Online Etiquette Nettiquette

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Online EtiquetteNettiquette

• What you should and should not do on the Internet

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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

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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

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Sign your name and tell where you are from.

• Some email addresses do not say who it is from
  Mountaineer89_at_hotmail.com

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Always restate the question that you are
answering.
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Always acknowledge that you have received
important mail.
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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.

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Don't send personal messages to public areas.

• Forums
• ListServs
• Blogs
• Wikis

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Sending Attached files

• When sending a file, give as much information as
  possible
• Type of file (Microsoft Word)
• Contents (Conference evaluation form)

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Private email is informal, so tolerate errors.
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Public messages are "showcases".

• ListServ, Forum, Blog and Wiki messages should be
  proofread and edited.

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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

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Protect others' privacy.

• Mail sent to you was meant for you, do not
  forward on to others or groups

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Don't be vulgar or offensive.

• In many cases, this could come under harrasssment

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Dont send sensitive material electronically

• Dont send anything you would not want to appear
  on the cover of your hometown newspaper or 1100
  oclock news

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You can not control when mail is read

• Murphys law
• Mail will be read at the most inopportune time.

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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.

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Emoticons

• Unofficial Smilie DictionaryGuy Kawasaki

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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.

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Emoticons

• The smiley can also wink -)

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Emoticons

• or frown -(

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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