As in all of the other lectures so far, we were informed of when to (and when not to) ask for extensions for our assignments and how our marks were affected if they were in fact late. Emails for the lecturers and tutors were also available during the lecture as well as the correct way to address them while using the emails (i.e. no ‘Hey Patryk’). Something I found comforting was the encouragement to ask questions.
In the tutorial this week, our first task was to check that we knew how to log into Blackboard (MyECU), SIMO and our ECU emails and just get that little bit more comfortable with each of them.
First, you visit the main page at the ECU website. On the navigation bar located on the left hand side of the page, there was a link named ‘Current Students’ which you had to click on. From there, you could access your email account, SIMO and MyECU by clicking on the appropriate link on the left hand side navigation bar.
First, I logged into my ECU email account. When I logged in, I tried to send my friend a test email. We waited for about 5 minutes and when she still hadn’t received the email, we decided to double check I had the address correct. Upon checking my Sent Items folder, I realised that instead of sending it to nselwood@student.ecu.edu.au, I had sent it to nselwood@ecu.edu.au. I wouldn’t have known unless I had looked in the ‘From’ field that included my ECU email address. For a better understanding of what I mean, take a look at a screen shot of the sent email below (click for full image):
To log into SIMO, I clicked the ‘SIMO’ link on the left hand side navigation bar to start off with. On the page that loads, I clicked the ‘Login’ link. In SIMO, students can check their timetable, maps for where their classes are, the bookshop and a few different things.
For Blackboard, I clicked the ‘MyECU’ link and then the ‘Login To MyECU’ link (both on the left hand side navigation bar, of course). Once inside Blackboard, students can access their units by clicking on the ‘MyECU Sites’ tab located on the top navigation bar. Then, on the right hand side the units are listed. By clicking on the ‘Unit Resources’ link, lecture slides and other helpful things for the unit can be found. By clicking on the ‘Assessment’ link, students will find information about their assessments and a marking grid.
To make a blog at www.blogger.com, I went to the site and clicked the orange arrow that says ‘Create Your Blog Now’. I filled in what was required (including my ECU email address) and clicked the ‘Continue’ arrow. On the next page, I named my blog and gave it an address and once again clicked the ‘Continue’ arrow. Once I chose a template for my blog, I was finished. To see the dashboard for my blog, see the screenshot below (click for full image):
To host my screenshots, I chose to use www.photobucket.com over www.imageshack.us because I already have an account with Photobucket. To see a screenshot of my Photobucket account, view the screenshot below (click for full image):
The reading this week was a basic introduction to what is inside a computer on the website http://www.howstuffworks.com/pc.htm. By finding out this regular knowledge, the reader gets a better understanding of their computer. This knowledge is beneficial to the reader because, for example, they will have an idea of what part of the computer might not be working if something goes wrong (e.g. the sound card might not be working properly if the computer isn’t playing audio).
This week, I plan to revamp my blog by adding GIF image titles and such. I feel it will make the blog look nicer and it will have more of an edge to it.
