{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "skillSYMS MicroQuests", "home_page_url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests", "feed_url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/feed.json", "description": "Short online courses with a verifiable certificate, in the browser or on WhatsApp.", "language": "en-ZA", "authors": [ { "name": "skillSYMS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com" } ], "items": [ { "id": "HAZARD-SPOTTER", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/hazard-spotter", "title": "Hazard Spotter", "summary": "Train your eyes to spot hazards before they hurt someone. Practise on short, real-life workplace scenarios and learn what to do the moment you see one.", "content_text": "Train your eyes to spot hazards before they hurt someone. Practise on short, real-life workplace scenarios and learn what to do the moment you see one.\n\nBy the end you can scan a work area in a set order, name the hazards you find and say what to do about each one.", "tags": [ "Workplace Safety", "hazard", "hazards", "spotting", "safety", "risk", "inspection", "workplace", "ohs", "scenarios", "near", "miss" ], "_microquest": { "code": "HAZARD-SPOTTER", "topic": { "name": "Workplace Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/workplace-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 10, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=HAZARD-SPOTTER", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "PPE-ESSENTIALS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/ppe-essentials", "title": "PPE Essentials", "summary": "Choose, check, wear and care for personal protective equipment the right way — and understand why PPE is your last line of defence, not your first.", "content_text": "Choose, check, wear and care for personal protective equipment the right way — and understand why PPE is your last line of defence, not your first.\n\nBy the end you can pick the right PPE for a hazard, check that it fits and works, and look after it so it keeps protecting you.", "tags": [ "Workplace Safety", "ppe", "personal", "protective", "equipment", "safety", "gloves", "goggles", "respirator", "hearing", "boots", "hard", "hat" ], "_microquest": { "code": "PPE-ESSENTIALS", "topic": { "name": "Workplace Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/workplace-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 15, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=PPE-ESSENTIALS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SLIPS-TRIPS-FALLS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/slips-trips-and-falls", "title": "Slips, Trips & Falls", "summary": "Most slips, trips and falls can be prevented. Learn what causes them, how to keep floors, stairs and ladders safe, and what to do when someone falls.", "content_text": "Most slips, trips and falls can be prevented. Learn what causes them, how to keep floors, stairs and ladders safe, and what to do when someone falls.\n\nBy the end you can spot the causes of slips, trips and falls, prevent them in your work area and use stairs and ladders safely.", "tags": [ "Workplace Safety", "slips", "trips", "falls", "safety", "floors", "spills", "ladders", "stairs", "housekeeping", "footwear", "height" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SLIPS-TRIPS-FALLS", "topic": { "name": "Workplace Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/workplace-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 15, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SLIPS-TRIPS-FALLS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "EMERGENCY-EVACUATION", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/emergency-evacuation", "title": "Emergency Evacuation", "summary": "Know what to do before, during and after an emergency at work: alarms, exits, assembly points, helping others, roll calls and calling for help with the right information.", "content_text": "Know what to do before, during and after an emergency at work: alarms, exits, assembly points, helping others, roll calls and calling for help with the right information.\n\nBy the end you can prepare for an emergency, evacuate safely and calmly, and give emergency services the information they need.", "tags": [ "Workplace Safety", "emergency", "evacuation", "assembly", "point", "alarm", "fire", "warden", "drill", "roll", "call", "exit", "numbers" ], "_microquest": { "code": "EMERGENCY-EVACUATION", "topic": { "name": "Workplace Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/workplace-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 20, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=EMERGENCY-EVACUATION", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "FIRE-SAFETY", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/fire-safety-essentials", "title": "Fire Safety Essentials", "summary": "Understand how fires start and spread, prevent them at work, and know exactly what to do if you discover one: raise the alarm, get out, and fight it only when it is safe.", "content_text": "Understand how fires start and spread, prevent them at work, and know exactly what to do if you discover one: raise the alarm, get out, and fight it only when it is safe.\n\nBy the end you can explain what a fire needs, remove common fire causes at work and act safely if a fire starts.", "tags": [ "Workplace Safety", "fire", "safety", "extinguisher", "alarm", "prevention", "smoke", "evacuation", "triangle", "emergency", "workplace" ], "_microquest": { "code": "FIRE-SAFETY", "topic": { "name": "Workplace Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/workplace-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 20, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=FIRE-SAFETY", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "GRAIN-DUST-SAFETY", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/grain-dust-safety", "title": "Grain Dust Safety", "summary": "Grain dust can explode and harm your lungs. Learn the dust explosion pentagon, why housekeeping matters, how to control ignition sources and how to protect your health in silos, mills and stores.", "content_text": "Grain dust can explode and harm your lungs. Learn the dust explosion pentagon, why housekeeping matters, how to control ignition sources and how to protect your health in silos, mills and stores.\n\nBy the end you can explain how a grain dust explosion happens, keep dust under control, remove ignition sources and protect yourself from the health effects of dust.", "tags": [ "Workplace Safety", "grain", "dust", "explosion", "combustible", "silo", "mill", "housekeeping", "ignition", "respirator", "pentagon", "agriculture" ], "_microquest": { "code": "GRAIN-DUST-SAFETY", "topic": { "name": "Workplace Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/workplace-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 25, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=GRAIN-DUST-SAFETY", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "INCIDENT-REPORTING", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/incident-reporting-essentials", "title": "Incident Reporting Essentials", "summary": "Know what counts as an incident, what to do in the first minutes, how to write a clear and factual report, and why reporting near misses protects everyone.", "content_text": "Know what counts as an incident, what to do in the first minutes, how to write a clear and factual report, and why reporting near misses protects everyone.\n\nBy the end you can recognise what must be reported, respond safely right after an incident and write a clear, factual incident report.", "tags": [ "Workplace Safety", "incident", "reporting", "near", "miss", "injury", "accident", "investigation", "ohs", "coida", "report", "safety" ], "_microquest": { "code": "INCIDENT-REPORTING", "topic": { "name": "Workplace Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/workplace-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 20, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=INCIDENT-REPORTING", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "MANUAL-HANDLING", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/manual-handling-essentials", "title": "Manual Handling Essentials", "summary": "Lift, carry, push and pull without hurting your back. Learn to assess a load before you move it, use handling aids, lift with good technique and team-lift safely.", "content_text": "Lift, carry, push and pull without hurting your back. Learn to assess a load before you move it, use handling aids, lift with good technique and team-lift safely.\n\nBy the end you can assess a manual handling task, choose a safer way to move a load, and lift, carry and team-lift with good technique.", "tags": [ "Workplace Safety", "manual", "handling", "lifting", "carrying", "back", "injury", "ergonomics", "pushing", "pulling", "team", "lift", "safety" ], "_microquest": { "code": "MANUAL-HANDLING", "topic": { "name": "Workplace Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/workplace-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 20, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=MANUAL-HANDLING", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "WORKPLACE-SAFETY", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/workplace-safety-essentials", "title": "Workplace Safety Essentials", "summary": "Spot hazards, control risks, report incidents and know your rights and duties under South Africa's OHS Act — in about 25 minutes, right here in WhatsApp.", "content_text": "Spot hazards, control risks, report incidents and know your rights and duties under South Africa's OHS Act — in about 25 minutes, right here in WhatsApp.\n\nBy the end you can recognise a hazard, choose the most effective way to control it, and report it the way the OHS Act expects.", "tags": [ "Workplace Safety", "safety", "ohs", "occupational", "health", "hazard", "hazards", "risk", "ppe", "incident", "report", "workplace", "compliance" ], "_microquest": { "code": "WORKPLACE-SAFETY", "topic": { "name": "Workplace Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/workplace-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 25, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=WORKPLACE-SAFETY", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-TSS-08-CLASSROOM-RISK-ASSESSMENT", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/assessing-risk-inside-your-classroom", "title": "Assessing Risk Inside Your Classroom", "summary": "Look at your own classroom the way a safety officer would — exits, sight lines, where you stand, objects that could hurt, crowding — and learn how small changes to the layout reduce risk.", "content_text": "Look at your own classroom the way a safety officer would — exits, sight lines, where you stand, objects that could hurt, crowding — and learn how small changes to the layout reduce risk.\n\nBy the end you can assess the risks inside a single classroom and explain which layout changes reduce them.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety", "teacher", "school", "classroom", "risk", "assessment", "layout", "exits", "sight", "lines", "overcrowding", "supervision", "safety" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-TSS-08-CLASSROOM-RISK-ASSESSMENT", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-TSS-08-CLASSROOM-RISK-ASSESSMENT", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-03-VIOLENCE-IN-YOUR-SCHOOL", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/audit-violence-in-your-school", "title": "Audit Violence in Your School", "summary": "Run a simple, honest audit of violence at your own school — which forms, which directions, how often, where and when — and turn a vague worry into patterns your SMT can act on.", "content_text": "Run a simple, honest audit of violence at your own school — which forms, which directions, how often, where and when — and turn a vague worry into patterns your SMT can act on.\n\nBy the end you can run a frequency audit of violence at your school, check it against other evidence and share the patterns responsibly.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "violence", "audit", "patterns", "frequency", "bullying", "incidents", "safety", "committee", "smt" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-03-VIOLENCE-IN-YOUR-SCHOOL", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-03-VIOLENCE-IN-YOUR-SCHOOL", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-07-RESPONSIBLE-CLASSROOM", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/audit-your-own-classroom-are-you-meeting-your-responsibilities", "title": "Audit Your Own Classroom: Are You Meeting Your Responsibilities?", "summary": "A practical self-audit for teachers. Check which school policies you really know, where supervision in your classroom is thin, what you record, and whether your habits protect learners' dignity.", "content_text": "A practical self-audit for teachers. Check which school policies you really know, where supervision in your classroom is thin, what you record, and whether your habits protect learners' dignity.\n\nBy the end you can audit your own classroom practice against your safety responsibilities and choose one gap to close this week.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "classroom", "self", "audit", "supervision", "policies", "records", "code", "of", "conduct", "dignity", "practice" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-07-RESPONSIBLE-CLASSROOM", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-07-RESPONSIBLE-CLASSROOM", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-09-COPING-WITH-CONFLICT", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/conflict-in-your-classroom-working-through-real-scenarios", "title": "Conflict in Your Classroom — Working Through Real Scenarios", "summary": "Work through the conflicts that actually happen in your classroom and at your gate, compare two ways of handling each, and prepare your own room and plan before the next one.", "content_text": "Work through the conflicts that actually happen in your classroom and at your gate, compare two ways of handling each, and prepare your own room and plan before the next one.\n\nBy the end you can size up a classroom conflict with three quick questions, compare possible responses and choose the one that keeps everyone safe.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "conflict", "classroom", "scenarios", "de-escalation", "parents", "learners", "safety", "planning" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-09-COPING-WITH-CONFLICT", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-09-COPING-WITH-CONFLICT", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-TSS-06-DIFFUSING-CONFLICT", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/de-escalation-calming-a-tense-situation-before-it-turns-violent", "title": "De-escalation — Calming a Tense Situation Before It Turns Violent", "summary": "Learn the de-escalation techniques that lower the temperature in a tense classroom moment — tone, space, body language, choices, listening and timing — and the moves that make things worse.", "content_text": "Learn the de-escalation techniques that lower the temperature in a tense classroom moment — tone, space, body language, choices, listening and timing — and the moves that make things worse.