Alekhya Dabbiru

COURSE: IS 5320 – 02 WEB ANALYTICS

Tag: workplaces

  • Homework 7 summary

    Time Log – time spent on other students’ sites (4 entries):

    Date: Feb 16, 2026 From: 8:10 pm To: 8:38 pm
    Date: Feb 16, 2026 From: 8:40 pm To: 9:12pm
    Date: Feb 20, 2026 From: 7:04 am To: 7:30 am
    Date: Feb 22, 2026 From: 6:40 am To: 7:15 am

    Essay I. Summary of your activities in your contents including new contents created (one paragraph). Provide all the hyperlinks (clickable) of new contents you have created this week.

    This week, I reorganized my site to make it easier to navigate and match the HW requirements: I switched from the Makao theme to Twenty Twenty-Four theme because Makao wouldn’t support the 3-level HWs menus the way I needed, then rebuilt the header/footer, fixed tag placement, and set up two menus, a general menu for Tech/My Life and a separate HWs menu that contains all homework pages. I also published two new posts: Gen Z: Balance Over Burnout on how Gen Z prioritizes boundaries and direct communication to avoid burnout and Sleep Over Doomscrolling on how late-night scrolling disrupts sleep and affects productivity/health.

    The hyperlinks:

    Sleep over Doomscrolling: http://52.12.113.25/2026/02/19/sleep-over-doomscrolling/

    Gen Z: Balance Over Burnout : http://52.12.113.25/2026/02/19/gen-z-balance-over-burnout/

    Essay II. Summary of your “Event” in GA4 (add a screenshot) (one paragraph)

    I set up my GA4 “event” using Google Tag Manager. First, I made the GA4 Configuration tag (Initialization – All Pages) so GA4 loads on every page. Then I created custom GA4 Event tags for my two new posts, Gen Z: Balance Over Burnout and Sleep Over Doomscrolling and, used page-view triggers so the event fires only when someone lands on those specific post URLs. After publishing, I tested it in Preview/Tag Assistant and checked GA4 Realtime to make sure my custom event names showed up, and  it worked and is tracking correctly.

    UPDATE: Unfortunately, my previous HW7 submission and related posts were lost due to an unexpected issue on the site. I am not sure how the posts were deleted, but I recreated the entire assignment, including the required posts, Google Tag Manager setup, GA4 events, and tag cloud plugin configuration.

    Essay III. Find and describe one of best use cases using custom events in GA4 (one paragraph)

    Custom events in GA4 are really useful for tracking how people actually move around a site, not just which pages they visit. One of the best use cases is setting up an event to record the menu clicks, like when someone clicks “Tech,” “My Life,” or specific HW links. This would help us understand what sections visitors are most interested in and whether the navigation structure is clear. It’s basically a way to measure real user behavior and improve the site layout based on data.

    Sources:

    https://vrushangpatel.com/2025/10/ga4-custom-events/

  • Gen Z: Balance Over Burnout

    Gen Z employees usually prefer business settings that provide peaceful work conditions which they find more appealing than the work preferences of millennials. They are more open and direct about their needs, especially when it comes to boundaries. I have seen Gen Z employees send leave requests through email by simply stating what they need. They don’t rely on the same old reasons as health problems or family emergencies. I feel like they just communicate more directly. Millennials often felt the need to explain their absence in detail, but Gen Z tends to keep it short, formal, and to the point.

    I have observed that these two generations have developed different views regarding balancing their professional responsibilities with their personal life. A real example is my friends who joined corporate, we’re fresh grads and it’s only been a year since they started working, and they already hate the corporate life and call the work culture toxic. They don’t accept burnout as normal and speak up instead of staying silent just to look dedicated, because they want work that supports their life and living needs, not a life fully consumed by the job.

    Sources:

    https://blog.avilar.com/2024/01/17/6-factors-that-motivate-gen-z-in-the-workplace/

  • HW 8 summary

    Time Log Teams – time spent on other Teams’ sites(must have 3 entries or more):
    Date: Feb. 27, 2026 From: 9:47 pm To: 10:05 pm
    Date: Feb. 27, 2026 From: 9:54 pm To: 10:25 pm
    Date: Mar. 02, 2026 From: 7:08 pm To: 7:35 pm

    Time Log Students – time spent on other students’ sites (must have 3 entries or more):
    Date: Feb. 24, 2026 From: 4:10 pm To: 4:45 pm
    Date: Feb. 26, 2026 From: 5:55 pm To: 6:20 pm
    Date: Sat., Mar. 01, 2026 From: 2:00 pm To: 2:35 pm

    Essay I. Summary of your activities in your contents including new contents created (one paragraph). Provide all the hyperlinks (clickable) of new contents you have created this week.

    This week, I created two new posts called ‘AI Literacy’ and ‘LLMs’ under the TECH section and HW8 menus of my site. In the ‘AI Literacy’ post, I explained what AI literacy is and why it matters for students, especially because AI tools are becoming common in both school and work. In the ‘LLMs’ post, I gave a simple introduction to large language models, how they generate text, and why it is important to double check information instead of trusting everything they output. I also had a system issue where I lost my posts, data content, and comments from last week, so I had to redo HW7 again. After fixing that and rebuilding my content, I completed these two new posts for this week and added them to my menu for easy access.

    New post links:

    Why AI Literacy Matters for Students: http://52.12.113.25/2026/02/25/why-ai-literacy-matters-for-students/

    Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs): http://52.12.113.25/2026/02/25/introduction-to-large-language-models-llms/

    Essay II. Summary of your “Thank you” event conversion (add screenshots) (one paragraph)

    For this homework 8, I have created a ‘Thank You’ page on my website and tracked it as a conversion in GA4. I set up a GA4 event tag in Google Tag Manager, connected it to the correct trigger so it fires when the Thank You page is visited, and tested everything in Preview mode to make sure it worked. After that, I checked GA4 Realtime to confirm the thank_you event was showing up, and then I marked it as a key event in GA4. This helped me understand how conversions are created and verified.

    THANK YOU PAGE LINK:

    http://52.12.113.25/thank-you-so-much-for-visiting/

    thank_you event

    Essay III. Summary of your “menu click” event conversion (add screenshots) (one paragraph)

    For the menu click event, I track when users click on the ‘AI Literacy’ link in my menu. I created a Click -Just Links trigger in Google Tag Manager and set the condition to fire when the Click Text contains AI literacy. Then, I built a GA4 event tag and connected it to that trigger. I tested everything using Preview mode to confirm the tag fired correctly.

    After that, I checked GA4 Realtime and confirmed that the menu_ai_literacy event was showing up, and marked it as a key event to track it as a conversion.

    menu_ai_literacy event

  • Why AI Literacy Matters for Students

    AI literacy requires people to understand what AI is, how it works, and how it should be used responsibly. People need to use tools, but they also need critical thinking skills to assess outcomes and identify restrictions and study problems which include bias and privacy.

    Students require these skills as we know, AI is already part of everyday learning, and it is also helpful in their future careers. Schools and workplaces use AI tools as common resources and organizations want employees who can use these tools to boost productivity and solve problems and make better choices. Students who understand AI technology use chatbots for effective communication while verifying information instead of trusting every output.

    Sources:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_literacy

    https://informationliteracy.gov/page/ai-literacy

    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-literacy-all-students-carolyn-schrader-ubcvc