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[[Dive into Mozilla]] > [[Dive into Mozilla Day 1]] > IRC Lab

== Overview ==

This lab is designed to give you first-hand experience using IRC to work on a collaborative project.  You will work as a group in competition with other groups in order to write a document that describes:

* What is a Firefox Extension?
* What is a Firefox Theme?
* How to get and install Firefox add-ons.
* List and describe as many extensions/themes as you can

Each group will present their document at the end of the lab.  The winner will be chosen based on quality of information, quantity of information, and quality of the final document.

== Instructions ==

# Use the '''#seneca''' channel for general questions only
# We will break into smaller groups and use '''#seneca1''', '''#seneca2''', ... '''senecaN''' for group work.  Form a group of '''no more than 5''' using the following steps:
## Join #seneca1 (use '''/join #seneca1''')
## If #seneca1 has fewer than 5 people, you are done.
## If #seneca1 has 5 or more people, leave #seneca1 and join #seneca2
## Repeat step 2 until you find a #senecaN channel that has fewer than 5 people
# You may '''only use IRC to communicate''' with your group members (no in-person communication or physical passing of information)
# You must '''install''' and '''test''' any extensions or themes that you write about.
# You '''cannot copy-paste''' any text from the web.
# Use any method you wish to create your document.  Some ideas are:
#* a Wiki page (you can use this wiki)
#* [http://docs.google.com/ Google Docs]
#* a regular word processor document

== Resources ==

=== IRC Help ===

* [http://irchelp.org IRC Help]
* [http://irc.mozilla.org/ Mozilla IRC information]

=== On-line Collaboration Tools ===

* [http://pastebin.mozilla.org Pastebin] for sharing text
* [http://tinyurl.org TinyURL] for sharing long URLs
* [http://docs.google.com/ Google Docs]
* [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Help:Editing Wiki editing help]

=== Useful Mozilla Links ===

* [http://addons.mozilla.org Firefox Add-ons]
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/16/ ChatZilla IRC Client]