NOTE: Doing the Scavenger Hunt is required!
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English L203 Scavenger
Hunt
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This Scavenger Hunt is
designed to assure us that you have the computer skills and equipment
necessary to function in English L203—Introduction to Drama. In hunting up your answers, you will test
the abilities and equipment actually involved in what you are supposed to do
for the course. If you are at a
workstation connected to a printer, it could be useful to print this
screen. In any case, keep reading on
the Web so that the links will work! NOTE: The Scavenger Hunt takes at least an hour
to complete!
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Section-specific
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You are encouraged (but
not required) to complete the scavenger hunt before the semester begins. If you submit your answers by Friday 1/9,
I will have a chance to check them before the required class. Deadline: If
you complete the Scavenger Hunt successfully by posting answers before
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A few Safety Net reminders: |
If you "attend" class at a workstation
other than the one you test with the Scavenger Hunt, make sure it has the
capabilities needed to function: an
Internet connection, a sound card and a recent version of Real Player
(downloadable for free at http://www.real.com/
but be sure to look for the FREE download). Remember that all public labs at IUPUI
should be suitably equipped, but be sure to bring plug-in earphones so
that you do not bother those working around you if you expect a sound
segment. If you need help with technical matters, I suggest
you try the following for answers (in the order listed)
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Let's begin the Scavenger Hunt! If you are having trouble, try doing these directions at an IUPUI lab and ask the consultant for help. (The folks at the MLRC at CA 319A are especially dedicated to students in our class.) |
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ACTIVITY and item # for
Hunt answers |
SKILL and Help |
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1 Gaining
access and resizing windows |
At your workstation, open a
word processing program (Word is used in example directions) and
resize it to fit on the right half of the screen. Then put your name and email address (for example, washakes@iupui.edu or goodstudent@aol.com ) and "Answers
for English L203 Scavenger Hunt" at the top of the screen. Make a list, numbering from 1 to 12. Then log onto Oncourse
through http://oncourse.iu.edu/ and resize
the screen so that it fits on the left half of your screen. Suggestion: When you get to the login screen, bookmark the site as one of
your Favorites.
In Oncourse, note the
first 4 words in the Announcement (not counting the date) that greets you. Task 1 Click
on the screen of the word-processing program to make it active. After 1, enter the first four words in
the Announcement.
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Resize screens so you
can use several programs at the same time.
To resize, go to the right of the topmost line on your
screen and click the middle square.
Then resize by dragging on the lower righthand corner of the reduced
screen. See that you can have
many windows open at once, but only one active window on which you can enter
information. If you have two programs
running in two windows, the active program has the cursor blinking. To make the inactive program active,
click once in its window. Know your IUPUI userid
and password. For help, contact the Help desk at 274-HELP or go to http://www.iupui.edu/~support/email.html
and click on "Frequently Asked Questions about IUPUI E-mail." Note: If there is a problem with your IUPUI
userid and password, get help from a consultant at 274-HELP and tell the
instructor as soon as possible. To
get grades in the course and full access to course materials, you will need
to get this problem cleared up.
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2 Using
Oncourse (syllabus) and printing a
window's contents. |
Make the Oncourse program active
(by clicking on it) and read our syllabus. Print and keep the syllabus. Task 2 Make the word-processing document active (by clicking on it) and after the numeral two in your list, write the total number of points possible to earn in the course (under "Grading Structure"). |
To get to the syllabus,
click on the button marked Syllabus at the top left of the Oncourse
screen. (You may have to click first
on the "Continue" link if you are still on the Announcements
screen.) To print out a web screen,
click on File and click on Print. |
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3 Becoming
familiar with Oncourse Class and completing your Profile |
Click the Oncourse window
so that it becomes active. Click the
Class icon at the top of the screen.
Find your name and count to find out your order in the roster of
students. (That is, if you are the
first name under Students, you are 1; if the 10th name, you are 10.) Task 3 Click
on the word processing document to make the window active. After the number
three, enter the number for your order in the class listing as well as
your preferred email address. You
should communicate entirely within Oncourse, but I’d like to have your other
email address, just in case. (If you
are not yet on the class roster, enter the total number of students
enrolled--and your email address.) Click on the Oncourse
window to make it active, and click on the icon (top of page) labeled
Profile. Click on "Create/Edit
Contact Information" and fill in your email address (and any phone
numbers you want to make available to class members). (If you have logged in as a guest, you may
have to re-log in under your IUPUI userid.)
