February 7, 2012 - Exercise 1 and Exercise 2 are due on February 21 - Final Projects due on May 22, 2012

Exercise One

Exercise One Overview

Fill out the online student survey form and attach your photo to your Blackboard profile
Post to Week One of the Discussions, the online component of this class
Go over the material on the briefest look at the Internet page
Take Quiz 1 on Blackboard
Get a handle on the login name/password protocols on campus
Familiarize the use of the exercise feedback form and use it

Details

Your first assignment it the easiest one: fill out the online Student Questionnaire set up on the Cabrillo College installation of Blackboard Learn+ (http://cabrillo.blackboard.com/, look for DM 60A - 74494 under your "Course List") and add your legible picture to your Blackboard profile. Make sure the image file is 100k or less.

The sooner I connect face to name, the better I like it. With that in mind, this assignment is the only one that will sink to negative points.

The photo added to your profile is mandatory. If you don't have one handy, scan the photo on your driver's license and add it to your profile. The iMacs in the CTC have iSight cameras built in, you can take a photo there as well. No excuses.

When you first log into Blackboard, click on My Settings. Under the My Profile, click the Edit Profile button. You can "Browse..." for an image file on that screen, upload your image, and it will be in your profile.
Join the online Discussions. You will be earning 10% of your grade in the online Discussions and you have a limited time to do it.

Online Discussions are the place to pose questions for the whole class to benefit; the problem you are having is usually shared by others as well. Answering someone's question helps clear up the concepts for yourself. And it is fun too!

Make a posting to "Week One" of the online Discussions and tell us something about your goals for this class.
Read and check out some links at the very short Internet History page
Under the Assessments link at Blackboard, you will find Quiz 1. Take it.
The login name and password for this class are used:
1. for access to the workstations in the classroom, CTC, or other computers on campus;
2. for access to the online Discussions and your grades on the Cabrillo Blackboard Learning System server;
3. and perhaps for access to your directory on the webhawks.org web server where you will be posting your exercise files.
Write down your username and password and bring them to the next class. After a while, you will remember it, but it can bring your work to a halt (or slow you down) if you don't have it with you.

The generic login/password given out in class for access to the workstations is usually good during the first two weeks of class only, it disappears after that. If you are adding the class, finish your paperwork as soon as possible; you will only be assigned your official user name, password, and web space when your registration is complete.
Use the form below to send me your name, email address, and any other comments you would like to make. You will be sending me a message via a form for every assignment; this is the first. Remember that the exercise form emails are only checked once per week; for more pressing communications, use the contact form to send email that is checked every day.

Conclusion

The first week of class is usually fairly hectic so this first assignment is easy and not very time consuming. The weekly assignments are very important; each week of learning/work builds off of the last week. Missing an assignment is like trying to climb a ladder with a missing rung; doable but awkward.

Exercise Grading

Exercise one is worth 15 points, here is the breakdown.

Fill out Student Questionnaire and post profile photo - 3 points
Add to Week One discussion on Blackboard - 3 points
Take Quiz 1 - 3 points
Get a hanle on login/password for the class - 3 points
Send in this homework feedback form - 3 points

Exercise One Feedback Form

Due by 9PM on February 21