CONCEPTS FOR A DIGITAL WORLD


CFADW COMMENTS BONUS ASSIGNMENT

This assignment must be completed by 11:59 PM, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2008.

Carefully read and complete the following information and instructions.

This assignment assumes that you have completed the previous website and email assignments through which you established a website, index.html page, and an email account.  Although the instructions are for Microsoft Windows and Notepad, this assignment can be done with any operating system and a text editor.

This assignment is worth a bonus of 10% toward your final grade.  For example, if your final percentage grade is 70% for your course work, the successful completion of this bonus assignment will increase it to 80%.  There are no part marks for this assignment.  Consequently, to receive the 10% bonus mark, you must fully complete all parts of this assignment in accordance with this assignment’s instructions by 11:59 PM, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2008.

This assignment is comprised of 2 parts.

Part 1:
In accordance with this assignment's instructions, write at least 1,479 words (1,000 words or more of your own plus the 479 words of the heading, questions, etc.). If you don’t submit at least 1,479 words, you will receive zero for this bonus assignment.
  To determine the total number of words, use the word count utility at: http://www.wordcalc.com/ 

Part 2:
Send an email from your own CFADW course email account to the CFADW course email account (cfadw14880@yahoo.ca) with the content of your cfadwcomments.txt file included in the body of your email.
Do not send email with an attachment! Any Email with an attachment will not be opened and will be deleted. An email with an attachment will be considered to not have been sent. Consequently, the assignment will be considered to not have been sent and will result in a grade of zero for the assignment!


Part 1:

Keep your comments relevant and constructive and do not repeat your answers/comments. 

Comments which are not relevant to the Concepts For A Digital World Course (GSCI 1042), and/or are not constructive, will result in a grade of zero for this bonus assignment.  For example, if you did or didn’t like something, explain why you did or didn’t like it and what you think would improve it.   There are many reasons/causes for liking or not liking something, including one’s own preferences, attitudes, expectations, and behaviours.  As you think about the comments you are to make, reflect on the reasons for your thoughts and, after analyzing them and determining their validity, write your comments.  Make sure that your writing is well organized, coherent, grammatically correct, and typographical and spelling errors are corrected.

When you are finished answering the questions, you should have at least 1,479 words (1,000 words or more of your own plus the 479 words of the heading, questions, etc.)  If you don’t submit at least 1,479 words, you will receive zero for this bonus assignment.  To determine the total number of words, use the word count utility at:
http://www.wordcalc.com/

As you complete this assignment, save your work often to prevent losing it.  If you are not using your own personal computer, use some form of removable storage media such as a floppy disk or a flash drive and, when you are finished, remove it from the computer. Although the instructions specify Notepad as the text editor, you may use a different text editor such as WordPad, etc.

(2) To start up the Notepad text editor in Windows:

Click on the the 'Start' menu
Click on: 'Run'
In the 'Open' textbox type: notepad
Click on: 'OK'.

The Notepad text editor window should appear.

(3) At the top left of the Notepad window:

Click on: 'File'
Click on: 'Save As'
Give your file the following name: cfadwcomments.txt
'Save' the cfadwcomments.txt file to your own personal computer's hard drive or, if it is not your own personal computer, use some other form of removable storage media such as a floppy disk or a flash drive.

(4) Copy (Ctrl C) all of the bolded text below, including the heading and all questions, then paste (Ctrl V) it into your text editor, enter the identifying information requested, answer questions 1,2,3 below each one, and type your comments below the word 'Comments:' for each item.  Make sure that there is a blank line between each answer you write and the next question. Keep your comments relevant and constructive and do not repeat your answers/comments.

