Question 1

What are Flowcharts?

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Using an example of washing laundry, this video walks through the process of creating a simple flowchart and discusses why flowcharts can be useful in many other contexts. It teaches:

Why it’s important to be able to visualize a process
How processes can be understood and improved using a flowchart
Why organizations use flowcharts
How to structure a simple flowchart

Video Transcript:

To make one of these processes more efficient, we need a way to visualize it. This means laying out steps and decisions so we can truly understand how it works. With this understanding, we can improve the process or teach it to someone else.

A flowchart is a great way to draw and understand a process. The big idea is that almost any process can be drawn and analyzed using a flowchart.

Organizations large and small use flowcharts to understand and improve processes to help the them be more efficient. This could include how a product is built in a factory, how travelers move through an airport, or how a computer program is designed.

Let’s look at a simple example. Imagine it’s time to do the laundry. Your clothes need to be washed with a washing machine. We’ll use a set of standard flowchart shapes to draw this process.

Each process has a beginning, like deciding to do laundry. We’ll use an oval as our starting point. Now we need a way to connect that starting point to the next step, so we’ll use a line with an arrow. Next we’ll need to gather the clothes to be washed. This is an activity and we’ll use a rectangle for this step.

Now, we need to make a decision about the clothes with a yes or no answer. We’ll use a diamond that points to each answer. We’ll sort the clothes by asking whether the fabric is white or not.

This splits the process in two, with different activities. Clothes with colored fabric are washed with cold water and clothes with white fabric are washed with hot water.

In both cases, we take specific steps to add soap, turn on the washer and inspect the clothes when finished. With this process complete, we have another decision: are the clothes clean?

The clothes with colored fabric get a stain remover added and clothes with white fabric get bleach added.

We’ve now drawn a flowchart to visualize and understand a process. Each step and decision is represented, along with what to do when activities have different results.

By laying out each step of a process in a standard way, we can not only understand it and find ways to improve it, but help others learn and see it from a new perspective.

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Question 2

What is the internet and how does the internet work?

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What is the internet and how it works can be taken for granted. I strongly advise, if you don't really know how it works, that you take time to watch an 8-part video series from code.org (each video is extremely high-quality, well presented, engaging, short, and to the point).

When I first started online, I truly had no idea what things are. I found that series to be extremely helpful.

There are all sorts of terms and names you are going to hear when you are going to buy a domain name, when you are setting up a website, and so on and unless you understand these terms you are going to get lost and overwhelmed.

This series will answer a lot of terms like: HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, IP, DNS, and so on.

Have you wondered how does a song play? How does a picture load on a website? How does font become bigger or small? How are you able to send and receive a text message across the ocean?

All of this and more are answered in this 8-part video series.

This is the first video, "what is the internet?"

And to watch the rest of the series, click on this link for the playlist.

To get a copy of the glossary of common terms of online marketing and the internet, visit this website.

Question 3

What is Flipped Classroom?

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This video explains the flipped classroom and why it is being adopted by teachers. It illustrates problems many teachers experience in the traditional format and how the flipped classroom can help solve them by considering the most effective use of both class time and homework. It teaches:

Why learning and practicing are essential parts of the education process
How the flipped classroom is changing how we think about learning and practice
How the flipped classroom impacts teachers and students
What many teachers will need to flip their classrooms
Why the flipped classroom may not be best for every student and situation

Video Transcript:

Most students know the difference between learning and practicing. Learning might mean listening to a lecture while practicing is solving problems based on that lesson.

Traditionally, class time is used to learn materials and how to solve problems. Then, for homework, the students focus on practicing and turn in homework the next day.

Today, a concept called the flipped classroom is changing this by flipping the traditional approach. Here, students learn the material at home and then use classroom time to work through problems. This way, when a student needs more guidance, the teacher is available to help.

Consider how it worked for Juanita. Her 12th grade math class was starting to learn calculus in the traditional way.

This approach had obvious problems: the students would become bored in class lectures and tune out. Then, at home, they would get stuck and become frustrated, resulting in incomplete homework.

Recently she tried a flipped classroom instead. Here, she assigned students a different kind of homework; not problems to solve, but concepts and ideas to understand. This way, her students were in control of their learning. They could read materials, watch videos and participate in online discussions on their own time and choice of devices.

