First Assignment: Acquire Online Services
Due Date: complete these organizational tasks by Friday Jan. 22nd
1. Sign-up for a free Google account at Google.com, and set-up a Gmail account.
2. Email me at (gmail address given in class) with your gmail account name.
3. Create three file folders on your computer:
a. MCLA Photo In-Class Projects. This will be where you store copies of work projects we do for this class.
b. MCLA Photo Miscellaneous. This is where you store any images that you may use for this class.
c. MCLA Photo Portfolio. This is where you’ll store your finished artworks.
4. Add one or two of your best photos to each folder that you just created.
5. Take a look at http://picasaweb.google.com/Studio.Gregory
a. Prove that you looked around: comment on one of the images in the MCLA folders.
6. Sign-up for and install Picasa on your computer.
a. You can allow Picasa to locate all of the photos on your computer, or only the file folders that you assign it to investigate – at minimum make sure the 3 file folders in step (3) are included.
b. Set these three folders to synchronize automatically online.
c. Set In-Class Projects and Portfolio as ‘public’ and set your miscellaneous folder as ‘UNLISTED’
d. You should be able to see your three folders online through your Google account (click on ‘More’ and then ‘Photos’) even when you are not running Picasa as a software application on your computer.
7. Email me at (gmail given in class) and tell me what is the website address of your Picasa album.
a. I will be able to view your two public albums, and will comment on the photos your posted.
8. If you have Photoshop CS3 or CS4 skip this step. If you need Image Processing Software, acquire both:
a. GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) (http://www.gimp.org/) and Paint.net (http://www.getpaint.net/).
b. Play around with the software.
9. Go to http://gregscheckler.blogspot.com and look through the blog, links, etc. Read the post labeled ‘Welcome to the Class’ and do any reading or assignments.
10. You are now prepared for the next part of this course.
11. Come to B204 to meet in-person for Monday’s class.
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Note: in step six, it should say that you can see only those folders that you mark as 'public' -- your 'private' or locked folders in Picasa won't show up for anyone other than you, and when you're not signed, you won't see them either.
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