D.I. von Briesen's Dapper Innovative Vicuña Buck

Shared Google Doc Workflow

This page condenses the course introduction document into the required steps, the required content, and the formatting rules that matter for the shared document and its table of contents.

The checklist below matches the machine-checked grading rubric.

Unsure what a formatting rule means? See the annotated example with each part labeled.

Strict Grading Checklist

1. Place your entry alphabetically by last name within the larger document.
2. Use Heading 2 for your student name in this format: Last Name, First Name with an optional middle initial (and a period if including middle initial)
3. Include a horizontal rule before your entry and at least one blank paragraph between that rule and your Heading 2 line.
4. Include a public acknowledgment sentence that states the post is public. On the next line, add your initials and date, preceded by a dash or tilde ( - or ~ ). Italicize that line only.
5. Add a centered display-name line in this form: First M. "Nickname" Last ~ Adjective Animal. Middle initial and nickname are optional.
6. Add a centered photo with a centered italic caption directly below it.
7. Write a left-aligned personal statement with at least 3 complete sentences.
8. Use bullets for the required background labels and bold text before each colon.
9. Under Courses I'm Taking, & Why:, include a nested numbered list formatted like CRS101 - Course Name: reason.
10. Put the favorite quote on one line. Put attribution on the next line, starting with a dash or tilde ( - or ~ ).
11. Leave exactly one blank line before the quote. Never use more than one space or tab in a row, and never start a line with a leading space or tab.
12. After each entry, include at least one blank line and a horizontal rule.

Part 1: Create and Link Your Profile

1. Open the Introductions Google Doc from the course front page.
2. Use the table of contents to find your spot - do not edit it. The list at the top is a navigation aid, not a sign-up sheet. Adding your name to it does not create your entry, and typing into it damages the list for everyone.
3. Read down that list to see where your last name falls alphabetically, then click the name that would come just after yours. That jumps you to the right place in the main body. Build your entry there, immediately above the entry you landed on. (If your name would come last, click the final entry and work below it.)
4. Once your entry exists, the table of contents picks it up on its own - that is why you never type in it.
5. Type your name as Last Name, First Name Middle Initial.
6. Format that name line as Heading 2 and keep it left-aligned.
7. Refresh the table of contents using its refresh button - never by typing - and test that the new link jumps to your entry.
8. Copy the URL of that Heading 2 entry to submit later in the assignment.

Part 2: Add Your Personal Information

• Leave one blank line after the horizontal rule, then write a short public-acknowledgment sentence as normal left-aligned text. On the next line, add your initials and date, preceded by a dash or tilde ( - or ~ ). Italicize only that line.
• On a new line, add your display name in the form First M. "Nickname" Last ~ Adjective Animal, where the middle initial and nickname are optional.
• Add an adjective-animal mascot matching your initials, separated with a symbol like ~ or | or * (spaced on both sides).
• Make that entire display-name line large and centered, but do not make it a heading. Keep it as normal text and keep it on one line.
• Insert a centered photo of yourself and add a centered italic caption beneath it. If you object to including a photo of yourself, put another photo of your choosing with an appropriate caption. The caption should be as concise as possible and avoid obvious details, like "Me taking a selfie" as the "Me taking" is implied.
• Add your personal statement paragraph in normal body text.

Part 3: Add Background and Course Information

Use a bulleted list and make the text before each colon bold.

• Personal Background: Brief summary.
• Professional Background: Brief summary.
• Academic Background: Major, year, or academic path.
• Background in this Course's Material: Your prior experience, if any, with this course's subject. Not required this term - required starting Spring 2027.
• Primary Work Computer: (type, OS, and version) Manufacturer, device type, operating system, and version.
• Primary Work Location: Where you normally work.
• Alternate Computer & Location: What you would do if something didn't allow you to use your primary computer or location.
• Courses I'm Taking, & Why: A nested numbered list below this item is indented one level deeper.
  1. CRS101 - Course Name: Reason for taking it.
  2. CRS201 - Course Name: Reason for taking it.
  3. CRS301 - Course Name: Reason for taking it.
• Funny/Interesting Item to Remember Me by: Optional detail. If you choose not to include it, remove this bullet entirely.
• I'd Also Like to Share: Anything else you'd like to share. If not, remove the bullet entirely.

