INLS261 Tools for Information Literacy

Subtask 1.1 Listserv signup

• Sign up to the class listserv
• Sign up to the class blog

Subtask 1.2 Newsletter signup

• Sign up for two newsletters
  • subscribe to Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox
  • subscribe to at least one additional newsletter of your choosing

Subtask 1.3 Download and install software

• using shareware,unc.edu, download and install SSH
• show me that you have the software on your PC by showing me that you know how to do a screen capture

Subtask 1.4 UNIX skills

• demonstrate some basic UNIX functional skills
• create a password protected directory in your public_html space on ISIS
• tell me in an email the name of your directory and the userid and password I will need to use to access it

Subtask 1.5 Internet information tools - who owns domain names

• use WHOIS to find the owner of a domain name
• please find out who owns the domain name associated with one of the mailing lists you signed up for

Subtask 1.6 Internet information tools - how do packets travel

• trace the route of packets from your client back to a server
• please run a traceroute on domain name and copy and paste a screenshot of your results into a file

Condition

• send me your subtasks as email notes, some with attachments, in accordance with the time requirement for each subtask
• if you wish to place your subtasks on a blog, tell me how to find it

Standard

• these first tasks are individually small and discrete, so there really isn't a visual model to follow
• the task 01 gradesheet contains the specifics standards and their weighted values

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