Today's lecture was the introduction acessing knowledge unit, an outline of the course tasks and the university expectations. The information about the acessing knowledge unit introduction I found most useful was such components as the Course Struture comprised of six modules Using Computers, Online Research Strategies, Communications, Information Management, Building Knowledge and Social and Ethical Issues. The assignment, exam percentage weighting and due date the Journal log (blogger) 40% Due week 13, Group Assignment 30 % Due Week 9 and the Exam 30%. We were also given a brief introduction on Blackboard,what its purpose is and how to use it.
Tutorial
The tasks we went through in tutorial class was to demonstrate and clarify that we were able to use SIMO, student email and Blackboard. The second tutorial task we went thorugh was setting up and learning how to use a Blogger account. Such things we demonstrated to our tutorial teacher Gary was that we were able to use SIMO to show that we were registered into the UPC course and get to the weekly class schedule. Student email we were shown how to send an email to multiple contacts. Blackboard were given a run through of how to download our class workshop modules for every unit, unit outlines, assements etc. The blogger account we went through the process of sigining up a blogger acount inputing a username and password, Blog title, display name and our blog address. Then Gary showed us how to use our personal blogger page showing us such things making a new post, uploading a picture within the post and getting to blogger options.
The first task that I had learnt today from the tutorial lesson is how to email mutiple contacts using the student email account.
- This is done by firstly adding contacts into the adress book, then clicking compose which opens up a new email.
- Then a new email page is then opened, I open up the adress book again and select the contacts I want to send the email to, Click back to compose, once I get back to the new email I input my subject and message and then send.
The second task that I had learnt from the tutorial lesson is how to use particular components of Blogger and how to view my posts on Blogspot.
- To publish a new post I click new post, type my text and title in then publish post.
- If I wanted to add an image to my post I would click the add image icon, then the browse icon to select a picture from my computer.
- To change my options I would go back to the my title account page and click settings and change any settings necessary.
- To go and view my post which has been published and which is now open to the public to view I type my blog adress into the URL and wait to it has loaded, then I can click and view or delete my posts and read comments submitted by people.
Readings
The First week 1 reading is PC Lube and Tune webpage http://www.yale.edu/pclt/default.htm. The website supplies you with Hyperlinks to common computer jargon information to help you understand about your PC. Example of this is the hyperlink redirecting to the article about the Graphic User Interface “GUI” This webpage also includes a brief summary each hyperlink.
The Second Week 1 reading is from how stuff works website http://www.howstuffworks.com/pc.htm. The How stuff works webpage hyperlink focuses on a guide to working the PC. The information included in the How PC’s Work webpage focuses on desktop computers and their attributes such as the Central Processing Unit (CPU), (Basic Input/Output System) BIOS etc. Learning about PC’s such as its input and output connections, and what PC’s in the future hold.
