Two ways you can send these: In the body of the E-mail, or as an attached document.
** Body of the E-mail - a simple long listing **
Example:
1 A
2 B
3 C
*** As an Attached Document ( attachment - the paper clip ) ***
Put your answers into a single Word document or Notepad ( txt ) file. Attach the file to an email to me. You should be working on assignments for the week before the due date - don't leave the work until the last moment. Homework is due by midnight of the due date.
On this disk are files that you will need to use while doing homework. For example, in Week 3, the file WD0501.doc will be needed off the CD.
The easiest way to get this is to let Windows search for it.
Put the CD in your drive.
Select the Start Button, then Find, then Files.
Put WD0501.doc in the 'Named' window, be sure the 'Look in' window is pointing to your CD drive - D: drive on many machines.
When it finds the file, use your mouse to drag the file to your desktop.
Along the left edge of the main web page are a number of links that you are responsible for.
The Syllabus ( and Rules )
Assignments - usually posted a week at a time
Glossary - you may need this during an exam
Calendar - for important course deadlines and dates
How Stuff Works - a resource for information
CST and EET web pages
"Places" you need to know about
"How Do I" containing information that you will need to access information on your Z: drive at BCC along with other needed topics.
Tutorials on Visual BASIC and HTML
A dictionary
and the Citrix Server
** You will need to be familiar with each of these listings as you begin the course. **
** Take the time to explore each of these areas. **
** Check your E-mail daily **
You need to read this over carefully so that you will be able to perform basic operations during the course, and answer questions that I may think of on quizzes and exams. On that page, actually try some of the things like saving files to 'atlas' using ftp.
* Checking BCC E-mail using http://zeus.sunybroome.edu/exchange/
* What are 'file types' ?
* How you can save files on the college computer from home ( Your Z drive )
* Using expensive BCC software for free at home ! ( Citrix Server )
* Protecting your computer from viruses ! *$&^@%#*%
* The competition in Operating Systems
* The importance of DOS and some DOS tricks you need to know
* Windows Shortcut Keys ( such as Windows Key + F key )
There are many sites on the Internet that let you search for information. One of the big sites is 'Google'.
You get to Google by going to http://www.google.com/
By entering key words, or by asking simple questions, a bank of super computers will produce a long list of the most likely web sites containing references to your subject of interest.
Here is a Google page that will help you use the search engine: http://www.google.com/help/basics.html
See the "Search Help" section at the left of the page. Select 'Basic Search' and read all about it. Then read 'Advanced Search'.
This will be time well spent - your life of learning will be made easier if you know the basics of using one of these search 'engines'.
Other search sites:
Files are stored on your computer and are identified by 'type'.
There is usually a three character 'extension' connected to your file name. A typical file name might be resume.doc
The .doc ( read this as 'dot' doc ) 'extension' tells us that this is a Microsoft Word file.
Notepad is a simple program that stores simple text information for us. The extension for a text file is .txt
There are many many file types, and extensions. There are audio files, video files, and special purpose files that all have unique extensions. The extension of a file tells the computer what program to bring up to read the file.
Learn about file extensions at Google - - - http://www.google.com/help/faq_filetypes.html
You can ftp files in and out of your z: or m: drive ( What’s FTP ? )
Using Internet Explorer 6, you can transfer files from home to/from your z: or m: drive. Bring up IE 6 and enter this:
Enter your account name and password. You’ll see the contents of your z/m drive. Use cut and paste to transfer the files. Cut will bring a file to your home computer, paste would put a file on the college server.
You can save to your 50 Meg Z: drive on campus using 'My Computer' or FTP from home using Internet Explorer.
(ftp stands for file transfer protocol )
Microsoft Word and Excel will let us do some Visual BASIC programming. Generally the programs are hidden or behind the scenes. These hidden programs are often referred to as a 'macro'.
A 'macro' is a series of instructions that can be started with a simple reference or single word.
When you open a Word or Excel program that contains some program steps hidden as a 'macro', you would not immediately know they were there.
Unfortunately, a computer virus can be hidden or embedded within a macro. Of course, I won't send you any computer virus intentionally ...
Word is initially set to resist these hidden viruses.
To play with the instructional programs in this course, you have to reduce that 'macro security'.
From the Menu, select Tools, then Macro, then Security.
Set the security level to medium.
