Module 4 Assignments

Student Worksheet on Module 4 lesson 1 – Printable

Student Worksheet on Module 4 Lesson 1 – fillable PDF

For this assignment you will be using Google Maps. There are a number of ways to get to Google Maps:

1. Go to the Google webpage (google.ca), click on “Google Apps”, and then select “Maps”
2. Search for Google Maps in your web browser and then select “Google Maps”.

Once you’ve opened Google Maps, click on the arrow next to the search bar (when you hover over it “Directions” will appear). Your task is to travel by bus from Camosun’s Lansdowne campus to the Interurban campus, so click on the bus icon.
In the space labelled “Choose starting point”, enter your location as: 3100 Foul Bay Rd., Victoria, BC, which is the Lansdowne campus. This is a good occasion for you to practice your ‘copy and paste’ skills!
In the space labelled “Choose destination”, enter your destination as: 4461 Interurban Rd., Victoria, BC, which is the Interurban campus.

1. You will be leaving immediately so choose “Leave now” in the drop-down menu. Check out the different departure time and routes.
2. Look at the suggested routes and choose the one that suits you best. If you are unable to see the complete route on the map, zoom out so that it appears.
3. Show your instructor your final route with the map, bus numbers, bus locations and departure and arrival times.
4. Try putting in different locations and see what route options show up. Also, try using the drop-down menu options for Depart at and Arrive by options. And lastly, see which routes are chosen if you are walking, driving, or biking.

1. Bookmark (or add to your browsers favourites) Camosun College website.
2. Bookmark D2L.
3. Bookmark a website of your interest

Now demonstrate that you know how to use email by sending your instructor an email message. In a couple of sentences, please let your instructor know what you think of the Comp 030 course so far. Is there anything you need that can help with your progress in the course?
You have two choices in terms of emailing your instructor:

1. You can send the email from your personal email account (e.g. hotmail.com, gmail.com, etc.). Your course outline should have your instructor’s email address.- Or –
2. You can send the email from your Comp 030 D2L email account. All registered students have an email account. To access your email account click on the “Email” link or use the classlist found on the navigation bar or the My Tools dropdown menu.

Now demonstrate that you know how to attach a file with an email by sending your instructor this picture. Once again you can either use your personal email account or the D2L email account.
In the subject line put your name and email with the attachment. For example, if your name is James Doe, them the Subject should look like: James Doe Email with attachment
It’s okay to ask for help with this assignment, once you feel comfortable, attach this file with an email to your instructor.

Make a few notes on what you learned from reading the “Netiquette for Kids” article. Write down at least two guidelines you think you will find useful, or two tips you will practice when communicating online. When you are finished, show these items to your instructor or instructional assistant, or email them to your instructor. You can also download a student worksheet for this assignment by clicking on the worksheet:
Netiquette Assignment-Printable 
Netiquette Assignment – fillable PDF

If you want to upload a digital photo of yourself, or another photo, and are not sure how to go about it, please ask your instructor, instructional assistant or an experienced learner.
Make sure you click ‘Save and Close’ at the bottom of the ‘Profile’ page in order to save your work.
To view the profile of your classmates, click on the “Classlist” link on the navigation bar and then click on the profile icon of each student.
Once you have updated your profile, please email your instructor to let him/her know that you have completed this assignment.

For this assignment, introduce yourself to the class and reply to at least one other posting.
To access the discussion forum click on the “Discussions” link located on the above navigation bar. Once you are taken to the Discussions site, under “Topic”, click “Introduce Yourself”, and then click “Start a New Thread”. Give your thread a title (e.g. “Introducing Tom Hanks”) and then click on the box below and write your introduction. Once you have finished, click “Post” to save and post your message. You can return and edit your introduction later if you wish.
Once you have posted your comments, make sure you reply to at least one other person’s posting. To reply to a post by another student, click on their thread, read their introduction, and then click “Reply to Thread”. Again, click in the message box area and once you have finished your reply click “Post” to save and post your reply.
Please ask your instructor or the instructional assistant if you have any questions or concerns about this assignment.
Suggestion: In your profile you mentioned your interests/hobbies, favourite books, etc., but for this discussion topic the kinds of things you may want to mention are: i) who is in your immediate family, ii) how many children you have and their ages, iii) what you are thinking of in terms of educational and career goals, and/or iv) what kind of work you have done.

Whether you want to sign up for an email account, join Facebook, apply for income assistance, or set up an online bank account you need to be comfortable with creating an online account. It will be important for you to assess the trustworthiness of the site that offers the account – i.e. will it protect your personal information, what kind of information do they ask of you, is it a site that will bombard you with unwanted advertisements, etc.
This assignment lets you gain some experience in working with very basic online accounts. The government of Canada’s Service Canada offers a job bank to help you find a job you are interested in. Your assignment is to: (1) enter a job and a location in the ‘Job Search’ function, and; (2) subscribe to ‘Job Alerts’.
To view the Job Bank’s home page, click on this link.

Once you are at the website try filling in different jobs and locations and see what comes up.
Next, click on the “Subscribe to Job Alert” link and follow the directions (i.e. Create New Job Alert). To subscribe requires just a job title, a city or postal code, and your email address. You can add as many Job Alerts as you like. You can also unsubscribe to Job Alerts any time you like. Once you have completed the Job Alert show it to your instructor or copy and paste the Job Alert into an email and send it to your instructor.
While you are at the Job Bank site, you may want to check out ‘Explore Careers’ and ‘Job Market Trends’.

Click on the form link below, fill it and submit it. In the form fill in your name correctly and the rest of the inputs can be any random values. Let your instructor know when done.

• Student assignment form

Pick a topic or author that interests you and then search for a book in one of the libraries we discussed in the lesson. Then send your instructor an email message copying and pasting the information about the resource you found, or print this information and show it to your instructor.
You could also email this information as an attachment.

Go to the Camosun College website at www.camosun.bc.ca. On the top right corner of the page, click on the word “LIBRARY”.

To demonstrate your skill in searching for books online, search through the catalogue or databases from the library homepage for a book, journal or other resource. If you are unable to conduct a search using the “Single Search” tab, click on the “Books & media” tab and try your search again (sometimes the “Single Search” tab doesn’t work from off-campus computers). Pick a topic or author that interests you. Then send your instructor an email message copying and pasting the information about the resource you found.