Tools for Information Literacy
Task ① BASICS
Task 01 will set up our environment for storing future tasks.
Perform a series of small tasks to show your understanding of basic concepts and to prepare your environment for tasks to come.
Task Components
Discussion posting 01a | prepare to share with the class
Task 01b | stay in touch with current news
Task 01c | client skills - download and install software
Task 01d | install a SecureFTP tool
Task 01e | install a text editor
Task 01f | server skills - command line
Condition
Discussion posting 01a
Use the discussion function in Canvas to create a posting introducing yourselves
Task 01b
Let us know that you did this via a comment in your Canvas Assignments
Task 01c
Attach a screenshot of your laptop with the VPN installation showing to Canvas Assignments
Task 01d.
Attach a screenshot of your laptop with the SFTP installation showing to Canvas Assignments
Task 01e
Attach a screenshot of your laptop with the text editor installation showing to Canvas Assignments
Task 01f
Enter the URL for your newly created sub-directory as a comment in Canvas Assignments
Standard
These first tasks are individually small and discrete, and are worth a percentage of the total task 01 grade
| component | total amount of points toward the final class grade |
|---|---|
| Discussion posting 01a - introduction | 1 |
| task 01b - subscriptions | 1 |
| task 01c - install VPN | 1 |
| task 01.d - install a text editor | 1 |
| task 01e - install SFTP | 1 |
| task 01f - create directory on Opal | 1 |