Close Word ( or Excel ) to register the change.
Now bring up the Word or Excel document normally, and if asked to 'Enable' the macro, say yes.
You have to do this on each computer you are using. It only has to be done once. You'll need this change for the week 4 assignment.
If you are not already running anti-virus software at home, you are open to receiving a computer virus from the Internet. This almost always occurs when receiving an infected E-mail attachment.
We could just outlaw attachments, but then we wouldn’t be able to share files with one another.
There is free antivirus scanning software available. I’ve used it and it’s pretty good.
Go to http://housecall.antivirus.com/ and select ‘scan without registering’
If you are connected to the Internet with a telephone Modem, this may take a little longer to load than I have experienced myself. But it will be worthwhile to know that your computer is free of computer viruses.
ALSO - you should have reduced your 'security' setting in Word or Excel by now so that we can use Visual BASIC in this course. If you are running Norton AntiVirus, you may see the message "Malicious script detected."
This message actually means "Unknown script detected." You may have to disable Norton AntiVirus while working with our VB sample programs from the website.
To begin a project, bring up Microsoft Word and be sure Macro security is set to Medium.
Before you enter the Visual BASIC editor - type the following information into the body of the main Word document as an introduction to what we'll see in the VB program:
CST 106 On Line - Computers for Technology
Submitted by:
Name of Project: ** See Note Below **
Date Project is Due:
Date Project Submitted:
Project Description: ( What does it do? )
Instructions for running program:
New Discoveries: ( Things you found out writing the program )
** NOTE: Before you enter the VB editor - save the main Word document using a simple name that is descriptive and includes YOUR first name and LAST initial. For example: Lucky7 By JohnD
This will be a Word document and show up as " Lucky7 By JohnD.doc "
AFTER you have prepared the main Word document - enter the Visual BASIC editor ( Alt + F11 ) and begin your project. Select Insert, then UserForm and start dragging components onto the Form.
Be sure to change the Form Caption in the Properties window to Lucky7 By JohnD - use your own name of course ! Have fun ... E-mail me if you get stuck.
Once you have your project approved you should get started on it immediately.
Re-read Notice #10 to see how to format the main Word document with some basic information.
Begin by doing a simple drawing on a piece of paper - rough out what your project will look like.
Show the necessary CommandButtons, Labels, TextBoxes, and Images on your sketch. This doesn't have to be complete as you can add and subtract things at any time.
Bring up Word and fill out the main page - and save the Word document with a descriptive name.
Enter the Visual BASIC editor ( Alt + F11 )
1st insert a 'User Form' ( Insert|UserForm)
2nd - change the 'Caption' on the form to be descriptive of the project, such as Anne's Vending Machine
3rd - Place and size the buttons, labels, textboxes, and images on the form. Set the captions to whatever they should logically be.
4th - Make this colorful - dull grey will be invisible to me ! SAVE YOUR WORK FREQUENTLY
5th - Begin to tackle the 'code' for one of the buttons.
Partners - this is a partnership - let me know when you need help; some of you will find you need help with the code, and I am glad to be doing this with you. HOWEVER, IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT TO WORK ON THIS - YOU'LL BE GOING DOWN IN A LIFEBOAT all by yourself !
When you get stuck - send me the Word Document ( doc ) file. I'll get a new version back to you fairly quickly for you to continue working on.
These projects are supposed to be fun, and when finished, you might feel a little happy over what you have accomplished !
When you go to a web site, the opening page that you see is always given the name of 'index'. Actually this file shows up as index.html in the users main directory on the 'server'.
When you go to http://www.cnn.com for example, there is a page that opens for you called index.html. This is the standard that is followed by everyone.
The web page that you create will go into a directory on the college server with your name on it. You will need to name your main web page, index.html and I will be putting this in the correct directory.
When you do create your webpage in Microsoft Word 2002, be sure to Save the file using the Save As|Webpage Filtered option. This removes excess code from the main file. And a folder will be created that contains all your images. This folder will be called index_files.
When you send me your web page work, send your index.html file, and also ALL the files in your _files folder.
I can then examine your web page (s) and upload them using 'ftp' to the server where you and the 'world' will be able to see them.
If you have mastered the art of 'zipping' up your files using WinZip, by all means, do that to send me your work. ( See http://www.winzip.com )