Topic 3: Managing Digital information on a Computer

Managing Digital information on a Computer

it is very  important  to  have a backup of your information data . is the most important aspect of your computer. The operating system can be reinstalled and so can applications, but it may be difficult or impossible to recreate your original data.
It is essential that you always back up your important information and have a plan for recovering from a system failure. An attacker could crash a computer's operating system or data may be corrupted or wiped out by a hardware problem. Computers can be lost, stolen, or destroyed in a fire or other catastrophe.
You should back up your personal or critical work data on a regular basis. This means copying your files over to a protected system that you can access when those files are needed.

how to backup data 

 

External drive:  You can buy an external drive, which is a hard drive that you connect to your computer by a USB cord. 

Internet: Another option is to back up your data on the Internet, also known as “the cloud.” Unlike buying an external drive, this option is oftentimes free and requires no extra hardware. Websites such as Mozy will guide you through this process step by step, and it’s normally very painless.
There are other options you can use (internal hard drive, DVDs, RAID), but they are more involved and I don’t suggest you use them unless you’ve got advanced computer skills.
  

windows live mesh
 you can able to it stores data on  the security internet like i cloud and the data is stored in the mircosoft data center  . you can get data  anywhere .

Windows Live Mesh, which is a “cloud” based solution, meaning all of your data is stored securely on the Internet in a Microsoft Data Center. Windows Live Mesh is free and works on Windows as well as Macs.  - See more at: http://www.qdnow.com/tech/computers/how-to-back-up-your-computer-data?page=all#sthash.flgJll9q.dpuf

Windows Live Mesh, which is a “cloud” based solution, meaning all of your data is stored securely on the Internet in a Microsoft Data Center. Windows Live Mesh is free and works on Windows as well as Macs.  - See more at: http://www.qdnow.com/tech/computers/how-to-back-up-your-computer-data?page=all#sthash.flgJll9q.dpuf

For the average computer user who needs to back up less than 5 gigabytes, I would strongly recommend Windows Live Mesh, which is a “cloud” based solution, meaning all of your data is stored securely on the Internet in a Microsoft Data Center. Windows Live Mesh is free and works on Windows as well as Macs.  - See more at: http://www.qdnow.com/tech/computers/how-to-back-up-your-computer-data?page=all#sthash.flgJll9q.dpuf

For the average computer user who needs to back up less than 5 gigabytes, I would strongly recommend Windows Live Mesh, which is a “cloud” based solution, meaning all of your data is stored securely on the Internet in a Microsoft Data Center. Windows Live Mesh is free and works on Windows as well as Macs.  - See more at: http://www.qdnow.com/tech/computers/how-to-back-up-your-computer-data?page=all#sthash.flgJll9q.dpuf

Windows Live Mesh, which is a “cloud” based solution, meaning all of your data is stored securely on the Internet in a Microsoft Data Center. Windows Live Mesh is free and works on Windows as well as Macs.  - See more at: http://www.qdnow.com/tech/computers/how-to-back-up-your-computer-data?page=all#sthash.flgJll9q.dpuf

Windows Live Mesh, which is a “cloud” based solution, meaning all of your data is stored securely on the Internet in a Microsoft Data Center. Windows Live Mesh is free and works on Windows as well as Macs.  - See more at: http://www.qdnow.com/tech/computers/how-to-back-up-your-computer-data?page=all#sthash.flgJll9q.dpuf

Windows Live Mesh, which is a “cloud” based solution, meaning all of your data is stored securely on the Internet in a Microsoft Data Center. Windows Live Mesh is free and works on Windows as well as Macs.  - See more at: http://www.qdnow.com/tech/computers/how-to-back-up-your-computer-data?page=all#sthash.flgJll9q.dpuf

Windows Live Mesh, which is a “cloud” based solution, meaning all of your data is stored securely on the Internet in a Microsoft Data Center. Windows Live Mesh is free and works on Windows as well as Macs.  - See more at: http://www.qdnow.com/tech/computers/how-to-back-up-your-computer-data?page=all#sthash.flgJll9q.dpuf

Windows Live Mesh, which is a “cloud” based solution, meaning all of your data is stored securely on the Internet in a Microsoft Data Center. Windows Live Mesh is free and works on Windows as well as Macs.  - See more at: http://www.qdnow.com/tech/computers/how-to-back-up-your-computer-data?page=all#sthash.flgJll9q.dpuf

Windows Live Mesh, which is a “cloud” based solution, meaning all of your data is stored securely on the Internet in a Microsoft Data Center. Windows Live Mesh is free and works on Windows as well as Macs.  - See more at: http://www.qdnow.com/tech/computers/how-to-back-up-your-computer-data?page=all#sthash.flgJll9q.dpuf

online behaviour

Create a personal brand
Create your personal brand and
professional persona online.
Create a presence in social media
that is strictly professional. Join
LinkedIn if you haven’t yet or
revamp your profile as a future
attorney. Create a twitter account,
blog or other platform dedicated to
convey the appropriate message
about your professional interests
and aspirations. Create professional content Create content that contributes to your designed professional image and avoids the pitfalls for sharing your personal life online. Take this chance to showcase your academic and professional interests. Show prospective employers that you have a valuable contribution to make in your desired field.

