weekly11-8-10

Weekly Activities - 11-8-10

 * 1) __Activity #1__: Create a Google survey
 * 2) Watch this video:media type="custom" key="7446341"
 * 3) Go to http://docs.google.com and log in.
 * 4) Select "Create new > form"
 * 5) Title your form "Library Book Requests" or something similar. In the box below, enter a brief description, such as "Please complete this survey to let the librarian know what types of books you would like to be ordered for the library.
 * 6) Edit the first question by selecting the pencil icon. Type the first survey question in the top box. Add a help text if you think the question require more clarification. Decide whether or not the question should be made a required question. Select "Done" when you are finished with that question.
 * 7) Mouse over the sample question #2 to activate the pencil icon to edit that question. Notice that you can also duplicate a question or trash it.
 * 8) Select "Add item" at the top left to add more questions. Look at the types of questions that can be generated by the form. Make a survey that has at least five questions.
 * 9) Select "Theme" and then select a theme that you like. Apply the theme. Make sure your survey is saved.
 * 10) At the top right, select "More actions" > "embed". Copy the code to your clipboard. Create a new page in your library wiki called "survey". At the page, select "Edit" > "Widget" > "Other html". Paste the code, then "Save" > "Save". Your survey will now be embedded in your wiki.
 * 11) Go back to http://docs.google.com. Locate your survey. Click on it to see the spreadsheet where the responses will be saved. Select "Share" > "Set notifications rules" to decide how you would like to be notified about submissions to the form.
 * 12) Note that under the "Forms" menu, you can always go back to edit your form, go to the live form, or turn the form off. Keep in mind that as you create various types of Google forms in the future, it is a great idea to organize them into folders.


 * 1) __Activity #2__: Complete your journal entry about this week's assignment.
 * 2) __Activity #3__: Look at your Google Reader for at least ten minutes.
 * 3) __Activity #4__: Attend the weekly meeting on Tuesday, Nov 9th at 4:30pm at Medill.