Aim of the Module
To provide core knowledge of authentication and identity management principles for protecting personal digital assets.
Authentication
Authentication helps students understand how we prove who we are online. This module supports educators in teaching strong sign-in habits, why extra verification matters, and how to keep accounts protected.
Learning Objectives
- To stress the importance of secure identity management.
- To introduce the concept of authentication and its different types.
- To develop students understanding of digital assets and access control awareness.
- To develop students’ knowledge and skills for creating secure usernames and passwords following recommendations and good practices.
- To build students skills for managing passwords securely.
Learning Outcomes
- I can identify my personal digital assets and explain the risks they face in both physical and digital environments.
- I can explain what authentication is, why it is important, and list different types of authentications.
- I can distinguish between weak and strong usernames and passwords.
- I can demonstrate how to use a password manager to store passwords and justify why I made those choices.
Module Content
Part 1
Download Video Download Subtitles
What Is Identity and What Are Digital Assets?
Goal: Help students create strong, memorable secrets and understand why reuse is risky.
What Is Identity and What Are Digital Assets?
Goal: Help students create strong, memorable secrets and understand why reuse is risky.
Download all the materials for this part of the module.
DownloadWhat’s Included
Materials
Featured Video
What is Digital Identity?
Use this video to spark discussion about online spaces students already use, from learning platforms to games and messaging apps. Pause for quick reflections on where students spend time online.
Part 2
Download Video Download Subtitles
What Is Authentication and Why Is It Important?
Goal: Help students understand what authentication is, why it is important, and how it helps protect their digital identity and digital assets by controlling who is allowed access.
What Is Authentication and Why Is It Important?
Goal: Help students understand what authentication is, why it is important, and how it helps protect their digital identity and digital assets by controlling who is allowed access.
Download all the materials for this part of the module.
DownloadWhat’s Included
Materials
Featured Video
What is Authentication and Why is It Important?
Use this video to spark discussion about online spaces students already use, from learning platforms to games and messaging apps. Pause for quick reflections on where students spend time online.
Part 3
Download Video Download Subtitles
How to Create Strong Usernames and Passwords
Goal: Help students understand what authentication is, why it is important, and how it helps protect their digital identity and digital assets by controlling who is allowed access.
How to Create Strong Usernames and Passwords
Goal: Help students understand what authentication is, why it is important, and how it helps protect their digital identity and digital assets by controlling who is allowed access.
Download all the materials for this part of the module.
DownloadWhat’s Included
Materials
Featured Video
Strong and Weak Passwords
Use this video to spark discussion about online spaces students already use, from learning platforms to games and messaging apps. Pause for quick reflections on where students spend time online.
Part 4
Download Video Download Subtitles
How to Manage Passwords Securely – Using a Password Manager
Goal: Help students understand I can explain what two-factor authentication is and why managing many passwords is difficult, introduce the concept of a password manager, and explain how password managers help protect digital identities and digital assets when used responsibly with support from a trusted adult.
How to Manage Passwords Securely – Using a Password Manager
Goal: Help students understand I can explain what two-factor authentication is and why managing many passwords is difficult, introduce the concept of a password manager, and explain how password managers help protect digital identities and digital assets when used responsibly with support from a trusted adult.
Download all the materials for this part of the module.
DownloadWhat’s Included
Materials
Image: Two Different Types of Authentication Used Together
DownloadSchema: Set of Money Coins
DownloadSchema: Set of Groups
DownloadSchema: PIN Cards
DownloadImages: How to Use a Password Manager
DownloadImage: Password Manager Vault
DownloadImage: Password Manager as a Digital Keyring
DownloadImage: Steps of Saving Passwords
DownloadWorksheet: Password Problems and Solutions
Download
Featured Video
What Is a Password Manager?
Use this video to spark discussion about online spaces students already use, from learning platforms to games and messaging apps. Pause for quick reflections on where students spend time online.
Part 5
Download Video Download Subtitles
How to Protect Our Digital Identity – Making Safe and Responsible Choices
Goal: Help students understand how their choices and behaviour affect the security of their digital identity, and how acting responsibly helps protect their digital assets, themselves, and others in digital environments.
How to Protect Our Digital Identity – Making Safe and Responsible Choices
Goal: Help students understand how their choices and behaviour affect the security of their digital identity, and how acting responsibly helps protect their digital assets, themselves, and others in digital environments.
Download all the materials for this part of the module.
DownloadWhat’s Included
Materials
Featured Video
Protecting Your Digital Identity
Use this video to spark discussion about online spaces students already use, from learning platforms to games and messaging apps. Pause for quick reflections on where students spend time online.
Explore Other Topics
Other Modules
Browse related modules and continue learning.
Digital Citizenship
This module helps kids develop responsible habits for communicating, sharing, and behaving respectfully in online spaces. It covers the core principles of ethical digital behaviour and sets a solid foundation for navigating the internet with confidence and care.
Start ExploringAttacker Perspective
This module shows kids how online trust can be exploited and what risky behaviour looks like from the other side. Understanding how attacks happen is a key step in recognising and avoiding them in everyday digital life.
Start ExploringData Privacy
This module explores what personal information actually is, how it gets shared — often without us realising — and what kids can do to stay in control of their digital footprint. It builds awareness of privacy as an active, everyday responsibility.
Start ExploringSocial Engineering
This module dives into the human side of cybercrime — how scammers use persuasion, false urgency, and deception to manipulate people into giving up information or access. Kids learn to pause, question, and verify before they act.
Start ExploringMalware
This module helps kids recognise suspicious links, downloads, and software that can harm their devices. It builds practical awareness of how malware spreads and how simple, consistent habits can prevent it.
Start ExploringDigital Abuse
This module addresses harmful online behaviour including cyberbullying, harassment, and coercion. Kids learn to identify when a situation has crossed a line and, importantly, how to seek help safely and confidently.
Start Exploring