Posts and comments add to your footprint

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Quick Questions

Shade in the A or B circle for each question.

1. You write a comment on a video. Does it add to your digital footprint?

A No, comments are too small to count

B Yes, it is saved as data and adds to your footprint

2. Which one adds to your digital footprint?

A Sending a message in a group chat

B Only posting a photo on a public page

3. You tap a heart or a thumbs up on a friend's post. What happens?

A The like is saved and adds to your footprint

B Nothing is saved because it is just a tap

4. Choose the true sentence about emojis.

A An emoji you send is saved as data and is part of your footprint

B Emojis are only pictures, so they never count

5. You send a very short message that says 'ok'. Does it count?

A No, only long messages count

B Yes, even short messages count

Match the Pairs

Draw a line connecting each item on the left to its match on the right.

Left column		Right column
1online post		AA short piece of writing you add under a video. It is saved and adds to your digital footprint.
2comment on a video		Bpost.react("thumbs up")
3A short group chat message still counts, because it is saved as data and adds to your footprint.		CgroupChat.send("See you at lunch!")
4Likes and emojis are also saved and add to your digital footprint.		DThinking that deleting a comment makes your footprint empty. The comment may already be saved or seen by others, and it can leave a footprint behind.
5if (message.length < 5) { footprint = false }		EThinking a very short message does not count. Short messages are still saved as data and add to your footprint.
6deleteComment(); footprint = empty		FAnything you share online, like a comment, a chat message, a like or an emoji, is saved as data and adds to your footprint.

Definitions

online post

Fill in the Blanks

Complete each line of code by filling in the missing parts.

comment ← "Great video!" ____ comment TO footprint

like ← true ADD like TO _________

emoji ← "smile" size ← size _ 1

message ← "ok" IF length(message) > 0 ____ SAVE message TO footprint

FOR each message __ groupChat SAVE message TO footprint END FOR

Spot the Error

Shade in the letter of the line that contains an error.

Question 1

A comment ← "Cool video!"

B post(comment)

C data ← save(comment)

D footprint ← footprint - data

E show(footprint)

Question 2

A message ← "See you at 4!"

B send(message, groupChat)

C footprint.remove(message)

D show(footprint)

Question 3

A liked ← true

B if liked = false then

C footprint.add(like)

D end if

Question 4

A emoji ← ":)"

B data ← ignore(emoji)

C footprint.add(data)

Question 5

A text ← "ok"

B length ← count(text)

C if length > 50 then

D footprint.add(text)

E end if

Answer Key

Posts and comments add to your footprint

Section A: Quick Questions

B — Yes, it is saved as data and adds to your footprint

A — Sending a message in a group chat

A — The like is saved and adds to your footprint

A — An emoji you send is saved as data and is part of your footprint

B — Yes, even short messages count

Section B: Match the Pairs

online post → Anything you share online, like a comment, a chat message, a like or an emoji, is saved as data and adds to your footprint.

comment on a video → A short piece of writing you add under a video. It is saved and adds to your digital footprint.

A short group chat message still counts, because it is saved as data and adds to your footprint. → groupChat.send("See you at lunch!")

Likes and emojis are also saved and add to your digital footprint. → post.react("thumbs up")

if (message.length < 5) { footprint = false } → Thinking a very short message does not count. Short messages are still saved as data and add to your footprint.

deleteComment(); footprint = empty → Thinking that deleting a comment makes your footprint empty. The comment may already be saved or seen by others, and it can leave a footprint behind.

Section C: Definitions

online post — Anything you share online, like a comment, a group chat message, a like or an emoji, is saved as data and adds to your digital footprint.

Section D: Fill in the Blanks

comment ← "Great video!"
SAVE comment TO footprint

like ← true
ADD like TO footprint

emoji ← "smile"
size ← size + 1

message ← "ok"
IF length(message) > 0 THEN
  SAVE message TO footprint

FOR each message IN groupChat
  SAVE message TO footprint
END FOR

Section E: Spot the Error

D — A comment is saved as data and ADDS to your footprint. The line should use + data, not - data, because posting never shrinks your footprint.

C — A message in a group chat adds to your footprint. The line should be footprint.add(message), not remove.

B — A like is saved when you do like something, so the check should be liked = true. With false, the like would never be added to the footprint.

B — Even an emoji is saved as data. The line should be data ← save(emoji), not ignore, so there is data to add to the footprint.

C — Even short messages count. The check should be length > 0, so a short message like "ok" is still added to the footprint.