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Michael Rees 1 15 July 2009
Web 2.0 and Social Media
Workshop Exercises adapted from CORE11-110 InformationTechnology 1 Notes
Introduction
This workshop will cover a representative sample of Web 2.0 online sites offering a range of services and examples of social media for sharing files, blogs and micro-blogs.Warning: In completing this work you are entering information in some public services and websites on the Internet. You should take great care with the content of this information andconsider these aspects:1.
 
Do not disclose personal contact details such as residential addresses and telephonenumbers. You may safely use the Gmail email address when required. Use as much of your real names as you feel comfortable with and bear in mind that with social networksyou may wish your friends to search for your real name. If in doubt use a pseudonym.2.
 
Do not enter deliberately false, facetious, embarrassing or plainly silly information. Bearin mind your future employer, parents and family may eventually read your contentonline.However, note that files and their contents are password-protected and you control who, if anyone, shares those files.
Acquire a Google ID
If you already have a Google ID, such as a Gmail address, you can move to the next section
Gmail Messages
.1.
 
In your browser go to the URL http://gmail.com  2.
 
Click on the Create an account link3.
 
Enter you correct first and last names and choose a Google account name (ID). Sinceyou may want to use this ID over the next several years choose it carefully. If possiblechoose firstname.lastname or a suitable variant. Click on check availability! button tomake sure it is unique.
 
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Select a security question and answer, leave the Secondary email blank, type the correctword verification and click the I Accept, Create My Account button.5.
 
Click on the Show me my account button to enter your Gmail inbox.
Gmail Messages
Gmail is a powerful, online email system which can be used for private and professionalpurposes.1.
 
Open your Gmail inbox by visiting the URL http://gmail.com and logging in if necessary. Note your Gmail address (Google ID) is shown at the top of the page2.
 
To open a message click on the email message subject in the list of messages3.
 
After reading the message click on the Back to Inbox link to return to the message list4.
 
Archive a message you no longer need in the inbox by clicking the selection checkboxon the left then clicking the Archive button5.
 
Search for archived messages by entering a keyword in the search box and clickingSearch MailFor more work check out the
More Features
section below.
Google Docs
Store and edit documents online so they can be accessed via the browser from any machineconnected to the Internet. Documents can be completely private or shared with selected otherusers or the public.1.
 
If you are not already there, open your Gmail Inbox.2.
 
Right-click on the Documents link at the top of the page to enter the Google Docs sitein a new tab3.
 
Click on the Upload button. Note the maximum sizes and limited types of file that canbe uploaded. Click on the Browse button and locate one of the Word documents youused in the last workshop, give it a suitable name by typing an appropriate name, andclick the Upload File button.4.
 
Google will upload and convert your Word document and enter the contents into theonline document editor. Note that you can edit the contents, then click the Save &Close button to return to the list of documents.5.
 
Select the New dropdown and select Document to enter the editor again with an emptydocument. Type the details of your position at Bond.6.
 
Click on the Untitled default title shown in bold at the top. Allow scripted windows if prompted, and enter the title Work Details for the new document title. Click OK andthen Save & Close.7.
 
Select Work Details and click on the More actions dropdown. Choose the Save as PDFoption and save the PDF file on your local computer in a suitable location. Note theother format options, the sharing feature, the publishing feature which allocates a URLto send to others, and the ability to see all revisions (versions) of the document.For more work check out the
More Features
section below.
 
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Google Sites
You can use Google Sites to create and maintain one or more professionally laid out web sitesto publish your information to the world for the benefits of family, friends, classmates and thepublic at large that may include a potential employer in the future.1.
 
If you are not already there, open your Gmail Inbox.2.
 
On the first occasion you do this you will asked to reenter your Google ID password toinitialise your own Google Site when you click on the Sign In button and then click theCreate site button3.
 
Think carefully about what you would like to call your new web site which can be publicso that all friends and family and the rest of the world can access it. Choose a short,succinct name for the site
–
this will become part of the URL. Type a longer descriptionof your site such as your full name and likely contents such as your recreationalactivities.4.
 
For the moment choose the default theme (can be changed later) and type theverification code, and click Create site.5.
 
You will be positioned at the Home page of your new site. Note the URL shown by yourbrowser, this is the URL you can give to others to access your web site. Check this bycopying the URL, opening a new tab or browser window, and pasting the URL to viewyour site.6.
 
Click on the Edit page button. An editor will open. Note the editor toolbar at the top of 
the page. First edit the page title to something like ‘My Name Home Page’ or full title of your choice. In the main body of the page type ‘I am currently
working at Bond
University’. Select the words ‘Bond University’, click on Link in the toolbar, click on WebAddress and type ‘www.bond.edu.au/index.html’ for the URL, select the Open this link in
a new window checkbox and click OK.
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