1. Studio Session 1Basic Tools Introduction to the Digital Liberal Arts MDST 3707 / 7703 Fall 2010 Alvarado and Alexander
2. Agenda Overview of Course web site and Collab Review of blogging protocol and rubric Get to know your browser as an application framework Install and learn to use Zotero If time, introduction to your personal blogs
3. The syllabus is the site This models what we are teaching For readings, use “Schedule” item on top of page PowerPoints of lectures will be posted too For comments, select title of post Click on comment link nex to word balloon Anyone can comment on any post The Course Web Site
4. Quick Review of Assignments Blogging assignment is up Projects up, but in process
5. Know Your Browser Use FireFox Internet Explore has always been problematic Chrome and Safari are faster But FF has more extensions Basic features The address bar The title bar (all web pages have a title) History Tabs Plugins
6. Exercise 1: Download and Install FireFox Divide into PC and Mac Work in pairs Use URL http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html Look under Tools Downloads to get the file Double-click to install
7. What’s in a URL? http://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/mdst3703_2010_fall PROTOCOL: http:// MACHINE: pages.shanti.virginia.edu DIRECTORY: mdst3703_2010_fall PAGE: index.php ANCHOR: #foo ARGUMENT: ?p-52
8. Why important? Everything has an address Addressability an important feature of the digital This convention is being extended to cover everything (“web of things”) Useful for quick hacks E.g. Wikipedia articles Will learn more about this in seminar on the Web
9. Back, Forward, and History As you surf the web, you create a trail That trail is remembered by the browser The forward and back buttons allow you navigate this trail Forward addsto the trail Back deletes once you go forward again All pages are stored in history Page titles appear in the back and history lists
10. Setting Options Go Tools -> Options Quick review each tab Home page Downloads JavaScript History Pop-ups
11. FireFox Add-ons Extensions and Plugins Plugins allow the browser to view special graphic formats or play multimedia files (e.g. Flash) Extensions modify or add to existing functionality Today, we will install some extensions
12. Exercise 2: Install Plugins Go to the “Add-ons” link from the download page. Or go here: https://addons.mozilla.org Search for and install these ScreenGrab – to capture screenshots ScribeFire – to write blog posts FireBug – to view and play with source code Zotero – to build bibliographies
13. Zotero A bibliographic reference manager Allow you to maintain a bibliography of all resources – books, essays, web sites … Works with Word (Mac or PC) to insert references and generate bibliographies Can synchronize on different machines Can publish and share collections on the web
14. Getting Started with Zotero Go to: https://wiki.shanti.virginia.edu/display/KB/*Getting+started+with+Zotero See also link on Course site
