P2P on IVLE

Learned something new today - how to set up p2p sharing through the IVLE. Here are the steps:

IVLE
Resource banks

Multimedia bank

Folder status (not shared)

The rest should be straight forward.

I don't know whether our IVLE uploads are scanned for ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY FOR IT RESOURCES infringement. Anyone know about that?

Here's where you can read up on the policy: http://www.nus.edu.sg/comcen/gethelp/faq.html

And here's the section you should be concerned about when you do upload:

4.1 Uses In Violation Of Law

Users shall not engage in any activities relating to the use of the IT Resources that will be in violation of the laws of Singapore, in particular (but not limited to), the Computer Misuse Act (Cap 50A), Copyright Act (Cap 63), Spam Control Act (Cap 311A) and Undesirable Publications Act (Cap 338) as may be amended from time to time. By way of illustration only, some examples of such illegal uses are:

(i) Downloading, distribution, sharing or storing of (a) seditious or other materials that is likely to cause feelings of enmity, hatred, ill-will or hostility between different racial or religious groups; or (b) obscene or pornographic materials or other materials depicting sex, horror, crime, cruelty, violence or the consumption of drugs or other intoxicating substances that is likely to be injurious to the public good.

(ii) Downloading, making copies, distribution or sharing of any copyrighted materials or copyright infringing materials without prior permission from the copyright owner and using or making use of the IT Resources to engage in activities which generally infringe copyright and intellectual property rights.

First post~

In this course of Professional Communication, I will be studying how communication between people can (or can not) be effective. The course starts with studying the basic underlying principles of communication, then goes on to the specialised fields of written, job search and oral communication skills. I find this arrangement very reasonable; I first understand the fundamental principles that make any communication effective, then gradually over the course see how they can be applied to specific fields of communication. In that sense, I can get a feel of applying the fundamentals, and this will help me when I apply them to other fields of communication this course does not cover. For me, this is the most important part of the course I wish to digest and absorb.

The importance of effective communication, to me, is that it allows me to build strong relationships with other people. In effective communication, the message (or idea) one wishes to send is received without distortion, and the recipient knows that. I feel this is important, more than whether the message is damaging to the relationship. This way, there is a sense of transparency, which generates mutual trust. This element of mutual trust is the foundation of any relationship. With this foundation strongly and firmly in place, any cracks in a relationship can be repaired.

My relationships with my siblings are not very good, and I hope to improve and strengthen them by improving my communication skills (even though I have already improved much compared to the past). A barrier I have with communicating with my siblings, is I do not find myself able to bring myself to the same level as my siblings (or the other way round; I do not know), and so find it awkward talking to them casually, especially when there is no common topic of conversation we are both keen on. That there is no common topic of conversation is also why I am not exactly good at initiating casual conversations; I'm a better listener than a speaker most of the time. I only start one when there is a common topic in sight.