Week 1: Hello World

Today’s Plan

  • Welcome
  • Play
  • What is Social Software?
  • What is this class?
  • Virtual Field Trips

Polling

  • Pre-semester poll on sli.do (direct link) or go to slido.com and enter #238602

Virtual Field Trips

Wall of Text

Visit our new space walloftext.co/socialsoftware

You can find more info on walloftext here

Makespace (aka Sprout Place)

Visit our new home on Makespace

Discord

Temporary invite link. (Get in touch with Lee if link has expired)

You can change your name on Discord for our class server by right-clicking on your name in chat and choosing “Rename.”

Exercise: a Webring

Create a now page.

At a minimum the page should have some info about you, a name or nickname, what you are currently studying and/or what you are currently reading or watching.

Include at least one image.

The page can be as minimal or complex as you like, but it should be good.

Examples:

Many more linked from nownownow.

Afterwards…

Visit the Low Tech Webring Directory.

We are going to create our own webring.

Homework

Visit and join Special.fish.

Make an account. Fill out your profile with at least one text-based log, list or links. Sign up for the email newsletter.

Exercise 1:

Write about Special.fish. What is the purpose? Who does it serve? What kinds of pages exist (site architecture)? How does the architecture and design serve the goal of the site? What are your overall impressions of Special.fish?

Exercise 2:

Finish your now/ page (see above activity) and upload to the internet (link to it on Moodle) or upload to Moodle.

Resources