Click OK. To continue in Oncourse,
you will have to click again on the course listing. (If you are a guest, you'll have to logout and re-log in.)
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Check out the class
roster and fill in information on your profile. |
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4. Using the
Oncourse Calendar |
Click on Schedule in the
Oncourse menubar. Notice that the
listing is out of order by due date.
Pretty confusing, eh? Now click on "View
Schedule Calendar" at the top of the Schedule page. Click on "Scavenger Hunt" for January
10. Note the deadline for submitting
your answers for 20 points credit.
Task 4: Click
on your word-processing window and for number 4,
enter the time and date of the deadline for submitting your
Scavenger Hunt answers. (You might want to save the answer file now and
every time you add an answer--just in case.
Please call your file <your initials>shunt. For example, my file would be called febshunt.doc) |
Learn to use the
Schedule Calendar. Assignments are generally
due on Tuesdays and on the day your group is scheduled to meet. You may submit work early. See the syllabus for a
full explanation of grading and penalties for assignments that will be
accepted late. |
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5 Using Oncourse Mail |
Click the Oncourse window
and then click the In-Touch icon at the top of the screen. Click on "Oncourse
Mail," address an email message to the ENTIRE CLASS. In the text of the
message, include 3 kinds of information to help in group formation.
Before you send the
message, copy what you've written,
and then send the message. (Notice that you do NOT get a copy even
though it is addressed to the ENTIRE CLASS.) Task 5 Switch to the Scavenger Hunt list (by clicking in
the word processing window) and paste your mail message as answer #5. |
Send a message to the
Entire Class. (Note that the Entire
Class includes the instructors.) It's important to use
Oncourse Mail for all course related work since all Oncourse messages you send and receive are saved in a Sent
folder and can be searched for. You
can delete messages (to keep your Inbox tidy), but they will be saved in a
Deleted folder--a handy safety net! |
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6 Using mail selectively |
Address an email to the
instructor and the person under you in the list. (If your name is not on the email list, send to the person who
would have been under your name if it were on the list.) In the message, give your background
regarding drama (in movies? TV? Videos?), especially if you have seen a drama
onstage or had experience with acting or producing a play. Copy that answer and then send the email. Task 6 Click in the Scavenger Hunt window and paste your message
into the list as answer #6. |
To send to selected
people, keep the Ctrl key
down while you click on the people you want your message sent to. Remember the Ctrl key
for this handy skill or you will lose your first choice (the instructor) when
you click on the student on the list!
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Notification of L203 course mail |
You can have Oncourse
notify you when there is mail in your L203 inbox. This is handy so you only have to check when you know there is
mail--for example, when you are notified of a grade or points for an
assignment. Follow directions (in the
right column) to set this feature in Oncourse. |
With the Oncourse window
active, click on InTouch and Oncourse Mail. In the righthand column at
the bottom, click on the link "Change preference." In the box, type in the email address
where you want notification sent (for example, astudent@iupui.edu or astudent@aol.com
) and then click on "Save
Preference." |
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7 Using a Forum |
On Oncourse, go to
In-Touch and under Discussion Forums click on Instructor's Corner. When you see the next screen, look in the
left-hand column, for a little box with a plus in it in front of
"Instructor's Corner" and click on it. To read the first entry "Why I’m taking this class,"
click on it and then type your answer in the Reply Form and SEND it. Make sure that your answer appears as a
REPLY TO "Why I’m taking this class," not as another main
entry. (If you did not REPLY to the
instructor's information, delete what you've posted and try again. You are the only one who can delete
something you have posted--except for the instructor. But it is my policy not to delete any
posting unless you request it or unless it is objectionable.) Task 7 In the word-processing window, copy the instructor's “Why I am taking this class” into your list as answer 7.
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Use and respond to a
Forum entry. In this class,
InTouch:Forum:Instructor's Corner means to go to InTouch in Oncourse for
English L203, then click on Forums, and then click on Instructor's Corner. To Reply to a message, click on the entry you want to see and then fill out the Reply box under it and SEND. |
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8 Multi-tasking |
Open another web browser
and go to http://mypage.iu.edu/~hschwart/ Click on the resumé link. Note the name of the university where
Helen got her Ph.D. Click on your
word-processing window. Task 8 Enter
the university where she got her Ph.D. as your eighth answer.
