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Instructions:
Find a partner to do this exercise if at all possible.
Read through the directions completely before you
begin. It is important to follow the directions carefully.
The directions are here to guide you and to save you
some later distress [called losing your work!!]:
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Copy the Scavenger Hunt Questions (click
here for the questions) into a Microsoft Word Document
and save it onto the desktop...or where it is
convenient for you to locate at a later time.
Save the document and name it "scavenger_hunt_yourlastname"
You will need to keep this document for your webfolio.
- Use at least
five different search engines to search for sites that will provide answers to
the Scavenger Hunt questions. Use web search
tools and search techniques from the PowerPoint, Searching
the Internet Effectively. Refer often to
relevant slides/notes as well as
information in the
Search
Features Chart to help you create good searches.
- Once you find the answer to a given item,
go back and copy the search string that you used and
place it into the appropriate place under the
question. Then, when you have located the
answer to the scavenger hunt question, copy and
paste the answer into the appropriate spot, indicate the URL where you found the
answer, and identify the search engine used in the
search.
Also, be sure to add the URL where you found the
answer to a Favorites folder created and
appropriately named among the favorites on Internet
Explorer. Save your document frequently.
- When you have
answered all of the questions on the saved
Microsoft Word document,
go to the electronic version of the Scavenger Hunt
located among your courses in UD's Blackboard system
and paste into the boxes the answers recorded
on your Microsoft Word document. Each
pasted answer should include:
Search String:
Your answer:
URL: (remember to start each
URL with http://)
Search Engine/Directory Used:
- When all
answers have been pasted into the appropriate boxes,
submit answers electronically.
- You will receive confirmation that your
Scavenger Hunt answers have been submitted.
- Once your
answers have been submitted electronically, the
course instructor
will let you know if you have answered the questions
correctly or if you need to re-search.
- Be sure to export the Favorites folder with the
URL's to an html document that eventually can be
placed in your mediacenter06 folder.
The electronic
version of the Scavenger Hunt is located on the
Blackboard System.
Click
here to go to the logon page.
You will receive
full credit for the E-Scavenger Hunt if
- The
search string used for conducting the search is
provided ... indicating the EXACT set of words
and symbols used to successfully locate the
answer to the question.
- The answers to
the questions are correct.
- *The URL where
information for the answer is included in your
submitted answer AND
the URL is written in the following form:
http://dante.udallas.edu/edu3305
[Yes, that means to write http://....];
- The search
engine used to locate the answer is included in the
submitted answer.
- You used
at least five
different search engines/directories to locate
information.
- You have created a favorites folder that
contains the links to websites where you found the
answers. AND, you have exported that folder to a
file that you have saved to yourlastnamefolder on
mediacenter06.
- ALL
questions in
each item are answered and submitted electronically AND you
have a copy of the Scavenger Hunt questions and your
answers saved as a
Microsoft Word document;
- Your
email address is
submitted in the appropriate spot on the Scavenger
Hunt.
- Your Word copy
of the Scavenger Hunt and the favorites file are
in yourlastnamefolder on mediacenter06.
Good
luck.
***Helpful
Hints:
- Three VERY
helpful resources for learning how to effectively
search the Internet
·
Searching
the Internet Effectively [PowerPoint presentation]
·
Web
Searching Tips , especially the
Search
Features Chart
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