\n\nBy the end you can use tone, space, body language and choices to de-escalate a tense learner, and avoid cornering or publicly humiliating them.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety", "teacher", "school", "de-escalation", "conflict", "calm", "tone", "body", "language", "choices", "listening", "classroom", "safety" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-TSS-06-DIFFUSING-CONFLICT", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-TSS-06-DIFFUSING-CONFLICT", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-TSS-04-EDUCATOR-RIGHTS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/educator-rights-dignity-safety-and-recourse", "title": "Educator Rights: Dignity, Safety and Recourse", "summary": "Teachers have rights too — to dignity, to safety, to fair treatment and to be free from harassment. Learn what those rights mean at school, where their limits are, and the routes you can use when they are violated.", "content_text": "Teachers have rights too — to dignity, to safety, to fair treatment and to be free from harassment. Learn what those rights mean at school, where their limits are, and the routes you can use when they are violated.\n\nBy the end you can explain the core rights of an educator at work, their limits, and the recourse routes available when they are violated.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety", "teacher", "school", "rights", "dignity", "harassment", "protection", "order", "union", "recourse", "safety" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-TSS-04-EDUCATOR-RIGHTS", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-TSS-04-EDUCATOR-RIGHTS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-TSS-12-FACILITATING-SAFETY-TRAINING", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/facilitating-teacher-safety-training-for-colleagues", "title": "Facilitating Teacher-Safety Training for Colleagues", "summary": "Run a safety session for your colleagues that people actually speak up in — preparation, ground rules with honest limits on confidentiality, handling distress, and managing a staffroom's power dynamics.", "content_text": "Run a safety session for your colleagues that people actually speak up in — preparation, ground rules with honest limits on confidentiality, handling distress, and managing a staffroom's power dynamics.\n\nBy the end you can prepare, open and manage a teacher-safety session so colleagues can talk honestly and safely about violence.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety", "teacher", "school", "facilitation", "training", "workshop", "ground", "rules", "confidentiality", "disclosure", "staff", "development" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-TSS-12-FACILITATING-SAFETY-TRAINING", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-TSS-12-FACILITATING-SAFETY-TRAINING", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-TSS-07-HOTSPOT-MAPPING", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/hotspot-mapping-why-it-works-and-how-to-use-it", "title": "Hotspot Mapping: Why It Works and How to Use It", "summary": "Understand hotspot mapping as a safety method — how place, time, people and supervision gaps combine into a risk pattern, and how a map becomes actions with owners and review dates.", "content_text": "Understand hotspot mapping as a safety method — how place, time, people and supervision gaps combine into a risk pattern, and how a map becomes actions with owners and review dates.\n\nBy the end you can explain how hotspot mapping works and how a school turns a map into owned, reviewed safety actions.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety", "teacher", "school", "hotspot", "mapping", "safety", "supervision", "violence", "risk", "patterns", "prevention", "smt" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-TSS-07-HOTSPOT-MAPPING", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-TSS-07-HOTSPOT-MAPPING", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-10-MAP-HOTSPOTS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/map-your-own-schools-hotspots-step-by-step", "title": "Map Your Own School's Hotspots, Step by Step", "summary": "Walk your school grounds, mark safe and unsafe places and the times they turn risky, pick the hotspot that matters most, and write one practical fix you can take to your SMT.", "content_text": "Walk your school grounds, mark safe and unsafe places and the times they turn risky, pick the hotspot that matters most, and write one practical fix you can take to your SMT.\n\nBy the end you can map the hotspots at your own school, prioritise them and propose one specific, owned fix.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "hotspot", "map", "walkabout", "safety", "duty", "roster", "break", "toilets", "gate", "prioritise" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-10-MAP-HOTSPOTS", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 15, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-10-MAP-HOTSPOTS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-TSS-11-POSITIVE-DISCIPLINE", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/positive-discipline-teaching-behaviour-instead-of-punishing-it", "title": "Positive Discipline — Teaching Behaviour Instead of Punishing It", "summary": "Understand what positive discipline is, how it differs from punishment, and why consistency, relationships, logical consequences and restorative conversations make a school safer.", "content_text": "Understand what positive discipline is, how it differs from punishment, and why consistency, relationships, logical consequences and restorative conversations make a school safer.\n\nBy the end you can explain the difference between discipline and punishment and describe the building blocks of positive discipline in a school.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety", "teacher", "school", "positive", "discipline", "punishment", "corporal", "behaviour", "consequences", "restorative", "code", "conduct" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-TSS-11-POSITIVE-DISCIPLINE", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-TSS-11-POSITIVE-DISCIPLINE", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-11-UNDERSTAND-RISK-FACTORS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/risk-factors-in-practice-real-learners-your-school", "title": "Risk Factors in Practice: Real Learners, Your School", "summary": "Apply risk and protective factors to three case learners and to your own school — spotting what adds risk, what already protects, and what the school can do — without labelling any child.", "content_text": "Apply risk and protective factors to three case learners and to your own school — spotting what adds risk, what already protects, and what the school can do — without labelling any child.\n\nBy the end you can apply risk and protective factors to a real learner or school situation and choose a respectful, practical response.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "risk", "factors", "protective", "case", "study", "learner", "support", "referral", "labelling", "prevention" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-11-UNDERSTAND-RISK-FACTORS", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 15, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-11-UNDERSTAND-RISK-FACTORS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-08-COMPARE-CLASSROOM-RESPONSES", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/same-incident-two-responses-which-one-is-professional", "title": "Same Incident, Two Responses: Which One Is Professional?", "summary": "Three paired classroom cases — a phone stand-off, a break-time fight, a learner who swears at you. Compare an escalating response with a professional one and learn to name exactly why one is better.", "content_text": "Three paired classroom cases — a phone stand-off, a break-time fight, a learner who swears at you. Compare an escalating response with a professional one and learn to name exactly why one is better.\n\nBy the end you can compare two responses to the same classroom incident and explain which is professional, using five clear tests.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "classroom", "incident", "discipline", "escalation", "dignity", "corporal", "punishment", "case", "study", "comparison" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-08-COMPARE-CLASSROOM-RESPONSES", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-08-COMPARE-CLASSROOM-RESPONSES", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-14-WARNING-SIGNS-AND-PLANNING", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/spot-the-warning-signs-and-write-your-classroom-safety-plan", "title": "Spot the Warning Signs and Write Your Classroom Safety Plan", "summary": "Learn to notice the signs that a learner or a conflict is heading towards violence, what to do with each sign, and write a one-page safety plan for your own class.", "content_text": "Learn to notice the signs that a learner or a conflict is heading towards violence, what to do with each sign, and write a one-page safety plan for your own class.\n\nBy the end you can recognise warning signs of escalating violence, pass them to the right person, and write a safety plan for your own class.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "warning", "signs", "violence", "escalation", "bullying", "threats", "social", "media", "safety", "plan" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-14-WARNING-SIGNS-AND-PLANNING", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-14-WARNING-SIGNS-AND-PLANNING", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-TSS-02-STRESS-AND-REACTIONS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/stress-threat-and-how-we-react-in-the-classroom", "title": "Stress, Threat and How We React in the Classroom", "summary": "Understand what stress and threat do to the body and brain, how fight, flight and freeze show up in learners and teachers, and how a stressed adult can turn a small incident into a dangerous one.", "content_text": "Understand what stress and threat do to the body and brain, how fight, flight and freeze show up in learners and teachers, and how a stressed adult can turn a small incident into a dangerous one.\n\nBy the end you can explain the fight, flight and freeze responses, recognise them in learners and in yourself, and describe how adult stress escalates a conflict.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety", "teacher", "school", "stress", "threat", "fight", "flight", "freeze", "emotions", "classroom", "conflict", "wellbeing" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-TSS-02-STRESS-AND-REACTIONS", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-TSS-02-STRESS-AND-REACTIONS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-12-POSITIVE-DISCIPLINE", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/swap-your-go-to-punishments-for-positive-discipline", "title": "Swap Your Go-To Punishments for Positive Discipline", "summary": "Take the punishments you reach for when you are tired and under pressure, and replace them one by one with responses that teach — in real classroom scenarios.", "content_text": "Take the punishments you reach for when you are tired and under pressure, and replace them one by one with responses that teach — in real classroom scenarios.\n\nBy the end you can replace your own go-to punishments with positive-discipline responses for lateness, missing work, backchat and fighting.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "positive", "discipline", "punishment", "classroom", "behaviour", "lateness", "homework", "consequences", "scenarios" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-12-POSITIVE-DISCIPLINE", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-12-POSITIVE-DISCIPLINE", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-01-SAFE-SPACE", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/talking-safely-about-violence-with-colleagues", "title": "Talking Safely About Violence With Colleagues", "summary": "How a group of teachers can talk honestly about violence they have lived through — house rules, what confidentiality covers and what it cannot, never forcing a story, and looking after yourself and others.", "content_text": "How a group of teachers can talk honestly about violence they have lived through — house rules, what confidentiality covers and what it cannot, never forcing a story, and looking after yourself and others.\n\nBy the end you can help keep a staff conversation about violence safe, respect its confidentiality limits and look after yourself and colleagues.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "safe", "space", "confidentiality", "house", "rules", "disclosure", "wellbeing", "colleagues" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-01-SAFE-SPACE", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-01-SAFE-SPACE", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-TSS-05-EDUCATOR-RESPONSIBILITIES", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/the-educators-responsibilities-duty-of-care-ethics-and-the-law", "title": "The Educator's Responsibilities: Duty of Care, Ethics and the Law", "summary": "What a South African teacher is actually responsible for when it comes to safety — duty of care, the SACE Code of Professional Ethics, the school code of conduct, no corporal punishment, reporting abuse and keeping records.", "content_text": "What a South African teacher is actually responsible for when it comes to safety — duty of care, the SACE Code of Professional Ethics, the school code of conduct, no corporal punishment, reporting abuse and keeping records.\n\nBy the end you can explain the six core safety responsibilities of a South African educator and the law or code that each one rests on.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety", "teacher", "school", "duty", "of", "care", "supervision", "code", "conduct", "corporal", "punishment", "child", "abuse", "reporting", "records" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-TSS-05-EDUCATOR-RESPONSIBILITIES", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-TSS-05-EDUCATOR-RESPONSIBILITIES", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-TSS-03-WHOLE-SCHOOL-APPROACH", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/the-whole-school-approach-to-school-safety", "title": "The Whole-School Approach to School Safety", "summary": "Why a safe school is never one teacher's job. Learn what the principal, SMT, SGB, safety committee, educators, learners, parents, SAPS and the district each bring, and why the links between them matter most.", "content_text": "Why a safe school is never one teacher's job. Learn what the principal, SMT, SGB, safety committee, educators, learners, parents, SAPS and the district each bring, and why the links between them matter most.\n\nBy the end you can explain the whole-school approach to safety and describe what each part of the school community contributes.