Week 1: Digital Foundations and Google Chrome

This week is about judgment, not button memorization. You will use Google tools, but the real target is deciding what the tool is doing, what information moves through it, who can access that information, and what evidence supports your decision.

The question

What makes someone digitally literate if knowing where to click is not enough?

What you will understand

Digital work is a system of people, devices, accounts, applications, information, permissions, and audiences. Chrome and Google Workspace are connected tools, not isolated apps.

Diagrams open at a readable shape-aware scale. Zoom or expand when you need more detail.

Use the diagram as a dependency map. When something fails, ask which layer owns the problem instead of treating the visible app as the entire system.

What you will do

Map a digital task, inspect how Google tools connect, organize Chrome for school work, and complete the DigitalLearn Intro to Google Tools and Google Chrome activities with school-safe account rules.

What you will produce

Digital Workspace Baseline: an organized course Drive structure, browser bookmark set, workspace connection map, and short evidence record.

Source activity

DigitalLearn Intro to Google Tools and DigitalLearn Google Chrome. DigitalLearn material stays attributed to DigitalLearn. Any Robotnix classroom adaptation is identified in the lesson and in the Week 1 source map.

School-account boundary

Use school-managed Google Workspace tools when an account is required. Never create a personal account for this course just to satisfy an older source instruction. Do not place passwords, student IDs, medical information, private contact details, or another student's private data into a course artifact.

Key vocabulary

digital literacy, account, application, browser profile, bookmark, permission, audience, cloud.

Pacing

Five lessons at approximately 42 minutes each. Some source activities may take less time; use the remaining time to complete the evidence check rather than rushing ahead.

How this week connects

This baseline becomes the workspace used for every later week.