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Dr. R. G. Tonks
Let's do a couple of things this
week to get used to this Desire 2 Learn
(D2L) system and to get introduced to each other and the
field of psychology.
Have a look around the
D2L system. Click on the
e-mail system, the discussion board system and see how they work.
Play around. We will use the e-mail
and discussion board system a great deal so try the following.
1. Practice with the email system
Open MS Word. Create a
small file that provides a brief introduction of yourself to the
class. Tell us something about you and / or why you are taking
this course. Save it somewhere that is safe (like your Locker
on the upper index bar) in a folder (like Psyc 201) where you can
find it in the future. Next, send this file as an attachment to
yourself in the D2L e-mail system.
While in the email system,
check your inbox and open the email you just sent to yourself,
download the attachment and open it in Word. [got that? - you have
just reversed the process in sending]. Let me know if you need any
assistance. This is something that we will do more of in the future
and it should help you to become familiar with the steps in
uploading and downloading with D2L. This is a process we will use in
the drop box where you will attach and download your written
assignments.
2. Practice with D2L Discussion
Board
[there are three parts here; do them all at once and
put information in one posting.]
2-1. Go into the D2L
discussion board system. Create a posting with the subject "Lab
1" (but don't send it yet). Next, copy the introduction that
you sent to yourself in the first part of this Lab into your new
discussion board message so that you can send it to the class. Along
with this introduction also attach a picture of yourself
or something that interests you. But before you send it
off....
2-2. Do a search for some
topic relative to psychological research. Most people these days
seem to prefer Google:
http://www.google.com but you
can use any search engine. When you find an interesting site,
something reporting research findings, copy the web address or URL.
You can do this by left clicking on it, selecting it, right click,
copy and then you have it in a "clipboard." Now go into the D2L
discussion board system.
Copying your interesting web
address into the message box of the new posting from part 2-1
above, and then write a brief summary of what we might learn
by visiting this site. Try to identify what the research questions
was and what evidence (if any) is used to justify it.
2-3. Post the above message.
Come back later to discussion board and read your posting and those
of others in the class.
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