Add (senior) auditors to Sakai course sites

This is essentially the same procedure for adding non-Claremont Colleges guests with external email addresses.

1. In your site, click Site Info from the menubar on the left
2. Click Add Participants
3. For senior auditors (without official Sakai usernames), under Non-Claremont College guest(s) [the second box], enter the auditor(s)' email address, one address per line
4. Under Participant Roles, choose to give your newly added senior auditor(s) the same role, then click Continue
5. Use the buttons to select the Auditor role for senior auditors, then click Continue
6. On the next page, select the Send Now button to automatically email the senior auditor about the site's availability and their temporary password, then click Continue.
7. Confirm that the information for the participant(s) that you are adding is correct, and then click Finish.
   

Information to share with senior auditors re:
how to access your Sakai course site

• Go to Sakai:
  https://sakai.claremont.edu:8443/portal
  (There is a link on the Scripps website, the last one under the Academics menu)
• Senior auditors should use their full email address as their login username.
• Sakai sends senior auditors a temporary password in an email message.
• When logging into Sakai, senior auditors should not select a college from the dropdown menu.
• Once logged in, senior auditors should change their password by going to My Workspace and clicking the Account tool. Then click the Modify Details button and enter a new password.
• Senior Auditors can also add their first and last names when modifying account details.
• Click the Update Details button to save the changes.
  

Remove Facebook application messages from your News Feed

Some people love Facebook apps. Nearly a million Facebook users*   cannot stand reading news updates about their friends app activity.

Here's how to hide streams from Friends, Pages, and/or Applications on your Facebook News Feed.

On your Facebook Home page, there is a Hide button next to each item on the New Feed.

1. Move your mouse along the top right column of a post to make the [Hide] button visible and click it.
2. Click [Hide ApplicationName] to stop updates about your Facebook friend's activities on Facebook applications like YoVille, What Ancient Goddess Are You?, Mafia Wars, Farmville, Fishville, iHeart, etc., etc., etc.
3. Click [Hide FacebookFriend] if you do not want to see anything a particular Facebook friend posts.
4. For Fan Pages, you can click [Hide Page] to stop update streams from Pages.
5. To see hidden posts again, click the Edit Options link at the bottom right of your Home page News Feed - and add hidden posts back.

It took me a couple of days to cover the major apps.... At this point, 36 Application update streams are hidden on from my News Feed. I love being able to keep up with my Facebook friends without following their Application adventures. No offense intended.

As of this post, there are 950,006 fans on Facebook's "I dont care about your farm, or your fish, or your park, or your mafia!!! Fan page. I hope these directions help them and you have a more enjoyable social networking experience on Facebook.