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety", "teacher", "school", "safety", "whole-school", "sgb", "smt", "principal", "committee", "parents", "community", "saps" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-TSS-03-WHOLE-SCHOOL-APPROACH", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-TSS-03-WHOLE-SCHOOL-APPROACH", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-TSS-10-FOUR-STAGES", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/understand-diffuse-deal-reflect-why-the-order-matters", "title": "Understand, Diffuse, Deal, Reflect — Why the Order Matters", "summary": "Learn what each of the four stages is for when a school situation could turn violent, and why skipping or swapping a stage makes things worse.", "content_text": "Learn what each of the four stages is for when a school situation could turn violent, and why skipping or swapping a stage makes things worse.\n\nBy the end you can explain the purpose of each of the four stages and why Understand, Diffuse, Deal and Reflect happen in that order.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety", "teacher", "school", "violence", "conflict", "response", "understand", "diffuse", "deal", "reflect", "incident", "safety" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-TSS-10-FOUR-STAGES", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-TSS-10-FOUR-STAGES", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-TSS-01-UNDERSTANDING-VIOLENCE", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/understanding-violence-in-south-african-schools", "title": "Understanding Violence in South African Schools", "summary": "What school violence actually is — its forms, the directions it travels between learners, staff and community, and why a narrow definition leaves teachers and learners unprotected.", "content_text": "What school violence actually is — its forms, the directions it travels between learners, staff and community, and why a narrow definition leaves teachers and learners unprotected.\n\nBy the end you can define school violence, name its main forms and directions, and explain why a broad definition makes a school safer.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety", "teacher", "school", "violence", "bullying", "threats", "intimidation", "safety", "definition", "learners", "educators" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-TSS-01-UNDERSTANDING-VIOLENCE", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-TSS-01-UNDERSTANDING-VIOLENCE", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-13-FOUR-STAGES", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/walk-three-real-incidents-through-understand-diffuse-deal", "title": "Walk Three Real Incidents Through Understand, Diffuse, Deal, Reflect", "summary": "Apply the four stages to three school incidents — a fight at break, a knife in a bag and a parent shouting in the corridor — and see what each stage asks you to do.", "content_text": "Apply the four stages to three school incidents — a fight at break, a knife in a bag and a parent shouting in the corridor — and see what each stage asks you to do.\n\nBy the end you can walk a real school incident through Understand, Diffuse, Deal and Reflect and choose a safe action at each stage.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "fight", "knife", "weapon", "parent", "incident", "case", "study", "conflict", "response", "safety" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-13-FOUR-STAGES", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-13-FOUR-STAGES", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-02-WHAT-COUNTS-AS-VIOLENCE", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/what-counts-as-school-violence-sorting-real-situations", "title": "What Counts as School Violence? Sorting Real Situations", "summary": "Test your instincts on realistic school situations — WhatsApp groups, play-fights, a teacher's put-down, a leaked photo — and learn to sort violence from conflict, and what to do first.", "content_text": "Test your instincts on realistic school situations — WhatsApp groups, play-fights, a teacher's put-down, a leaked photo — and learn to sort violence from conflict, and what to do first.\n\nBy the end you can judge whether a school situation is violence, ordinary conflict or a grey area, and choose a sound first response.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "violence", "bullying", "whatsapp", "harassment", "conflict", "judgement", "scenarios", "learners" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-02-WHAT-COUNTS-AS-VIOLENCE", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-02-WHAT-COUNTS-AS-VIOLENCE", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-06-RIGHTS-OF-EDUCATORS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/when-your-rights-are-crossed-choosing-your-recourse", "title": "When Your Rights Are Crossed: Choosing Your Recourse", "summary": "A parent threatens you at the gate. A learner posts a video of you. A colleague will not stop. Work through real school scenarios and choose the response that protects you — without overstepping.", "content_text": "A parent threatens you at the gate. A learner posts a video of you. A colleague will not stop. Work through real school scenarios and choose the response that protects you — without overstepping.\n\nBy the end you can apply your rights as an educator to real school incidents and choose a fair, effective route to recourse.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "rights", "harassment", "parent", "social", "media", "colleague", "recourse", "protection", "order" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-06-RIGHTS-OF-EDUCATORS", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 15, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-06-RIGHTS-OF-EDUCATORS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-05-WHO-DOES-WHAT", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/who-does-what-at-your-school-mapping-safety-roles", "title": "Who Does What at Your School? Mapping Safety Roles", "summary": "Map who you tell, who acts and who follows up when something goes wrong at your school. Work through real scenarios and find the gaps where incidents fall through the cracks.", "content_text": "Map who you tell, who acts and who follows up when something goes wrong at your school. Work through real scenarios and find the gaps where incidents fall through the cracks.\n\nBy the end you can map the safety roles at your own school, trace an incident from report to follow-up, and spot the gaps.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "safety", "roles", "reporting", "follow-up", "smt", "sgb", "duty", "gaps", "incident" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-05-WHO-DOES-WHAT", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-05-WHO-DOES-WHAT", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-TSS-09-RISK-FACTORS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/why-violence-happens-risk-and-protective-factors", "title": "Why Violence Happens: Risk and Protective Factors", "summary": "School violence rarely has one cause. Learn the levels at which risk builds up — the child, the home, friends, the school, the community — and the protective factors that hold a learner steady.", "content_text": "School violence rarely has one cause. Learn the levels at which risk builds up — the child, the home, friends, the school, the community — and the protective factors that hold a learner steady.\n\nBy the end you can explain risk and protective factors at each level and why no single factor predicts violence.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety", "teacher", "school", "risk", "factors", "protective", "violence", "prevention", "family", "peers", "community", "learner" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-TSS-09-RISK-FACTORS", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-TSS-09-RISK-FACTORS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SACE-PW-04-STRESS-AND-SELF-REFLECTION", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/your-stress-your-reactions-a-personal-plan", "title": "Your Stress, Your Reactions — A Personal Plan", "summary": "Look honestly at what stresses you at school, how you react and what it costs, then build a short personal plan with warning signs, resets and the people you can turn to for support.", "content_text": "Look honestly at what stresses you at school, how you react and what it costs, then build a short personal plan with warning signs, resets and the people you can turn to for support.\n\nBy the end you can name your own stress triggers, trace a reaction to its consequences and write a personal stress plan that includes where to get support.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "Teacher Safety in Practice", "teacher", "school", "stress", "reflection", "triggers", "burnout", "wellbeing", "support", "plan", "union" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SACE-PW-04-STRESS-AND-SELF-REFLECTION", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": { "name": "Teacher Safety in Practice", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment/teacher-safety-in-practice" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SACE-PW-04-STRESS-AND-SELF-REFLECTION", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "ACADEMIC-INTEGRITY", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/academic-integrity", "title": "Academic Integrity", "summary": "Learn honestly and protect your results: plagiarism, collaboration vs collusion, cheating in assessments, using AI tools openly, basic referencing and why integrity matters to employers.", "content_text": "Learn honestly and protect your results: plagiarism, collaboration vs collusion, cheating in assessments, using AI tools openly, basic referencing and why integrity matters to employers.\n\nBy the end you can tell honest collaboration from collusion, reference a source simply, and use AI tools only in ways that are allowed and disclosed.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "academic", "integrity", "plagiarism", "cheating", "collusion", "ai", "referencing", "honesty", "assessment", "learner" ], "_microquest": { "code": "ACADEMIC-INTEGRITY", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 20, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=ACADEMIC-INTEGRITY", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "EISA-READINESS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/eisa-readiness", "title": "EISA Readiness", "summary": "Get ready for your External Integrated Summative Assessment: what the EISA is, how you become eligible, how to prepare, what happens on the day and after your results — in about 25 minutes.", "content_text": "Get ready for your External Integrated Summative Assessment: what the EISA is, how you become eligible, how to prepare, what happens on the day and after your results — in about 25 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can explain what the EISA is, check your readiness with your provider, and prepare for the day so nothing avoidable goes wrong.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "eisa", "exam", "external", "assessment", "qcto", "occupational", "certificate", "statement", "results", "preparation", "learner" ], "_microquest": { "code": "EISA-READINESS", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 25, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=EISA-READINESS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "LOGBOOK-ESSENTIALS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/logbook-essentials", "title": "Logbook Essentials", "summary": "Keep a workplace logbook that proves your work experience: what to record, writing honest and specific entries, getting regular supervisor sign-off, and the shortcuts that can cost you your qualification.", "content_text": "Keep a workplace logbook that proves your work experience: what to record, writing honest and specific entries, getting regular supervisor sign-off, and the shortcuts that can cost you your qualification.\n\nBy the end you can write a clear, honest logbook entry, get it signed off on time, and avoid the mistakes that make workplace evidence invalid.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "logbook", "workplace", "experience", "learnership", "supervisor", "signoff", "evidence", "hours", "tasks", "learner", "qcto" ], "_microquest": { "code": "LOGBOOK-ESSENTIALS", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 25, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=LOGBOOK-ESSENTIALS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "POE-ESSENTIALS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/poe-essentials", "title": "PoE Essentials", "summary": "Build a portfolio of evidence your assessor can actually assess: what goes in, how to organise and label it, proving it is your own work, handling feedback, keeping copies and meeting deadlines.", "content_text": "Build a portfolio of evidence your assessor can actually assess: what goes in, how to organise and label it, proving it is your own work, handling feedback, keeping copies and meeting deadlines.\n\nBy the end you can put together a clear, complete and authentic portfolio of evidence, and respond to assessor feedback without losing work.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "poe", "portfolio", "evidence", "assessment", "learner", "assessor", "feedback", "resubmission", "authenticity", "declaration" ], "_microquest": { "code": "POE-ESSENTIALS", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 25, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=POE-ESSENTIALS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "ASSESSOR-ESSENTIALS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/assessor-essentials", "title": "Assessor Essentials", "summary": "Make assessment decisions you can defend: the principles of assessment, the rules of evidence, competent vs not yet competent, feedback, records and appeals — in about 30 minutes in WhatsApp.", "content_text": "Make assessment decisions you can defend: the principles of assessment, the rules of evidence, competent vs not yet competent, feedback, records and appeals — in about 30 minutes in WhatsApp.\n\nBy the end you can judge evidence against the rules of evidence, make and record a fair competence decision, and give feedback a learner can act on.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "assessor", "assessment", "competent", "evidence", "feedback", "appeals", "moderation", "qcto", "seta", "eisa", "summative", "formative" ], "_microquest": { "code": "ASSESSOR-ESSENTIALS", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 30, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "49.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 49 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=ASSESSOR-ESSENTIALS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "FACILITATION-ESSENTIALS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/facilitation-essentials", "title": "Facilitation Essentials", "summary": "Run sessions adults actually learn from: adult learning principles, planning, active learning, good questions, managing groups and checking understanding across knowledge, practical and workplace learning — in about 30 minutes.", "content_text": "Run sessions adults actually learn from: adult learning principles, planning, active learning, good questions, managing groups and checking understanding across knowledge, practical and workplace learning — in about 30 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can plan an active session for adult learners, ask questions that check real understanding, and handle common group challenges.