Lesson 13

ICT Project Publication and Statistics

Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:

1. Upload the necessary files for their website;
2. determine the key factors that would make their website a success; and
3. Monitor the website’s traffic and use it to their advantage

Lesson Motivation

Which among your site’s content will become the most popular?
After your campaign from the previous lesson’s Take the Challenge, gather your group
members, and ask yourselves the best campaign materials to use. Take a look at the other
group’s campaign materials and see if they are also effective. Are these campaign materials
really that useful? If so, how does it affect your websites?

Lesson Discussion

Have you ever wondered why websites publish new content at a certain time or date? In
the business world, companies would use site statistics to check how popular their websites are
and at which day and time they get the most traffic. This way their new content could reach
more people.

Monitoring Site Statistics on Different Platforms

There are plenty of ways to check the statistics of your websites. Most of them are free for your
to use; however, some require a premium account.

1. Wordpress
Once you log in to your Wordpress account, you will be on the Reader tab by default.
Simply click on My Sites and from there you will see the statistics for your blog.
2. Facebook
When you click on any Facebook page that you manage, you will see the Insights tab
located at the top of your page. Clicking on it will give you in-depth statistics about your
Facebook page.

The Insights Tab contains the following menus:

a. Overview - contains the summary of statistics about your page;
 Click on the information icon to know more about a given statistic;
b. Promotions - contains paid advertisements you have made for your Facebook
page;
c. Followers - contains statistical data of your followers;
d. Likes - contain statistics about the trend of page likes;
This gives you an idea of when your page received the most likes. This may
coincide with an interesting post or an active week for your page.

Note: Followers contain the statistics of your current volume of followers, while
likes contain the number of people who have liked your page including followers
who disliked your page.

e. Reach - contains information about the number of people who were reached by
your individual posts;

This page includes statistics that you may not be familiar with. Here is the
definitions of the statistics found on this page:
● Reach: Organic - your posts seen through the page’s wall, shares by
users, and the news feed;
● Reach: Paid - your posts seen through paid advertisements on Facebook.
● Post Clicks - the number of clicks done to your posts;
● Likes, Comments, and Shares - actual interaction done by your audience
either through liking the post, commenting on it, or sharing it on their
walls.
f. Page Views - includes statistical data about your page visitors like total number
of views and views by age or gender, country, city, and more;
g. Page Previews - shows statistical data on how many times your Page preview
has been seen;
h. Actions on Page - actions done on your page by visitors. This may involve
clicking on certain functions that you put on your page like buttons.
i. Posts - contains data showing when (day and time) your site visitors visit your
site;
j. Events - Includes statistical data that involves the events you have created on
your page. If no event is created, no data will be displayed here.
k. Videos - statistical data that involves the videos you have added to your page. If
no video is added, no data will be displayed here.
l. People - contains statistics about your audience’s demographics (age, location,
gender, language, and country). It also includes demographics about the people
you have reached and engaged with.

Demographics refers to the statistics characterizing human populations usually

divided by age, gender, income, location, and language.
m. Messages - involves statistical data of your conversations with your audience. If
no conversations were made, no data will be shown.
n. Orders - shows the number of orders that the page received during a period.
 Lesson 14
ICT Project Maintenance

Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:

1. Evaluate the effectiveness of their online campaign through user feedback;
2. improve the online campaign using various tools; and
3. Check the impact of their online campaign.

Lesson Motivation

So you have gathered feedback through surveys in our previous lesson. But this is the
age of the internet. There has to be a way to get users’ feedback through the Internet!
Find a partner. Assign a drawer while the other becomes the arbiter. Place a blindfold on
the person who will draw. Your teacher shall give the two of you the task to draw an object. The
drawer shall start drawing with his or her blindfold on; the arbiter’s job is to assist the drawer in
drawing the object through verbal commands. However, the arbiter cannot touch the drawing
and the drawer (or the object being used to draw) while the drawer cannot speak. Your teacher
will set a time limit for this. Afterward, compare your artwork with your classmates.

Lesson Discussion

In the previous activity, did you find drawings that look really good? Or were they not that
good? When you create content and you find it highly successful without anyone giving you
feedback is a game of chance. In the corporate world, time and money are wasted when your
leave things by chance. The same goes with webpage creation - feedback is very important.

