3214B - Records and Information Management Compliance

Course Description

No matter what form information comes in, from paper records to digital images, your data must be kept and accessed in full compliance with privacy legislation, other regulations and corporate governance standards. In this online micro course, you’ll learn how to properly organize records, how long they should be kept, how to manage access and protect privacy. You’ll emerge better prepared to handle information with the care it needs.

Within 4-6 weeks of successfully completing this course, you will receive your micro-credential indicating achievement of the outlined learning outcomes and competencies/skills. Micro-credentials are tamper proof, verifiable, blockchain-based and 100% digital. They can be shared on social media, including LinkedIn and Facebook, embedded in websites or downloaded as PDFs.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this micro course, you'll be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of designing records categorization for organizing records.
• Understand the life cycle of records from creation to disposal or archiving.
• Understand the fundamentals of establishing records retention periods to establish how long records should be kept.
• Learn about records access, protection and security.

Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include:

• Records Lifecycle Management
• Records Classification
• Records Retention
• Privacy Protection
• Vital Records Management

Notes

Recommendations

This course is recognised by the following association(s). Click on the association name for details.

• Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM)

This course may be applied towards the SCS Certificate(s) in

• Records & Information Management : Micro Course Set