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "facilitation", "facilitator", "training", "adult", "learning", "questioning", "groups", "session", "planning", "occupational", "qcto" ], "_microquest": { "code": "FACILITATION-ESSENTIALS", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 30, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "49.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 49 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=FACILITATION-ESSENTIALS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "INVIGILATOR-ESSENTIALS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/invigilator-essentials", "title": "Invigilator Essentials", "summary": "Run a secure, fair exam session: venue and identity checks before, supervision and irregularities during, and sealing scripts and reporting after — in about 25 minutes in WhatsApp.", "content_text": "Run a secure, fair exam session: venue and identity checks before, supervision and irregularities during, and sealing scripts and reporting after — in about 25 minutes in WhatsApp.\n\nBy the end you can prepare a venue, verify candidates, supervise a session without giving help, and record and report an irregularity correctly.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "invigilator", "invigilation", "exam", "venue", "irregularity", "candidates", "identity", "scripts", "eisa", "assessment", "centre" ], "_microquest": { "code": "INVIGILATOR-ESSENTIALS", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 25, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "49.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 49 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=INVIGILATOR-ESSENTIALS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "MODERATOR-ESSENTIALS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/moderator-essentials", "title": "Moderator Essentials", "summary": "Quality-assure assessment the right way: pre- and post-assessment moderation, sampling, checking decisions against evidence, writing moderation reports and handling disagreement — in about 30 minutes in WhatsApp.", "content_text": "Quality-assure assessment the right way: pre- and post-assessment moderation, sampling, checking decisions against evidence, writing moderation reports and handling disagreement — in about 30 minutes in WhatsApp.\n\nBy the end you can plan a moderation sample, check an assessor's decision against the evidence and write a moderation finding that improves assessment.", "tags": [ "Teaching & Assessment", "moderator", "moderation", "quality", "assurance", "assessor", "sampling", "evidence", "report", "qcto", "seta", "assessment" ], "_microquest": { "code": "MODERATOR-ESSENTIALS", "topic": { "name": "Teaching & Assessment", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/teaching-and-assessment" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 30, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "49.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 49 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=MODERATOR-ESSENTIALS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "QCTO-LANDSCAPE", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/the-qcto-landscape-who-does-what", "title": "The QCTO Landscape: Who Does What", "summary": "Learn how the QCTO system fits together — the roles of the QCTO, an SDP, an AQP and a SETA, and how an occupational qualification is actually built.", "content_text": "Learn how the QCTO system fits together — the roles of the QCTO, an SDP, an AQP and a SETA, and how an occupational qualification is actually built.\n\nBy the end you can name the main bodies in the QCTO system, say what each is responsible for, and describe the three components of an occupational qualification.", "tags": [ "Compliance & Governance", "QCTO Accreditation", "qcto", "accreditation", "sdp", "aqp", "seta", "occupational", "qualification", "knowledge", "practical", "workplace", "saqa" ], "_microquest": { "code": "QCTO-LANDSCAPE", "topic": { "name": "Compliance & Governance", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance" }, "shelf": { "name": "QCTO Accreditation", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance/qcto-accreditation" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=QCTO-LANDSCAPE", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "QCTO-QMS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/build-a-quality-management-system-that-holds-up", "title": "Build a Quality Management System That Holds Up", "summary": "Learn which policy areas a training provider needs, what turns a document into a controlled policy, and how to keep a QMS alive instead of letting it expire quietly.", "content_text": "Learn which policy areas a training provider needs, what turns a document into a controlled policy, and how to keep a QMS alive instead of letting it expire quietly.\n\nBy the end you can list the core policy areas of a provider QMS, describe document control and explain why review dates matter.", "tags": [ "Compliance & Governance", "QCTO Accreditation", "qms", "quality", "management", "system", "policy", "document", "control", "review", "approval", "provider", "accreditation", "governance" ], "_microquest": { "code": "QCTO-QMS", "topic": { "name": "Compliance & Governance", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance" }, "shelf": { "name": "QCTO Accreditation", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance/qcto-accreditation" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=QCTO-QMS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "QCTO-CERTIFICATION", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/certification-statements-of-results-and-what-you-may-not-issue", "title": "Certification, Statements of Results and What You May Not Issue", "summary": "Know who issues what at the end of a qualification, why your accreditation letter may forbid certificates, and how to keep credential records defensible.", "content_text": "Know who issues what at the end of a qualification, why your accreditation letter may forbid certificates, and how to keep credential records defensible.\n\nBy the end you can explain who certificates an occupational qualification, what a Statement of Results is, and how to check what your organisation may issue.", "tags": [ "Compliance & Governance", "QCTO Accreditation", "certification", "certificate", "statement", "of", "results", "credential", "issuing", "verification", "qcto", "provider", "restriction" ], "_microquest": { "code": "QCTO-CERTIFICATION", "topic": { "name": "Compliance & Governance", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance" }, "shelf": { "name": "QCTO Accreditation", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance/qcto-accreditation" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=QCTO-CERTIFICATION", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "QCTO-ASSESSMENT", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/internal-assessment-moderation-and-the-external-assessment", "title": "Internal Assessment, Moderation and the External Assessment", "summary": "Separate internal assessment from external, understand what moderation is for, and get the EISA and FISA sequence the right way round.", "content_text": "Separate internal assessment from external, understand what moderation is for, and get the EISA and FISA sequence the right way round.\n\nBy the end you can distinguish internal from external assessment, explain the purpose of moderation and describe the EISA and FISA sequences correctly.", "tags": [ "Compliance & Governance", "QCTO Accreditation", "assessment", "moderation", "eisa", "fisa", "internal", "external", "aqp", "statement", "of", "results", "competence", "evidence" ], "_microquest": { "code": "QCTO-ASSESSMENT", "topic": { "name": "Compliance & Governance", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance" }, "shelf": { "name": "QCTO Accreditation", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance/qcto-accreditation" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=QCTO-ASSESSMENT", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "QCTO-LEGAL-ENTITY", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/legal-entity-and-institutional-readiness", "title": "Legal Entity and Institutional Readiness", "summary": "Get the organisational foundation right — registration, tax, levies, governance, financial standing and the right to occupy your site.", "content_text": "Get the organisational foundation right — registration, tax, levies, governance, financial standing and the right to occupy your site.\n\nBy the end you can describe the institutional evidence a provider needs and explain why entity details must match the official record exactly.", "tags": [ "Compliance & Governance", "QCTO Accreditation", "cipc", "registration", "tax", "compliance", "sdl", "levy", "governance", "organogram", "lease", "financial", "sustainability", "entity" ], "_microquest": { "code": "QCTO-LEGAL-ENTITY", "topic": { "name": "Compliance & Governance", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance" }, "shelf": { "name": "QCTO Accreditation", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance/qcto-accreditation" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=QCTO-LEGAL-ENTITY", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "QCTO-PEOPLE-MATERIAL", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/people-material-and-facilities", "title": "People, Material and Facilities", "summary": "Get the resource evidence right — qualified and current staff, learning material mapped to the curriculum, third-party rights, and facilities that match the practical component.", "content_text": "Get the resource evidence right — qualified and current staff, learning material mapped to the curriculum, third-party rights, and facilities that match the practical component.\n\nBy the end you can describe the staffing, material and facility evidence a provider needs and explain why currency and coverage are checked.", "tags": [ "Compliance & Governance", "QCTO Accreditation", "facilitator", "assessor", "moderator", "registration", "learning", "material", "matrix", "facilities", "equipment", "ohs", "accreditation" ], "_microquest": { "code": "QCTO-PEOPLE-MATERIAL", "topic": { "name": "Compliance & Governance", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance" }, "shelf": { "name": "QCTO Accreditation", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance/qcto-accreditation" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=QCTO-PEOPLE-MATERIAL", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "WORKPLACE-RESPECT", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/respect-in-the-workplace", "title": "Respect in the Workplace", "summary": "Build a workplace where everyone is treated with dignity: understand diversity and bias, choose respectful language, spot microaggressions and know how to speak up. About 20 minutes.", "content_text": "Build a workplace where everyone is treated with dignity: understand diversity and bias, choose respectful language, spot microaggressions and know how to speak up. About 20 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can recognise bias and microaggressions, use respectful language, and speak up or support a colleague when someone is treated with disrespect.", "tags": [ "Compliance & Governance", "respect", "diversity", "inclusion", "bias", "unconscious", "microaggressions", "dignity", "equality", "discrimination", "culture", "workplace", "colleagues" ], "_microquest": { "code": "WORKPLACE-RESPECT", "topic": { "name": "Compliance & Governance", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 20, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=WORKPLACE-RESPECT", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "HARASSMENT-AWARENESS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/sexual-harassment-awareness", "title": "Sexual Harassment Awareness", "summary": "Understand what sexual harassment is — in person and online — how consent and power play a part, what bystanders can do, how to report it and how to support someone who discloses. About 25 minutes.", "content_text": "Understand what sexual harassment is — in person and online — how consent and power play a part, what bystanders can do, how to report it and how to support someone who discloses. About 25 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can recognise sexual harassment, act safely as a bystander, know the ways to report it and respond supportively when someone tells you about it.", "tags": [ "Compliance & Governance", "sexual", "harassment", "awareness", "consent", "respect", "bystander", "reporting", "workplace", "policy", "dignity", "victimisation", "compliance" ], "_microquest": { "code": "HARASSMENT-AWARENESS", "topic": { "name": "Compliance & Governance", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 25, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=HARASSMENT-AWARENESS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "QCTO-STAYING-ACCREDITED", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/staying-accredited-scope-expiry-and-change", "title": "Staying Accredited — Scope, Expiry and Change", "summary": "Accreditation is granted for a scope and a period. Learn to track what you actually hold, spot the date that expires first, and handle change without drifting outside it.", "content_text": "Accreditation is granted for a scope and a period. Learn to track what you actually hold, spot the date that expires first, and handle change without drifting outside it.\n\nBy the end you can describe the limits of an accreditation, identify what causes it to lapse or be exceeded, and set up monitoring that gives useful warning.", "tags": [ "Compliance & Governance", "QCTO Accreditation", "scope", "expiry", "monitoring", "capacity", "site", "addition", "renewal", "accreditation", "drift", "compliance", "provider" ], "_microquest": { "code": "QCTO-STAYING-ACCREDITED", "topic": { "name": "Compliance & Governance", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance" }, "shelf": { "name": "QCTO Accreditation", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance/qcto-accreditation" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=QCTO-STAYING-ACCREDITED", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "QCTO-ACCRED-JOURNEY", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/the-accreditation-journey-stage-by-stage", "title": "The Accreditation Journey, Stage by Stage", "summary": "Walk the whole accreditation path from legal entity to site visit, see which stages block which, and learn where applications actually stall.", "content_text": "Walk the whole accreditation path from legal entity to site visit, see which stages block which, and learn where applications actually stall.