What's Covered Here
Complete reference for every interactive element in Unit 2.2
Unit 2.2 — Email, File Management, and Digital Identity — is the most personally consequential unit in Quarter 2. Unlike document formatting or spreadsheet formulas, the content here affects students' lives immediately and permanently: their email address is findable right now, their social media history already exists, and their digital footprint is already in formation. The interactive tools are designed to make these stakes concrete and actionable — not theoretical.
| Tool | Location | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| ✉️ Email Fix-It | Study Guide → Games tab | Match unprofessional email elements to their professional corrections |
| 🔍 Digital Decisions | Study Guide → Games tab | Six realistic digital scenarios — choose the most professional response |
| ⚖️ True or False | Study Guide → Games tab | Email, backup, and digital identity facts vs. myths |
| 🧮 Digital Reputation Audit | Study Guide → Calculator tab | Estimates digital footprint size, risk exposure, readiness score, and priority action |
| ✏️ Unit Quiz Engine | g9-2-2-quiz.html | Comprehensive mastery check — 20 questions from a 21-question bank |
✉️ Email Fix-It
Match unprofessional email elements to their professional corrections — six pairs
Six pairs connecting common email errors to their professional corrections — subject lines, email addresses, salutations, Reply-All misuse, missing signature blocks, and the 24-hour rule.
The Six Pairs — Answer Key
| ❌ Unprofessional | ✅ Professional Correction |
|---|---|
| Subject: "Hi" | Subject: "Informational Interview Request — [Name], AOBF at Woodlawn Magnet" |
| kingballer99@hotmail.com | marcus.johnson@gmail.com |
| "Hey Ms. Washington," | "Dear Ms. Washington," |
| Reply-All to a 40-person group to say "Thanks!" | Reply only to the sender for personal acknowledgments |
| No signature block — email ends after final sentence | Full signature: Name · Role · School · Professional email |
| Sending an angry email immediately after receiving a frustrating one | Apply the 24-hour rule — draft, wait, re-read, then send |
After completing the match, assign the immediate action: every student checks their current email address and decides today whether to create a professional alternative. Students who already have firstname.lastname@gmail.com confirm it. Students who don't create one before the next class. This is the highest-ROI two-minute professional habit in the entire unit.
🔍 Digital Decisions
Six realistic digital scenarios — apply the professional standard
Six scenarios featuring AOBF students navigating real digital challenges — email timing, professional email address, social media audit, data backup, digital permanence, and building digital presence. Each scenario has one clearly correct answer with a detailed explanation.
Scenario Guide
| # | Student / Situation | Correct Answer | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brianna receives recruiter email Friday at 4pm | Reply Monday morning — professional window, formal format | Email response timing + format (Topic 1/2) |
| 2 | Marcus applying with "kingballer_marcus99@yahoo.com" | Create marcus.johnson@gmail.com before submitting | Professional email address (Topic 5) |
| 3 | Destiny's public Instagram before internship applications | Set private, audit, remove problematic content, build LinkedIn | Social media audit + digital identity (Topics 5/6) |
| 4 | DeShawn's Career Portfolio only on laptop hard drive | Enable Google Drive auto-sync + external drive backup | 3-2-1 backup rule (Topic 4) |
| 5 | Jerome's frustrated public post — teacher's sister interviews him two years later | Post may appear in search — community networks overlap, digital permanence is real | Digital permanence + community accountability (Topic 6) |
| 6 | Aaliyah wants to build professional presence before senior year | LinkedIn profile + professional email address — highest impact, lowest time | Digital identity and professional branding (Topic 5) |
Scenario 5 carries the most community-specific content
The Jerome scenario explicitly addresses the Birmingham-Bessemer community overlap principle — that professional and personal networks are closely connected in a market of this size. This is one of the Heritage-as-Capital discussion anchors in the unit and should be used as a discussion trigger after the game, not just a scored scenario.
After Scenario 5, pause for discussion: "Think of a professional in Birmingham-Bessemer you would want to impress — someone in your career field. Is there anything publicly visible about you online right now that you wouldn't want that person to find?" This makes digital permanence personal and local rather than abstract. It is often the most impactful discussion of the quarter.
⚖️ True or False
Email norms, digital identity, and backup facts — ten statements
Ten statements targeting the most common misconceptions in this unit: digital permanence, BCC ethics, response time, signature blocks, 3-2-1 rule, LinkedIn timing, and community-level digital accountability.
