You get a text message: 'Your student account expires today. Tap here to keep access.' The link looks close to your university address.

What is the safest way to reach the login page?

Tap the link in the text because it mentions your account.Open the portal from your own bookmark or the university site you already use, then log in there.Forward the message to a classmate and ask them to log in for you.Save the link as a new bookmark and use it from now on.

Or pick one yourself first.

You stand up for five minutes in the library and leave your laptop open with the assignment page showing.

What should you do before you walk away?

Nothing, five minutes is a short time.Lock the screen so the next person sees an empty desk, not your logged-in session.Close the lid and hope it wakes on your account.Ask the person next to you to watch the laptop.

Or pick one yourself first.

A classmate did not finish the assignment and asks for your portal password so they can check the submission deadline.

What works best for both of you?

Give them your password; it is only for one quick check.Give them your password but change it later that day.Keep your own password and send them the deadline as a screenshot or short note instead.Share one password that everyone in the class uses.

Or pick one yourself first.

The campus Wi-Fi is slow. A free network called 'CampusGuest_Free' appears in your phone list and looks faster.

What is careful behaviour on shared Wi-Fi?

Connect and upload your assignment immediately because it is faster.Connect, then check the address in the browser bar before you type any login details.Turn off your mobile data and rely only on the guest network.Ask the library desk for your portal password over the guest network.

Or pick one yourself first.

You find a USB stick in the lecture hall with your course code written on it.

What is a sensible move?

Plug it in and look for the lecture notes.Leave it for the front desk and keep using your own notes and course page.Copy it onto a friend's laptop so you both get the notes.Email the file list from the stick to your whole group.

Or pick one yourself first.

An email says your result is ready and asks you to sign in through a link to see the mark.

What tells you most with the least effort?

Click quickly, in case the mark disappears.Hover over the link, read the address, and compare it with the portal address you normally use.Search the portal name in any browser and click the first result.Ask a friend who already checked their mark.

Or pick one yourself first.

Your laptop shows an update notice twenty minutes before an assignment deadline.

What keeps the submission safe?

Ignore everything and hope nothing changes.Submit your work first, then run the update once the file is safely uploaded.Run the update and hope it finishes before the deadline.Restart the laptop twice so the notice goes away.

Or pick one yourself first.

The campus app asks for always-on location access. You only use it for your timetable and room changes.

What is a reasonable choice?

Accept whatever is offered so the setup screen goes away.Choose the narrower option, such as while-using-the-app, or turn location off for that app.Delete the app and check rooms on paper.Give location access now and decide later.

Or pick one yourself first.

Scenario challenges

What is the safest way to reach the login page?

What should you do before you walk away?

What works best for both of you?

What is careful behaviour on shared Wi-Fi?

What is a sensible move?

What tells you most with the least effort?

What keeps the submission safe?

What is a reasonable choice?