\n\nBy the end you can describe the stages of an accreditation application, say which must be complete before others, and identify the usual causes of delay.", "tags": [ "Compliance & Governance", "QCTO Accreditation", "qcto", "accreditation", "application", "stages", "readiness", "site", "visit", "evidence", "declaration", "provider", "sdp" ], "_microquest": { "code": "QCTO-ACCRED-JOURNEY", "topic": { "name": "Compliance & Governance", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance" }, "shelf": { "name": "QCTO Accreditation", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance/qcto-accreditation" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=QCTO-ACCRED-JOURNEY", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "QCTO-WORKPLACE", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/workplace-arrangements-and-the-work-experience-component", "title": "Workplace Arrangements and the Work Experience Component", "summary": "Secure and evidence the workplace side — agreements, mentors, logbooks and learner placement — the part of an application that depends on someone else.", "content_text": "Secure and evidence the workplace side — agreements, mentors, logbooks and learner placement — the part of an application that depends on someone else.\n\nBy the end you can explain what the work experience component requires, what a workplace agreement should cover, and how workplace learning is evidenced.", "tags": [ "Compliance & Governance", "QCTO Accreditation", "workplace", "agreement", "mentor", "logbook", "work", "experience", "placement", "employer", "accreditation", "provider", "evidence" ], "_microquest": { "code": "QCTO-WORKPLACE", "topic": { "name": "Compliance & Governance", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance" }, "shelf": { "name": "QCTO Accreditation", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance/qcto-accreditation" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=QCTO-WORKPLACE", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "WORKPLACE-ETHICS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/workplace-ethics", "title": "Workplace Ethics", "summary": "Make the right call at work: spot conflicts of interest, handle gifts, keep information confidential, keep honest records and report wrongdoing through the proper channels. About 20 minutes.", "content_text": "Make the right call at work: spot conflicts of interest, handle gifts, keep information confidential, keep honest records and report wrongdoing through the proper channels. About 20 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can recognise common ethical dilemmas at work, decide what to do, and report wrongdoing through the right channels.", "tags": [ "Compliance & Governance", "ethics", "integrity", "conflict", "interest", "gifts", "bribery", "corruption", "confidentiality", "honesty", "fraud", "whistleblowing", "compliance" ], "_microquest": { "code": "WORKPLACE-ETHICS", "topic": { "name": "Compliance & Governance", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 20, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=WORKPLACE-ETHICS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "POPIA-ESSENTIALS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/popia-essentials", "title": "POPIA Essentials", "summary": "A practical guide to the Protection of Personal Information Act: personal information, responsible parties and operators, the eight conditions, lawful bases, data subject rights, security compromises and the Information Regulator — about 30 minutes.", "content_text": "A practical guide to the Protection of Personal Information Act: personal information, responsible parties and operators, the eight conditions, lawful bases, data subject rights, security compromises and the Information Regulator — about 30 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can recognise personal information, apply POPIA's eight conditions to everyday work and respond correctly to a rights request or a security compromise.", "tags": [ "Compliance & Governance", "popia", "privacy", "personal", "information", "data", "protection", "regulator", "compliance", "consent", "responsible", "party", "operator" ], "_microquest": { "code": "POPIA-ESSENTIALS", "topic": { "name": "Compliance & Governance", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/compliance-and-governance" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 30, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "49.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 49 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=POPIA-ESSENTIALS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "PHISHING-SPOTTER", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/spot-the-phishing-email", "title": "Spot the Phishing Email", "summary": "Learn to check the sender, links, urgency and attachments in an email, so you can spot phishing before you click — and know how to report it. About 10 minutes.", "content_text": "Learn to check the sender, links, urgency and attachments in an email, so you can spot phishing before you click — and know how to report it. About 10 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can recognise the warning signs of a phishing email, check a link safely and report a suspicious message properly.", "tags": [ "Cyber & Digital Safety", "phishing", "email", "scam", "fraud", "links", "attachments", "sender", "cyber", "security", "smishing" ], "_microquest": { "code": "PHISHING-SPOTTER", "topic": { "name": "Cyber & Digital Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/cyber-and-digital-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 10, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=PHISHING-SPOTTER", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "WHATSAPP-SCAMS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/whatsapp-scam-awareness", "title": "WhatsApp Scam Awareness", "summary": "Learn how scammers hijack WhatsApp accounts, spot \"new number\" and fake job or investment messages, and lock your account with two-step verification — in about 10 minutes.", "content_text": "Learn how scammers hijack WhatsApp accounts, spot \"new number\" and fake job or investment messages, and lock your account with two-step verification — in about 10 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can spot the most common WhatsApp scams, protect your account with two-step verification and know what to do if you are targeted.", "tags": [ "Cyber & Digital Safety", "whatsapp", "scam", "scams", "fraud", "hijack", "hijacked", "verification", "code", "two-step", "security", "money" ], "_microquest": { "code": "WHATSAPP-SCAMS", "topic": { "name": "Cyber & Digital Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/cyber-and-digital-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 10, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=WHATSAPP-SCAMS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "AI-PRIVACY", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/ai-privacy-essentials", "title": "AI Privacy Essentials", "summary": "Use AI tools without leaking personal information, client data, passwords or confidential work. Learn what never to paste, how POPIA applies and how to use AI safely at work — about 15 minutes.", "content_text": "Use AI tools without leaking personal information, client data, passwords or confidential work. Learn what never to paste, how POPIA applies and how to use AI safely at work — about 15 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can decide what is safe to put into an AI tool, remove personal details before you do, and respond correctly if something slips through.", "tags": [ "Cyber & Digital Safety", "ai", "privacy", "popia", "confidential", "data", "personal", "information", "chatbot", "security", "workplace", "policy" ], "_microquest": { "code": "AI-PRIVACY", "topic": { "name": "Cyber & Digital Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/cyber-and-digital-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 15, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=AI-PRIVACY", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "PASSWORD-SAFETY", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/password-safety-essentials", "title": "Password Safety Essentials", "summary": "Create strong passphrases, use a unique password for every account, let a password manager do the remembering and add two-factor authentication — in about 15 minutes.", "content_text": "Create strong passphrases, use a unique password for every account, let a password manager do the remembering and add two-factor authentication — in about 15 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can create a strong passphrase, explain why every account needs its own password and switch on two-factor authentication.", "tags": [ "Cyber & Digital Safety", "password", "passwords", "passphrase", "manager", "mfa", "two-factor", "2fa", "otp", "login", "account", "security" ], "_microquest": { "code": "PASSWORD-SAFETY", "topic": { "name": "Cyber & Digital Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/cyber-and-digital-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 15, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=PASSWORD-SAFETY", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "CYBERSECURITY-ESSENTIALS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/cybersecurity-essentials", "title": "Cybersecurity Essentials", "summary": "The everyday habits that keep you and your workplace safe online: updates, phishing, passwords, public Wi-Fi, device locks, backups and reporting incidents — in about 25 minutes.", "content_text": "The everyday habits that keep you and your workplace safe online: updates, phishing, passwords, public Wi-Fi, device locks, backups and reporting incidents — in about 25 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can protect your devices and accounts with everyday security habits and report a cyber incident at work quickly and correctly.", "tags": [ "Cyber & Digital Safety", "cybersecurity", "cyber", "security", "malware", "ransomware", "updates", "backups", "wifi", "phishing", "incident", "device" ], "_microquest": { "code": "CYBERSECURITY-ESSENTIALS", "topic": { "name": "Cyber & Digital Safety", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/cyber-and-digital-safety" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 25, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=CYBERSECURITY-ESSENTIALS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "AI-IN-15", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/ai-in-15-minutes", "title": "AI in 15 Minutes", "summary": "What generative AI is and isn't, why it sometimes makes things up, how to check what it tells you and where it genuinely helps — explained simply in about 15 minutes.", "content_text": "What generative AI is and isn't, why it sometimes makes things up, how to check what it tells you and where it genuinely helps — explained simply in about 15 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can explain what generative AI does, recognise a hallucination, check an AI answer and choose sensible ways to use it.", "tags": [ "AI & Digital Skills", "ai", "artificial", "intelligence", "generative", "chatbot", "hallucination", "digital", "skills", "technology" ], "_microquest": { "code": "AI-IN-15", "topic": { "name": "AI & Digital Skills", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/ai-and-digital-skills" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 15, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=AI-IN-15", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "AI-PROMPTING", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/prompting-ai-essentials", "title": "Prompting AI Essentials", "summary": "Get far better results from AI chat tools: give a role, task, context and format, show examples, improve the answer step by step and check it before you use it — in about 15 minutes.", "content_text": "Get far better results from AI chat tools: give a role, task, context and format, show examples, improve the answer step by step and check it before you use it — in about 15 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can write a clear prompt using role, task, context and format, improve an AI answer with follow-ups and verify the result.", "tags": [ "AI & Digital Skills", "ai", "prompting", "prompt", "prompts", "chatbot", "generative", "writing", "digital", "skills", "productivity" ], "_microquest": { "code": "AI-PROMPTING", "topic": { "name": "AI & Digital Skills", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/ai-and-digital-skills" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 15, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=AI-PROMPTING", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "BUDGETING-15", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/budgeting-in-15-minutes", "title": "Budgeting in 15 Minutes", "summary": "Make a simple monthly budget, split your money into needs, wants and savings, start an emergency fund and stay away from debt traps — in about 15 minutes on WhatsApp.", "content_text": "Make a simple monthly budget, split your money into needs, wants and savings, start an emergency fund and stay away from debt traps — in about 15 minutes on WhatsApp.\n\nBy the end you can write a simple monthly budget, track where your money goes and spot a debt trap before you walk into it.", "tags": [ "Business & Money", "budget", "budgeting", "money", "personal", "finance", "savings", "emergency", "fund", "debt", "credit", "mashonisa", "expenses", "income" ], "_microquest": { "code": "BUDGETING-15", "topic": { "name": "Business & Money", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/business-and-money" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 15, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=BUDGETING-15", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "CASH-FLOW", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/cash-flow-essentials", "title": "Cash Flow Essentials", "summary": "Learn why a profitable business can still run out of cash, build a simple 3-month cash-flow forecast, get paid faster and keep stock and credit under control.", "content_text": "Learn why a profitable business can still run out of cash, build a simple 3-month cash-flow forecast, get paid faster and keep stock and credit under control.\n\nBy the end you can explain the difference between profit and cash, build a simple 3-month cash-flow forecast and name ways to improve your cash flow.", "tags": [ "Business & Money", "cash", "flow", "forecast", "business", "money", "profit", "invoices", "debtors", "stock", "credit", "small", "entrepreneur" ], "_microquest": { "code": "CASH-FLOW", "topic": { "name": "Business & Money", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/business-and-money" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 20, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=CASH-FLOW", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "PAYSLIP-ESSENTIALS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/understanding-your-payslip", "title": "Understanding Your Payslip", "summary": "Read your payslip with confidence: gross vs net pay, PAYE, UIF, medical aid and retirement deductions, what to check every month, how to query a mistake and what an IRP5 is.", "content_text": "Read your payslip with confidence: gross vs net pay, PAYE, UIF, medical aid and retirement deductions, what to check every month, how to query a mistake and what an IRP5 is.