Sunday, September 07, 2008

SCICU Information: Preparation for Lesson One 9/9

Dear Social Computing Student,

Welcome to Social Computing (SCICU) for Autumn 2008! This message contains some important details & asks you to do two things.

The SCICU Homepage is at http://ojames.blogspot.com/. Go here to access everything you need.

You (should) have already received two messages:
1. Notification that you have been added to the class discussion group.
2. An invitation to join the SCICU DIY Textbook.

OK, so now here are two things I want you to try your best to do before Lesson One, Tuesday Period 6.

(10 mins) Register for the SCICU D.I.Y. Textbook: 1. Go to SCICU Homepage. Watch video, 'How to register for DIY Textbook' (look left under Course Links). 2) Go to your ICU email inbox. Look for the SCICU DIY Textbook invitation you should have got earlier. 3) Complete your registration as explained in the video. 4) You are done! (One thing you will later do on the DIY Textbook is keep your record of assignments up to date - more on this later.)

Buy a USB drive (if you do not have one already): You can pick up a USB drive at any electronics store. 128 MB is fine and the cheapest. However, as always with storage, more is better, you can never have enough. Please bring it next class.

If you have any problems, please reply to this message. Do note that your message will go to everyone. I will answer, but anyone in the class can also answer.

Thank you,

Owen James

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