TEA AP Bio: Objectionable Content Analysis for External Links

[openstaxalina]

We discovered that we were linking to a website with objectionable content in ads in TEA AP Bio. Daniel requested that we do some analysis of the external links in TEA AP Bio (other TEA titles to possibly to follow) to determine whether we are linking to other sites with objectionable content in ads or elsewhere.

Anthony will provide a description of objectionable content that may be found on external sites (including in ads).

• [ ] Please make sure any ad blockers are turned off.
• [ ] Navigate to https://www.texasgateway.org/book/tea-ap%C2%AE-biology and click "Start"
• [ ] Review external links located in "Link to Learning" features (possibly others) against the description Anthony provided.
• [ ] Catalog all links in the "AP Bio Review" tab of this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JeEtEVshO0JXKWE1KJmHbXPVbzXWuS4gZVk_0RGD8jo/edit#gid=142983758
• [ ] For each link, choose either "Needs Review" (if you notice anything questionable) or "No OC Detected" if you do not see any possibly objectionable content.
• [ ] If you select "Needs Review", please make a brief comment in the next column to assist the person doing the review.

[openstaxalina]

Here is the description of what to look for from Anthony: General Statement: Please flag anything that in your view a high school teacher may have trouble with or cause some level of discomfort. Although in some cases videos might be appropriate to the topic, we are concerned about "related videos" on youtube or ads that might appear for videos on certain subjects. Err on the side of flagging.

Cars, cell phones, cable company, movies are okay. Even if it's a rated-R movie.

Specific items to flag:

• Anything sexual or medically related to sexuality;
• Anything featuring explicit imagery of the human body;
• Anything featuring obvious/"loud" advocacy for or against certain political views or people. For example, Anti-trump, anti-oil company, anti-Schumer ads, all have to go.
• Anything referencing drugs, alcohol, tobacco
• Anything asking the students for information or offering financial incentives for information.
• Anything related to dating or religion.