CS100 Fall 2001 Lab One - Course Communications
Part One: E-Mail - your computer autobiography
You are to email a message to your instructor containing a description of your computer experience.
TO: email to BREUTZMA@WARTBURG.EDU. You will lose points if it goes to any other similarly named person on campus.
SUBJECT: the subject line must contain exactly 'CS100 autobio - your name'. You will lose points if it says anything else. (replace your name with your actual name of course)
MESSAGE BODY: the body should contain the following:
- your name
- your major(s) (or undecided)
- your year in school
- your hometown/country
- your reason for taking CS100 (major req, minor req, personal interest, 1/2 credit, easy, ...)
- your level of experience with the following computer applications: word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, web surfing, and web page creation.
- what you hope to get out of this course.
Part Two: Manhattan - share a computer experience with the class and (later) comment on someone else's
Log into the manhattan server at: [you may want to bookmark this location or at least write it in your notes somewhere]
http://glasscat.bhs.wartburg.edu/manhat-bin/doorstep?class=cs100f01
Your username is your first initial plus up to 7 letters from your last name e.g., jbreutzm.
Your password is the 4-digit number provided to you by the instructor the first day of class.
- Change your password! [The instructor can see them so don't use your 'usual' password or anything in poor taste]
- Enter the class discussion section. Start a "NEW TOPIC" the subject should be "<your name> - a computer experience"
- In the message box describe a formative computer experience, one in which you decided then and there that you loved/hated computers or a particular piece of software/hardware.
- When done be sure to press the SEND button and not the back button.
- a few days later after others have posted, you should read their messages and select one you can really relate to and REPLY and expand /add/ confirm/ enhance/ sympathize with the message.
- this discussion will be allowed to continue for a couple of weeks if students keep it going.
This is public so let's not get too personal or heated!
Part Three: Course Web page
Using explorer, Netscape, AOL, manhattan or any other browser you're familiar with go to the class website (you're here now aren't you?) and print a copy of the course syllabus/description as it currently appears. [You may want to bookmark this location too or at least write in your notes somewhere]
Bring this to class the next time we meet. Those who have them will be given points on this part of the assignment.
Due Dates: Part One, the email autobio, is due the evening of Thursday, September 13 at midnight. Part Three, the printout of the course description. is due 'in-class' Thursday, September 13. The initial step of Part Two, the initial post, is due Thursday, September 13 at midnight. The second phase of Part Two in which you react to a fellow student's post is due the evening of Tuesday, September 18 at midnight.
Read the course description for the late policy for the course.