OISE/UT Survival Kit Workshop THREE: E-Mail and OISENet
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1. Overview 5. Summary/Review
2. Learning Outcomes 6. Resources for Workshop One
3. Terminology 7. Self Test/Quiz
4. Class Activities Handouts 8. Suggested Homework
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1. Overview: In this session you become familiar with the various features of the e-mail program used at OISE/UT called OISENet. You will need an active account to do the activities in this workshop. You will be given an OISENet guide in this workshop rather than activity handouts.


2. Learning Outcomes

At the end of this workshop you will:
1. Know how to send and receive e-mail
2. Know how to create folders for storing e-mail messages
3. Be able to attach files to e-mail messages
4. Understand how to summarize and save messages outside of your e-mail account
5. Know how to access the various conferences available on OISENet
6. Understand how to modify the various preferences regarding your e-mail
7. Become familiar with the Chat function in First Class
8. Know how the homepage folder in FC works for saving .html and graphic files
9. Be able to install the FC client program on your computer.
10. Know how to access email from your account through a Web browser.

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3. Terminology

junk mail, spam, flame, flags, sort bar, conferences, attachments, fonts, unsend, thread, preferences, netiquette, emoticon, home page folder, upload, download, posting, First Class client, chat

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4. Class Activities

A. Downloading  and installing the OISENet client; OISENet Web version

B. Logging in and out from OISENet, time considerations, desktop tour

C. E-mail management- sending, receiving, sorting, unsending, threading

D. Saving files: harddrive, disk drive, desktop

E. File attachments; diskspace

F. Conferencing and chatting: creating Websites

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5. Summary/Review

In this session the empahsis is on using OISENet efficiently and effectively to aid you in your work here at OISE. You will be given a manual as a reference and can also access help information on the web at http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/ec

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6. Resources for Workshop Three

Websites that may be helpful references:
 
Helpweb - http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/ refdesk.com http://www.refdesk.com/help.html
Websitebuilders:Harness e-mail https://websitebuilders.com/how-to/ Writing e-mail messages http://www.eslnetworld.com/email2.html

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7. Self Test/Quiz

1. To log out correctly from OISENet:
a. click upper right X  b. go to File menu and click Exit   c. click the OISENet icon on the toolbar
d. either b. or c

2. In your mailbox what does the white flag represent:
a. received but not read  b. written but not sent  c. written and sent

3. Which of the following items is NOT included in the sort bar headings:
a. name  b. subject  c. size  d. file  e. last modified

4. To know how much space you've used in your OISENet account you would:
a. call the Help Desk  b. go to Edit, Preferences  c. double click the appropriate icon

5. A file upload will fail if the name is longer than:
a. 22 characters and spaces  b. 41 characters and spaces  c. 34 characters and spaces

6. To summarize selected messages (for saving to hard drive) click:
a. file  b. edit  c. message  d. conferencing

7. Attachments must be saved separately from their messages: True or False?

8. When you change your OISENet password it should contain:
a. both letters and number  b. more than ten characters  c. a word spelled backwards

9. You must use the Enter/Return key after each address typed in the To: Cc: or Bcc: field:
True or False?

10. You can retrieve a message before the addressee reads it:
a. Yes  b. No  c. Sometimes

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8. Suggested Homework in preparation for Session Four

Pre-WORD Homework:

1. Start WORD
2. Copy and paste from an big, long OISENet message in Electronic Cafe (in Conferences on your Desktop) to Word Document 1
3. Save, naming it My First.doc
4. Backup to A: (floppy diskette) and bring to class

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e-mail Dr. Selia Karsten Fall 2002
updated November 2017