Options for Course Adaptation
Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence: An Introductory Course for B.C. Post-Secondary Institutions is ready to use at your institution by uploading it to either a learning management system (LMS) or a website. See Editing and Sharing the Course for information on how to install it.
However, you also have the option to edit and adapt the course to suit the needs of your institution. Editing and Sharing the Course also includes suggestions for adapting and customizing the course.
If you are adding new interactive elements, please review the Accessibility Considerations. If you’re including new graphics or images, ensure that they have alt-text available for anyone using a screen reader.
Once you have finished changing or adding course content, review the course objectives, reflection questions, and any quizzes or final assessments to ensure that all of the material works together. You may also need to adjust the time required to complete the course.
Different Ways to Obtain, Edit, and Use the Course
You can access and use this course in a few different ways. Editing and Sharing the Course takes you through the different options.
- If your institution would like to use the course as created, with no modifications or changes, you will download SCORM files that can be uploaded to your LMS from the Intersectional Sexualized Violence project page.
- If your institution would like to make changes to the course, the institution must have a subscription to Articulate Rise (also called Articulate 360). It is a web application and does not require any software downloads. It runs on any device through a browser. To access Articulate Rise, you will need to purchase a licence to Articulate 360, which includes the Articulate Rise subscription. Academic pricing is available for post-secondary institutions. Detailed information about accessing, editing, and using the course in Articulate Rise can be found in Editing and Sharing the Course.
- If your institution wants to build your own course based on the texts, images, graphics, or videos found in Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence: An Introductory Course for B.C. Post-Secondary Institutions, visit the Intersectional Sexualized Violence project page to access and download these materials.
Introduction
Land acknowledgements are designed as a first step to reconciliation and an important way to begin the course so learners can think about next steps for reconciliation. If your institution has an approved territory acknowledgement, you are welcome to use it in the course.
The Land Acknowledgement section was slightly adapted from Jewell Gillies’ words in the Safer Campuses for Everyone training. It reiterates core concepts and invites learners to consider their relationship with Indigenous people and lands across B.C. The land acknowledgement is one step in introducing Indigenous ways of knowing and being, particularly in relation to sexualized violence.
Module 1: Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence – The Basics
In this module, students learn about definitions and specific behaviours associated with TFSV to ensure a baseline understanding of TFSV. It also goes on to explore and correct common myths about TFSV.
Your institution may use other definitions connected with sexualized violence, TFSV, and the behaviours that fall under its umbrella, and this module can be edited to include these definitions.
The definitions, behaviours, and myths associated with TFSV are evolving quickly, and the module will need to be updated regularly to remain relevant.
Module 2: Driving Forces Behind Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence
This module addresses intersectionality and rape culture. If your institution has existing ways of framing, understanding, or applying these topics, the module can be edited to align with them. The module can also be edited to include additional examples of how these concepts apply in a TFSV context.
As in Module 1, the concepts covered in Module 2 are evolving and shifting rapidly, especially in relation to technology, and the content may need to be updated over time.
Module 3: Responses to Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence
The resources provided in this module are not specific to an institution. There are links that help learners find resources at their post-secondary institution, but there are opportunities throughout to include institution-specific resources where they exist. We also encourage institutions to include support for those who perpetrate harm as well, if supports are available at the institution or in the community.
Limited information or research is available on being an active bystander in a TFSV context specifically. Module 3 can be edited to align with an institution’s understanding of or existing education on active bystander intervention.
Module 4: Technology-Facilitated Sexualized Violence Scenarios
The practice scenarios in this module, which were reviewed and shaped by many people, are intended to help learners consider and put into practice what they have learned. The six scenarios feature students from diverse backgrounds facing different experiences of TFSV.
The scenarios can be edited, new scenarios can be created to better suit the context of an institution, and images can be changed. Any of the questions in the scenarios can also be edited, replaced, or removed.
Note: If you are creating new scenarios, you may want to review a handout on this topic created for Power Dynamics and Boundaries: A Sexualized Violence Prevention Workshop for Graduate Students.
Resources
Additional resources (handouts or other documents) can be added to the list of resources provided in this module. If you remove any of the handouts, you will need to review the course carefully, since there are references to handouts throughout the modules.
Adding Quizzes or Final Assessments
The course does not include quizzes or a final assessment. If your institution would like learners to complete quizzes for the purpose of tracking progress or completion, these can be added and the settings in Articulate Rise can be adjusted to make them mandatory or not. As well, a final assessment for the course can be developed in Articulate Rise. See Editing the Course in Articulate Rise for information on how to add or change a quiz.
Changing Colours and Adding Logos
The colour palette used in the course can be changed to align more closely with an institution’s graphic style. See Edits to the Course in Articulate Rise for more detailed instructions. An institution’s logo or photos or images from the institution or the local community can also be added. All images will need to be openly licensed and contain alt-text descriptions.
Reusing Course Components
Under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence, institutions are free to use the course texts, images, videos, graphics, and handouts in other ways, including building a new course or adding this one into an existing course.