Multiply Essex: How to be safe online

This course is only for residents of Essex. In this short 4 hour course, we will be looking at a number of factors associated with being safe online. This course focuses on ways you can keep your personal information safe when shopping online and we will work together to identify how some online scams work and what to do to avoid falling victim to them. We also look at how to sell your own items online, including discussion of recent changes to the law around taxation. You will work with your fellow learners to write a description for an item to sell and discuss what you need to consider when photographing the item. We will look at a few common marketing techniques and how to tell real ads from fake ones. Some basic maths will be covered relevant to this course giving you the opportunity to refresh or develop your skills in this area in a safe, supportive environment and helping you to determine if something you see advertised online is a genuine bargain or not.

This is a multiply Essex course only for residents of Essex aged 19 and over.