To help, Juanita learned how to record videos and lectures that students could watch at home. Then, the next day in the classroom, time was used for solving real problems. Juanita could be there when the students needed her help.

They could apply what they learned at home to problems and group activities in the classroom.

Using the flipped classroom, Juanita’s students were more engaged in class and less frustrated because she was there to be a guide.

She knows the flipped classroom is not perfect. Not every student has devices and connections they need for learning at home. For others, distractions at home may make self-directed learning difficult.

But overall, Juanita’s experience has been like many other teachers:the flipped classroom can offer a different approach that serves to optimize the time she has with students.

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Question 4

What is Project Management Basics?

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This video follows the story of a team who works together to build a prototype for an upcoming meeting at work. Thanks to a project manager, they are able to align their work efficiently and complete the project with limited time, budget and resources. It teaches:

Why project management matters in getting things done
How project managers help plan and align the team’s work
Why project scope (time, budget and resources) matters
How project managers work with stakeholders
How the basics of project management can be applied to other types of projects.

Video Transcript:

Let’s imagine a perfect scenario for completing a complex project. Here, specialists form a team that covers all the skills needed for the project. The team members communicate and collaborate.

Each skill fits into the project perfectly and the project is finished on time and with great results. This is the dream, but not often the reality.

Many projects end up in chaos because it’s difficult for the specialists to focus to on their specialty and manage things like budgets and timelines for the whole project.

Solving this problem means having another kind of specialist involved who keeps everything aligned and working together smoothly. That’s the role of a project manager.

Here’s an example…

This prototype is the project’s deliverable - the end result of the team’s efforts. This project, like most, has specific limitations: Time - it must completed by a specific date. Budget - it can only cost up to a certain amount. Resources - it can only use specific people and tools.

These limitations are called the scope of the project and are part of what define it. The project manager’s job is to keep every part of the project aligned and working within those limitations.

And there’s more. Success depends on the project team, but also the perspectives of others - the stakeholders in an upcoming meeting. These are company executives and potential customers, who may not work on the project, but have a stake in the results.

Part of the project manager’s job is to communicate with stakeholders, understand their needs and set expectations for the deliverable. Now, let’s sum this up...

This project requires a team to work together and deliver a prototype to a group of stakeholders. To do it, the team will have a limited scope of time, money and resources.

The project manager, who may not work on the prototype directly, must see everything from a high level and constantly work to keep all the parts moving within the scope of the project.

When projects like this are well-managed, they can be efficient and allow team members to focus on what they do best.

Today, project managers are often highly trained professionals who can manage large-scale projects or multiple projects at once.

But the idea of project management can be applied to getting almost any set of tasks accomplished.

Whether you’re working on a class project, a new product at work or planning a family reunion, think like a project manager and you can get great results and keep chaos at bay.

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Question 5

How do you set up a home page using your custom domain with systeme.io?

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How to set a custom domain as a home page in systeme.io (step-by-step)

This tutorial will show you how.

Here's the problem:

When you connect a domain name, like https://www.websitediycourse.com/, there is no automatic home page for you to edit.

You need that domain name to be a home page, a page on your website.

When you first connect your domain name, and you type that domain name, you end up with an error page (as shown in this tutorial).

You need to SET A HOME PAGE when you're creating your first funnel.

Once you set the home page (as shown in the tutorial) you'll have a little picture of a house on the custom domains page.

Note that the login page is also in the custom domain section of the website too.

All is explained in this systeme.io tutorial.

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Systeme.io has email marketing features including up to 5000 contacts on their lowest plan of $27/month

Systeme.io has funnels, including landing page, sales page, order pages, upsells, downsells, etc.

Systeme.io has membership sites / courses (basically the same thing in systeme.io)

systeme.io has the functionality to create blogs.

systeme.io has a deadline funnel feature (huge plus!) which I've not seen any other funnel software having that in-built.

systeme.io has an evergreen webinar features.

Systeme.io lets you sell your products and services online using all the above features.

What is missing/lacking from systeme.io? at the time of uploading this video, there is no live feature (you still need Zoom), there is no calendar (you still need Keap or Calendly), there is no community feature (you still need Facebook group, Circle or Mighty Networks), systeme.io does not have a live webinar feature you'll still need StreamYard or Zoom or EverWebinar.

But besides these, systeme.io literally has everything you need to start and grow and online business.