Creating Online Surveys/Feedback Forms

The internet will give you plenty of options in gathering your audience’s feedback. The
only difference that you and your group may notice is how these services are presented. Some
of them, because they are free to use, may have too many ads or some features are lacking. In
any case, it is your group’s choice which of these services is not cumbersome to reach your
objective.

Creating Feedback Forms Using Google Forms

 Google offers one of the easiest ways to gather user feedback. Google Forms allow your
audience to answer a set of questions you have set. These can be used for surveys, feedback,
online registrations, and customer care support.

1. Open your browser and go to https:/drive.google.com.

2. Sign in your Gmail account or click “More options” then create an account if in case you
do not have one yet.

● Once logged in, on the left-hand side of your My Drive page, click New > More
> Google Forms.

3. You will be taken to Google Forms Interface:

Familiarize yourself with the sidebar menu

Tip: Add section means you are moving the nest part of the form to another page. This
is useful if you have a long survey and want it to be more organized.

4. You may now fill out the form with questions:

a. Questions Title - includes the question that will be answered by your audience
b. Question Type - changes the type of question according to your preference.
These options include:
I. Short Answer - a question that can be answered in a short text;
II. Paragraph - a questions that can be answered in a long text;
III. Multiple Choice - a question that can be answered by only one answer in
a set of options;
IV. Checkboxes - a question that can be answered with multiple answers in a
set of options;
V. Dropdown - similar to a multiple-choice question but the options are
revealed in a drop-down list;
VI. File upload - allows the person answering the form to upload a file;
VII. Linear Scale - a question that can be answered with a numerical range
(e.g., 1-5, 1-10);
VIII. Multiple Choice Grid - a question that contains sub-questions with similar
options;
IX. Checkbox Grid - similar to multiple choice grid but the answer can be
more than one;
X. Date - a question that can be answered with a specific date; and
XI. Time - a question that can be answered with a specific time.

5. Once you are done editing the question, you may click another item. Google Forms will
automatically save your form as long as you have internet connection.

6. To add a new question or item, click on the Add Question button on the sidebar.
7. Click the Send button on the upper right corner. The Send Form dialog box will appear. Edit
these options as you see fit.

a. Collect email addresses - requires the person who answered the form to input their own
email addresses so you can easily contact them.
b. Send via:
1. Email - send form via email. Simply input the email address, subject, message
and specify if you want to include the form in the email.
2. Link - contains the URL of the form that you can share on your website or via
private message;
Shorten URL option - generates a shorter link necessary for limited spaces like
sharing on Twitter;
3. Embed HTML - contains an embedded code that you can attach to you html file.
c. Social media buttons - allows you to share the link to Google, Facebook, and Twitter.
d. All collaborators - allows others to edit your form, necessary when working in groups.

8. You are now ready to send your form to your respondents.

Other options in Google Forms

Found in the upper right corner of the Google Forms interface are even more options:

1. Customize Theme - changes the header, font style, and theme and background
color of the form.
2. Preview - shows you how the form will look like to someone who will answer it;
3. Settings - additional settings for your form which include the following tabs;
i. General - options involving the person who will answer the survey;
ii. Presentation - options involving how the form will look;
iii. Quizzes - make this form a quiz.
4. Send - send form via email, link or embedded code;
5. More options - involves options that allow you to manipulate the form and include
add-ons; and
6. Google Account Settings - allows you to add a Google account, switch to another
account, or log off.

Tip: You may also visit forms.google.com to view all the forms you have created or create
new ones.

Analyzing Your Google Forms Result

1. The easiest way to view the result is viewing a summary of the responses. Click on the
Responces tab.
 2. You will be taken to the page that contains the summary of responses. This is a
particularly useful for viewing your results from time to time.

After a set amount of time, you may want to use this data in a spreadsheet and
eventually create your own charts.

3. To use the data collected through responses, click Create Spreadsheet button found on
the upper part of the responses tab.
4. Google Sheets will automatically open showing you a spreadsheet of the results.
5. From here you have two options:
a. Save this file locally on your hard drive by exporting it to Microsoft Excel. To do
this click on File > Download as > Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet.
b. Continue working online using Google Sheets and use the built-in features like
creating a chart of your data (found in Insert > Chart).
6. You may now create chart for your numerical data in either Google Sheets or Microsoft
Excel. Note that you must be online to use Google Sheets.

