OrientationAssignmentInstructions IntroductiontoDigitalMedia

Theorientationassignmentisintendedtohelpyoubecomefamiliarwiththe Sakaienvironment,thecourse,uploadingfilestoyourBengalWebspace,andto completenecessaryprocedurestostartthecourse. Completethefollowingsteps: 1.LocateandcarefullyreadthecourseSyllabus[FindSyllabusontheMenu itemsonleftsideofthescreenwhenyouclickIntroDigitalMediaTABonthe tabbedmenubaracrossthetop].YouwillalsofindaMSWordversionofthe SyllabusintheResourcessectionofSakai. 2.IntheOrientationInstructionsfolder[Resources/OrientationInstructions], youwillfindalinktotheDigitalMediaZoneOrientationGuides.Reviewthe orientationguideslisted.Besuretolocateanddownloadtheguideonusing BengalintheFundamentalSkillsGuideontheresourcespage. 3.UsetheFundamentalSkillsGuide: a. SetupyourBengalaccountNOWifyouhavenotusedyourBengal accountbefore(seepage5oftheguide).Ifthisisthefirsttimeyouhave accessedBengal,youmustrequestthatyouraccountbeactivatedthis maytakeacoupleofdays,sodothisnow! b. Openasimpletexteditorprogram(e.g.,TextEdit,Notepad).Copythe templateattheendofthisOrientationInstructionsfileandpasteintoa newfileinyourtexteditorprogram.Replacetheredtextwithyour information.Donotincludeanythinginthedocumentotherthantext(no images). c. SavethefileasYourFirstName_YourLastName_Intro,butsubstituteyour names.Forexample,Jane_Doe_Intro.Donotincludespacesinyourfile namesinthiscourse.Ifyouwishtoprovidevisualspaceinyourfile names,usean_underscorecharacter.Makesuretheendofyourfilename (theextension)iseither.htmor.htmldon'tforgetthataperiodmustseparatea filenamefromitsextension. d. UploadthesavedWebpagedocumenttothewwwfolderinyourBengal ISLT4361/7361:IntroductiontoDigitalMedia FallSemester2011

account. e. ConstructtheURLtoyourBengalWebspacenottothepageyou created,butyourtoplevelBengalfolder.(YouwillneedtheURLforthe finalstepinthisorientationexercise.)EnteryourURLintoaWebbrowser addresslinetobesureitworks!OnceyouviewyourBengalspace,click onyourWebpagetoviewit.Notethatthetextyouputinsidethe<title> tagsappearsinthebrowserstitlebar,notonyouractualwebpage. 4.ReviewtheHelpmenuinyour"MyWorkspace"Sakaiarea(FirstTab). 5.InyourMyWorkspacetab,setyourPreferencesCustomizeTabsand Notifications. 6.ReturntotheIntroDigitalMediatabandthentoResources/Orientation Instructions. YoushouldbeinsidetheOrientationfolder.YoucanexpandOrientation byclickingonthe+inthefoldericonorthelink.Practicecreatingsome testResourcesinsidethefolderlabeled"POSTTESTRESOURCESHERE." Nexttothefoldernamechoose"Add.Youhaveachoiceof4different kindsofresourcesorfiletypesyoucanaddtothisfolder(afile,URLLink, HTMLdocument,Simpletextdocument).Trycreatingoneofeachtypeof resourceifyoulike.HINTYoucanlearnmoreaboutSakaibyreading theBeginner'sGuidetoSakaibychoosingtheGUIDESmenu. 7.CreateaHTMLPageResourcethateveryoneinthecoursecanseeandread: a. UnderthecolumnlabeledActionsoppositethefoldername:POSTTEST RESOURCESHEREclickon"Add"toaddaHTMLPageItem.Typea Title"YourLastNameWhatIwanttolearn"[seetheexample:Example WhatIwanttolearninthiscourse]andwrite4shortparagraphswhich telluswhoyouare,whereyouarefrom,whatMUprogramyouare enrolledin(ifany),andwhatyouwouldliketolearninthiscourse. b. FornowignorecopyrightstatusandEmailnotification.PLEASELEAVE THEMSETTHEWAYTHEYARE. c. SaveyourHTMLPagebyclickingontheAddbuttonatthebottomand testittomakesureyoucanreaditsuccessfully. ISLT4361/7361:IntroductiontoDigitalMedia FallSemester2011

