Troubles with Zoho.... AGAIN!!
I've just spent the last few hours trying to embed my Endnote screen shot into my web page with absolutely no result! Zoho keeps on telling me that the HTML code is not valid!! WTF!! According to Screencast it can't be anything else and I tend to believe them. (I've watched and read so many "How To" tutorials on the subject lately, I'm going a little mad)
Anyway, after calming down and having a cuppa I've relented my desire to try and work it out myself by logging onto the LMS discussion page. Good move I recon as it turns out I'm not the only one with the problem so I'll watch this space and ask some questions back at uni. Zoho promised so much at the beginning of this assignment but the further it goes along the less impressed I am. It seems to do random things like changing paragraphs as your half way through writing something in another paragraph. I was literally just finishing my work earlier when suddenly the screen went blank and came back with a message saying "There had been an error saving work to the website", and promptly shut the whole site down!! I was extremal close to throwing the computer into next week and hopping on the first plane to Zoho central to let them know what I thought.
Luckily the computer gods smiled on me and when I went back into the site to survey the damage...All was good and none of my work had been lost. To much pressure for my poor heart to take so when I build my next site Zoho will be a big NO NO.
I'm going to bed!
Lance
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Hello again
Well the results have come in so it's time to launch into part two of the unit.
Assignment two is now up and running and in order to complete it I must first download various software applications, and and learn how to use and incorporate them into the assignment.
Frist cab off the rank is End Note. This is a referencing program that is available to me as a student at Murdoch via the library website. To get the file only a few simple steps are required. Firstly get onto the library site and click on the "Getting Help" link on the right hand side of the page. You will then be directed to a new page where you will be able to open the Endnote link. It's third from the bottom.
After opening the Endnote access area, simply click on the" Request software on line " link, agree to the licencing agreement and follow the download prompts as directed.
It should be noted that in order to successfully complete the download to your computer, you must copy both the licencing file and the data file directly onto your computers desk top.
End note is proving to be an excellent tool for correctly referencing any books,articles or web sites that I may use in order to complete assignments during my degree. All I have to do now is work out how to use it correctly and build my own reference libaray.
The second and probably the most important part of the assignment, is learning how to create a screencast video describing to my colleges how to access the information that I need for this section. In my case I need to find a journal article concerned with the use of technology in teaching english. Finding a journal is not that difficult as it's possible to once again head to the Murdoch library home page and simply type "english learning technology", or any other search words that you may want to find, into the "Find It" Search engine. This will then take you to the results page were everything concerning your serch that is in the library data base will be displayed. Simply refine your research parameters using the options on the left of the page page to only display the results that your interested in. In my case, journals.
It is now possible to insert the reference of my chosen journal into the Endnote program.
Finally it is necessary to download a screen capturing program and I have chosen Jing as my preferred option. Jing is exceptional easy to use and takes only minutes to download. After completion of downloading a new icon in the image of a "Sun" will appear at the top of your desktop
and conveniently be accessible no mater what web page you have open at any time. Jing gives you the ability to capture your whole screen or any part of the screen that you wish and save it as a static screen shot or create a screencast by giving you the option of a five minute video. The screen cast option also gives you the ability to open any other page or program you like on your screen and include them in your presentation.
This nifty program is highly recommended by me but you will make better use of it if you take a few minutes to have a look at the short tutorial videos on the Jing site.
Catch you later.
Lance
Assignment two is now up and running and in order to complete it I must first download various software applications, and and learn how to use and incorporate them into the assignment.
Frist cab off the rank is End Note. This is a referencing program that is available to me as a student at Murdoch via the library website. To get the file only a few simple steps are required. Firstly get onto the library site and click on the "Getting Help" link on the right hand side of the page. You will then be directed to a new page where you will be able to open the Endnote link. It's third from the bottom.
After opening the Endnote access area, simply click on the" Request software on line " link, agree to the licencing agreement and follow the download prompts as directed.
It should be noted that in order to successfully complete the download to your computer, you must copy both the licencing file and the data file directly onto your computers desk top.
End note is proving to be an excellent tool for correctly referencing any books,articles or web sites that I may use in order to complete assignments during my degree. All I have to do now is work out how to use it correctly and build my own reference libaray.
