Introduction to Encryption and Cryptography

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Learn how encryption keeps information safe, and teach your students how it's used in the world today. Supported by Google.

On this course, you will learn about what encryption is and understand its use in the past by using the Caesar and Vigenère ciphers.

You will also look at the present and future of encryption and investigate both symmetric and asymmetric encryption schemes.

The course includes several practical encryption activities which you can complete and use in your own classroom.

Duration: 2 weeks 
Weekly study: 2 hours