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To open a new browser
in Oncourse, click on File in your
current browser's menubar and click on New: Window. To go to a website, type the URL into the Address or Location box near
the top of the browser. |
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9 Using web resources |
Click the browser showing
Helen's resumé and click the Back arrow on the browser to return to the Home Page. Go to Shakespeare materials for this class
at http://www.iupui.edu/~elit/shakes
(If you are asked for a
userid and a password, use the following for both: shakespeare Be careful to spell the name
correctly and to use all lower-case letters.
This will allow you access to the materials. Click on Othello. Then click to choose Lectures: Part One.
Look around the site--for example, by clicking on the button Text or
Story. Look at the caption of the
picture on the lefthand side of the screen, from the American production of Othello
with Paul Robeson. At the end of the caption you
will see where the picture was found.
Copy this information. Task 9 Switch
to the wordprocessing document. Paste the information as answer # 9. Make the Shakespeare website active. |
To close a window (on a
PC with Internet Explorer), click
on the little box with the x in it on the topmost line, in the
right-most little box of three boxes.
(The middle box shrinks or expands the window on your screen. The underline box shrinks the window but
keeps it available on your bottom-most line of your PC.) |
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10 Using the Real Player |
At the top of the
Shakespeare screen, click on Othello
Menu. Then click on Staging. (You may have to scroll down to find
“Staging.”) Click on Staging 1: Janet
Suzman… and then click on the film reel icon for the first film clip: Othello leaves for Close the Shakespeare
window. Still open should be the
Oncourse window and the word processing window. Tastk 10: Click in the
word-processing window and for # 10 write in
the color of Desdemona’s cloak. |
If
you need help getting Real Player to work, call 274-HELP. If you use a phone modem, try to call the
Help Desk on a cell phone so you can follow directions while listening to the
consultant. |
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11 Using the
Gradebook |
On Oncourse, click on
"Tools" in the menubar and then click on the gradebook. Note the name of the 2nd assignment. Task 11 In
the word processing window, write the heading for the second gradebook
assignment as # 11. |
Get used to checking
your entries for the gradebook. Give me about a week to get points up, and
then ask if you don't see something you've turned in. You will get mail with your grade on
assignments. Once you get mail, check
the gradebook to make sure it is posted there, too. |
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12 Using class chat |
Click on the Oncourse
window to make it active. Click the
In Touch button on Oncourse's menubar. Then scroll to the bottom of this page and
click on Class Chat. You will use
this utility for your group meetings. In the Message box, type
in a sentence long enough so that you see what happens when the cursor gets
to the end of the entry box. Then
click on Send. Your message should
appear in Class Chat. Now note
what is listed in the area labeled Users on the right. 12 Click
on your word processing document and enter exactly what you see under Users
as answer 12. |
The main part of the
chatroom screen is divided into two big areas: Class Chat and Users. At the bottom left, you will see the label Message and a
one-line entry window (wide and skinny).
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13 Using attachments in Oncourse
mail |
In the wordprocessing
window, save the Scavenger Hunt list as <your initials>shunt either on your disk or in My Documents
on your hard drive. Highlight the
whole document and copy it. Click on the Oncourse
window and go to InTouch and click on Oncourse Mail.
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Send an attachment to
an Oncourse mail message. Remember, when you are sending mail to several people, hold
down the Ctrl key until you have clicked on all the recipients' names. Provide a Subject for each
assignment delivered by Oncourse mail.
(It helps me to check assignments in batches. And it allows me to see which messages are
urgent.) NOTE: I cannot access attachments of Word
Perfect files, so be sure to copy any assignment done in Word Perfect
into the body of the message. Fast reading: When you want to review the answers of others in
the class quickly in Discussion Forums, there is an easy way to do this. Click on In Touch. Then click “Trifles” Solo/Group work. In the lefthand side of the page, find
“Display All Forum Messages” –just above the tan folder labeled “Trifles”
Solo/Group work (5 replies) and click on it.
Notice that all the messages (and any replies) are put together in a
scrolling window on the right hand side of the page. If you send your work as an attachment,
rather than cutting and pasting it, this nifty feature for quick reading
won’t be of help. |
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Hope you had fun!
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