GREEN SKILLS COURSE SYLLABUS

Instructor Statement

This course is designed to be a self-paced course, aimed principally at people

interested in learning about Green Digital Skills. The overall course time
should be approximately:
● 6 hours for the 3 first modules, plus as much time as you wish to spend
on the discussions, both on the course pages and on Slack.
● 6 hours on your chosen elective.
● 6 hours spent on the showcase project and presentation.
● 2 - 4 hours in the live session
● 2 - 4 hours further research (optional)

The modules do not have to be taken in sequential order, but it would be

more useful to do the first 3 modules before the elective and project as they
are set up to help you build the required knowledge to complete the
showcase project and presentation.

In each module, there are various short assignments and activities to

complete. You are required to post an answer for all of these activities, and
they will make up your completion mark. You will need to have completed
80% to receive your certificate.

Your course contact is Tahira Abbas, who is the INCO facilitator for the Digital
Green Skills Course. You can contact them via email on
tahira.abbas.ext@inco-group.co .

Technological Proficiencies and Requirements

To follow this course, you will need an internet enabled computer, tablet or
smartphone and access to your INCO Academy’s training site on
https://learning.inco-group.co/. It would be useful to have a basic
understanding of tech and green skills.
 Schedule of Instructional Events

The Green Digital Skills course is a self-paced course with approximately:

● 6 hours of Module Learning
● 6 hours of Elective Learning
● 6 hours of guided Showcase and Video Presentation.
● Regular Live Session
● Extra research

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Understand that climate change matters and is impacted by digital
technology. Recognize specific ways to reduce this environmental
impact of the digital ecosystem.
2. Discuss technology and its related innovations in other sectors as tools
or positive impact to the environment.
3. Recognize why and how digital design can be responsible.
4. Understand how digital design is related to environmental impact.
5. Assess and improve the eco-design of a digital product.
6. Express why it is important to integrate green skills into a career.
7. Identify what kinds of green digital roles and career pathways are
possible.
8. Plan your own path of building soft skills to increase employability in
green or greening jobs.
9. Create a proposal for a Green or Greening Project (Greenprint)
10. Present a convincing and structured Showcase for your Greening
Project (by video) On-premises data centre

Elective - Green Digital Designer Learning Outcome

If you choose this elective, at the end you will be able to:
1. Understand the environmental, ethical and social impact of digital
products and services
2. Assess a website or digital service’s CO2 emissions and other
environmental costs
 3. Identify strategies and tools for better environmental digital design
applied to different types of products and services
4. Design a user journey for a digital service or product that will achieve
one chosen environmental goal

Elective - Green Infrastructure Learning Outcome

If you choose this elective, at the end you will be able to:
1. Understand the impact of digital infrastructure.
2. Explore impact measurement tool and techniques.
3. Recognise good practices and apply them in a chosen domain:
○ Public cloud
○ DevOps
○ Hosted infrastructure
○ On-premises data centre

Elective - Green Digital Marketing Learning Outcome

If you choose this elective, at the end you will be able to:
1. Understand the role of digital marketing in business and social
landscapes.
2. Differentiate between ethical and unethical marketing.
3. Discuss digital data usage, and it’s toll on our environment.
4. Understand “greenwashing” and know the laws around
communication as it relates to advertising.
5. Demonstrate a Green Digital Strategy
6. Understand the individual’s ethical responsibility in a marketing role.

Green Digital Skills Course Schedule

Pre-course:

● Complete the pre learning survey

● Greenprint

Module 1: Foundations of Sustainability

● Quiz 1
● Activity 1: What is your personal digital carbon footprint?
 ● Activity 2: What is your personal travel carbon footprint?
● Quiz 2
● Activity 3: How much energy does your website consume?
● Forum Activity: Post links to and information about IT companies from
your country that are providing green services.
● Optional Video

Module 2: Green Digital Design Principles & Practices

● Activity 1: How might creating more environmentally friendly products
be achieved?
● Activity 2: Sustainable Design Strategies
● Knowledge Check
● Post your partially completed Greenprint on the Slack channel

Module 3: Foundations of Sustainability in Tech

● Activity 1: Respond to the 7 situations concerning your
workplace/product or service
● Knowledge Check
● Watch video: Claire Thornewill
● Watch video: Don Norman
● Activity 2: How do your devices score in terms of reparability.
● Forum Activity: What green transformation policies are being put into
place in your country?
● Final Forum Activity: Job Postings

Elective: Choose one of the following.

● Green Infrastructure
● Green Digital Marketing
● Green Digital Designer

Final Showcase Project:

● Complete the Greenprint and share with your cohort
● Upload the link to your videoed PowerPoint presentation
● Post-learning survey

Your course will be evaluated on its:

Basic Modules 25%
 Assessment 25%
Elective 25%
Elective Assessment 25%

● To achieve the mark for course content, you will need to have
completed 80% of the course content, including the activities,
knowledge checks and assessments.
● Discussion Activities - Your contributions to other people’s posts on the
module discussions are not taken into consideration for your grade,
but it is essential to the ethos of the course that you give feedback to
other learners. You must give posters useful feedback, not just “Great
job!”.
● Showcase Project & Presentation. These will be evaluated by your
peers. The objective behind these 2 elements is to have something
that you can showcase to employers.

Late Policy

As the course is to be worked through at your own pace, there are no

penalties for late work.

Feedback

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