Course Module

Laura Cook

SLM 521

Summer 2005

How To Protect Yourself From

Identity Theft?

Objectives:

Students will learn how to protect oneself from identity theft when shopping on the internet.
Students will learn how to identify safe and secure web pages.
Students will rank different web pages based on security features.

Introduction:

More and more people are shopping online for a variety of items. Some people shop for airline tickets, cars, clothes, and the like. As more people continue to shop online, identity theft continues to be of great concern. We want to be able to feel secure using the internet to purchase different items. We also want to make sure that our precious information is not being sent out over the web for all curious eyes to see it. Therefore, it is imperative to be able to tell a secure site from a non-secure site.

Reading:

Browse through the following articles and websites dealing with identity theft and secure servers.

Read the article on identity theft. http://www.protectyourkids.info/identity_theft.html

Secure and Non-Secure websites http://www.aarweb.org/other/secureweb.asp

Assignment:

Create a check off list that can be used to help people identify a secure server. Be sure to make it general enough so that it can be used for any type of website.

Use your check off list and identify at least 2 secure websites and 1 non-secure website.

Submission:

Upload your check off list to the server and attach your completed check off lists that identify the secure and non-secure sites.

Rubric:

	Unacceptable	Developing	Accomplished
Check Off List	2 or less criteria for identifying secure websites. No organizational structure to the check off list.	3-5 criteria for identifying secure websites. Some organizational structure to the check off list.	6 or more criteria for identifying secure websites. Well organized structure.
Identifying 2 secure and 1 non-secure website.	Identifies 1 secure or non-secure site. Partially uses check off list.	Identifies 2 secure or non-secure sites. Adequately uses check off list.	Identifies 2 secure and 1 non-secure site. Proficiently uses check off list.