1 00:00:00,006 --> 00:00:05,642 [MUSIC]. 2 00:00:05,642 --> 00:00:08,770 Congratulations. You've joined TechniCity. 3 00:00:08,770 --> 00:00:12,298 You've made it into the site, and now you may be wondering, how do I make my way 4 00:00:12,298 --> 00:00:15,529 around? Well, fortunately, you've already found 5 00:00:15,529 --> 00:00:19,800 your way to the course preview page. You've followed those instructions. 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,765 Each week, we're going to be taking you through a walk-through that will show you 7 00:00:23,765 --> 00:00:27,974 how to navigate through the week and what you need to achieve, for example watching 8 00:00:27,974 --> 00:00:33,384 this short walk-through video. And then we're asking you to read some 9 00:00:33,384 --> 00:00:36,948 things, we're asking you to engage in some discussion; so each week, we'll give 10 00:00:36,948 --> 00:00:41,500 you this list of activities for you to engage in. 11 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:45,205 Additionally, we've provided this navigation screen on your left with these 12 00:00:45,205 --> 00:00:48,950 tabs that allow you to walk through each item. 13 00:00:48,950 --> 00:00:53,277 For example, video lectures. What you'll see is a list of videos for 14 00:00:53,277 --> 00:00:56,340 each week. Two things I want to point out. 15 00:00:56,340 --> 00:01:00,561 Just click on this particular video, for example, this one shows us our video for 16 00:01:00,561 --> 00:01:04,336 the week. And what we're able to do is we can 17 00:01:04,336 --> 00:01:09,510 choose how fast we want this to go. So for example, if I want to watch this 18 00:01:09,510 --> 00:01:16,940 at regular speed, I can press play. Or I can choose to speed it up if I want 19 00:01:16,940 --> 00:01:23,425 to listen faster. >> You can learn more about it on the 20 00:01:23,425 --> 00:01:28,670 About Us page on the Coursera website. >> Now, in the early emails that you 21 00:01:28,670 --> 00:01:31,458 received from us, we asked you to complete. 22 00:01:31,458 --> 00:01:34,422 >> Now, if you feel like that's too fast and you want to slow down, you can 23 00:01:34,422 --> 00:01:37,646 choose to slow the speed, and you can choose at whatever rate of speech that 24 00:01:37,646 --> 00:01:44,311 you feel most comfortable with. Another thing that I want to know is that 25 00:01:44,311 --> 00:01:48,073 you can include closed captioning, so when I turn on the closed captioning key, 26 00:01:48,073 --> 00:01:51,721 then I can press for English, and what will happen is it will pull up subtitles 27 00:01:51,721 --> 00:01:57,568 that will appear on each video. This is for your convenience, to help you 28 00:01:57,568 --> 00:02:01,380 better understand what's going on in the video. 29 00:02:01,380 --> 00:02:05,333 In addition to the content in the video, we have supplemental materials that are 30 00:02:05,333 --> 00:02:08,516 available. Adjacent to each of these videos, you 31 00:02:08,516 --> 00:02:12,981 will see that there are icons shown here. This particular icon, for example, is 32 00:02:12,981 --> 00:02:18,070 showing us that there are subtitles. In most video weeks what you will see is 33 00:02:18,070 --> 00:02:21,850 a series of icons showing you supplemental materials. 34 00:02:21,850 --> 00:02:24,690 For example, additional readings or videos. 35 00:02:24,690 --> 00:02:27,175 And we encourage you to look at those so you can learn more. 36 00:02:27,175 --> 00:02:30,560 Additionally, you'll see a download button. 37 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:34,178 This allows you to download the video and save it on your computer for viewing at a 38 00:02:34,178 --> 00:02:38,738 later date. We have a direct link to Mind Mixer, our 39 00:02:38,738 --> 00:02:42,310 engagement platform. I'll be providing you instructions in a 40 00:02:42,310 --> 00:02:46,240 Mind Mixer video later. We have a Virtual Salon link, this link 41 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,270 will take you to where we have organized our Google Hangouts and in-person 42 00:02:50,270 --> 00:02:54,421 meetings. Our live Tweet events, and also a 43 00:02:54,421 --> 00:02:58,390 connection to LinkedIn, so you can learn more about how you can engage in our 44 00:02:58,390 --> 00:03:02,611 series of virtual salons, which we're hosting in order to allow our instructors 45 00:03:02,611 --> 00:03:08,190 to engage with you each week. And this is going to be a fun place to 46 00:03:08,190 --> 00:03:11,265 engage in reasoned debate and polite conversation. 47 00:03:11,265 --> 00:03:16,434 We've also posted discussion forums. These are really for technical 48 00:03:16,434 --> 00:03:20,594 discussions, so for example if you're having a video playback problem, or you 49 00:03:20,594 --> 00:03:25,110 have a question about what's going on in the class. 50 00:03:25,110 --> 00:03:28,629 For example if you didn't understand one of the concepts that was presented in a 51 00:03:28,629 --> 00:03:32,250 lecture, or if you're have some questions about an assignment this is the place to 52 00:03:32,250 --> 00:03:35,710 go. So that in terms of engaging with others 53 00:03:35,710 --> 00:03:39,430 in the class, that's what we're using MindMixer for. 54 00:03:39,430 --> 00:03:42,454 We have a link to the syllabus where you can learn more, and we also have a link 55 00:03:42,454 --> 00:03:45,764 to the glossary. This is a list of terms that we're 56 00:03:45,764 --> 00:03:50,850 going to be using in the course. And you can feel free to look at these. 57 00:03:50,850 --> 00:03:54,334 In the discussion forums you can also post requests for additional definitions 58 00:03:54,334 --> 00:03:59,692 to be added to the glossary. We have a large teaching team that's with 59 00:03:59,692 --> 00:04:04,090 you, you can feel free to learn more about us at the About Us link. 60 00:04:04,090 --> 00:04:07,324 Now, as we get deeper into the course, then you'll see additional tabs that will 61 00:04:07,324 --> 00:04:12,125 appear on the navigation menu. For example, you'll see assignments, and 62 00:04:12,125 --> 00:04:16,900 peer evaluations, and other materials that will pop up, just stay tuned. 63 00:04:16,900 --> 00:04:16,900 [MUSIC].