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Question 6

What  is Privacy Online?

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This video helps students understand the reality of using the Internet today in terms of privacy. It explains how our actions online are tracked and used. It teaches:

Why privacy online is different than it is in the real world
How nearly everything we do online is documented and analyzed by companies
Why our data is important to the success of online companies
How our data enables websites to be free
What we can do to understand how our data is being used and make choices to protect it.

Video Transcript:

In the real world, privacy feels like a choice. We can close our blinds. We can choose to keep quiet or stay inside. And even when we’re in public buying groceries or talking with a friend, privacy feels like the default. No one’s analyzing our every move.

It might also feel private when we go online and use websites and apps to have discussions, to share photos, and schedule appointments.

You might ask: Does anyone really care about my location, my purchases or what photos I liked on the Web?

The answer is likely “yes”. Many of the websites we use everyday depend on knowing as much as they can about us. The more they know about our actions, preferences, connections and data, the more their service can be tailored to serving our needs - and that is part of what keeps us coming back.

But our information is also valuable for their business. If a company knows the connections and preferences of millions of their users, they can use it to improve their advertising or may even sell this information to other companies.

This, and money from targeted advertising are big reasons many social networking sites are free to use.

So, unlike the real world, privacy is not the default online because websites depend on tracking and remembering information about us.

And this is not necessarily bad. In most cases, we are just one of many millions of users and our data is used as a group and not individually.

But the fact remains that nearly everything we do online is documented somewhere, which brings up important questions like - Who has access to my information? Do I have any choice? Can I see the information a company has about me and how it's being used?

To be more informed about online privacy, here’s what each one of us can do:

Second, every major website has a policy that states how our information is being used and what choices we have. Read them.

Third, find out if those websites have privacy settings that we can manage.

Fourth, learn about settings on our computers, web browsers and devices that can increase our privacy.

Part of being happy and productive online often means sharing some personal information. Before you share too much, take the time to understand your options and how your information can be used in the future.

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Question 7

What is Harassment Online?

Accepted Answer

This video follows the story of a person being harassed online. The trouble starts with mild language in a discussion forum and then escalates to more serious behavior over time. It teaches:

How to recognize online harassment
Common tactics of harassers
What to do if you’re being harassed
Why it’s important to save messages from harassers
Whom to contact

Video Transcript:

Long before the internet, or even the telephone, some individuals harassed others. This could mean making threats, spreading rumors, physical intimidation or other tactics that cause fear, humiliation and distress. Harassment is never okay and today it’s taking on new forms thanks to the Internet. To understand how online harassment works, let’s look at an example.

Imagine that you are a member of an online discussion group. Every day or two, you log in and respond to questions and comments. You enjoy the interactions and have become used to debates and being challenged. It goes with the territory.

But recently, something changed. One of the members is singling you out and using language that isn’t as friendly as usual. You can’t seem to post anything without them responding to disagree or maybe even call you names. You’re concerned and wish they would stop, but you’re not sure it’s a problem.

Then, it gets worse. The person starts to spread rumors about you in the group discussions. They even make up quotes that you never wrote. In one instance, the person edits and shares a photo of you to look embarrassing. You’re not sure why they’re doing it, or how to stop them.

Over time, the situation escalates. The person starts to send you personal messages outside of the group discussions. These messages are sometimes vulgar and contain threats of violence. Your concern grows and you save the messages for future reference. This person has crossed a line.

Then, it escalates again. The person writes blog posts outside of the group discussions that are inflammatory and untrue. Some of the posts contain contact information and even home addresses. They also use stereotypes regarding race or gender to impact your reputation and even contact your employer to share lies about you. When you try to contact them, they ignore you, or respond with more threats. You feel terrorized and start to fear for your safety.

This is a classic case of online harassment and it’s not normal or okay. In fact, it can cause long lasting problems like depression, anxiety, loss of employment and more. At heart, online harassment is repeated behavior, focused on a specific person, with the goal of causing them fear of bodily harm or emotional distress.

Awareness and being able to recognize harassment is important and in many cases it may be against the law. If you are being harassed, remember that stopping it may be a team effort. Save all messages from the harasser and consider speaking with a lawyer or law enforcement. Look into the rules of the online space and talk to the moderators about your experience. If you are a minor, be sure to tell an adult.

