This course offers an introduction to internet shutdowns, including an overview of the shutdown problem and examples of different ways governments shut down the internet and other communications channels. It will examine how internet shutdowns exacerbate human rights abuses and interfere with democratic processes. The course looks into who is fighting back and multi-stakeholder advocacy strategies used by the global #KeepItOn coalition to end internet shutdowns.

Introduction to Internet Shutdowns

Advocating and Campaigning Against Internet Shutdowns

#KeepItOn Campaign Manager, Access Now

Felicia Anthonio

@FelAnthonio

Introduction to the course

The facts on internet shutdowns

How internet shutdowns harm human rights?

Quiz - The basics of internet shutdowns

History of internet shutdowns - From Egypt to Myanmar

Defining internet shutdowns (#KeepItOn definition)

Technical means to shutdown the internet

Quiz - Am I experiencing an internet shutdown

What are internet shutdowns?

Why internet shutdowns are a barrier to elections

Civil unrest, protests and shutdowns

What activists need to know

Case study - Susan Mwape, Common Cause Zambia Case study

Quiz - activity

Cuba Case Study - Norges Rodríguez, Yucabyte

Internet shutdowns and democracy

Tips for planning for shutdowns during elections and civil unrest

About the #KeepItOn Coalition

Internet shutdown monitoring tools

Liaising with national and International institutions over shutdowns

Why the private sector matters

Advocacy and internet shutdowns

Wrap up video

Course survey

Conclusion

Access Now

These days there are very few aspects of running a successful human rights organisation or campaign that don't require design skills to help promote your brand and get your message across. Learn the basics of how to create effective graphic designs on your own!

Design for change: Graphic design for human rights

Stefanie Posavec

stefanieposavec.co.uk

Introduction to course

Introduction to graphic design

What makes a design successful?

Quiz: Graphic Design

Why graphic design matters

Introduction

Writing a graphic design brief

The graphic design process

Quiz: briefing and design process

The big four

The building blocks of graphic design

What is typography?

Basic typeface components

The basics of choosing typefaces

Working with dual languages

Quiz: Typography

Finding and purchasing typefaces

Making your own ecard: Setup & Type

Typography

Making your own ecard: Thinking about layout

Layout

What are graphic elements?

Quiz: Communicating Emotion

Making your own ecard: Adding a graphic form

Graphic elements

Different colour spaces

Selecting the right colours for your project

Make your own colour palette

Making your own ecard: Thinking about colour

Colour

Making your own ecard: Downloading and publishing

Downloading and publishing your ecard

Wrap-up video

Wrap-up

Small Media

Charts and graphs are some of the easiest and best ways to visualise your data. They can help you turn complex datasets into easier to understand visuals that you can share in reports, on websites and on social media. 

This course will teach you how to choose the best chart and graph to fit your dataset and  includes lots of tips and techniques.

Visualise your data with the best charts and graphs

Amr Eleraqi

@aeleraqi

The main types of data

Making data understandable

Getting to know your data

Introduction to graphs and charts

Bar charts

Histograms

Line charts

Pie charts

Bubble charts

Map charts

Treemaps

Charts and graphs summary

Quiz - Charts and Axes

Types of Graphs and Charts

Graphs anatomy

Guidelines for formatting graphs and charts

Mistakes to avoid

Quiz - Labelling graphs and charts

Creating the Right Charts

How to create a graph using a google spreadsheet

Exercise

Draw your data

Infotimes

Want to know why people keep chatting about metadata? Or why your phone is head over heels attracted to attaching to a surveillance device called an IMSI Catcher? Then this course is for you.

Researching Privacy

Right to Privacy: Introduction and Principles

Right to Privacy: Data and Surveillance

The Risks of Data-Intensive Systems

Privacy International

@privacyint

Matthew Rice

Data and Surveillance

Metadata: Defined and Explained

How is data generated and stored?

How is data communicated?