 

Topic 1: Learning possibilities supported by the Internet

Topic 1

Creative Commons Licences

A creative commons licences is one of several public copyright license that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work. A CC license is used when an author wants to give people the right to share, use and build upon a work that they have created. CC provides an author flexibility for example, they might choose to allow only non-commercial uses of their own work) and protects the people who use or redistribute an author's work, so they don’t have to worry about copyright infringement, as long as they abide by the conditions that are specified in the license that the author has specified.
 

how you think it can be incorporated into training institutions in South Africa

1.
Content can be adapted over time by multiple users. Content authors can control who can see and change their content, and can apply to their work a variety of rights and permissions from All Rights Reserved to Creative Commons open sharing, to enable crowdsourcing collaboration and remixing of content.

2

Users can create and store materials  and then extend their content by sharing and making it discoverable to instructors across working groups, courses and institutions. Content is delivered through the cloud to users.

3.

 South African intsitution can able to sheare safe information through the autharization process this means that the information that the is sent to users online is protected.and the information can be identified if its based on issues such as plagarism .

 
4 

.intistutions can able to protect the copyright of work this means that the law of the creative licens will able to protect the copyright of the material that is used such books.protects the people who use or redistribute an author's work, so they don’t have to worry about copyright infringement, as long as they abide by the conditions that are specified in the license that the author has specified.


5

South Afircan Institutions need to be able to licence in both learning materials from outside as well as to control how their own materials are used more widely.
Sharing resources amongst similar institutions makes sense financially and there are many policy reasons to do so. Digital resources produced by publicly funded organisations are a valuable asset to the research and education community.



 2.Evaluation of the Microsoft website First impressions are the most important factors to take into consideration when designing a website and these are the factors that attract people to the website: The URL needs to be short and simple. The best URLs are intuitive. Feeling of wanting more – Depth of site - The site should strive to create a feeling of wanting more in the user. The goal should be to get the user to stay as long as possible and to come back to the site again. Contact details - Providing immediate contact details such as e-mail addresses and telephone numbers on the homepage will give the site an open feel and add a personal touch, thus increasing user confidence and trust in using the site. Are users made to register to get into site? - Forcing users to subscribe or register on the home page before continuing will not be appreciated and may turn users away. Users will only identify themselves when they are ready. Look and feel – Readability. Pages should be easily readable, clear and easy to understand .

the process involved when purchasing  via e- commerce

E-coomerce is the process of  buying through online industry  is a type of industry where the buying and selling of products or services is conducted over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction and  It also consists of the exchange of data to facilitate the financing and payment aspects of business transactions. This is an effective and efficient way of communicating within an organization and one of the most effective and useful ways of conducting business.

 

This is the process of E-commerce

• this diagrams explains how the process steps  of purchasing takes place . the first step involves the customer by submiting the order online the second step vis to pay through credit card transaction and then the order is sent to warehouse for shopping  . the shipping is scheduled and sent to customer, then the customer submits order via  phone

source [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-commerce]

Topic 2: Using references.

about referencing online material.

online module materials

 http://www.open.ac.uk/libraryservices/documents/Harvard_citation_hlp.pdf

The referencing format for online module materials can be used for a variety

of different types of online material, including study guides, study planners,

activities and quizzes. For the publication year, give the year in which you

are studying the materials.

In-text citation

 

(Author, year of study) or Author (year of study) says ...

Full reference

 

Author, A. (year of study)

‘Title of section’, Title of Document

Online. Available at URL ( Accessed date).

Online images

If you have viewed an image of a work of art online, you should reference it

as an online image, regardless of the original medium.

In-text citation

:

(Artist, year of production) or Artist (year of production) illustrates ...

 

Full reference

 

Artist, A. (year of production)

Title of Image [Medium]. Name of

collection [Online]. Available at URL (Accessed date).

online/electronic materials

 Personal or organisational websites

In-text citation

:

(Author, year of publication/last updated) or Author (year of

publication/last updated) states ...

 

Full reference

  

Author, A. (year of publication/last updated)

Title of Website [Online].

Available at URL (Accessed date).

Online documents

In-text citation

 

(Author, year of publication if given) or Author (year of publication if

given) states

 

Full reference

 

Author, A. (year of publication if given)

Title of Document [Online],

Place of publication, Publisher. Available at URL (Accessed date

Blogs

In-text citation

:

(Author, year of publication/last updated) or Author (year of

publication/last updated) states ...

Full reference

:

Author, A. (year of publication/last updated)

‘Title of message’, Title of

Website

, day/month of posted message [Online]. Available at URL

(Accessed date).