Please find attached the document you will need to complete the Tutorial tasks.
1) Please also go to iLearn and the Echo 360 recordings. You will find at the top of the list the LING2248 Tutorial 5 recording.2)Please listen and watch the recording and the slide show. This is a brief presentation about Assessment 3 Part B. (Slides are under the Week 9 tab in iLearn).3) Then complete the classroom tasks as per the attached worksheet to the best of your ability.Please let me know if you have any questions.
the first two steps are information if needed but ultimately the worksheet is what I need
TUTORIAL 5_worksheet_externals LING2248 TUTORIAL 5 - EVALUATING AND ANALYSING BLOGS Once you have completed these tasks, you should feel more confident in your ability to approach the Social Media Communications Report. • Type the following into your search engine of choice: blogspot food. – You’ll find a substantial number of hits. • Now try it replacing the word ‘food’ with a topic of your choice • You should examine several blogs on your chosen topic, making a list of the sorts of features you are seeing in the blogs as you go. – Examples could include Typographic variation, hyperlinks, images, memes, embedded social media feeds (maybe Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) etc. • What digital literacy skills are required to understand the blogs? 1) Choose two blogs to analyse as per the above instructions 2) Describe each blog, its appearance, audience, language (as if to a person who is unable to view the blog themselves 3) Compare and contrast the blogs and write up your findings briefly into a short paragraph and upload all the above onto the Tutorial Posts discussion forum. LING2248 - week 9 discussion task LING2248 – week 9 group discussion task Members: Jennifer Tzortzis, Jeric Javillonar Blogspot fitness: • Doesn’t bring up individual blogs that are run o Instead, showcases websites highlighting ‘top10-50 best fitness blogs’ NERD Fitness Images: • Images are all fitness-related: resistance bands, nutritional food, different exercises. Hyperlinks: • To download free workout guides • To resistance band-related written and video blog posts Social media: • hyperlinks to Facebook, twitter, YouTube, Instagram Memes: • Lego memes lifting weights – pumping iron • Yoda meme – refers to self as ‘fitness Yoda’ • All memes are fitness related Typographic variation: • Font – large, thick, bold font that’s easy to read and identify quickly (first thing we are drawn to on the page) • Sentences: each sentence starts on its own line. This makes it easier to read and absorb information. Overall comments: • This blog receives more comments than the last blog (wellness blog) – more user interactive than the rest • Colour scheme is darker than the rest, not as vibrant as other fitness pages which boast more colour variation • We enjoyed the use of memes, was a fun way to interact with the audience and engage them in the content ANYTIME FITNESS Images: • Slideshow – incorporating food images and fitness-related images • Made it more interactive and was visually appealing • Images are directly linked to titles of blog posts – easier to navigate what the reader wants to view based on personal preferences Hyperlinks: • Horizontal bar with subtitles which are hyperlinks to their own genres (i.e. nutrition, fitness, weight loss, resources, find a gym) • Titles for blog posts are hyperlinks to the post itself – Easy to view and navigate • Free 7-day gym pass • Hyperlinks to top trending posts – allows readers to go directly to the more popular content • Search bar allows readers to immediately search the page for specific content and narrow down in important information Social media: • feed burner, Facebook, Instagram, twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest Memes: • No memes present – represents a more professional status – large-scale international brand that need to uphold its reputation Typographic variation: • Font – word colour is distinguishable and easy to identify with the brand. Titles are bold which directs the reader attention straight to it • Sentences – within each blog post that is food related, most sentences start on a new line. Use of bullet points allow for easier readability and spaces out information = visually appealing Build a wellness blog Images: • Chrissy - author of the blog: allows us to connect with the post more, knowing who the author is and their purpose behind their blog • The blog takes a detailed step-by-step approach where it advertises the use of an exterior domain for individuals to create blogs • Images are screenshots of the domain pages – and a new image is presented upon each new step which is attempting to direct the reader Hyperlinks: o There is a horizontal bar with subtitles which are hyperlinks to other tips for blog curation and entrepreneurship o Search bar is amongst this horizontal column of subtitles and hyperlinks o In ‘step 3’ – hyperlinks to Wordpress.org, Bluehost, Siteground, Agathon - which are blog domain creators, THOUGH the author personally recommends Bluehost (all steps in the blog are revolved around the Bluehost domain Social media: • Social media bar