About the Course
Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence: An Introductory Course for B.C. Post-Secondary Institutions is a 45-minute online, self-paced, and non-facilitated course. It provides foundational information about technology-facilitated sexualized violence (TFSV) to help students, staff, and faculty recognize what it is, why it persists, and how to support those who may experience it. Through this course, learners will:
- Familiarize themselves with the definition of TFSV and common behaviours that fall under its umbrella
- Unlearn common myths about TFSV
- Consider the insidious roles intersectionality and rape culture play in TFSV
- Explore TFSV scenarios and the impacts of TFSV on survivors, and how power dynamics, myths, and rape culture influence interactions
- Discover ways to respond supportively when they experience, witness, or hear a disclosure of TFSV
The course was developed with guidance from an advisory group of students, staff, and faculty from B.C. post-secondary institutions, as well as representatives from the Government of British Columbia.
Course Structure and Topics
Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence: An Introductory Course for B.C. Post-Secondary Institutions includes an introduction, four modules, a course summary, and downloadable PDF resources. The modules include interactive activities, summaries, and reflection questions. The Resources section at the end of the course contains handouts for learners to download.
The course can be completed in one or more sessions.
Note: The course does not include any graded assessments, such as a final quiz. Institutions wanting to add formal assessments can create them in Articulate Rise and incorporate them into the course.
Below is an overview of the course structure and topics.
| Introduction |
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| Module 1: Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence – The Basics |
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| Module 2: Driving Forces Behind Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence |
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| Module 3: Responses to Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence |
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| Module 4: Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence Scenarios |
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| Closing Notes | |
| Resources |
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| Acknowledgements and Attributions |
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Course Accessibility
Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence: An Introductory Course for B.C. Post-Secondary Institutions has been designed to be accessible to all learners:
- The course has been optimized for people who use screen-reader technology.
- All content can be navigated using a keyboard.
- Images have alt-text provided.
- Videos have captions and a transcript is provided.
- Information is not conveyed by colour alone.
There is a detailed accessibility statement at the beginning of this guide.
If you are making changes to the course, please review Accessibility Considerations to ensure that the course is still accessible to all learners.
Attributions
Implementation Guide for Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence: An Introductory Course for B.C. Post-Secondary Institutions by Intersectional Sexualized Violence – Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence Development Team is © 2024 Government of British Columbia and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
The Creative Commons licence permits you to retain, reuse, copy, redistribute, and revise the course – in whole or in part – for free, providing the creators are attributed. These attributions can be found in the Acknowledgements and Attributions section of the course. If you add to the content, you will need to update these attributions. If you use components of the course, please check the attribution carefully to ensure you credit the correct creator.