I. General Information
The web4students service is a program that allows your students to post their projects and homework assignments on a college provided server. This server allows the students advertising free space to post class work, and gives you the ability to view their work both as a finished product and as work in progress.
The address to store and view files follows a format like that presented below:
web4students.montgomerycollege.edu/courses/term/campus/class/student/
term = a combination of semester and year
campus = campus name
class = a combination of subject + course number + CRN ("CA27727577" is an example)
student = a combination of "student" plus a number from one to thirty ("student15" is an example)
The student folders are numbered 01 to 30, and you will assign them to students yourself.
A sample address might be
web4students.montgomerycollege.edu/courses/Fall2002/Germantown/CA27727577/student01/
If you are unable to connect with the server (for either posting or viewing) please check that the college is still connected to the Internet first (which can be done by going to your favorite web site - like Yahoo - and clicking the "Refresh" button. This will force the browser to go get a fresh copy of the page from the server. If the browser is able to find your favorite site, then you can assume the college is still connected). If the college is connected, but you cannot get to this site, call the IT help desk at x7222 and report the problem.
Once connected to the server you will be automatically placed inside your class's main folder (you will receive a different login and password for each class you are teaching). Within this folder will be a series of other folders including: cgi-bin, common, and a series named student01 through student30. In addition is a file named index.html which will be the default page of your class's directory.
There is always a cgi-bin folder under each class's main folder. This cgi-bin folder is where you can put common cgi scripts that you want to provide for the entire class. To incorporate the common scripts into students' web pages a student would make a link from their root directory to "../cgi-bin/filename.ext" (note the two periods before the slash). Students will have their own cgi-bin folder only if this course requires them to write their own scripts.
The folder common is where you can put additional files (such as multimedia) that you want to provide for the entire class. To incorporate these files into their web pages a student would make a link from their root directory to" ../common/filename.ext" (note the two periods before the slash).
You should back-up your course material once placed on the web site and at points when the content has significant changes. This will be your only backup copy. Also, your students need to back-up their directories in case they need to re-load the files. Once copied to your local drive, you may want to compress the files to save space. IT will only back-up the entire system to recover from a system crash and will not be able to recover specific directories.
You will receive a listing of student folders with the UserIDs and Passwords. (Note the ID and Password are assigned to a folder, and you will assign the folder to a student.) Once you assign an ID and Password to each student, they will be able to log on to the system, but only have access to their own folder. Remind students not to save passwords when using the lab computers since that will allow someone else to log ingo their accounts. (although the passwords will be automatically removed when a student shuts down a computer in the Rockville CA lab, they cannot be sure the same level of security exists on all campuses in all computer labs.) Students are not allowed to change their own passwords so forgotten passwords should not be an issue as long as you have the original information from IT.
These accounts information will be sent to your Department Chair in the format of Microsoft Access files. It is recommended that you convert those information into mailing labels to distribute to the students.
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Instructions for Creating Mailing Labels in MS Access 2002: |
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Go to the Reports section of the database. |
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Choose New from the small toolbar in your database window. (Not the large application toolbar.) |
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Choose Label Wizard and choose the table or query with the data you want to make labels out of. Click Next. |
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Choose your label type and number, i.e., Avery 5160. Click Next. |
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Choose the font settings you like. Click Next. |
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Choose the fields and position them on the label appropriately. Click Next. |
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Choose the field(s) you want to sort on. Click Next. |
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Create a name for your report and click Finish. |
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Using the form feed tray of your printer, load your labels and print |
Faculty can request a working directory under http://web4students.montgomerycollege.edu/faculty/ which will not be deleted each semester. The Web Application Group is working on designing the Faculty/Staff FTP Accounts Application Form which will need an approval from your College's Administrator. Before the form is ready for use, please email your request to IT Help desk.
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