Assignment #1: Agreements Vlog Reflections

Agreements Vlog Reflections MGTU 310, Week 2

Assignment Overview Length : 4-5 minutes vlog Due : Sunday Midnight of Week 2 Value : 90 points for 9% of the total course grade Delivery : downloaded version of your vlog or a link to your vlog (Kaltura use recommended) PLOs : PLO #1 CLOs : CLO #2, CLO #4, CLO #5

Background We live in an app-driven world, in which we tend to download and use all kinds of mobile applications, agreeing to their terms by clicking on the button “I Agree”, without actually taking the time to read them through. By doing that, we agree to many rules, which can have legal implications. The purpose of this assignment is to raise your attention to the legal meaning behind the “I Agree” buroon and to encourage you to understand the commitments you make when agreeing to use an application.

Summary For this assignment you need to choose one application you are currently using. Next, you need to locate the “ Terms and Conditions ” of this app, read through them, and highlight terms that surprise you or you find interesting. Next, you need to record a 4-5 minutes long vlog, in which you share your screen with the Terms and Conditions of the app of your choice and verbally reflect on all the questions, listed under “3” in the Step-by-step Directions. You can record your vlog using Kaltura (available for free to you as a Brandman student), Screencast-O-Matic, Screen Recorder or other application of your choice. Step-by-step Directions

1. Choose an app you are currently using on your mobile device.. 2. Locate the Terms and Conditions you have agreed to when you downloaded and started using the

app. For your convenience, here are the links to some of the most used apps: 2.1. Facebook 2.2. LinkedIn 2.3. Amazon 2.4. Uber 2.5. Airbnb 2.6. Google Maps 2.7. Yelp 2.8. Apple Media Services

3. After reading the Terms and Conditions of the app of your choice, please reflect verbally on them, highlighting on your screen the relevant areas as you speak, on the following questions: 3.1. What rights do you get by agreeing to the terms of the app?

3.2. What rights do you give away by agreeing to the terms of the app? 3.3. What two liabilities do you think the company is protecting itself from by asking you to

accept their terms of service? 3.4. What surprised you the most in the document? Why?

Grading Rubric

Criteria Exemplary Proficient Developing Emerging Not Completed Rights You Get

20-19 The rights you receive as a customer are thoroughly discussed.

18-15 The rights you receive as a customer are somewhat thoroughly discussed.

14-10 The rights you receive as a customer are briefly discussed.

9-1 The rights you receive as a customer are barely touched on.

0 The rights you receive as a customer are not discussed.

Rights You Give Away

20-19 The rights you give away as a customer are thoroughly discussed.

18-15 The rights you give away as a customer are somewhat thoroughly discussed.

14-10 The rights you give away as a customer are briefly discussed.

9-1 The rights you give away as a customer are barely touched on.

0 The rights you give away as a customer are not discussed.

Liability 20-19 At least two liabilities the company is trying to avoid are thoroughly discussed.

18-15 At least two liabilities the company is trying to avoid are somewhat thoroughly discussed.

14-10 One liability the company is trying to avoid is thoroughly discussed.

9-1 One liability the company is trying to avoid is somewhat thoroughly discussed.

0 Liabilities the company is trying to avoid are not discussed.

Surprises 20-19 Your surprises (or the lack thereof) are thoroughly discussed.

18-15 Your surprises (or the lack thereof) are somewhat thoroughly discussed.

14-10 Your surprises (or the lack thereof) are briefly discussed.

9-1 Your surprises (or the lack thereof) are barely touched on.

0 Your surprises (or the lack thereof) are not discussed.

Vlog Clarity 10-9 The vlog is easy to understand and shows the relevant parts of the documents you are discussing.

8-7 The vlog is somewhat easy to understand and shows the relevant parts of the documents you are discussing.

6-4 The vlog is somewhat easy to understand but doesn’t always show the relevant parts of the documents you are discussing.

3-1 The vlog is difficult to understand and doesn’t show the relevant parts of the documents you are discussing.

0 The assignment is not submitted as a vlog.