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OCN 750 Class #12: April 3 Creating Your Online Presence Housekeeping & announcements Intro to online presence & platforms (1 st hour) Break Individual work on online profile (2 nd hour) Upcoming assignments & classes

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Housekeeping & announcements Announcements? Reports? Returning mini-reflections today (break) Consider for: online profile, job app, interview prep Business cards (break) Any questions or comments? Barb?

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Assignment Due Today Online profile preparation Join LinkedIn & start browsing profiles In Word document: 2-3 photos Example of 1 online profile you like Bring laptop & CV to class; headphones optional. Upload full profile by 4/17. I will give you some brief feedback before 4/10

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Intro to online presence Exercise 1: Google yourself Discuss in pairs: Balance of professional vs. personal content? (cybersecurity) Surprises? If you were an employer, what would your impression be? Make note of your results before you create new online profiles how (and when) do things change after?

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My Google results (4/1) and today . Last weeks changes not showing up yet Cybersecurity fail

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Intro to online presence Exercise 2: Online Profile Examples Please refer to the following links (submitted by): http://www.linkedin.com/in/fisherrobertscott http://bennettlab.weebly.com/index.html http://www.linkedin.com/in/jenbarrett Pros vs cons? Similar to your personal style? (Kawika) (Ben) (Jessica)

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Why is online presence important? Create professional image Broadcast your info (job searching, networking) Platform for disseminating your papers (if not in open access journals) UH requires pubs to be added to library repository, Scholar Space Submit ms exactly as published, but NOT the publishers pdf Add link to Scholar Space location on your website Other options: academia.edu ResearchGate

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Factors to consider when choosing a profile platform Ease of use vs. annoyance factor Security and privacy Aesthetics Visibility (link to other sites) Ease of maintenance Others? Each platform allows for a range of time investment though some are faster to set up than others.

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Introductions to different platforms 1. LinkedIn (Michele) 2. Google Sites (Michele) 3. hawaii.edu, weebly (Matt) 4. iWeb/Bluehost, personal blog (Christine) Our personal experiences & opinions on a few options: everyones best fit will be different

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LinkedIn How many of you created a LinkedIn profile prior to this course?

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Step 1: upload a photo & choose who can see it LinkedIn

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You can rearrange order of sections (as you might do for your CV) Warning! LinkedIn keeps prompting you for things you might not want to share (although you can adjust privacy settings) Building your profile

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You can delete your activity I did.

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I clicked on some of tabs at top of page (groups, jobs, etc) and somehow my profile strength became advanced

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Note: If you disable your public profile, it may take several weeks for it to be removed from search engine results.

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These are default listings (I didnt choose ANY of them). ?

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LinkedIn: my personal verdict Cons: Potential security/privacy leaks (black box) Constant stream of ads = info overload Very bored by creating profile Not sure I need this Pros: Growing faster than Facebook (= resistance is futile) Probably most helpful for: People in large field with lots of competition for jobs People new to their fields

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Summary of Get Googly for Google Sites! tutorial: http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/Googly/Googly1.html By Suzy Mehlhorn at CTE (suzy.cte@gmail.com) first 15-20 min = good preview; whole thing = very helpful Google Sites

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Step 1: Create a conceptual site map MindMeister (free trial for edu emails) or MindNode (for iPad or Macs)

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Its super easy to start a site through gmail you can delete later!! Top right: Pencil = edit page New page (page with plus inside) = create chapters Example: Announcements template ~ blog More = very important!! Examples: Preview page as viewer Manage site Settings and permissions Move page change scaffold Top left: Insert = youtube videos, calendars, even HTML code Within frame: gear symbol = can change size of image, etc. Step 2: Browse through toolbars

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Lets look at a few examples: mguannel2 (from CTE tutorial) behind the scenes my C-MORE template C-MORE PDTP website Step 2: Browse through toolbars

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Step 3: Choose your site theme More Manage Site Themes Create site without a theme (less distracting) There are general Google themes & also browse more themes but be careful (some templates are very busy & come with lots of stuff youd need to delete)

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Make sure edits dont go live Dont hit save until youre finished (Google Sites autosaves drafts) OR Alter permissions so that page is private with sign-in required If you include a lot of links on your site, you will need to do regular maintenance to fix broken links professional appearance At least weekly basis Ask someone else to click on EVERYTHING & give you edits View your site using different browsers General lessons about website maintenance

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C-MORE Google Sites Jackie: https://sites.google.com/site/cmoremueller/ Sean: https://sites.google.com/site/cmorejungbluth/ Lydia: https://sites.google.com/site/cmorelbaker/ Jessica: https://sites.google.com/site/cmoreayau/home

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Google Sites: my personal verdict Yes, I will use it! Tutorial helped me a LOT (vs. trying to learn on my own) Be consistent with colleagues profiles Would consider using for: Course website Workshops/seminars Personal/family blog Interested in weebly, too but one thing at a time

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Matt: hawaii.edu, weebly

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Christine: iWeb/Bluehost, personal blog

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Create/update your LinkedIn profile Sketch out your own site map (use CV, pics) Browse more online profiles Explore option(s): Google Sites (CTE tutorial, ~70 min in total) weebly others? How did this go? Questions? Suggestions for individual work

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Google Analytics how-to guide (downloaded by Sean) Matts hawaii.edu how-to guide Other resources on class web link

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Upcoming assignments & classes Next week (4/10): Interviewing (by popular demand) Job application due Looking ahead: 4/17 Teaching Philosophy workshop 4/24 & 5/1 your class projects! & course eval