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Helper Applications and Plug-ins Assignment

Instructions: Type your name and date in the spaces provided. Next, perform the following operations. Please save and print-out your work. Clearly label your documents.

1. Go to the Augsburg Lindell Library home page:
   
   
   • http://www.augsburg.edu/library/

   Perform a bibliographic search on a topic of interest using CLICnet. Save and print your results.

2. What helper applications or plug-in might be operating on this page? How can you tell? It might be subtle, but think about what you see, e.g., what technology submitted your query (what you typed in when you began this search)? How about the "Print" and "Share" links/buttons in the upper-right part of the page?
   
   One good strategy to figure out what technologies are being used is to view the HTML source of this page. Scan the HTML to see if you can find any clues as to the technologies that are permitting this page to display the items mentioned above.
   

3. Choose one of the following activities: Install or update one of these popular Helper Applications or Plug-ins:


• Either install or update Apple's QuickTime on your computer. Click here to go to the web page to start the process. or...
• Install or update Adobe's Flash on your computer. Click here to go to the web page to start the process.
  
  (Important note: if you don't own your own computer, please arrange to work with the instructor during office hours to finish this assignment)
  
  
4. What does the technology you installed or updated do? How does it extend the abilities of your computer? Which is it--a helper application or plug-in, or both? How do you know?