DigiSites

DigiSites is an activity for ALL TRIO students to introduce them to the challenges of conducting and expressing solid academic research on the web. Login to create or submit DigiSites entry »

Deadline
August 10, 2012, 8PM PDT
Allowed number of students per entry
Individual Team (up to 6 students)

Qualities and Requirements

For complete guidelines please download the TRIO Quest Rules, DigiSites Rules, Rubric, and Winning Tips.

A coach or one registered student per team must complete an online form AND provide a URL to submit a site by the deadline
All submitted websites must include evidence of Project Management as indicated by the Rubric
The site must be an appropriate educational site and must not contain objectionable material for viewing by students in any TRIO Program. Programs must monitor the selection of topics and review written content and media to assure that the diverse values and cultures represented in TRIO are respected
The site must clearly indicate the educational objectives or purpose of the site and indicate the intended audience
NEW: For students under 18, a parental permission form must be kept by the program which states that a student's last name can be listed on the entry and the submission form IF last names are used in the entry.
The site storage limit is 100 Mb/site
Web pages posted on Google Sites may not contain any commercial content that promotes the sale of a product or service. Commercial content includes but is not limited to logos, brand names, slogans, text, images, videos, or any type of multimedia file(s). For materials used as supplemental links within a Google Sites' entry, it is the program's responsibility to assure the appropriateness of any commercial content of this supplemental material
Websites may not contain any social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) that is inappropriate in content and/or language and must not contain objectionable materials. Programs must monitor and edit all social media and take responsibility for the content presented on a TRIO Site entry
Teams are encouraged to test their Websites on a variety of machines and browsers

Intellectual Honesty

Each source must be quoted and/or parenthetically cited on the page in which it appears AND linked to a full citation on a reference page
Original material is rewarded. All text, lyrics, photographs, graphics, sound, music, animations, or video taken from another source must be cited and applied to Fair Use Best Practices (see DigiSites Rules)

Registration

Head Coach Registers
If you have registered last year, you don't need to to this again.

Head Coach gets Program Code
Head coach registers Program and lists other possible coaches and receives a 2012 TRIO Quest Program Code.

Student Registers
Optional if the coach is submitting student entries. If student registered before January 30, 2012 he/she will need to register again.

Request

Entry Accounts requests
Using a valid TRIO Quest program code, coaches may request multiple accounts while registered students can only request one account for each activity. It may take up to 3 business days to fulfill requests.

Create

Create & work on DigiSites Entry
Once an entry account request has been granted, students will be able to login and start creating their entries.

Remember also to take advantage of our Resources and our Support features for when you need help.

Submit

Submit a DigiSites Entry
Login and complete a submission form for each entry in all activities by the deadline. Either the coach or the students can submit entries.