Course curriculum

  • 1

    Let's see what you know

    • BEFORE WE START...

    • BEFORE WE START...

    • BEFORE WE START...

    • Brief note on training data

    • A brief survey for the fact-checking team

    • A short test of your fact-checking skills. This is repeated at the end of the course, including the answers
  • 2

    Introduction

    • Welcome to the course - it should take around three hours and does not need to be completed in one go

    • Fact-checking at AFP

    • BASICS
  • 3

    Advanced searches on the web

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT...

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT...ADVANCED SEARCHES ON THE WEB

    • SEARCH OPERATORS

    • SHORTLIST

    • YOUR TURN! (Advanced Searches on the Web 1)

    • SEARCH BY DATE

    • YOUR TURN! (Advanced Searches on the Web 2)

    • KEY POINTS - Advanced searches on the web

  • 4

    Advanced searches on social media

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT...

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT ADVANCED SEARCHES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

    • ADVANCED SEARCH ON TWITTER

    • SHORTLIST

    • YOUR TURN! (Advanced Searches on social media 1)

    • SEARCHING ON FACEBOOK 1/2

    • SEARCHING ON FACEBOOK 2/2

    • SEARCHING ON FACEBOOK - WHOPOSTEDWHAT (1/6)

    • SEARCHING ON FACEBOOK - WHOPOSTEDWHAT (2/6)

    • SEARCHING ON FACEBOOK - WHOPOSTEDWHAT (3/6)

    • SEARCHING ON FACEBOOK - WHOPOSTEDWHAT (4/6)

    • SEARCHING ON FACEBOOK - WHOPOSTEDWHAT (5/6)

    • SEARCHING ON FACEBOOK - WHOPOSTEDWHAT (6/6)

    • YOUR TURN! (Advanced Searches on social media 2)

    • SEARCHING ON FACEBOOK - CROWDTANGLE (1/4)

    • SEARCHING ON FACEBOOK - CROWDTANGLE (2/4) - DASHBOARD

    • SEARCHING ON FACEBOOK - CROWDTANGLE (3/4) - SEARCH BAR

    • SEARCHING ON FACEBOOK - CROWDTANGLE (4/4) - LINK CHECKER

    • SEARCHING ON INSTAGRAM

    • THE SNAPMAP

    • SEARCHING ON TIKTOK 1/13

    • SEARCHING ON TIKTOK 2/13

    • SEARCHING ON TIKTOK 3/13

    • SEARCHING ON TIKTOK 4/13

    • SEARCHING ON TIKTOK 5/13

    • SEARCHING ON TIKTOK 6/13

    • SEARCHING ON TIKTOK 7/13

    • SEARCHING ON TIKTOK 8/13

    • SEARCHING ON TIKTOK 9/13

    • SEARCHING ON TIKTOK 10/13

    • SEARCHING ON TIKTOK 11/13

    • SEARCHING ON TIKTOK 12/13

    • SEARCHING ON TIKTOK 13/13

    • EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS

    • KEY POINTS - Advanced Searches on Social Media

  • 5

    Reverse Image Search

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT...

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT...REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH

    • WHAT IS REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH?

    • A FEW TIPS ON REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH ENGINES (1/9)

    • A FEW TIPS ON REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH ENGINES (2/9)

    • A FEW TIPS ON REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH ENGINES (3/9)

    • A FEW TIPS ON REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH ENGINES (4/9)

    • A FEW TIPS ON REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH ENGINES (5/9)

    • A FEW TIPS ON REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH ENGINES (6/9)

    • A FEW TIPS ON REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH ENGINES (7/9)

    • A FEW TIPS ON REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH ENGINES (8/9)

    • A FEW TIPS ON REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH ENGINES (9/9)

    • REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH ON MOBILE

    • YOUR TURN! (Reverse Image Search 1)

    • KEY POINTS: Reverse Image Search

    • HOW TO FIND THE SOURCE OF A VIDEO

    • YOUR TURN! (Reverse Image Search 2)

    • KEY POINTS - Reverse Video Search

  • 6

    Metadata

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT...

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT...METADATA

    • WHAT IS METADATA?

    • LINKS TO EXTRACTORS

    • YOUR TURN! (Metadata 1)

    • KEY POINTS - Metadata

  • 7

    Archiving tools

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT...

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT...ARCHIVING

    • WHAT IS ARCHIVING?

    • TIP: CHECK THE CACHE (1/2)

    • TIP: CHECK THE CACHE (2/2)

    • YOUR TURN! (Archiving tools 1)

    • KEY POINTS - Useful tools - WayBack Machine
  • 8

    Geolocation

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT...

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT...GEOLOCATION

    • GEOLOCATION BY SIMPLE DEDUCTION (1/4)

    • GEOLOCATION BY SIMPLE DEDUCTION (2/4)

    • GEOLOCATION BY SIMPLE DEDUCTION (3/4)

    • GEOLOCATION BY SIMPLE DEDUCTION (4/4)

    • GEOLOCATION BY SIMPLE DEDUCTION - TRY IT (1/5)

    • GEOLOCATION BY SIMPLE DEDUCTION - TRY IT (2/5)

    • GEOLOCATION BY SIMPLE DEDUCTION - TRY IT (3/5)

    • GEOLOCATION BY SIMPLE DEDUCTION - TRY IT (4/5)

    • GEOLOCATION BY SIMPLE DEDUCTION - TRY IT (5/5)

    • GEOLOCATION USING GOOGLE MAPS/EARTH

    • GEOLOCATION USING GOOGLE MAPS/EARTH

    • YOUR TURN! (Geolocation 1)

    • KEY POINTS: Geolocation
  • 9

    TOOLKIT

    • TOOLKIT
  • 10

    Health

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT...

    • LET'S TALK ABOUT...FACT-CHECKING HEALTH TOPICS

    • REPUTABLE SOURCES

    • YOUR TURN! (Health 1)

    • PEER REVIEW VS PRE-PRINT

    • YOUR TURN! (Health 2)

    • CORRELATION VS CAUSE-AND-EFFECT

    • YOUR TURN! (Health 3)

    • REPUTABLE PUBLICATIONS AND AUTHORS

    • YOUR TURN! (Health 4)

    • RESOURCES TO BOOKMARK

    • KEY POINTS - Health

  • 11

    Quick refresher test

    • Test your newfound skills

    • And please tell us what you think
  • 12

    THE END

    • CONGRATULATIONS!