TUTORIAL SEVEN: Posting You Tube Videos and Flickr Badges to Blogs: Explaining the process

Task One: Explain the step by step process required to embed You Tube videos into your Blog . Consider using screen captures to provide a visual representation of these steps.

Step 1. Open a new tab and in the link space at the top type in www.youtube.com



Step 2. Find a video you’d like to post on your blog page
Step 3. Highlight the link code next to the video
Step 4. Click ‘Copy’



Step 5. On your blog page click ‘New Post’ at the top right section
Step 6. Paste the copied code into the message box



Step 7. Pick a title
Step 8. Publish post
Step 9. Enjoy the video! =)


Task Two: Explain the step by step process required to embed a Flickr Badge into your Blog . Consider using screen captures to provide a visual representation of these steps.

Step 1. Open a new tab and in the link space at the top type in www.flickr.com



Step 2. Sign In or Create Your Account
Step 3. Click ‘Upload Photos’
Step 4. Pick the photos you want from your computer/USB/CD
Step 5. Click ‘Upload’ and wait...
Step 6. Once your photos are uploaded click ‘Tools’ at the bottom of the page
Step 7. Select ‘Build a Badge’ from options on the right hand side
Step 8. Choose between ‘Html’ and ‘Flash’ badge
Step 9. Choose the photos you would like to be displayed on your badge
Step 10. Pick a colour for your badge background
Step 11. Copy the code and paste it into the message box from ‘New Post’ on your blog page
Step 12. Pick a title
Step 13. Publish post

TUTORIAL EIGHT: Assistive technology

Provide a definition of Assistive technology (your Cook and Hussey reading may be helpful with this).

Assistive technology refers to a broad range of devices, services, strategies, and practices that are conceived and applied to ameliorate the problems faced by individuals who have disabilities (Cook and Hussey, 1995).

Describe one piece of equipment introduced in the assistive technology tutorial. Provide information on size, cost and functions.

Big Red Switch


• 12.7cm (5 inch) diameter surface makes it easy to see and activate
• Large bright red surface makes this switch ideal for users with visual, cognitive, or physical requirements
• Cord storage compartment in the base
• Easy to mount with standard flange base
• Audible click signals to the user that a cause-effect link has been made
• Equipped with 2m (6 ft) cord using 3.5 mm (1/8 inch) monoplug
• Mountable using Slim Armstrong Mounting System or Universal Switch Mounting System
• Designed to provide tactile and audible feedback to the user
• Designed for activation no matter where pressed

Specifications

• Diameter: 12.7cm (5")
• Activating Pressure: 85g (3oz)

Price – NZD $73.00 + GST $9.13

How does your chosen piece of equipment increase functional capacity for the user? Provide examples here from the tutorial and lecture.

The switch can be installed into a piece of technology through NeuroSwitch and provide a new way of controlling it. For instance, it can enable user to start and stop an electric mixer to make a pancake mixture for breakfast. It gives the user sense of having control over the activity.

TUTORIAL SIX: The internet and online communities

Provide the web address and the name of the community you are investigating

Hi5 - www.hi5.com



What is the brief or focus of this community?

It allows its members to keep in touch with their existing friends or make new ones from different parts of the world, build own page and express what’s important to them, show off their photos, listen to music they like and watch and share videos.

What services are provided? How interactive is this site? How can people contribute?

In hi5, users create an online profile in order to show information such as interests, age and hometown and upload user pictures where users can post comments, leave testimonials and give ‘Fives’ to their friends. Hi5 also allows the user to create personal photo albums and set up a music player in the profile. Users can send friend requests via e-mail to other users. When a person receives a friend request, he or she may accept or decline it, or block the user altogether. If the user accepts another user as a friend, the two will be connected directly or in the 1st degree. The user will then appear on the person's friend list and vice-versa.
Some users make their profiles available for everyone on hi5 to view. Others make it viewable only to those people who are in their network. The network of friends consists of a user's direct friends (1st degree), the friends of those direct friends (2nd degree) and the friends of the friends of direct friends (3rd degree) (wikipedia, 2008).
The users can also create their interest groups in given category (e.g. music, family and home etc) that the other users can join and get involved in discussions.


Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on why people choose to contribute to this community. What is it they are seeking?

Hi5 gives its users ability to connect with other people with similar interests from around the world. Comments and ‘Fives’ can contribute to creating sense of belonging, being loved and therefore increasing self-esteem. Hi5 gives its members opportunity to get/give advice, exchange ideas and make new friends/reconnect with old ones.


Cut and paste an example of the type of topics being discussed (you may have to provide a context to your excerpt).

In a group called ‘Dogs’ topic ‘Any Advice?’ is discussed:

- Looking forward to getting my beagle.......... in 7 months, any advice, tips, or suggestions anyone ?, All will be much appreciated. Thanx
Reply
Posted by Jennifer

- Hmm 7 months should be strong enough. Just make sure it get good food hehe. Hmm for me, i dun feed wet food becos food get stuck in thiers teeths.
Ok dun know much about beagle hehe take good care of it ok as it is a short fur should not be diffcult to mantain hehe.
Reply
Posted by Kenny

Considering material presented during the course make comment on the potential ethical issues that may arise in this community e.g. lack of identity and accountability.

Some ethical issues taken into account when using hi5 may include:
• Being mindful not to post information that would make it easy for a stranger to locate you
• Offensive photos
• Misuse of information
• Online bullying
• Creating a made-up profile
• ‘Getting tagged’ – posting embarrassing photos of friends without letting them know

Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment on the benefits this community holds over traditional notions of community e.g. communities reliant on geographic proximity.

• No distance – members from different parts of the world can easily contact each other
• Making friends from all over the world without leaving the house
• Ability to express yourself through personalising your page
• Excitement of getting new comments or ‘Fives’

Consider material presented during the lecture and make comment what this community lacks or cannot provide which traditional communities can.

• Members cannot have person-to-person interaction unless they live not far away from each other and decide to meet
• Message misinterpretation
• Involves sitting in front of computer opposed to getting out of the house and doing stuff

TUTORIAL FOUR AND FIVE: Video Production Sessions

Task One: Follow instructions and work in a small group to plan and produce and edit a 30 second short.

Task Two: Set up a U Tube account.

Task Three: Follow instructions to posting your video on U Tube.

Task Four (Blog Posting): Provide a brief summary of the services offered by U Tube. Information can be drawn from the week five tutorial hand out.

YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. Unregistered users can watch most videos on the site, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos. Related videos, determined by title and tags, appear onscreen to the right of a given video. Users can post video 'responses' and subscribe to content feeds (wikipedia, 2008).

Task Five (Blog Posting): Provide a brief account (1-2 paragraphs) on how the use of planning (storyboarding and scripting) aided your groups short film.

Once our group was given a task we brainstormed possible film topics. Storyboarding (a series of drawings of the proposed film) helped us organise our thoughts into one common idea that we could visualise. We explored different options of shots we could take and recorded them on the storyboard.
Later we went down to the places where the filming took place and completed the task. The storyboard made it easy for us to stay focused on our topic.

TUTORIAL THREE: Blog Creation Tasks

Task One: Follow instructions to set up a account with Blogger

This will involve setting up a Google account (make note of your user name and password)

Task Two: Follow instructions to complete the following Blog construction tasks

• Choose a Blog Template (this can be changed later if you wish)
• Provide a Blog title (this will need to incorporate your name and the course title Participation in Occupation 1)
• Provide a Blog outline. This is a short statement outlining the purpose of the Blog (this information should come from the course outline and assessment guidelines for Participation in Occupation 1).
• Complete your Blog profile (you need to include your age, gender, industry, occupation and location)
• Up load a photo to your Blog profile


Task Three: Follow instructions to start posting content. Your first two posts should be taken from the technical descriptions for tutorials one and two.

Task Four: Provide a brief summary of the services offered by Blogger (this will be your third posting. Information can be drawn from the attached hand out). In addition to this name one other Blog host.

A blog is a website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.

Blogger provides personal online diary. It combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of Blogger. Blogger is primarily textual but also focuses on photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), or audio (podcasting), and is part of a wider network of social media.

Another example of Blog host is Aeonity (http://www.aeonity.com/).

Task Five: Upload 5 photos from tutorial 5 onto your flickr account.