CH 8 : Online Communities
What is meant by online communities
Online communities refer to a group of people who share a common interest,
who communicate with each other.
What is the function of Social Networking Communities, State some examples?
Social networking communities allows members of a community to communicate
by common shared interest and relationships.
State 10 features of Social Networking Communities?
1. It allows users to create profiles, with personal information which they can
decide to make private or public.
2. The stream/wall/timeline which showcases members’ friends’ posts.
3. Ability to add and communicate with members in the community, and add
them as your “friends”
4. SNCs offer various ways of reacting to posts from other members within the
community.
5. SNCs allow users to comment and reply to other users comment under
posts from different members of the community.
6. Third Party Websites have direct links which to SNCs so that users can
easily share information provided on the third party sites.
7. Tags which allows users to categorize the content that they post.
8. User suggestions, where SNCs suggest other user profiles with whom the
users may want to connect with.
9. Send message to members in the community or publicly for all members in
the community to see.
10. SNCs allow members to create groups, or lists.
Define Profile and state 5 pieces of information that can be included in it .
Profile is a collect of user information
1. Biographical Details
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2. Contact Details
3. Family History
4. Travel History
5. Profile or Background Images
What is ”Targeted Marketing”?
Targeted Marketing is the advertising that matches internet users on the basis of
attributes, age group, gender and browsing history
State some additional features of SNCs
Adding content (Pics and Vids) to posts.
Getting notified about any new activities in the community
Privately messaging members in the community
Analysis of how others have reacted to the posts.
What is the function of Gaming Communities?
Allowing users to communicate and play multiplayer games together.
State 3 features of Gaming Communities.
User Profiles
Instructions on how to complete the games
Links to Social Media
What is the function of Online Working Spaces, State 2 examples?
Online working spaces allow users to work together for different purposes of
work
Ex : Microsoft Share Point, Adobe Connect, MS Teams
State 3 features of Online Working Spaces
Chat Rooms
Meeting Spaces
Shared contact lists
State the function of VLE
Allows Students and Teachers to access assessment materials
State 2 features of VLE
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Tools for submitting assignments
MCQs and other tests that are automatically graded
Share audio, video and links to files
State 4 additional features of VLE
Gradebooks, Access Statistics, System Log in and Document Editors
What are user generated reference sites?
Webpages or Websites created and maintained by members of a community.
What is the function of Wikis?
Wikis brings community members together to create and maintain a webpage or
website
State 3 features of Wikis
Search Tools
Edit Button
Member Profiles
What is the function of Forums?
Forums allow users to post comments and reply to others users’ comments.
State 4 features Forums
Moderators
Posts
Groups
Direct Message Functions
State 4 safety features of Forums
Rules and acceptable user policies
URL and Word censoring
Flag or Report a user or post
Ignore or Block
What is the function of Video and photo sharing sites?
It allows people to access and share content created by other members of the
community.
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State 4 features if photo sharing sites
Tags, Ratings, Comments/Posts and User Profiles
What is the function of Blogs and Vlogs?
It allows users to create online diaries of events or articles.
State 4 features of Blogs and Vlogs
Tags, Posts/Comments, User Profiles, Ratings
What is the function of Social Bookmarking Sites?
It allows users to create URL and Web Documents and share it with others in the
community.
State 3 features of SBSs
Social Networking Functions
Tags to categorize the URLs
User accounts
State one example of how personal info may be leaked by a user unintentionally
By posting Geotag images in photo sharing sites
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