is permanently attached to the left side of the screen and travels with the reader whenever they scroll up or down. Acts as a constant reminder to view the social media platforms which the blog obtains Memes: • No memes are present – this is a more formal type of blog which involves detailed analysis rather than having a comedic tendency. Typographic variation: • Font – large, bold font which is easy to read and help identify breaks in information for new sections. Many subtitles which have a slightly smaller font. • Sentences – tries to break up information by creating space in the structure of the information – break every 2-4 sentences. Information is more compact and might be more difficult to read for some users, though the use of numbering titles and bullet points helps to ease information Tutorial 5 - Exercises LING2248 – Tutorial 4 tasks Marijke Fioole 1. Evaluating and analysing blogs Blog number one: http://www.alfiesblog.com/entlebucher-mountain-dogs-tips-training- humans/top-dog-blogs/ Blog number two: http://doyoubelieveindog.blogspot.com/ Alfie’s Blog: After clicking on the link to this blog it immediately sucks you in (if you like dogs). It has a fun appearance, involves a picture for each blogpost as well as a fun logo and a nice, not too distracting background. The blog also has a fun slogan: “a mountain dog’s waggy tails”. The blog looks to be well structured appearance wise with a clear menu at the top, the newest post showing big and older posts in smaller sizes and divided into different categories when you scroll down. At the side of the page there’s information, links to merchandise, the possibility to sign up to their newsletter, links to the different categories and links to their social media accounts. It is definitely meant for people who love dogs and like to read about them, but more specifically for those who are interested in the journey of raising an Entlebucher Mountain dog and who possibly wish to get this type of dog for themselves. The blog uses informal language and the writer uses many personal pronouns, which makes sense as she is describing her adventure of raising a pup. It also features blog posts from the dog’s perspective, supposedly written by Alfie, the pup. These posts start of with an onomatopoeia as the first sentence of the dog’s posts is: “Rooo, it’s Alfie here behind the keyboard. To understand the blog a couple of digital literacy skills would likely be needed: the photo-visual skills, branching skills and information skills. People need to understand that certain images are links that can take you to another part of the blog. For example, the image of the logo at the top will redirect you to the home page if you click on it. All the other images lead to the posts they belong to, although knowing to click on the “read more” hyperlink below the image will also suffice. Furthermore, the information skills are needed to know if you can rely on the information given in this blog. The posts in the section about training the dog link to websites which explain the various techniques of training and what they entail, so the writer shows trustworthy information in her blog posts about training Alfie. Do you believe in dog? Blog: This blog has a very simplistic style. It has a white background and a clean layout. The blog has a simple logo at the top in which the word ‘dog’ appears to be a different font than the words ‘do you believe in’, which could be done to put the focus on the word ‘dog’. The blog has a clear, simple menu at the top of the page that moves with you as you scroll down. At the top of the blog there a part in which different blog posts appear one after another. If you scroll down the blog posts, from latest to oldest, will show. At the side of the blog there’s information about the blog and its creators. There are also links to the blog’s social media sites, the opportunity to subscribe for the newsletter, a show of their most popular posts and real-time tweets from their account. This blog is being run by actual canine scientists and they mostly share information on their own research and random dog- related topics. For this blog photo-visual, branching, information and real-time thinking skills would be needed. Whilst there are images for every post, these do not link anywhere and you’ll need to know that the title of the blog posts links you to the post itself. The hashtag underneath the picture will link you to the hashtag’s page. With the moving images at the top real-time thinking skills are needed to understand what is happening and that you don’t need to click on these but can also scroll down. The information provided in the blog comes from actual scientists so the information skills will hopefully help people evaluate the quality of this information and see that it is valid. Comparison: The main difference between these blogs is that Alfie’s blog is a more personal blog, whilst the other one is more professional. Alfie’s blog is meant for people who like dogs and possibly want to hear about what it’s like to raise one. The ‘do you believe in dog?’ blog is a more professional blog, used to share scientific knowledge about canines. This can clearly be