110 Lab week 8

Labs Start On the Hour

Please arrive at 026 Kla early enough to be seated and do the following:

If you arrive late, your lab instructor will not be able to take time away from the other students to fill you in on what you missed.

Lab Exercises

Follow along with your Lab Instructor to learn about Wikis and Widgets.

  1. Test out the Demo Wiki at PBWiki.com

  2. Read How to Quickly Wiki with PBWiki.

  3. Verify Which 110 Virtual Learning Team (VLT) is Yours: Blackboard Groups.

  4. Setting up a private Wiki.

  5. Uploading images to PBWiki: PBWiki: Pic FAQ

  6. Adding Google Gadgets (a.k.a. Widgets) to a Web Page.

    Read about Plugins at PBWiki
    What are gadgets powered by Google?
    Add a Google Gadget to a webpage
    Directory of Google Gadgets

110 Computing Environment

Micro Labs on Campus: In addition to 026 Kla, You can work in 013 Kla, 101 Mck, the EMU labs, and other computer labs on campus.

Saving your Lab Work: The My Documents folder on the PCs in 026 Kla is cleared periodically. If you want to save a copy of your lab work, use SSH's File Transfer window to upload your files and/or folders to your shell.uoregon.edu account. Or bring a USB drive with you to your lab and keep your /110 folder stored on that drive.

110 IT Applications/DuckWare CD: All the software we use in the lab (SSH, TextPad, FireFox, Fugu, ..) is on the DuckWare CD, and can be installed on your personal computer (Windows and/or OS X). The DuckWare CD is available from MicroHelp, 151 McKenzie. With the Duckware CD, you can set up your own computer with all the ingredients in the 110 IT Cocktail. Make it a double ;-) See also: OS X applications and Parallels Desktop.

110 Learning Environment

At the start of the term, your lab instructor will regularly stop and ask the question, "Can all of you hear me, especially in the back of the room? Can you understand what I am saying?"

It's important that you are able to follow along as the instructor presents material. If you cannot hear or understand what is being said, please raise your hand and say (polite always works) that you are having difficulty following the presentation. The lab instructor will appreciate your assistance.

Also, please keep in mind that your responsibility is to pay attention and follow the instructor's directions. In particular, you should not be reading email, surfing the web, visiting with other students, etc., during the lab. Save those activities for after the lab.