Homework 3 emphasizes using professional networking sites such as LinkedIn. In this
homework, you will:
A. Create and use a LinkedIn account to interact with friends
Note: For these activities within LinkedIn, you are welcome to include your professor and other
students in the class. However, you do not have to. You are welcome to just use your known
friends.
B. Perform the following specific activities:
1. If needed, create your LinkedIn account.
2. Login and complete and personalize your profile.
3. While completing your profile, be sure to include current and previous position, education,
personal and additional information as appropriate.
4. Find connections to your friends
5. Research a couple of companies you might be interested in seeking employment with in the
future.
6. Configure and customize your privacy settings in LinkedIn.
C. Prepare a well-written paper no more than 2–5 pages in length.
In this paper you will cover the process of setting up the LinkedIn account, issues you
encountered, privacy settings and the justification for selecting those setting, and how you
envision using this account in the future. Be sure to show a screen captures and a description
of how you successfully completed activities 1-6 listed above. Discuss any personal or
computer security issues you have with using LinkedIn.
Submission requirements:
Your completed assignment should be saved as a Word (or PDF) document and submitted to
your LEO assignments area no later than the due date listed in the syllabus. Your document
should be neat, well-written with minimal grammar and spelling errors.
You should name the file yournamehw3.docx (or yournamehw3.pdf). So if my name was Julie
Smith, I would name my document juliesmithhw3.docx.
Your name should be clearly listed on the first page along with the class/section, professor and
due date. Your document should contain page numbers at the top of each page. Single or double
space line formatting is acceptable. All references used for your report should be included in
APA style format. See the following APA reference guide for details on how to cite your
references:
http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/apa_examples.cfm
Grading guidelines
Submission
Describes the process of creating or using a LinkedIn account.
Discusses issues and challenges associated with creating or
using a LinkedIn account.
Describes the process and justifies the privacy settings used
for the LinkedIn account.
Describes how you envision your LinkedIn account may be
used in the future.
Provides screen captures and descriptions of successfully
completing the required activities (activities 1-6) in this
assignment.
Lists and describes any concerns related to using LinkedIn.
Document is well-organized, and contains minimal spelling
and grammar errors. The student’s name is clearly listed on
the first page along with the class/section, professor and due
date. The document contains page numbers at the top of
each page. Single or double space line formatting is used. APA
style format is used for references.
Total
Points
10
10
15
10
30
10
15
100