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Learning Objective

Who

Use electronic resources effectively to support your learning

Eberly

Assess your capabilities (in digital citizenship, information literacy, safe computing, and electronic tools) relative to stated objectives

Recognize appropriate study strategies in particular situations

Summarize your privileges and responsibilities as a member of Carnegie Mellon’s computing community.

Norman

Predict the impact of specific activities on the confidentiality, integrity and availability of university and personal resources and recommend appropriate actions based on those predictions

Summarize the aspects of the university copyright policy that relate to common misuses of file sharing

Norman

Locate and operate useful tools and resources on the University Libraries website

Jean

Distinguish differences in the structure of the web and academic databases, and identify effective ways to use each

Jean

Search effectively for information on the web and in academic databases

Carolyn

Critically Evaluate Sources

Carolyn

Identify reasons, contexts, and formats for appropriately citing sources

Keri*

Identify security risks and ways to protect yourself against them (e.g. malware, spyware, viruses, anti-virus, spam practices, checking alerts)

Wiam

Appropriately apply tools and security practices to protect personal and university computing assets

Wiam

Identify aspects of your online presence that are most susceptible to risk or compromise and characterize appropriate responses to these threats.

Wiam

Outline basic steps to administer and maintain your computer?

Locate the resources provided by Cluster Services and select appropriate  resources in common scenarios

Connie

Print to an Andrew print queue from a Cluster machine or personal computer

Connie

Demonstrate basic file management principles

April

Store and share files using Carnegie Mellon storage resources

April/Connie

Summarize appropriate uses of Carnegie Mellon’s wired and wireless networks

Norm/Randy

Send and receive information using Carnegie Mellon’s communications tools

April

Locate and operate the commonly needed resources provided by Enrollment Services,

April

Use Blackboard to complete work for academic courses

April/Heather