\n\nBy the end you can read every line of your payslip, check that the deductions make sense and query an error the right way.", "tags": [ "Business & Money", "payslip", "salary", "wages", "pay", "gross", "net", "paye", "tax", "uif", "deductions", "irp5", "sars", "money", "employee" ], "_microquest": { "code": "PAYSLIP-ESSENTIALS", "topic": { "name": "Business & Money", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/business-and-money" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 20, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=PAYSLIP-ESSENTIALS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "START-A-BUSINESS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/starting-a-small-business", "title": "Starting a Small Business", "summary": "Go from idea to first sale the smart way: test your idea, write a one-page plan, choose sole proprietor or company, understand CIPC and SARS registration, price for profit and keep records.", "content_text": "Go from idea to first sale the smart way: test your idea, write a one-page plan, choose sole proprietor or company, understand CIPC and SARS registration, price for profit and keep records.\n\nBy the end you can test a business idea, write a one-page plan, choose how to register and set prices that cover your costs.", "tags": [ "Business & Money", "business", "starting", "start", "entrepreneur", "small", "plan", "cipc", "sars", "registration", "pricing", "records", "sole", "proprietor", "company" ], "_microquest": { "code": "START-A-BUSINESS", "topic": { "name": "Business & Money", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/business-and-money" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 30, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "49.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 49 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=START-A-BUSINESS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "INTERVIEW-INTRO", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/tell-me-about-yourself", "title": "Tell Me About Yourself", "summary": "Nail the first interview question with a clear present–past–future answer that lasts 60 to 90 seconds and shows why you fit the job. Free, in about 10 minutes.", "content_text": "Nail the first interview question with a clear present–past–future answer that lasts 60 to 90 seconds and shows why you fit the job. Free, in about 10 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can answer \"Tell me about yourself\" in 60 to 90 seconds with a clear structure that links you to the job.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "interview", "job", "career", "yourself", "introduction", "pitch", "answer", "questions", "jobseeker", "employment" ], "_microquest": { "code": "INTERVIEW-INTRO", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 10, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=INTERVIEW-INTRO", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-01-THINK-DECIDE-ACT", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/think-smart-make-smart-decisions-act-smart", "title": "Think Smart, Make Smart Decisions, Act Smart", "summary": "Smart Decision Training rests on three rules — think openly, compare options, act ethically. Learn each one and what goes wrong when one is skipped.", "content_text": "Smart Decision Training rests on three rules — think openly, compare options, act ethically. Learn each one and what goes wrong when one is skipped.\n\nBy the end you can explain the three Smart Decision rules and spot which one is being skipped.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "decision", "decisions", "thinking", "choices", "ethics", "objectivity", "open-mindedness", "action", "workplace" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-01-THINK-DECIDE-ACT", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 10, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-01-THINK-DECIDE-ACT", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-03-WHAT-IS-THINKING", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/thinking-as-information-processing", "title": "Thinking as Information Processing", "summary": "Having an idea is not the same as thinking. Learn how Smart Decision Training defines thinking, and how wishes and assumptions quietly replace it.", "content_text": "Having an idea is not the same as thinking. Learn how Smart Decision Training defines thinking, and how wishes and assumptions quietly replace it.\n\nBy the end you can explain what thinking means in this training and spot when an assumption is standing in for it.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "thinking", "decision", "decisions", "information", "interpretation", "objectivity", "assumptions", "open-mindedness" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-03-WHAT-IS-THINKING", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 10, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-03-WHAT-IS-THINKING", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-02-WHAT-IS-A-DECISION", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/what-is-a-decision", "title": "What Is a Decision?", "summary": "A decision is more than a preference or impulse. Learn what Smart Decision Training means by a decision and what should happen before you choose.", "content_text": "A decision is more than a preference or impulse. Learn what Smart Decision Training means by a decision and what should happen before you choose.\n\nBy the end you can define a decision and check whether a choice was actually thought through.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "decision", "decisions", "thinking", "choice", "options", "costs", "benefits", "consequences", "judgement" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-02-WHAT-IS-A-DECISION", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 10, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-02-WHAT-IS-A-DECISION", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-06-DATA-INTEGRITY", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/data-integrity-analysis", "title": "Data Integrity Analysis", "summary": "Before you act on a message, report or rumour, check where it came from, how it travelled and what changed on the way.", "content_text": "Before you act on a message, report or rumour, check where it came from, how it travelled and what changed on the way.\n\nBy the end you can trace information to its source, spot where it changed, and check it fits your purpose and channel.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "decision", "decisions", "data", "integrity", "information", "verification", "source", "rumour", "critical", "thinking" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-06-DATA-INTEGRITY", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-06-DATA-INTEGRITY", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-08-STABLE-MIND", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/decision-making-under-emotion-excitement-and-pressure", "title": "Decision-Making Under Emotion, Excitement and Pressure", "summary": "Anger, excitement, alcohol and \"last chance\" deals all squeeze your thinking. Learn simple safeguards that keep big decisions calm and informed.", "content_text": "Anger, excitement, alcohol and \"last chance\" deals all squeeze your thinking. Learn simple safeguards that keep big decisions calm and informed.\n\nBy the end you can recognise states that weaken judgement and use safeguards such as postponing, researching alternatives and accountability.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "decision", "decisions", "emotion", "stress", "pressure", "urgency", "accountability", "alcohol", "safeguards" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-08-STABLE-MIND", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-08-STABLE-MIND", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-07-GOOD-INTENTIONS-BAD-DECISIONS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/good-intentions-can-still-produce-bad-decisions", "title": "Good Intentions Can Still Produce Bad Decisions", "summary": "Meaning well is not the same as deciding well. See why kind motives still need correct information, clear thinking and a look at consequences.", "content_text": "Meaning well is not the same as deciding well. See why kind motives still need correct information, clear thinking and a look at consequences.\n\nBy the end you can explain why good intent does not replace good information, objective thinking or checking consequences.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "decision", "decisions", "intentions", "consequences", "harm", "third", "parties", "judgement", "ethics" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-07-GOOD-INTENTIONS-BAD-DECISIONS", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-07-GOOD-INTENTIONS-BAD-DECISIONS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-05-SOURCES-OF-INFORMATION", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/how-information-sources-shape-decisions", "title": "How Information Sources Shape Decisions", "summary": "Your sense of right and wrong came from somewhere. Learn the sources Smart Decision Training names, and how to check that a source fits the issue.", "content_text": "Your sense of right and wrong came from somewhere. Learn the sources Smart Decision Training names, and how to check that a source fits the issue.\n\nBy the end you can name the sources of information the training lists and check whether one is reliable for a decision.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "information", "sources", "decision", "decisions", "thinking", "gossip", "propaganda", "culture", "scams", "influence" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-05-SOURCES-OF-INFORMATION", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 10, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-05-SOURCES-OF-INFORMATION", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-04-INFORMATION-AND-FACTS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/information-facts-and-decision-quality", "title": "Information, Facts and Decision Quality", "summary": "Not everything you are told is a fact. Learn to separate information from fact, see past slick packaging, and choose the right information for a decision.", "content_text": "Not everything you are told is a fact. Learn to separate information from fact, see past slick packaging, and choose the right information for a decision.\n\nBy the end you can tell information from fact and check whether information is correct and relevant before relying on it.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "information", "facts", "decision", "decisions", "thinking", "verification", "evidence", "relevance", "misinformation" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-04-INFORMATION-AND-FACTS", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 10, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-04-INFORMATION-AND-FACTS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "PRO-EMAIL", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/professional-email-essentials", "title": "Professional Email Essentials", "summary": "Write work emails people read and act on: clear subject lines, the right greeting, one purpose per email, a clear ask, a professional tone, attachments and a before-you-send check.", "content_text": "Write work emails people read and act on: clear subject lines, the right greeting, one purpose per email, a clear ask, a professional tone, attachments and a before-you-send check.\n\nBy the end you can write a clear, professional work email with a useful subject line, a clear ask and the right tone.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "email", "professional", "communication", "writing", "workplace", "office", "subject", "line", "attachments", "etiquette", "career" ], "_microquest": { "code": "PRO-EMAIL", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 15, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=PRO-EMAIL", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "PRO-WHATSAPP", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/professional-whatsapp-messages", "title": "Professional WhatsApp Messages", "summary": "Use WhatsApp at work without the awkward moments: when to use it and when not to, introducing yourself, voice notes, work groups, response times, privacy and screenshots.", "content_text": "Use WhatsApp at work without the awkward moments: when to use it and when not to, introducing yourself, voice notes, work groups, response times, privacy and screenshots.\n\nBy the end you can decide when WhatsApp suits a work message, and write professional messages, voice notes and group posts.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "whatsapp", "professional", "communication", "messages", "workplace", "voice", "notes", "groups", "etiquette", "privacy", "career" ], "_microquest": { "code": "PRO-WHATSAPP", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 15, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=PRO-WHATSAPP", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-09-PEER-PRESSURE", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/protect-decisions-from-peer-pressure", "title": "Protect Decisions from Peer Pressure", "summary": "Is it your choice, or the group's? Use simple self-check questions to test whether a decision fits your goals or is mainly about fitting in.", "content_text": "Is it your choice, or the group's? Use simple self-check questions to test whether a decision fits your goals or is mainly about fitting in.\n\nBy the end you can use self-check questions to tell a choice that fits your goals from one driven by pressure to belong.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "decision", "decisions", "peer", "pressure", "values", "goals", "self-discipline", "belonging", "workplace" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-09-PEER-PRESSURE", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-09-PEER-PRESSURE", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-11-SYSTEMS-THINKING", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/see-the-bigger-picture-with-systems-thinking", "title": "See the Bigger Picture with Systems Thinking", "summary": "A fix in one place can cause a problem somewhere else. Learn to see each decision as part of a system of connected parts, so a local win does not become a wider loss.", "content_text": "A fix in one place can cause a problem somewhere else. Learn to see each decision as part of a system of connected parts, so a local win does not become a wider loss.\n\nBy the end you can explain what a system is and spot when a local improvement creates a wider problem.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "systems", "thinking", "decision", "decisions", "toolkit", "connected", "bigger", "picture", "strategy", "congruence" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-11-SYSTEMS-THINKING", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-11-SYSTEMS-THINKING", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-10-ACTION-PROCESS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/the-action-process-imagination-thinking-decision-and-action", "title": "The Action Process: Imagination, Thinking, Decision and Action", "summary": "Every action starts as a thought. Learn the four-stage Action Process — imagination, thinking, decision, action — and how to stop impulses skipping straight to the end.", "content_text": "Every action starts as a thought. Learn the four-stage Action Process — imagination, thinking, decision, action — and how to stop impulses skipping straight to the end.