COMMENTS ABOUT THE FALL 2008 CFADW COURSE (GSCI 1042)

CRN 14880

First Name:

Last Name:

Student Number:

1. How many classes did you fully attend?
Comments:

2. If you didn’t fully attend all classes, why didn’t you?
Comments:

 

3. What do you think about not having a textbook, tests, and exams?

Comments:

 

4. What do you think about only having assignments?

Comments:

5. How many of the 5 assignments (not including your presentation and this bonus assignment) did you submit by their deadlines?
Comments:

6. If you didn’t submit all of the 5 assignments (not including your presentation and this bonus assignment) by their deadlines, why didn’t you?
Comments:

7. Of the assignments you submitted by their deadline (not including the presentation and this bonus assignment), which assignments were easy to do and why were they easy?
Comments:

8. Of the assignments you submitted by their deadline (not including the presentation and this bonus assignment), which assignments were difficult to do and why were they difficult?
Comments:

9. Of the assignments you submitted by their deadline (not including the presentation and this bonus assignment), which assignment was the most interesting and why was it the most interesting?
Comments:

10. Of the assignments you submitted by their deadline (not including the presentation and this bonus assignment), which assignment was the least interesting and why was it the least interesting?
Comments:


11. What do you think about the student presentation assignment?
Comments:

 

12. What other or additional assignments would be of interest to you?

Comments:

 

13. What do you think about the use of email to submit assignments, correspond with the professor, and receive your marked assignments?

Comments:

 

14. Which Audio-visual materials were the most interesting and why were they the most interesting?
Comments:

15. Which Audio-visual materials were the least interesting and why were they the least interesting?
Comments:

16. Classroom environment.
Comments:

17. CFADW Course website.
Comments:

18. Course content.
Comments:

19.
What you learned.
Comments:

20. What content was interesting and why.
Comments:

21. What content was not interesting and why.
Comments:

22. What Did you learn that was useful and why.
Comments:

23. If an online group for the CFADW course existed, how do you think it should be used in the context of the course?
Comments:


24. What would you add to the course and why.
Comments:

25. What would you delete from the course and why.
Comments:

 

26. Would you recommend this course and why/why not.
Comments:

 

27. What do you think of this bonus assignment?
Comments:

 

28. Anything else you would like to say which is relevant to the course and constructive.
Comments:


29. What is the total word count of your document? (Use the online word count utility at: http://www.wordcalc.com/)

 

Word count =

 

(You should have at least 1,479 words.  If not, write some more.)

 (6) When you have finished your comments, make sure you have saved the cfadwcomments.txt file to your own personal computer's hard drive or, if it is not your own personal computer, use some other form of removable storage media such as a floppy disk or a flash drive.

(7) You are going to use your cfadwcomments.txt file in Part 2.


Part 2:

Send an email from your own CFADW course Yahoo email account to the CFADW course Yahoo email account (cfadw14880@yahoo.ca) with the content of your cfadwcomments.txt file included in the body of your email.
Do not send email with an attachment! Any Email with an attachment will not be opened and will be deleted. An email with an attachment will be considered to not have been sent. Consequently, no evaluation will be given to any emailed assignments which have an attachment; the assignment will be considered to not have been sent which will result in a grade of zero for the assignment!

(1) Access http://login.yahoo.com/config/mail?.intl=ca&.lg=ca
The URL above is for those who have a Yahoo Canada Email account.
(2) Sign into your Yahoo! Email account.
(3) At the left of your email account web page, click on: 'Compose'.
(4) Enter the CFADW course Yahoo email address in To: cfadw14880@yahoo.ca
(5) Enter the email Subject: Last name, First name, Student Number, CFADW Comments completed
(Replace Last name, First name, Student Number, with your own name and student number.)
(6) Enter your own CFADW course Yahoo email address in Cc:
(7) Below the Cc: textbox, click on the checkbox for: 'Save copy to Sent folder' so that the checkbox has a checkmark in it.
(8) Copy (Ctrl C) all the text you wrote in the text editor.
(9) Paste (Ctrl V) the text you copied into the body of your email message.
(10) In the Yahoo email composer page, click on: 'Send'.
(11) When you receive a copy of your email, check it to determine if everything is correct. If there is something wrong, correct it and resend the email as required.
(12) Logout/sign out of your email and website. If you don't logout, your email and website will be open for others to use.
(13) If you are using a floppy disk, a flash drive, or other form of removable storage media, make sure you remove it from the computer and take it with you.