New minor updates to Labs 3a & 3b

Both Labs 3a and 3b have been updated with minor clarifications to make the experience smoother for students.

In 3a, the lead assignment template names, subjects, and body text were tweaked to make them more typical and more consistent across the templates to reduce student mistakes. Some images were relocated to improve comprehension and another image was added for clarification. A couple of instances of awkward wording were also improved.

In 3b, steps 101-103 (adding a lead record via API) were edited and an overlay image was added to prevent student mistakes/confusion.

As always, the updates have been made to the files in place so when you download them now, they will be the new improved version. Here's the link to that same Google Drive folder containing all the lab PDFs for students.

Tiny.cc service restored - all links in labs working again

Tiny.cc is back up again so all the links appearing in the instructions (Lab 1b, Steps 5 & 23) and Lab 2b (Step 6) are working again. Tiny.cc is normally reliable, but in the event that it goes down again someday, the direct links are now readily available to students in the Help FAQ so they will always be able carry on without too much disruption to their work.

Temporary Service Outage at Tiny.cc affecting Lab 1b

The URL appearing in Step 5 of the Lab 1b instructions uses a URL shortening service, tiny.cc, to make it easier to type. They are normally quite reliable but today the service went down unexpectedly about 8 hours ago (12:30am PDT today), making the link inoperable.

In the meantime, students can bypass tiny.cc by simply going directly to the destination page using this link:

https://www.themaxlabsprojectshop.com/

The Help FAQ at the student support site, MaxzPlace has been updated accordingly so students will always be able to get the fix immediately themselves right away, now and in the future.

Apologies for the confusion/hassle. Thanks for your understanding.