\n\nBy the end you can name the four stages of the Action Process, spot a skipped stage, and explain how information shapes each one.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "decision", "decisions", "action", "process", "imagination", "thinking", "impulse", "informed" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-10-ACTION-PROCESS", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-10-ACTION-PROCESS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-15-TOOLKIT-ATTRIBUTES", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/broader-perspective-open-mindedness-and-objectivity", "title": "Broader Perspective, Open-Mindedness and Objectivity", "summary": "The Toolkit's questions only work with the right mindset. Learn Broader Perspective, Open-Mindedness and Objectivity, and how to spot when one is slipping.", "content_text": "The Toolkit's questions only work with the right mindset. Learn Broader Perspective, Open-Mindedness and Objectivity, and how to spot when one is slipping.\n\nBy the end you can explain the Toolkit's three attributes and spot when one is missing in a real decision.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "decision", "decisions", "toolkit", "perspective", "open-mindedness", "objectivity", "bias", "thinking", "judgement" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-15-TOOLKIT-ATTRIBUTES", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-15-TOOLKIT-ATTRIBUTES", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-18-CORPORATE-DECISION-COMPETENCE", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/corporate-decision-competence-ethics-risk-and-strategic", "title": "Corporate Decision Competence: Ethics, Risk and Strategic Alignment", "summary": "Bring the whole pack together at work: validated information, ethics, risk, accountability and alignment in a fast-changing world.", "content_text": "Bring the whole pack together at work: validated information, ethics, risk, accountability and alignment in a fast-changing world.\n\nBy the end you can describe corporate decision competence and test a workplace decision against it.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "decision", "decisions", "corporate", "ethics", "risk", "strategy", "stakeholders", "accountability", "alignment", "vuca" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-18-CORPORATE-DECISION-COMPETENCE", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-18-CORPORATE-DECISION-COMPETENCE", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "CUSTOMER-SERVICE", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/customer-service-essentials", "title": "Customer Service Essentials", "summary": "Make a good first impression, listen properly, make promises you can keep and fix things when they go wrong — in person, on the phone and on WhatsApp. About 20 minutes.", "content_text": "Make a good first impression, listen properly, make promises you can keep and fix things when they go wrong — in person, on the phone and on WhatsApp. About 20 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can greet and listen to a customer well, make a clear promise, follow through, and recover when service goes wrong.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "customer", "service", "client", "communication", "listening", "complaints", "phone", "whatsapp", "front", "desk", "retail", "professional" ], "_microquest": { "code": "CUSTOMER-SERVICE", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 20, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=CUSTOMER-SERVICE", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-16-FUNDAMENTAL-CONGRUENCE", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/fundamental-congruence-and-alignment", "title": "Fundamental Congruence and Alignment", "summary": "A choice can look great alone and still clash with everything around it. Learn to check purpose, relevance and connections before you commit resources.", "content_text": "A choice can look great alone and still clash with everything around it. Learn to check purpose, relevance and connections before you commit resources.\n\nBy the end you can test whether a decision fits its purpose, values and the wider system.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "decision", "decisions", "congruence", "alignment", "purpose", "values", "goals", "mission", "systems", "strategy" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-16-FUNDAMENTAL-CONGRUENCE", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-16-FUNDAMENTAL-CONGRUENCE", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "ANGRY-CUSTOMER", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/handling-an-angry-customer", "title": "Handling an Angry Customer", "summary": "Stay calm, listen, acknowledge feelings and find a way forward when a customer is upset — and know when to escalate and how to keep yourself safe. About 20 minutes.", "content_text": "Stay calm, listen, acknowledge feelings and find a way forward when a customer is upset — and know when to escalate and how to keep yourself safe. About 20 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can calm an upset customer using clear steps, agree a next step, escalate when needed and look after your own safety and wellbeing.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "angry", "customer", "complaint", "complaints", "de-escalation", "conflict", "calm", "difficult", "customers", "service", "escalation", "safety" ], "_microquest": { "code": "ANGRY-CUSTOMER", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 20, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=ANGRY-CUSTOMER", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "JOB-INTERVIEW", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/job-interview-essentials", "title": "Job Interview Essentials", "summary": "Prepare for any job interview: research the employer, answer with the STAR method, ask good questions, handle online interviews and follow up properly afterwards.", "content_text": "Prepare for any job interview: research the employer, answer with the STAR method, ask good questions, handle online interviews and follow up properly afterwards.\n\nBy the end you can prepare for an interview, answer questions using STAR, ask strong questions and follow up professionally.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "interview", "job", "career", "star", "questions", "online", "video", "follow", "up", "jobseeker", "employment", "preparation" ], "_microquest": { "code": "JOB-INTERVIEW", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 20, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=JOB-INTERVIEW", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-17-FUNDAMENTAL-INCONGRUENCE", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/recognise-fundamental-incongruence", "title": "Recognise Fundamental Incongruence", "summary": "Some decisions fix one problem and quietly create three more. Learn to spot Fundamental Incongruence — friction from connections nobody checked.", "content_text": "Some decisions fix one problem and quietly create three more. Learn to spot Fundamental Incongruence — friction from connections nobody checked.\n\nBy the end you can identify an incongruent decision, trace the friction it causes and prevent it.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "decision", "decisions", "incongruence", "friction", "ripple", "effects", "systems", "policy", "workplace" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-17-FUNDAMENTAL-INCONGRUENCE", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-17-FUNDAMENTAL-INCONGRUENCE", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-12-TOOLKIT-Q1-Q3", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/smart-decision-toolkit-questions-1-3", "title": "Smart Decision Toolkit: Questions 1–3", "summary": "Before you judge anything, understand it. Use the first three Smart Decision Toolkit questions — what it is, what it does and how, and why — on a real decision, step by step.", "content_text": "Before you judge anything, understand it. Use the first three Smart Decision Toolkit questions — what it is, what it does and how, and why — on a real decision, step by step.\n\nBy the end you can apply Toolkit Questions 1–3 to a person, product, role or issue, and tell identity, function and purpose apart.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "smart", "decision", "decisions", "toolkit", "congruence", "checklist", "identity", "function", "purpose", "questions" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-12-TOOLKIT-Q1-Q3", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-12-TOOLKIT-Q1-Q3", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-13-TOOLKIT-Q4-Q7", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/smart-decision-toolkit-questions-4-7", "title": "Smart Decision Toolkit: Questions 4–7", "summary": "Knowing what something is does not tell you how much it matters. Use Toolkit Questions 4–7 to test failure risk, position, importance and the impact of removing or changing it.", "content_text": "Knowing what something is does not tell you how much it matters. Use Toolkit Questions 4–7 to test failure risk, position, importance and the impact of removing or changing it.\n\nBy the end you can apply Toolkit Questions 4–7 to a real decision and tell failure risk apart from the impact of removal or change.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "smart", "decision", "decisions", "toolkit", "risk", "failure", "position", "importance", "removal", "change", "system" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-13-TOOLKIT-Q4-Q7", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-13-TOOLKIT-Q4-Q7", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "SDT-14-TOOLKIT-Q8-Q10", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/smart-decision-toolkit-questions-8-10", "title": "Smart Decision Toolkit: Questions 8–10", "summary": "A decision nobody owns and nobody measures quietly fails. Use Toolkit Questions 8–10 to name who is accountable, decide how success is measured and think through the wider consequences.", "content_text": "A decision nobody owns and nobody measures quietly fails. Use Toolkit Questions 8–10 to name who is accountable, decide how success is measured and think through the wider consequences.\n\nBy the end you can apply Toolkit Questions 8–10 to say who owns the result, how effectiveness is assessed and what the broader implications are.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "Smart Decision Training", "smart", "decision", "decisions", "toolkit", "accountability", "responsibility", "measurement", "effectiveness", "consequences" ], "_microquest": { "code": "SDT-14-TOOLKIT-Q8-Q10", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": { "name": "Smart Decision Training", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication/smart-decision-training" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=SDT-14-TOOLKIT-Q8-Q10", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "FIRST-TIME-SUPERVISOR", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/first-time-supervisor-essentials", "title": "First-Time Supervisor Essentials", "summary": "Move from colleague to supervisor with confidence: set expectations, delegate, give useful feedback, recognise good work, handle conflict fairly and manage your time. About 30 minutes.", "content_text": "Move from colleague to supervisor with confidence: set expectations, delegate, give useful feedback, recognise good work, handle conflict fairly and manage your time. About 30 minutes.\n\nBy the end you can set clear expectations, delegate and give feedback well, handle conflict fairly and know when to involve HR.", "tags": [ "Careers & Communication", "supervisor", "supervision", "team", "leader", "manager", "management", "leadership", "feedback", "delegation", "conflict", "first-time", "new", "promotion" ], "_microquest": { "code": "FIRST-TIME-SUPERVISOR", "topic": { "name": "Careers & Communication", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/careers-and-communication" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 30, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "49.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 49 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=FIRST-TIME-SUPERVISOR", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "MILLING-SAFETY", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/milling-safety-essentials", "title": "Milling Safety Essentials", "summary": "Work safely in a mill: respect machine guards, lock out before you reach in, protect your hearing, control dust and hot work, and never enter a silo or bin without the right controls.", "content_text": "Work safely in a mill: respect machine guards, lock out before you reach in, protect your hearing, control dust and hot work, and never enter a silo or bin without the right controls.\n\nBy the end you can apply lockout/tagout, work safely around guarded machines, noise, dust and hot work, and recognise the deadly hazards of silos and confined spaces.", "tags": [ "Industry & Trades", "milling", "mill", "safety", "machine", "guarding", "lockout", "tagout", "loto", "noise", "silo", "confined", "space", "hot", "work" ], "_microquest": { "code": "MILLING-SAFETY", "topic": { "name": "Industry & Trades", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/industry-and-trades" }, "shelf": null, "minutes": 25, "difficulty": "intermediate", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "29.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 29 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=MILLING-SAFETY", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "MATH-P2-ANALYTIC-GEOM", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/analytical-geometry-midpoints-gradients-and-lines", "title": "Analytical Geometry: Midpoints, Gradients and Lines", "summary": "Master the four core formulas — distance, midpoint, gradient and the line equation — and use gradients to prove shapes and angles.", "content_text": "Master the four core formulas — distance, midpoint, gradient and the line equation — and use gradients to prove shapes and angles.\n\nBy the end you can apply the analytical geometry formulas and use gradient relationships to prove parallel, perpendicular and collinear points.", "tags": [ "High School", "Mathematics P2", "mathematics", "analytical", "geometry", "midpoint", "gradient", "distance", "line", "inclination", "perpendicular", "grade12" ], "_microquest": { "code": "MATH-P2-ANALYTIC-GEOM", "topic": { "name": "High School", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school" }, "shelf": { "name": "Mathematics P2", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school/mathematics-p2" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=MATH-P2-ANALYTIC-GEOM", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "GEO-EXAM-VERBS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/geography-exam-verbs-know-what-the-question-wants", "title": "Geography Exam Verbs: Know What the Question Wants", "summary": "Learn what common Geography instruction verbs are actually asking you to do, so your answer matches the task instead of losing marks you already knew.", "content_text": "Learn what common Geography instruction verbs are actually asking you to do, so your answer matches the task instead of losing marks you already knew.