Open Syllabus Getting Started

What is ds106?

What You Will Need for ds106

 * Your own blog. This can be one you already have (and where you will mark your ds106 content with a category or a tag), or you can use services such as WordPress.com Blogspot TypePad tumblt Posterous - the main thing is a site needs to be able to use tags to mark content, and preferably should have an ability to host comments. Or register your own domain and line up web hosting.
 * Make a gravatar http://gravatar.com Register the same email as you will use for creating your account on ds106
 *  Social Media Accounts Create accounts on http://twitter.com http://flickr.com http://youtube.com (google account) http://soundcloud.com and add your avatar and customize your profiles on each. IN flickr, you should upload at least five photos- this is what they require before your content can be seen as public.
 * Join the ds106 community Look for the signup link at http://ds106.us - you will need to know the URL for your ds106 blog (e.g. the full site if yours is a ds106 site or the URL for the tag/category for your posts within another blog)
 * Other software Not needed right away, but you shoould keep it in mind as we start making media. See the Packing List

Get s Sense of ds106

 * in[SPIRE] Check out some of the best of ds106- a project created by ds106 students where ds106 participants nominate the work of others http://inspire.ds106.us/
 * Tweet! The main channel for the community is via the 3ds106 hash tag in twitter- use it when you talk about ds106
 * Use your tools to track the #ds106 conversations
 * visualization of #ds106 tweets
 * Assignments Bank browse [http:/assignments.ds106.us the collection of assignments] where we will do our work; these have all been contributed by ds106 participants. Each one includes links to examples done for the assignment as well as tutorials meant to help people doing them. Try a random one or one of the more popular ones:
 * Say it Like Peanut Butter (Visual)
 * Splash the Color (visual)
 * One Story Four Icons (design)
 * Alternative Book Covers (design)
 * Sound Effects Story (audio)
 * May I Take Your Order (audio)
 * Resturn to the Silent Era (video)


 * One Archetype, Five Movies, Five Seconds (video)
 * Movie Trailer Mashup (mashup)
 * Remix an album Cover (mashup)