Summer 2021 — UC Irvine — Information & Computer Science — ICS 139W — David G. Kay

Personal Introduction

Each of you has been placed in a discussion group in Canvas. Introduce yourself to your group members by using Zoom. If you don't already have a Zoom account, you can sign up for free at Zoom.us. If you haven't used Zoom to make recordings, a background video is available.

The goals of this assignment are (a) to let you get familiar with Zoom as a tool you will use again later in the term, (b) to let you get comfortable with recording yourself on video, and (c) to let your group-mates know something about you. Some ideas of what to say are listed later on this page.

Here are some detailed requirements:

• Your finished video should be between 45 seconds and one minute long.
• It must include one or two images or photos that illustrate something you want your group members to know about you. The images may be personal or stock images. You can show the images using the Screen Sharing feature or within a PowerPoint-style presentation.
• Your video should start with yourself on full screen, then switch to sharing your screen to show your images. Conclude with yourself on full screen again.
• Upload your mp4 file from Zoom directly to the discussion board

As shown on the Master Schedule, there is a deadline for uploading your video. It's important to meet that deadline because the second phase of this assignment is for you to view the videos of each of your group-mates and post a message back to each person. [That's a written message, not another video; don't worry.] Each of your messages should refer in some way to aspects of that person's video. You won't get credit if you post something content-free (like "Hey, good to meet you. Zot zot zot!").

The Master Schedule also shows the due date for completing all your comments.

After introducing yourself by name, here are some topics you might want to address in your video:

• Why did you choose UCI, your school, your major?
• Have you read an interesting book lately?
• Where did you grow up? Where's home now?
• What are your non-academic interests or activities?
• What do you like most, or least, about writing?
• What's your favorite food?
• How are you feeling about returning to in-person classes in the fall?

[This assignment was originally written by Shannon Alfaro and modified in 2020 by David G. Kay.]