8.VisittheDiscussion&PrivateMessagesandChatRoomareasinIntroDigital Media: a. LeaveabriefhellointheChatRoomifnooneelseisintheChatRoom whenyouare,orchatwithsomeonefromthecourseifyouseeothersin theChatRoom. b. IntheDiscussionsandPrivateMessagesarealearntonavigatethe discussionboardCategories,Forums,Topicsandsubtopics. c. CreateabriefintroductionaboutyourselfandyourgoalsinaNewTopic inthediscussionforum:IntroductionsandGoals.Feelfreetoreplyto othersintroductions.(Youmayusethesameintroductionandgoalsyou createdinstep#3.)

9.CreateaprofileforyourDiscussion"presence"thatotherscanlookatwhen replyingtoyourdiscussionpostings.WhileworkinginDiscussionandPrivate Messages,choosethe"MyProfile"linkinthehyperlinkslistatthetopofthe frame.Tocreateapictureaspartofyourprofile,useaSMALLone50x50 pixelsworkswell.Youcanloadyourpicturefromyourlocalharddriveorlink tooneonawebsiteusingtheAvatarControlPanelatthebottomoftheMy Profilepage. 10.SetupWimba: 1. ClickontheWimbalinkonthecoursemenu. 2. FollowtheinstructionsintheWimbasetupwizard. 11.WhenyouhavefinishedtheOrientationassignment,returntothe Assignmentsmenu,reopentheOrientationAssignment,andenterthefollowing intheAssignmentmessagefield: a. IhavefinishedtheOrientationAssignment. b. Type,orpaste,theWebaddress(URL)ofyourBengalWebspace.Besure theaddressworksinyourWebbrowser. WhenyouhaveenteredtheaboveinformationintheAssignmentmessage field,clickSUBMITtosubmittheassignmentforInstructorreviewandto ISLT4361/7361:IntroductiontoDigitalMedia FallSemester2011

haveitshowupinyourAssignmentslistascompletedwithadateandtime stamp. [Hint:IfyouwouldliketohaveanassignmentshowupinyourAssignment listas"inprogress"whileyouareworkingonit,putsometextinthetextbox andchose"SaveDraft."Besuretoreturnbeforetheassignmentdeadlineand Submit.]

IfyouhaveanyquestionsabouttheassignmentorhowtonavigateSakai successfully,pleaseleaveadiscussionpostwithyourquestion(s)inthe QuestionsDiscussionForum.

Nextweekwewillbeginworkingoncoursecontent,readings,andourfirst majordigitalmediaprojectDigitalImaging. BesuretologintothecourseandcheckyourMizzouemailaccountregularly. KeeptheCourseSchedulehandyandcheckitoften!

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SCORINGFORORIENTATIONASSIGNMENT .5pointforeachofthefollowing: WebpageaccessiblefromURLyouprovidetoyourBengalWebspace WhatIwanttolearn"entryinPOSTTESTRESOURCESHEREfolder ProfilecreatedforDiscussionpresence Introductions!discussionforumentry

TEMPLATEFORCREATINGYOURWEBPAGE(Step3babove)

<!DOCTYPEhtmlPUBLIC"//W3C//DTDXHTML1.0Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1transitional.dtd> <htmlxmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"lang="en"xml:lang="en"> <head> <metahttpequiv="ContentType"content="text/html;charset=utf8"/> <title>YourName43617461LearningGoals</title> </head> <body>Replacethislinewithyourintroductionandlearninggoals.</body> </html>

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