Outcome: Describe at awareness level how synthetic text, images, audio, and video are produced and why appearance-based detection is unreliable.

Case: A viewer spots unusual blinking in a compressed video, declares it fake, and ignores stronger evidence about the original source and publication history.

Tools: Synthetic-media pipeline map, Signal-versus-proof worksheet, Compression-effects comparison

Outcome: Apply a Pause-Inspect-Verify-Decide-Document method using source, context, corroboration, provenance, and official-channel checks.

Case: A dramatic clip uses a genuine broadcaster logo but appears only on an anonymous account, with no matching report on the broadcaster's official channels.

Tools: PIVDD verification lab, Source-and-context checklist, Provenance interpretation cards

Outcome: Recognize voice-cloning, executive, family-emergency, romance, recruitment, investment, and identity-impersonation attacks.

Case: A finance employee joins a video call that appears to include senior leaders and is pressured to bypass the approved payment-change process.

Tools: Impersonation pattern cards, Callback protocol drill, High-risk request decision tree

Outcome: Resist misinformation, emotional amplification, and unsafe sharing while communicating uncertainty and corrections responsibly.

Case: A synthetic political clip spreads through community groups with captions that become more certain and inflammatory at every repost.

Tools: Sharing-friction checklist, Claim-corroboration exercise, Correction-message practice

Outcome: Protect privacy, consent, dignity, identity assets, children, and victims of non-consensual or abusive synthetic media.

Case: A class group creates a humiliating synthetic image of a student, then claims it is harmless because everyone knows it is fake.

Tools: Consent decision guide, Victim-support script, Privacy and exposure audit

Outcome: Use AI tools more safely at school, work, and home through data minimization, output verification, disclosure, and human review.

Case: An employee pastes a confidential complaint into a public AI tool, accepts the summary without checking, and sends it as a disciplinary record.

Tools: AI-use traffic light, Prompt data-minimization lab, Output verification worksheet

Outcome: Contain, preserve, report, escalate, recover, and support affected people during a deepfake or AI-enabled incident in India.

Case: A cloned voice triggers a payment, a synthetic intimate image begins spreading, and fake posts from a compromised account target the victim's contacts.

Tools: First-30-minutes response card, India reporting decision tree, Capstone incident record