\n\nBy the end you can recognise common Geography instruction verbs and choose the kind of response each one requires.", "tags": [ "High School", "Geography", "geography", "exam", "verbs", "define", "describe", "explain", "compare", "justify", "suggest", "identify", "list", "grade12" ], "_microquest": { "code": "GEO-EXAM-VERBS", "topic": { "name": "High School", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school" }, "shelf": { "name": "Geography", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school/geography" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=GEO-EXAM-VERBS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "GEO-MAP-SKILLS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/mapwork-essentials-and-gis", "title": "Mapwork Essentials and GIS", "summary": "Build a mapwork checklist covering scale, bearings, coordinates, contours and orthophotos, plus the GIS ideas that go with them.", "content_text": "Build a mapwork checklist covering scale, bearings, coordinates, contours and orthophotos, plus the GIS ideas that go with them.\n\nBy the end you can identify the main mapwork techniques and explain the core GIS concepts used in map interpretation.", "tags": [ "High School", "Geography", "geography", "mapwork", "gis", "scale", "bearing", "coordinates", "orthophoto", "contour", "crosssection", "remote", "sensing", "grade12" ], "_microquest": { "code": "GEO-MAP-SKILLS", "topic": { "name": "High School", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school" }, "shelf": { "name": "Geography", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school/geography" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=GEO-MAP-SKILLS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "FAL-READING-PROCESS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/read-smarter-before-during-and-after", "title": "Read Smarter: Before, During and After", "summary": "Turn reading into a three-step routine. Learn how to prepare before you start, read closely for meaning, and make sense of a text after you finish.", "content_text": "Turn reading into a three-step routine. Learn how to prepare before you start, read closely for meaning, and make sense of a text after you finish.\n\nBy the end you can use pre-reading, close-reading and post-reading strategies to understand an unfamiliar text more confidently.", "tags": [ "High School", "English FAL", "english", "reading", "comprehension", "prereading", "close-reading", "postreading", "inference", "summary", "grade10", "grade11", "grade12" ], "_microquest": { "code": "FAL-READING-PROCESS", "topic": { "name": "High School", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school" }, "shelf": { "name": "English FAL", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school/english-fal" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=FAL-READING-PROCESS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "FAL-SKIM-SCAN", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/skim-scan-or-read-closely", "title": "Skim, Scan or Read Closely?", "summary": "Learn three reading speeds and when to use each one. Stop reading every text in exactly the same way, and stop running out of time in comprehension.", "content_text": "Learn three reading speeds and when to use each one. Stop reading every text in exactly the same way, and stop running out of time in comprehension.\n\nBy the end you can choose between skimming, scanning and close reading based on what you need to find or understand.", "tags": [ "High School", "English FAL", "english", "skimming", "scanning", "close-reading", "comprehension", "information", "study", "grade10", "grade11", "grade12", "reading" ], "_microquest": { "code": "FAL-SKIM-SCAN", "topic": { "name": "High School", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school" }, "shelf": { "name": "English FAL", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school/english-fal" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=FAL-SKIM-SCAN", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "MATH-P1-EQUATIONS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/solve-equations-and-inequalities-with-control", "title": "Solve Equations and Inequalities with Control", "summary": "Work through quadratics, the formula, surd equations and inequalities with a method you can trust under pressure, and learn where marks are usually lost.", "content_text": "Work through quadratics, the formula, surd equations and inequalities with a method you can trust under pressure, and learn where marks are usually lost.\n\nBy the end you can choose the right solving method for an equation or inequality and check your answer before moving on.", "tags": [ "High School", "Mathematics P1", "mathematics", "algebra", "equations", "inequalities", "quadratic", "factorising", "roots", "surds", "intervals", "solutions", "grade12" ], "_microquest": { "code": "MATH-P1-EQUATIONS", "topic": { "name": "High School", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school" }, "shelf": { "name": "Mathematics P1", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school/mathematics-p1" }, "minutes": 14, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=MATH-P1-EQUATIONS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "FAL-SUMMARY-SKILLS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/summarise-without-copying-everything", "title": "Summarise Without Copying Everything", "summary": "Find the main idea, keep what matters and rewrite it briefly in your own words — without losing the meaning or blowing the word count.", "content_text": "Find the main idea, keep what matters and rewrite it briefly in your own words — without losing the meaning or blowing the word count.\n\nBy the end you can identify main points, remove unnecessary detail and produce a short summary that keeps the original meaning.", "tags": [ "High School", "English FAL", "english", "summary", "summarising", "comprehension", "main-idea", "paraphrase", "notes", "study", "grade10", "grade11", "grade12" ], "_microquest": { "code": "FAL-SUMMARY-SKILLS", "topic": { "name": "High School", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school" }, "shelf": { "name": "English FAL", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school/english-fal" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": true, "price": { "amount": "0.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 0 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=FAL-SUMMARY-SKILLS", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "MATH-P1-SEQUENCES", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/arithmetic-and-quadratic-number-patterns", "title": "Arithmetic and Quadratic Number Patterns", "summary": "Tell arithmetic patterns from quadratic ones using differences, build the general term for each, and read sigma notation without panic.", "content_text": "Tell arithmetic patterns from quadratic ones using differences, build the general term for each, and read sigma notation without panic.\n\nBy the end you can identify a pattern from its differences, find its general term and calculate a required term or sum.", "tags": [ "High School", "Mathematics P1", "mathematics", "sequences", "series", "arithmetic", "quadratic", "patterns", "sigma", "differences", "nth", "term", "sums", "grade12" ], "_microquest": { "code": "MATH-P1-SEQUENCES", "topic": { "name": "High School", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school" }, "shelf": { "name": "Mathematics P1", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school/mathematics-p1" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=MATH-P1-SEQUENCES", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "GEO-BERG-HEAT", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/berg-winds-heat-islands-and-urban-air", "title": "Berg Winds, Heat Islands and Urban Air", "summary": "Understand how berg winds warm and dry the coast, why cities build their own heat island, and how a valley inversion traps the air we breathe.", "content_text": "Understand how berg winds warm and dry the coast, why cities build their own heat island, and how a valley inversion traps the air we breathe.\n\nBy the end you can explain berg wind warming, urban heat islands and why pollution becomes trapped under an inversion.", "tags": [ "High School", "Geography", "geography", "berg", "winds", "heat", "island", "pollution", "inversion", "urban", "climate", "adiabatic", "coast", "city", "grade12" ], "_microquest": { "code": "GEO-BERG-HEAT", "topic": { "name": "High School", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school" }, "shelf": { "name": "Geography", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school/geography" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=GEO-BERG-HEAT", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "FAL-PARAGRAPH-POWER", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/build-a-paragraph-that-makes-one-clear-point", "title": "Build a Paragraph That Makes One Clear Point", "summary": "Turn loose sentences into a focused paragraph using a topic sentence, supporting detail and clear links between the ideas.", "content_text": "Turn loose sentences into a focused paragraph using a topic sentence, supporting detail and clear links between the ideas.\n\nBy the end you can build a coherent paragraph with one controlling idea, relevant support and clear connections between sentences.", "tags": [ "High School", "English FAL", "english", "paragraph", "topic-sentence", "supporting-detail", "coherence", "connectors", "writing", "grade10", "grade11", "grade12", "structure" ], "_microquest": { "code": "FAL-PARAGRAPH-POWER", "topic": { "name": "High School", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school" }, "shelf": { "name": "English FAL", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school/english-fal" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=FAL-PARAGRAPH-POWER", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "FAL-PREPARED-SPEECH", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/build-a-prepared-speech-that-lands", "title": "Build a Prepared Speech That Lands", "summary": "Plan, organise, practise and deliver a speech with a clear purpose, a real audience and a structure your listeners can follow in real time.", "content_text": "Plan, organise, practise and deliver a speech with a clear purpose, a real audience and a structure your listeners can follow in real time.\n\nBy the end you can organise a prepared speech, adapt it to an audience and deliver it with clearer verbal and non-verbal communication.", "tags": [ "High School", "English FAL", "english", "speech", "presentation", "audience", "purpose", "structure", "delivery", "speaking", "grade10", "grade11", "grade12", "oral" ], "_microquest": { "code": "FAL-PREPARED-SPEECH", "topic": { "name": "High School", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school" }, "shelf": { "name": "English FAL", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school/english-fal" }, "minutes": 12, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=FAL-PREPARED-SPEECH", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "MATH-P2-CIRCLES", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/coordinate-circles-and-tangents", "title": "Coordinate Circles and Tangents", "summary": "Read a circle's centre and radius from its equation, complete the square when it is not in standard form, and find the tangent at any point.", "content_text": "Read a circle's centre and radius from its equation, complete the square when it is not in standard form, and find the tangent at any point.\n\nBy the end you can find the centre and radius of a circle and determine the equation of a tangent at a given point.", "tags": [ "High School", "Mathematics P2", "mathematics", "circle", "centre", "radius", "tangent", "diameter", "coordinate", "geometry", "equation", "chord", "grade12" ], "_microquest": { "code": "MATH-P2-CIRCLES", "topic": { "name": "High School", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school" }, "shelf": { "name": "Mathematics P2", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school/mathematics-p2" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=MATH-P2-CIRCLES", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "MATH-P1-CUBIC", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/cubic-calculus-turning-points-inflection-and-tangents", "title": "Cubic Calculus: Turning Points, Inflection and Tangents", "summary": "Use the first and second derivatives to analyse a cubic graph, locate turning and 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}, { "id": "MATH-P1-DERIVATIVES", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/derivatives-first-principles-and-the-rules", "title": "Derivatives — First Principles and the Rules", "summary": "Differentiate from first principles when asked, apply the power rule everywhere else, and know what a derivative actually tells you about a graph.", "content_text": "Differentiate from first principles when asked, apply the power rule everywhere else, and know what a derivative actually tells you about a graph.\n\nBy the end you can differentiate using first principles and the rules, and interpret a derivative as a gradient or rate of change.", "tags": [ "High School", "Mathematics P1", "mathematics", "calculus", "derivative", "first", "principles", "power", "rule", "gradient", "rate", "of", "change", "tangent", "grade12" ], "_microquest": { "code": "MATH-P1-DERIVATIVES", "topic": { "name": "High School", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school" }, "shelf": { "name": "Mathematics P1", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/topics/high-school/mathematics-p1" }, "minutes": 13, "difficulty": "beginner", "free": false, "price": { "amount": "19.00", "currency": "ZAR", "credits": 19 }, "start_url": "https://skillsyms.com/learn?quest=MATH-P1-DERIVATIVES", "accredited": false } }, { "id": "GEO-DRAINAGE-PATTERNS", "url": "https://skillsyms.com/microquests/drainage-basins-patterns-and-density", "title": "Drainage Basins, Patterns and Density", "summary": "Learn to recognise dendritic, trellis, radial and rectangular drainage patterns, and read what drainage density tells you about the rock and soil beneath.", "content_text": "Learn to recognise dendritic, trellis, radial and rectangular drainage patterns, and read what drainage density tells you about the rock and soil beneath.\n\nBy the end you can identify the major drainage patterns and explain what drainage density reveals about a basin.", "tags": [ "High School", "Geography", "geography", "river", 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