Leave exactly one blank line before the quote. Do not type Quote or Quote: before the quote. Keep the quote on one line; place attribution on the next line and start it with a dash or tilde ( - or ~ ). After each entry, include at least one blank line and a horizontal rule.

"Favorite quote here."
- Attribution Name

Part 4: Add Your Links (Web-Development Courses Only: ITIS3135, WEB115, WEB215, WEB250)

This part applies only to students in the web-development courses - ITIS3135, WEB115, WEB215, and WEB250. If you're not in one of those, skip this part and go straight to Part 5.

Include the required links below the quotation. These links should be to your own pages and profiles, appear centered, and use dividers between each link. In every other course the entry ends with the quote and dividing horizontal line.

Leave exactly one additional blank line after the quote attribution before the centered links line.

Use this order: CLT Web | GitHub.io | GitHub | freeCodeCamp | Codecademy | LinkedIn.

CLT Web does not apply to CPCC students - it's a UNC Charlotte webpages.charlotte.edu page. If you're in WEB115, WEB215, or WEB250, skip it and include the other five links.

Spell and capitalize each link name exactly as shown above - GitHub (not Github), Codecademy (not Codeacademy), and freeCodeCamp with a lowercase f (not FreeCodeCamp or Freecodecamp).

Keep the link line centered without using spaces to fake alignment.

Part 5: Complete the Online Assignment

1. Update your profile picture in the online course.
2. Find the Introductions discussion or assignment.
3. Create the submission using the URL of your Heading 2 entry (right-click on your Last, First heading and choose "Copy heading link").
4. Keep an eye out for reviews from your peers, automated grading tools, and your instructor/TAs.
5. Review the feedback in the document, make updates, and reply when you have revised your entry.
6. Repeat until you receive full credit.

Formatting Example: What the Entry Should Contain

Use this sample as a checklist for the order and formatting of the content in your introductions entry.

Layout Sample

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Doe, Jane A.

Public acknowledgment sentence
- JAD 5/18/26

Jane A. "Janie" Doe ~ Jazzy Dolphin

Personal statement paragraph in normal left-justified text. This is a second sentence. This is a third sentence to meet the minimum.

• Personal Background: Brief summary.
• Professional Background: Brief summary.
• Academic Background: Major, year, or academic path.
• Background in this Course's Material: Prior experience, if any. Not required this term - required starting Spring 2027.
• Primary Work Computer: (type, OS, and version) Manufacturer, device type, operating system, and version.
• Primary Work Location: Where you normally work.
• Alternate Computer & Location: What you would do if something didn't allow you to use your primary computer or location.
• Courses I'm Taking, & Why:
  1. CRS101 - Course Name: Reason for taking it.
  2. CRS201 - Course Name: Reason for taking it.
  3. CRS301 - Course Name: Reason for taking it.
• Funny/Interesting Item to Remember Me by: Optional detail.
• I'd Also Like to Share: Optional detail.

Quote format reminder: do not type Quote or Quote: before the quotation text.

 

"Favorite quote here."
- Attribution Name

CLT Web | GitHub.io | GitHub | freeCodeCamp | Codecademy | LinkedIn

Leave one blank line after the attribution, then place the centered links line. Leave one blank line and a horizontal rule after the entry.

 

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Common Errors: Avoid These Mistakes

• Do not type your name into the table of contents. Use it to navigate to your spot; it updates itself once your entry exists.
• Do not alphabetize by first name.
• Do not make the big centered display name a heading.
• Do not center with spaces; use the alignment tools.
• Do not create a paragraph below a bullet when a line break is needed.
• Do not forget the nested numbered list for the course list.
• Do not type "Quote" or "Quote:" as a label before the quote.
• Do not underline anything except actual links.
• Do not use more than one space or tab in a row anywhere in visible text, and never start a line with a leading space or tab - not even one. Use View → Show non-printing characters in Google Docs to check your work.
• Never put a space before a colon or a comma. Always put exactly one space after each.
• Course codes must have no space between the letters and the numbers, and must be fully capitalized (e.g. ITIS3135, not itis 3135).
• Do not add extra blank lines beyond the allowed blank lines before the quote, after the quote attribution, and before the horizontal rule.