Spot Fakes and Deepfakes
Tell real from fake: AI images, deepfake videos, voice clones and false stories.
See the courseCybersecurity Essentials
Spot scams and protect your accounts, devices and data.
- Beginner
- 5 modules
- About 3 hours
- Free preview
Free while the course is in review.
You'll be able to
- Spot a scam message before you click
- Lock down your email and bank accounts
- Keep your phone and laptop updated and backed up
- Know what to do if you clicked a bad link
Who it's for
Adults who want to stay safer online, for themselves and their family. This is personal security, not professional training.
What you'll learn
Understand digital risk
Map what you need to protect, the likely threats, and what could happen.
Recognise phishing
Inspect messages and tell suspicious signs apart from real proof.
Protect accounts
Choose unique passwords, a password manager, two-step sign-in and recovery options.
Protect devices and data
Handle updates, app permissions, sharing and backups.
Respond to compromise
Know what to do after clicking a bad link, entering a password or installing something suspicious.
Final project
Make a one-page safety plan for your household: accounts to protect, scam signs to watch and what to do if something goes wrong.
Taught your way
- Pick simple words or more detail, and more or fewer pictures.
- Lessons fit 10, 20 or 40 minute sessions.
- Already know some of it? A quick check lets you skip ahead.
- Every lesson ends with practice and feedback on your own work.
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All questionsIs the same course the same for everyone?
The modules and what you are checked against are the same, so everyone learns the same skills. How each lesson is explained, and the examples it uses, change for you.
Do I need any experience?
No. Every course starts from the basics. If you already know some of it, an optional two-minute check lets you skip ahead.
How much does it cost?
While courses are in preview and their content is being reviewed, you can start them for free. Prices will be shown on each course page before any course goes on sale.
What if I don't understand a lesson?
Choose "Try it another way" under any idea to get it simpler, with more detail, with another example, as a picture or as a story. You can also ask your learning companion a question.
Preview: lessons and feedback are still being reviewed, and courses are not on sale yet.