A collaborative assignment

This assignment illustrates group collaboration. We will each do a small part of the overall job of creating a shared folder on Google Docs with my articles from ACM publications.

For this assignment, I set up an account caled dhillscis on Google Docs. The password is torosrule.

I created a folder called ACM, and put a shared spreadsheet with a list of the articles in it.

Each of you should pick one article, download it to your PC, then upload it to the ACM folder in dhhillscis directory at Google Docs.

You will be downloading the article from the ACM Digital Library, which you can use for free as a CSUDH student.

Be sure to set the sharing permission to Public on the Web in order to get a URL for the document file.

Once the article is on the server, update the shared spreadsheet, adding your name (last name first) and a link to the article on Google Docs.

Be sure to test the link, then print and turn in the shared spreadsheet, highlihgting your name and the link to your article.

Subscribe to blog RSS feed

This assignment will give you practice using an RSS reader.

You will need a Google account for this assignment. If you do not already have one, create an account at google.com.

Once you have an account, subscribe to our class blog (http://cis471.blogspot.com). Go to the blog and click on "Subscribe to this blog by RSS" in the right hand column. Select "Subscribe to this blog using Google." You will be taken to Google where you can confirm the request. (Be sure to select the option to "Add to Google Reader", not "Add to Google Homepage").

When you have completed the subscription, print out your Google Reader page showing it to turn in.

(Be sure the list of subscriptions is showing in the left hand column of the screen. If it is not, click on the right-arrow/triangle to open the list).

Check your Google Reader daily for at least two weeks, starring any items you consider noteworthy.

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Familiarity with a blog

This assignment will test your understanding of what a blog is and give you a little practice navigating our class blog.

Answer questions 1, 2, 10, 12 and 13 at the end of the What is Web log (blog) PowerPoint presentation. Print your answers and turn them in.

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Your Twitter account

This assignment is a review of your understanding the way Twitter works..

Answer questions 1-5 at the end of the PowerPoint presentation on creating a twitter account. Be sure your answers are clearly written -- don't turn in the first draft.

When you are satisfied with your writing, print the answers out to turn in.

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