Quiz: Metadata vs Content

Quiz: IMEI and IMSI

Defining Data

Threats to the right to privacy: Key concepts

Who are the actors?

Network Surveillance

Case study: Macedonia - Society on tap

Quiz: Network Surveillance

Actors and network surveillance

Tactical Surveillance: Surveillance your phone loves to connect to

How your device can become a spy

Quiz: Tactical Surveillance - True or False?

Case study: Intrusion Technology - Their Eyes on Me

Quiz: Case Study

Tactical surveillance

Social media campaigns help us do things, like raise awareness or money, that help us reach greater advocacy goals. Learn how to plan and execute a social media strategy for your favourite issue or organisation in this course led by the team at Social Media Exchange.

Developing SMART Goals for Successful Strategies

Social media strategy on a shoestring (Part 1)

Jessica Dheere

@jessdheere

Introduction to the Course

What is Social Media Strategy?

Why Create a Social Media Strategy?

How to create a social media strategy in 5 steps

Social media strategy: What you need to know

Align social media with objectives

What do you want to achieve?

A goal setting scenario

Exercise: Set up social media goals

Defining social media goals

Know your audience

Build a base

Extend your reach

Scan social analytics

Advanced audience development

Develop and define your target audience

Match channels to audiences

How social networks differ

Choose the best social networks

The goal of a content strategy

Brainstorming for your campaign

Starting a conversation on social media

Editorial calendar: Scheduling content

Exercise - Create an Editorial Calendar

Develop a content strategy

Why metrics matter

Metrics by platform

Exercise - Create a social media report

Define metrics for success

Strategize for Impact

SMEX

Social media campaigns support larger advocacy goals and connect online activity to offline action. Learn how to make your campaigns come to life with engaging content and a production plan led by the team at Social Media Exchange.

Social media production on a shoestring (Part 2)

Mohamad Najem

@MoNajem

Make static content consistent

Newsfeed posts: Format, function and feel

Quiz - Which post would you click?

Creating engaging content

Best practices for social media copy

Best practices for social images

Best practices for social video

Best practices for timing social media

Tips for avoiding social media fails

Quiz - UN Women’s #HeForShe Campaign

Exercise - Create a Social Media Campaign

Posting to the Social Media Stream - Best Practices

Scheduling tools

Tools for creating a shared social media posting plan

Team collaboration

Best tools for social media teams

Develop a sense of community

Develop social listening habits

Set up Google alerts

Stay up to date with Feedly

Create Twitter lists

Exercise - Set up your listening posts

Tactics to refine and grow your audience

Proving social media ROI

Social media reporting on a shoestring

Exercise - Set up social media tracking tools for your campaign

Benchmarking success: Social media ROI

Produce like a pro

An introduction to the principles that underpin the right to privacy, how important it is in our daily lives and the work that is being done internationally to protect the right by civil society organisations.

Courses

Design for change: Graphic design for human rights

Design for change: Graphic design for human rights

Visualise your data with the best charts and graphs

Visualise your data with the best charts and graphs

Right to Privacy: Data and Surveillance

Right to Privacy: Data and Surveillance

Social media strategy on a shoestring (Part 1)

Social media strategy on a shoestring (Part 1)

Social media production on a shoestring (Part 2)

Social media production on a shoestring (Part 2)

Right to Privacy: Introduction and Principles

Right to Privacy: Introduction and Principles

Succeeding Together: Forming Effective Groups for Advocacy

Succeeding Together: Forming Effective Groups for Advocacy

Recognising and Responding to Online Gender-Based Violence

Recognising and Responding to Online Gender-Based Violence

Big Data and the Social Networks

Big Data and the Social Networks

Introduction to the Universal Periodic Review

Introduction to the Universal Periodic Review

Making an impact with the Universal Periodic Review

Making an impact with the Universal Periodic Review

Researching human rights law for advocacy

Researching human rights law for advocacy

Developing SMART Goals for Successful Strategies

Developing SMART Goals for Successful Strategies