The second and probably the most important part of the assignment, is learning how to create a screencast video describing to my colleges how to access the information that I need for this section. In my case I need to find a journal article concerned with the use of technology in teaching english. Finding a journal is not that difficult as it's possible to once again head to the Murdoch library home page and simply type "english learning technology", or any other search words that you may want to find, into the "Find It" Search engine. This will then take you to the results page were everything concerning your serch that is in the library data base will be displayed. Simply refine your research parameters using the options on the left of the page page to only display the results that your interested in. In my case, journals.
It is now possible to insert the reference of my chosen journal into the Endnote program.
Finally it is necessary to download a screen capturing program and I have chosen Jing as my preferred option. Jing is exceptional easy to use and takes only minutes to download. After completion of downloading a new icon in the image of a "Sun" will appear at the top of your desktop
and conveniently be accessible no mater what web page you have open at any time. Jing gives you the ability to capture your whole screen or any part of the screen that you wish and save it as a static screen shot or create a screencast by giving you the option of a five minute video. The screen cast option also gives you the ability to open any other page or program you like on your screen and include them in your presentation.
This nifty program is highly recommended by me but you will make better use of it if you take a few minutes to have a look at the short tutorial videos on the Jing site.
Catch you later.
Lance
Sunday, 17 March 2013
Back on track.
PHEW!!
After much panic I've managed to attach my PDF instructions on to my website.
Thanks must go out to the ever helpful people that are studying EDN113 and the wonderful resource that is the discussion boards on the Murdoch LMS site. What was taking me hours to try and figure out on my own ended up taking five minutes once I realised that I am not alone in this and my fellow learners are a font of accessible knowledge.
Time for a breather!!
After much panic I've managed to attach my PDF instructions on to my website.
Thanks must go out to the ever helpful people that are studying EDN113 and the wonderful resource that is the discussion boards on the Murdoch LMS site. What was taking me hours to try and figure out on my own ended up taking five minutes once I realised that I am not alone in this and my fellow learners are a font of accessible knowledge.
Time for a breather!!
High Dama
Tip number 1.
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!!!! Just submitted my assignment and realised I didn't put my social learner instructions in PDF form! DOH!!!
Lucky it's not the end of the world and I can fix it later:) If you are reading this post and happen to be the person doing my review.......be gentle.
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!!!! Just submitted my assignment and realised I didn't put my social learner instructions in PDF form! DOH!!!
Lucky it's not the end of the world and I can fix it later:) If you are reading this post and happen to be the person doing my review.......be gentle.
Submission day
Good news!
I've managed to complete my website, and obviously due to the fact that your actually reading this, my blog as well.
Today is submission day for the peer review portion of the assignment which basically entails someone from my peer group randomly be assigned to look at my web site and blog page, reviewing them and giving it a grade out of 5. Obviously a 5/5 is the only mark possible at this stage!!! ;). This stage of the assessment process is essentially a draft submission and any feedback will be used to tweak my ideas and sites so that when they are submitted for grading by my tutor Helen Kosniowska at the end of the week they are looking their best.
A major part of the assignment is the social learner requirement and it took me quite a while to wrap my head around what would be the easiest and most efficient social media application for people to access my cocktail party page and leave their ideas. I've settled on using Pinterest as it provides a simple way for outsiders to provide links to pictures and websites straight onto my page so that I can make informed decisions about the outcome of my party. Cocktails are ultimately a visual product so being able to see a representation of the finished product was the reason I decided Pinterest was the way to go. If you’re interested in adding your ideas take a trip to www.pinterest.com and get started. Detailed sign up instructions are available on my web page www.whataweb.zohosites.com if you get lost.
I looked at twitter as an alternative medium but found its way to clumsy and would probably not have the same visual results that I am requiring. Most of my friends don't use Twitter and have no desire to use it so it was never going to be practical.
My Facebook page is also a viable means of getting and staying in contact with me and considering that most people, well most people I know, have a Facebook account it can be in many cases the easiest way to communicate ideas. The problem when it comes to my party is that it's more difficult to keep all the information that I'll be receiving in order and easily accessible. Piterest will give me the one stop shop moment! If you want to send your recipes via face book you can do so by finding me at http://www.facebook.com/lance.wood.39?ref=tn_tnmn
Time to submit my work now and lay it all on the line. Wish me luck!