By collecting evidence, working as a team, being aware of your rights and contacting the appropriate people, you may be able to prevent future problems.

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Question 8

What is an Open Source Software?

Accepted Answer

What it teaches:

This video follows the story of a software developer who created a new tool and is trying to figure out how the tool will be shared and supported in the future. It teaches:

Why open source makes sense for some types of software
How open source differs from closed source, or proprietary software
What motivates people to work on open source projects
How businesses work with open source software

Video Transcript:

Let’s say you’re a programmer and you’ve created what you think is an amazing tool for other programmers. It took you untold hours to develop the recipe for making it work and now you’re thinking about the future.

How will the tool reach people? How will it be supported and improved over time? What are your goals?

One popular option means keeping the recipe private, making a commercial product and competing with other tool makers. Here, you stay in control of the tool and have the potential of building a business around it.

When a tool like software is under the control of a single company or individual and the source code is private, it’s called closed source or proprietary software.

In most cases, the company puts restrictions on the tool’s use, keeps the source code secret and may maintain and support the software over time.

And this can work very well. But it also comes with risk. If you’re not able to make a profit, it may be difficult to support and maintain your product.

There is a fundamentally different way to think about the future of your tool. It’s called open source. Here, instead of controlling the source code, you license it in way that encourages sharing.

For example, an open source license may state that anyone can copy, modify and use the recipe as long as their contributions are also freely shared.

A big idea behind open source is that the best tools come from the free flow of feedback, ideas and modifications. By choosing to share the recipe as open source, your work becomes a starting point for anyone to access and improve it over time.

While open source projects vary, larger open source projects are often managed by volunteers around the world who are motivated by learning, experimentation and a sense of community.

While the source code can be free, some companies build businesses by customizing, supporting and maintaining the tool for others.

And it works. The Wordpress blogging platform, the Mozilla Firefox browser and Apache, the world’s most widely used web server software, are all open source projects.

The future of your new tool is up to you and there is no right or wrong direction. If you’re ready to accept the risk and work to build and maintain your proprietary tool, you could keep control of the source code and even build a business from your efforts.

But if you’re more motivated to see your tool improve in the hands of many people over time, open source could be the best option for you.

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Question 9

What is Online Photo Sharing 2?

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Today, we’re taking and sharing more photos than ever before. In the moment, it’s easy to forget that sharing photos can represent both fun and risk. By understanding the basics of photo sharing and how to share responsibly, we can reduce the risk and focus on the fun. This video teaches:

Why photo sharing is more popular than ever
How people often interact with online photos
What kinds of data and information are included when sharing online photos
How online photos create a digital footprint that can become a risk in the future
What you can do to reduce the risks

Video Transcript:

These days, it’s no wonder that digital photos seem to appear everywhere.

Cameras on smartphones and other devices mean it’s inexpensive, easy and fun to snap digital photos wherever you are. But what happens after the photos are taken? How you share your photos is important.

Let’s say you take a photo with a group of friends and share it on social media so your friends will see it. They learn about your life, leave comments and “like” your photo. You love to see those likes!

In some cases, you may be able to identify or “tag” your friends in the photo. You may also be able to add the location where the photo was taken. The photo itself may even have information about your phone and other data you never see.

This means your photo is much more than a pretty picture. It’s a digital marker of where you were, when you were there, whom you were with and more.

As you take and share photos online, you leave a digital trail that can become a permanent part of your online identity. The problem is that it’s difficult to know how your photos and online identity will be used in the future.

An old photo you shared could come up in a job interview. Or when applying for admission to a university. It could be used without your permission in advertising or for other purposes that reflect poorly on you. Photos shared publicly today can potentially become problems tomorrow.

The reality is that photo sharing is fun and safe for the most part. But awareness is key. Before sharing photos on apps and websites, consider the risks. You can always choose to make your account or individual photos private so only friends can access your photos.

If you’re not sure, consider sending photos in texts or private messages. Also, learn about settings on your phone and favorite apps. You can usually turn off features that add location information to photos.

And remember, when you take photos of friends, you have a responsibility to make sure the photo is shared with care. It never hurts to ask if it’s OK to share photos of them publicly.

It’s easy to forget about the risks of sharing photos. By sharing with respect and responsibility, there’s no end to the connections you could make, the fun you could have, and the likes you could earn.

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