Tip: google Sheets are automatically saved when the Internet connection is constant.
 Lesson 14
ICT Project Maintenance

Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:

1. understand the several problems ICT has created in their generation; and
2. Write a reflective essay on how ICT can change the world for better or for worse.

Lesson Motivation

In various aspects, ICT and technology as a whole brought us comfort and convenience
in life. We, as Filipinos, have been known to be avid users of technology. Some even made a
name as an Internet sensations. However, aside from those successes are the downfalls of
users.
Be honest with yourself and share in class the “bad things” or any unwarranted acts (like
privacy) you have done using ICT. Ask yourself why you did them and why your classmates did
them.
As homework, write a blog post about this sharing

Lesson Discussion

Walking on a sidewalk does not pose danger as opposed to walking in the middle of the
street. Remove the sidewalk and you are left to dodge approaching vehicles. That is probably
how much of us deal with the Internet. In the Internet, there are no sidewalks; just a huge
superhighway where information freely flows through. If in the real world we have the police or
the military to monitor us, the Internet is unmonitored, making it one of the most abused
technology we use.

Cybercrimes

Cybercrimes are illegal acts done through the use of the Internet. In 2012, Stephen Nale
(Complex.com) posted a list of ten most common Internet cybercrimes as follows:

1. Phishing/Spoofing - the act of sending multiple emails to multiple users in hopes of

having a number of them clicking on the links or malwares attached to the email. Most
email services today have spam or bulk folders that automatically put these suspicious
emails to that folder. However, this is not 100% accurate that some emails are not
filtered and some other emails that are legitimate end up on the spam folder.
 2. Blackmail/Extortion - the act of using the Internet to threaten or damage someone’s
reputation to extort money or anything else of value. This can be avoided if you are
aware of what you should post on the internet. The victims of this act tent to have posted
something “inappropriate” over the Internet even if they put it at a secured location.
3. Accessing Stored Communications/Hacking - the act of obtaining unauthorized
access to data rom a computer network. This is typically done to commercial and
government sites to threaten its owner. In late 2014, a group of hackers hacked Sony’s
website because of the impending release of the controversial film “The Interview.”
4. Sports Betting - the act of wagering on any sports event on he Internet. In some
countries, gambling (including sports betting) is illegal even if you are doing it on the
internet.
5. Non-Delivery of Merchandise - the act of devising a scheme wherein a culprit posts an
item or service for sale on the Internet and once the transactions have been done, does
not really give the item or service.
6. Electronic Harassment - the act of anonymously using the Internet to harass, abuse,
threaten, or annoy other people. This is also an act of cyberbullying, however, because
the culprit is anonymous, it is hard to detect who is bullying you.
7. Chilld Pornography - the act of using the Internet to shiw child pornography. This is
highly punishable by law.
8. Prostitution - the act of using the internet to engage in prostitution;
9. Drug Trafficking - the act of selling illegal substances by using the Internet;
10. Crimila Copyright Infringement - the act of piracy mainly for financial gain. In late
2014, the number one pirate website, ThePirateBay, was raided for the second time due
to years of pirating movies, music, games, books, and other software. These kinds of
websites earn mony through advertising.

The Internet is present and the future of your generation and you will define what impact
it can do to shape our society, whether it is negative or positive. The future is in your hands.

Combatting Cybercrimes

There are several ways the authorities can help solve or prevent cybercrimes. Here are
some of them:

1. Network Security. Before a hacker can get through the unauthorized file he or she is
targeting, the hacker has to get throught several security measures like firewalls, secure
connections, passwords, anti-malwares, and data encryptions. Encryption is the process
of converting raw data into code. However, these methods are not 100% secure and
there will always be a way for a hacker to hack.
2. Investigation. URL tracing and logging are used by websites to track your unique IP
addresses. This can be used by investigators to trace hackers. In piracy, trackers are
used to identify IP addresses currently sharing a pirated file.
3. Penalties. More and more laws are being created and implemented today. Penalties
include both a fine and imprisonment.