Answer Key — All 10 Statements
| # | Statement (summarized) | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deleting a post guarantees professional contacts cannot find it | FALSE — digital permanence |
| 2 | Professional email response time is within 24 hours on business days | TRUE |
| 3 | BCC is always inappropriate — it creates secret records | FALSE — legitimate uses exist |
| 4 | 3-2-1 requires 3 copies on 3 different devices | FALSE — 3 copies, 2 media types, 1 offsite |
| 5 | Professional email address creates meaningfully better first impression | TRUE |
| 6 | Reply-All is appropriate whenever you want all to see your response | FALSE — only when genuinely relevant to all |
| 7 | LinkedIn is only useful after college graduation and active job search | FALSE — high school students benefit significantly |
| 8 | In Birmingham-Bessemer, social media behavior can reach professional contacts | TRUE |
| 9 | 50+ email folder categories is more organized than 5–8 | FALSE — fewer, clearer categories outperform elaborate taxonomies |
| 10 | Digital presence audit recommended before any internship application | TRUE |
🧮 Digital Reputation Audit
Five inputs, five outputs — professional readiness score and priority action
Five inputs (years on social media, posts per week, platforms, professional email status, self-Google status) produce: estimated total digital footprint, posts to review, professional email status, a reputation risk score, a professional readiness score, and the single highest-priority action.
What the Calculator Measures
Footprint estimate
Years × posts/week × 52 × platforms = rough total post count. This number makes the abstract concept of "digital footprint" concrete — students who have been posting 5 times per week on 3 platforms for 4 years have approximately 3,120 posts in their digital history. The number surprises most students.
Reputation risk score
A weighted calculation combining post volume, platform count, years active, absence of professional email, and absence of self-Google audit. Higher scores indicate higher exposure — not necessarily that any specific content is problematic, but that more review is warranted.
Professional readiness score
The inverse calculation — weighted toward having a professional email and having conducted a self-audit. These two actions have the highest single-step impact on professional readiness and are the primary drivers of the readiness score.
Priority action
A specific, personalized recommendation based on the inputs. The recommendation hierarchy: (1) create professional email if missing, (2) Google yourself if you haven't, (3) review recent public posts if volume is high, (4) audit privacy settings if many platforms, (5) build LinkedIn as the always-present recommendation.
Run the calculator as a class on a projector using realistic high school inputs (5+ years on social media, 7 posts/week, 3 platforms, no professional email, never Googled themselves). Show the footprint estimate — typically 5,000–10,000+ posts — and the risk score. Ask: "If a recruiter spent 15 minutes searching your digital history, what would they find?" The number makes digital permanence visceral in a way that no lecture can.
✏️ Unit Quiz Engine
20 questions from a 21-question bank
Same engine as prior units. Unit 2.2's quiz bank has a higher proportion of applied scenario questions than earlier units — reflecting the real-world, immediately actionable nature of this content. Questions test whether students can make the right professional decision, not just recognize a definition.
Question Coverage
| Type | Count | Topics Covered |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple Choice | 15 | Response time standard, subject line professionalism, professional email address, 3-2-1 backup, Reply-All, BCC, backup strategy, signature block, digital permanence, LinkedIn timing, formal salutation, 24-hour rule, Inbox Zero, combined standards application, Jerome/24-hour application |
| True / False | 8 | Delete = gone, BCC always inappropriate, signature block requirement, Birmingham community overlap, cloud as offsite, LinkedIn for high school, 50+ folder categories, digital presence audit before applications |
Grading Scale
🎓 Facilitator Notes
Sequencing, performance task, and Heritage-as-Capital discussion anchors
Recommended Learning Sequence
- 1Study Guide (~35 min). All six topics. Emphasize Topics 1/2 (email) and Topics 5/6 (digital identity). The professional email demo in Topic 2 is the single most teachable artifact in the unit.
- 2Email Fix-It (5–8 min). After completing: every student checks their current email address and decides today whether to create a professional alternative. This is a 2-minute action with career-long impact.
- 3Digital Decisions (10–15 min). Pause after Scenario 5 (Jerome) for the community overlap discussion. This is the most important facilitated moment in the unit.
- 4True or False (8–10 min). Exit ticket — below 7/10 means review Topics 1, 4, 5, and 6 before the quiz.
- 5Digital Reputation Audit Calculator (10–15 min). Run as a class first with realistic high school inputs. The footprint number (often 5,000+ posts) creates genuine urgency around digital presence management.
- 6Performance Task: Each student conducts their own Digital Presence Audit — Googles themselves in an incognito browser, reviews their public social media, and submits a written reflection: "What did I find? What does it say about me professionally? What will I change?"
- 7Unit Quiz independently. 70% minimum passing score.
Heritage-as-Capital Discussion Anchors
- 📋Introduction — The Double Audit"Black professionals face a double audit — evaluated on credentials AND on the polish of every communication and public presence." Ask: have you ever experienced being judged on presentation rather than substance? What is the fairest response to that reality?
- 💡Topic 5 — Digital Presence as Platform"The internet changed who can establish professional credibility." Ask: who in Birmingham-Bessemer has built a professional reputation partly through their digital presence? How did they do it? What does your digital presence currently say about you?
- 🏛️Topic 6 — Community Accountability"In Birmingham-Bessemer, digital reputation and community reputation are the same thing." Ask: name a professional in this community you respect. If they searched your name today, what would they find? What would you want them to find?