Unit 8: practices related to the units 4, 5 and 6.

E-TIVITY 8.1  [3 hour]

Purpose

In this e-tivity, you will get best ideas on how to protect your files and computer system. 

Access the readings available on the link below and do task 1, task 2 and task 3.

Watch the following video about document protection available at: Protecting MS Word with Password

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How to configure updates in Kaspersky Total Security 2017 available at kaspersky security

Task 1 

1) Create a Microsoft word document.

2) Encrypt the document with password.

Post your document in the forum discussion as attachment by Wednesday at 23h30 and indicate the password used to encrypt your document so that others will be able to open it for reflection. 

Comment on at least one of your colleagues’ contributions to which no-one else has responded yet expand on their reasoning if appropriate.  

Task 2 

1) Through your computer system in” control panel “create a new standard account 

2) Name it :” Guest_User_Test”

3) Protect it with password called “Test123”

4) Upload your profile picture to your created  account 

5) Using screenshot tool available to your computer system, take a screenshot picture.

Post work in the online quizzes and discussion forum on week 8 discussion board by Wednesday at 23h30.

Task 3

1) Verify if your computer is protected by an antivirus like Avast, McAfee, Vipre, Norton, or Kaspersky.

2) Verify if your antivirus is up-to-date

3) Update your antivirus.

4) After update, run a full scan of your computer. 

5) Set your antivirus to automatic scan when external devices are connected to your computer system

6) Set automatic update after 3 days when it is connected to the internet

7) Write down all the steps you passed through and take a screenshot of both update, scan progress and image indicating the automatic update then post it in discussion forum for their inputs and reflection. 

Post work in the online quizzes and discussion forum on week 8 discussion board by Wednesday at 23h30.

E-TIVITY 8.2 [3 hours]

The purpose of this e-tivity is to help you to understand cloud services and use different cloud computing platforms in data sharing and explore more available google services in facilitation of learning. 

Watch a video on Introduction to Cloud services available on the link: 

watch the video

1.Google Apps for Education Tutorial

Task 1 

1. Discuss the importance of  cloud computing

2. Identify different cloud services available for data sharing

4. 3.Choose one for example Dropbox, go to its website www.dropbox.com 

5. Register and Create an account

3. Download dropbox app on your smartphone/ your computer. App settings – > link a computer, follow instructions 

4. Install local desktop client on computer and locate your dropbox folder under favorite section. 

5. Create a folder system after following structure.

6. Share all folders with the person sitting on your left, use different sharing options – via link, sharing folders, share through desktop client and through web client

7. Open files and change their content, save and close them. 

8. Open Events section and see the changes done by you and people who have shared documents with you. 

9. Take a picture and add it to your Dropbox folder. 

Suggested length 100 words maximum.

Reply at least one post and share your views (if applicable) with your colleagues’ predictions.

Task 2

Use Google Docs for software as services to do the following: 

• Create a document 

o Publish a document 

• Create a spreadsheet 

o Publish and insert spreadsheet

o Setup and print spreadsheets 

• Create a Presentation 

o Show a presentation, print it and get a preview 

o Publish and insert presentation 

• Drawing 

o Create, edit and format 

o Tools 

o Add elements to a drawing 

• Forms 

o Create a Google form

o Add and edit questions, headers, images, videos and page breaks

o Create a questionnaire with five different type of question asking the respondents to give feedback on a product of your choice 

o Add a theme to a form 

o Send the form to the rest of the class 

o respond to other questionnaires 

o Chose responses destination 

Suggestion length 100 words maximum.

This E-tivity 8.2 has to be done before Friday at 23h 59’.

E-tivity 8.3  [2 hours]

The purpose of this e-tivity is to help you to be able to use social media platforms in your learning life.

Watch a video on- How Social Media  is Transforming the Future of Education

Watch the following on how to download and install dropbox, available at : 

Task 1:

1. Try to install WhatsApp app on your phone. 
2. Set up your username and share contacts with colleagues 
3. Share status with colleagues
4. Chat with colleagues
5. Send video/audio message to colleagues
6. Send files to colleagues
7. Share contact/phone number
8. Create a WhatsApp group for the class including the e-moderator.
9. Share files/status/video/audio/text with colleagues
10. Contribute to the message by exchanging ideas with group members
11. Leave a voice message to your group members
12. Share on group one e-tivity 8.2.
13. Exit the group
14. Delete a group

Task 2

1. Go to Dropbox web page www.dropbox.com register and create an account
2. Download dropbox app on your smartphone or on your computer.
3. App settings – > link a computer, follow instructions
4. Install local desktop client on computer and locate your dropbox folder under favorite section.
5. Create a folder system after following structure.
6. Share all folders with the person sitting on your left including e-modulator, use different sharing options – via link, sharing folders, share through desktop client and through web client
7. Open files and change their content, save and close them.
8. Open Events section and see the changes done by you and people who have shared documents with you.
9. Take a picture and add it to your Dropbox shared folder.

Task 3

Use Google Docs for software as services to do the following:

• Create a document
  • Publish a document
  • Create a spreadsheet
    • Publish and insert spreadsheet
    • Setup and print spreadsheets
    • Create a Presentation
      • Show a presentation, print it and get a preview
      • Publish and insert presentation
      • Drawing
        • Create, edit and format
        • Tools
        • Add elements to a drawing
        • Forms
          • Create a Google form
          • Add and edit questions, headers, images, videos and page breaks
          • Create a questionnaire with five different type of question asking the respondents to give feedback on a product of your choice
          • Add a theme to a form
          • Add the e-modulator as collaborator to flow all activities
          • Send the form to the rest of the people of class
          • Respond to other questionnaires
          • Chose responses destination

This E-tivity 8.3 has to be done before Friday at 23h 59’.