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Getting a bit better
Wow!! I can't believe that it's already week 4 and the deadline for my first couple of assignments is racing towards me at what seems like an un-naturally accelerated pace. Luckily I'm managing to keep up to date with everything so the water level seems to only be lapping around my shoulders.
My web site is progressing nicely and I've managed to get a few pages up and running already. I've made my decision on the direction that the 'Social Learner' section of my EDN 113 assignment will take but am still to decide on which social media tool will be used. I've given myself the next two days to decide so watch this space for updates.
As promised in the last post if you want to have a look at the photos from my sailing state titles head on over to www.hcawa.org.au
Keep smiling.
My web site is progressing nicely and I've managed to get a few pages up and running already. I've made my decision on the direction that the 'Social Learner' section of my EDN 113 assignment will take but am still to decide on which social media tool will be used. I've given myself the next two days to decide so watch this space for updates.
As promised in the last post if you want to have a look at the photos from my sailing state titles head on over to www.hcawa.org.au
Keep smiling.
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Getting Busier
Seems like a while since I've mad an entry and it probably has been over a week since my last visit. AND IT"S BEEN BUSY!!!!
Firstly I'll get the social news out of the way.
Last weekend saw me travelling up to a small Cray fishing village named Port Denison that is located 60 km South of Geraldton for my Hobie 16 State Sailing Championships. To say it was a good weekend would be a vast understatement! 68 sailors descended on the small town and proceeded to slowly take over the beach, after all the bouts arrived and rigged 34 teams were ready to take on the elements. We were blessed with amazing weather and fair winds which made for a demanding and hard fought series that was raced over 10 heats and 2 days. I am pleased to report that I managed to secure 5th place overall!!!!!YAY!!
Needless to say the beer was flowing and the Uni work slowing.
So now it's time to get back on task.
For the past two weeks we have been shown how to build both a blog and a website. I found both the lectures and the workshops informative and easy to follow resulting in both my blog and website being activated and now worked on.
I was extremely apprehensive about this course at the start of the semester but have found that the fear of the unknown is much.much harder work than learning how to develop new skills. Although early days, my knowledge and confidence has come along in leaps and bounds. LMS has been handy and the technology toolbox on the EDN113 web page has been a font of easy to follow links and information. loads of Goggling and reading has also ensured that work continues.
Have also had a few interactions with other students on line by posting in the discussion page but most of my shared knowledge has come from personal interaction in the workshops. I have managed to find Jenni Parker on Drrigo and have a become a follower of her thread on Education resources and teaching information sites!
That'll do for the moment and as soon as I get some photos and the results page from the States I post a link here and on my site www.whataweb.zohosites.com
Good luck with everything!
Lance
Firstly I'll get the social news out of the way.
Last weekend saw me travelling up to a small Cray fishing village named Port Denison that is located 60 km South of Geraldton for my Hobie 16 State Sailing Championships. To say it was a good weekend would be a vast understatement! 68 sailors descended on the small town and proceeded to slowly take over the beach, after all the bouts arrived and rigged 34 teams were ready to take on the elements. We were blessed with amazing weather and fair winds which made for a demanding and hard fought series that was raced over 10 heats and 2 days. I am pleased to report that I managed to secure 5th place overall!!!!!YAY!!
Needless to say the beer was flowing and the Uni work slowing.
So now it's time to get back on task.
For the past two weeks we have been shown how to build both a blog and a website. I found both the lectures and the workshops informative and easy to follow resulting in both my blog and website being activated and now worked on.
I was extremely apprehensive about this course at the start of the semester but have found that the fear of the unknown is much.much harder work than learning how to develop new skills. Although early days, my knowledge and confidence has come along in leaps and bounds. LMS has been handy and the technology toolbox on the EDN113 web page has been a font of easy to follow links and information. loads of Goggling and reading has also ensured that work continues.
Have also had a few interactions with other students on line by posting in the discussion page but most of my shared knowledge has come from personal interaction in the workshops. I have managed to find Jenni Parker on Drrigo and have a become a follower of her thread on Education resources and teaching information sites!
That'll do for the moment and as soon as I get some photos and the results page from the States I post a link here and on my site www.whataweb.zohosites.com
Good luck with everything!
Lance
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