Cavi Orientation Notes
7-31-13
Orientation Audio.
Here is the 2013 Semester 2 orientation audio.
Thanks to Eddie Salcido for these notes.
General Info
- Must remain subscribed to CAVI Announce.
- you can choose to unsub from CAVI discuss, but not recommended. Approx 220 PPL on Cavi Discuss.
Rules for Discuss Lists
- Stay on topic
- No promotion
- No jokes
- No forwards of messages that are irrelevant.
- No personal attacks, bullying, discrimination, ETC.
- No sexual harassment.
- Most classes have their own specific lists. Critical to success at CAVI because instructors Staff are watching lists for questions.
- If your question is general in nature, write to the list.
- Specific course questions go to the instructor aliases.
- Submit-ite is for IT essentials.
Wikis
- Each class has it’s own WIKI.
- WIKI: communally editable web site. You don’t have to know HTML.
- WIKI’s usually contain lecture notes, links, articles of interest done by instructors and alumni.
- Snap shot backups of WIKIs are kept.
- WIKI’s can be changed at will by staff if articles don’t align with CAVI policies.
Class Recordings
- Recordings are made of all lectures.
- Available to specific class group with passwords that are provided.
- Podcasts can be automatically downloaded to I devices.
Scavinger Hunt:
- This is to teach students where resources are laid out and how to access them.
- Instructions on where to send the hunt will be provided in the document.
Course Assignments, ETC
- Multiple times to submit assignments if they are wholly or partially incorrect.
- For 101 course, you have to participate in order to pass.
- Use instructor specific addresses.
- Two hours of lecture and 3 to 8 hours of work per week for ITE essentials.
- All assignments will be available on the web site and on the WIKI.
- The words Labs and assignments are used interchangeably.
- Labs are more practical.
- No requirements of purchase for resources above course except word press and rasbury pie.
- Hosting on word press is an extra expense.
Contacting Instructors
- Use email first. Write to the class specific address.
- CAVI discourages private chats in Ventrilo.
- Skype is used for one-to-one instructor contact. Instructors will not initiate contact and will keep it on a professional basis unless there is a reason to.
- Instructors are working strictly on a volunteer basis.
ITE
- This is version 5 of the ITE curriculum.
- Virtualization, info on cloud, and info on olm’s law is available.
- The lectures will differ, so cannot pull from previous lectures.
- Windows XP will be run on the virtual machines.
- Majority of labs can be done on newer systems.
- Must have micro media flash running if you are doing ITE.
- Cannot use Lynxwith ITE curriculum.
- Expected time to complete courses is anywhere from 16 to 20 weeks.
- Cisco will let you know if you have flash or not. Instructors will assist in this matter. If you can watch youtube, you have flash installed.
HTML
- Monica will send post to HTML discuss list with a link to class installer. Will install file zilla, makes sure you have skype for participation for one
on one, makes sure you have flash properly installed. Also installs Irfin View.
- Monica provides web hosting on her web server, so students do not need to make preparation.
- Students need to be part of the HTML discuss list.
- HTML classes will be different in that there will be two sessions which students can attend. These are Monday at 8:00 P.M. GMT. and Thursday 9 P.M. Eastern.
- Twenty weeks in length.
- Final goal: 5 page, fully operational web site. The instructor address is
- Submit-html@ciscovision.org is the instructor address.
- Instructors consists of Monica Moehn, Brian Shaw, Amanda Rush, and Richard Wilkins, and possibly another person brought on staff by Monica.
Wordpress
- Word Press is a continuation of web design skills.
- Taking web site to the next level, automation.
- This will take place on Monday evenings and will be 24 weeks in length.
- Email list is: Wordpress-discuss@ciscovision.org
- Either Amanda or Monica will set students up.
- Amanda will discuss the type of hosting students need.
- Use HTML installer to get File Zilla or Irfin View.
- Amanda Rush is lead instructor while Monica will be assisting.
Schedule
- ITE will be 9 Eastern on Tuesday nights.
- Rasbury Pie is Wednesday nights at 9 Eastern.
- Windows 101 will run concurrently with HTML on Thursday nights at 9. First meeting will be August 8th.
CaviCasts
- CAVI cast is a podcast produced by a knowledgeable instructor on many and varied subjects.
- Derek will do a CAVI cast on data recovery on hard drives that are making funny noises.
Socials
- Teamtalk will be configured as backup in case of a Ventrilo crash. CAVI Socials are held on TeamTalk.
- socials are on the team talk servers on Friday and Sunday nights officially, but almost every evening in reality. Fridays and Sundays are set aside to be family friendly socials..
- The gloves off channel is potentially not family friendly.
- Monica’s social will be on Thursday afternoons to assist with people in the UK and other parts of the world.
- Socials are optional.
Linx,
- Wiki: Wiki.cucat.org. Also contains instructors’ skype information.
- CaviCasts: www.cucat.org/cavicasts
MISC
- Instructors are resources you can rely upon.
- You have the option to choose hypnotherapy. This requires instructor recommendation. Not an official part of CAVI.
