Assignments
  1. Search tool data (added to this page on this site, not a page on your site) (5%)
    • Don't wait until the last minute because other people might be trying to add data at the same time.
    • Later (after turning in the analysis assignment below) you will turn in the marked-up printouts of the search results.
    • No analysis needs to be done until I give that assignment; for this assignment all you need to do is gather (and report) data.
  2. Search tool ranking overlap data (added to this page on this site, not a page on your site) (5%)
    • Don't wait until the last minute because other people might be trying to add data at the same time.
    • You will both add data to the page and turn in marked-up print-outs of search results.
    • No analysis needs to be done until I give that assignment; for this assignment all you need to do is gather (and report) data.
  3. Term project blog tasks (16%)
    • Four on applying in-class techniques to your term project
    • Four describing what you learned or some insights you gained from the in-class exercises
    • Guidelines
      • You will put this blog entry on your own site
      • You will name the page "blog:theTitleOfYourEntry"
      • You will print out the page and hand it in at the beginning of class
      • Some guidelines about writing blogs is on this page
    • All of the blog entry due-dates are shown on the schedule page.
    • Four of these blogs (of any type) need to be completed by 5pm on the Friday before Fall Break.
  4. Search tool data analysis (8%)
    • In this one report you will write-up the meaning and implications of both of the data sets that the class collected
    • Guidelines
      • You will put this blog entry on your own site.
      • You will name the page "blog:Search tool analysis".
      • You will print out the page and hand it in at the beginning of the class that it's due. Print it out in 10pt font.
  5. Search industry update (6%)
  6. Class notes or test questions (added to this site, not yours) (5%)
    • When adding the page, use the "notes" or "questions" category plus the lecture number; for example, for day "04" the notes page would be named "notes:04" — this will bring up the proper template and allow us to organize the notes (and questions) more easily.
    • Notes must be posted on the site (and mostly complete) by the end of the day (on the class day itself).
    • Questions must be posted on the site (and mostly complete) by the beginning of the next time in which the class meets).
      • Last year 2/3 of the questions on the tests came from questions supplied by students.
      • Feel free to post questions of any type — true/false, multiple choice, short answer.
      • Feel free to post answers to the questions — or to post comments on the answers if you think they're wrong.
    • Sign up on this page as soon as possible.
    • Write 5-10 questions per day. I'm more worried about the quality of questions than the quantity. Think about whether or not you would think that the question is a good, fair one if you saw it on a test. That's how I'm going to evaluate the question.
  7. Exam (15%)
  8. Term project (40%)
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