Types & Uses of Online Communities (Edexcel IGCSE ICT): Flashcards
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Define online community.
An online community is a group of people with a shared common interest who communicate online.
What two things does every online community have?
A function, which is what it does for the people who use it, and features, which are what enable it to function.
What is the function of a social networking community?
To allow users to connect through shared interests or relationships.
How were social networking communities traditionally separated?
Into personal and professional communities.
What appears on a user's stream, wall or timeline?
Messages from friends and groups, usually the first thing a user sees when logged in, ordered chronologically.
What happens to the content of a user's status updates?
It is stored by social network providers and can be used for targeted advertising.
What can happen when users share other people's posts?
Sharing opens a post or comment to a wider audience, which can lead to it going viral.
What do tags allow a social networking user to do?
Tags allow content to be categorised, and users can search for tags to find content.
How does a platform decide which users to suggest you connect with?
Users with similar interests or shared personal or professional experiences are suggested.
What is the function of online gaming?
To allow users to play multiplayer games together over the internet or a computer network.
What are experience points and trophies for in online gaming?
They are rewards for in-game achievements that motivate users to continue to play.
Name three other features of an online gaming community.
Links to social media, user profiles that showcase achievements, how-to guides and in-game tutorials, discussion boards or forums, and notifications.
What is the function of an online work space?
To give users a platform to collaborate together for the purposes of work, bringing remote teams and projects together.
Name four features of an online work space.
Cloud storage, commenting directly in documents and tasks, a messaging system, shared calendars, a contacts list, chat rooms, and virtual meeting spaces.
A VLE is an online platform for and training.
A VLE is an online platform for education and training.
What is the function of a virtual learning environment?
To give teachers and students a shared platform to use learning and assessment features.
True or False?
Quizzes in a virtual learning environment must be marked by the teacher.
False.
Quizzes and multiple choice tests in a VLE are self marking and are graded automatically.
Define user-generated reference site.
A user-generated reference site is an information website created and maintained by communities of users, such as wikis and forums.
What is the function of a wiki?
To allow users to contribute to a community website or database, collaborating to build and edit web pages.
Name three features of a wiki.
User accounts, which track edits and who made them; an editor for making changes and adding content; and search tools for finding content quickly.
What is the function of a forum?
To provide users with an online space for structured discussions.
What is the difference between a moderator and an administrator on a forum?
Moderators manage discussions and enforce rules to keep order, while administrators are in control of the entire forum, managing users and introducing new features.
What is the difference between a post and a thread?
A post is a user's message that contributes to a thread, while a thread is a collection of posts about a specific topic.
automatically removes forum content that violates the rules or is inappropriate.
Censoring automatically removes forum content that violates the rules or is inappropriate.
What do reports and flags allow forum users to do?
They allow users to notify moderators about problematic content.
Define user-generated content.
User-generated content is content made by users of sites and services and available online, such as video and photo sharing sites, blogs and vlogs.
What is the function of video and photo sharing sites?
To allow users to access and share content created by each other, creating a sense of community.
What does a content management system provide on a sharing site?
It provides tools for uploading, organising, editing and sharing content.
What do tags do on a video or photo sharing site?
Tags allow users to add keywords that help categorise and discover content.
What is the function of a social bookmarking site?
To give users a platform to categorise and share web documents and URLs.
True or False?
Third party integration on a sharing or bookmarking site keeps content within that one platform.
False.
Third party integration connects with other social media platforms for wider sharing.
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