ⏱️ 10 min
Do the 3-minute typing check on page 1 and write down your speed and accuracy.
Stations 1 and 2 ⏱️ 30 min
Do the tasks on pages 2 and 3 on a real computer. Watch the time limit, then tick the checklist honestly.
Explore the 3D lab ⏱️ 15 min
Play with the 3D model below. The 🎯 missions tell you exactly what to do next (this session has two labs). When you finish every mission, this step ticks itself.
Fix and re-try ⏱️ 15 min
Go back to any station you did not finish or got wrong, and try it again. Then fill in your score sheet on page 6.
Finished? Check your answers
Typing check (Page 1): Silver is met at 25 wpm or more with 92% accuracy or more, both at once. A faster speed with lower accuracy does not meet it.
Station 1, Open Day Poster (Page 2): a portrait poster with the event name as the biggest text, the date, time and place exactly as on the card, one inviting sentence, one picture from Canva's library, strong contrast, 2–3 fonts at most, named TechClub_OpenDayPoster_[YourName] and downloaded as a PNG into Downloads.
Station 2, Shared Programme (Page 3): both new sections (Robot Corner and Typing Race) use Heading 2 and have two sentences each. Each partner's comment starts with a frame, for example "One helpful suggestion is to say what time Robot Corner starts." Each comment is resolved after the fix. The first-created date and time is the oldest entry at the bottom of version history (the time you created the document).
Station 3, Planning Meeting (Page 4): a folder named OpenDay_Planning_[YourName] containing the poster, shared with the mentor as Viewer only; an event called Open Day Planning next Wednesday 4:00–4:30 pm, with a Google Meet link, the mentor as a guest and the folder link (starting
https://drive.google.com/) in the description. The invitation arrives in the mentor's inbox, and the mentor can open the folder but not edit it.Station 4, Safety Triple (Page 5)
- A: the teammate who only suggests: Commenter. The Designer who fixes the layout: Editor. The whole school, who only read: Viewer. The poster is shared in Drive with the Station 2 partner as Commenter.
- B: warning signs (any two): Who: an unknown page created 3 days ago, not the Ministry. Anyone else: no trusted news reports it. Time: "ends TONIGHT", "share with all your friends" is pressure. Also: a strange
.xyzweb address, and it asks for P.I.I. and a parent's MoMo number (a phishing sign from Session 33). Decision: don't share, don't register, report the post and tell an adult. - C: strike out the full name (Akosua Owusu), age (12), class and school (JHS 1 at Bozoma Model JHS), home address and landmark (House 17 behind the big mango tree on Ring Road), routine and place (Saturdays at 7 am at Kaneshie market), phone number (055 000 1234) and the password clue (Bingo). Safe version, for example: "Hi! I'm Akosua. I love drawing, netball and jollof, and one day I want to be an architect." A first name only is acceptable on a Hub-only page.
Rate yourself and save your work ⏱️ 5 min
Tick how confident you feel on the last page, then press 🖨 Print / Save as PDF in the workbook to keep a copy. On a shared computer, press Clear my answers when you have saved it.
🎉 Session 35 complete!
Brilliant work. Next up: Session 36: Block Programming & Algorithms.
Go to Session 36 →📰 Feed Check
Scroll a pretend social media feed. Spot fake news, report bullying, fix privacy settings and see how the feed learns what you like. Follow the 🎯 missions on the right: they tell you what to do next.
📅 Club Planner
Schedule a club meeting and invite members, run a mock video call, and move files into the cloud cupboard. Follow the 🎯 missions on the right: they tell you what to do next.
Stuck? Try this
Most problems are one missed word. Look for the Panic Button or Help box in the workbook.
Refresh the page. On a very old computer it may not show 3D. The workbook still has everything you need.
Answers save on the computer you typed them on. Open the workbook on that same computer and browser.
Ask your mentor, a teacher or a friend. Show them the step number you are on.