Transcript Online Etiquette Nettiquette

Online Etiquette
Nettiquette
What you should and should not do
on the Internet
Compose important email
off line.
• For important email, create it in your word
processor and SAVE it so you have an
original.
• Use Copy/Paste or attach to email
Make your "subject" as
descriptive as possible.
• The subject is your title for your mail, it
may be deleted unread if it has a poor
Subject
Sign your name and tell
where you are from.
• Some email addresses do not say who
it is from [email protected]
Always restate the question that
you are answering.
Always acknowledge that you
have received important mail.
Delete your email once you
have read it.
• Mail that is undeleted takes up space on the
server.
• Some servers also save Sent Mail-it should
be deleted too.
Don't send personal
messages to public areas.
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Forums
ListServs
Blogs
Wikis
Sending Attached files
• When sending a file, give as much
information as possible:
– Type of file (Microsoft Word)
– Contents (Conference evaluation form)
Private email is informal, so
tolerate errors.
Public messages are
"showcases".
• ListServ, Forum, Blog and Wiki
messages should be proofread and
edited.
Don't publicly criticize (or
"flame") others.
• If you have a problem with someone,
handle it one-on -one, not in front of
a group
Protect others' privacy.
• Mail sent to you was meant for you,
do not forward on to others or
groups
Don't be vulgar or offensive.
• In many cases, this could come under
harrasssment
Don’t send sensitive material
electronically
• Don’t send anything you would not want to
appear on the cover of your hometown
newspaper or 11:00 o’clock news
You can not control when mail is
read
• Murphy’s law
• Mail will be read at the most inopportune
time.
Electronic text is devoid of
any context clues
• Be careful when try to convey shades of
irony, sarcasm, or harmless humor, it
may not be read that way.
Emoticons
• Unofficial Smilie Dictionary
Guy Kawasaki
Emoticons
• The basic unit is:
:-)
• the "smiley", a standard smiling face. In
context, this can mean "I'm happy to
hear from you", or other pleasantries.
Emoticons
• The smiley can also wink:
;-)
Emoticons
• or frown:
:-(
Facebook and other social
networking sites for students
• Recommendations from Mendi Benigni
based on Ivester, M. lol.omg what every
student needs to know about online
reputation management, digital citizenship
and cyber bullying. Reno, NV: Serra Knight
Publishing, 2011. 160. Print.
http://goo.gl/1N29v