Getting Started

Introduction
Course Web Materials
Your Account
Use of Email
Using FTP (file transfer protocol)
Submission of Course Work

Please be aware that MUCH important information about your computing environment here at Lynchburg College is located in a campus brochure called Introduction to Campus Technology for Students. A copy may be obtained from IT Services in Carnegie Hall.

Introduction
The Information Age is literally changing the way we work and do business. It is not enough to learn isolated computer-related skills such as wordprocessing or email. Individuals must learn how to integrate these skills into their lives. This is a part of the focus of my Computer Science courses. We will venture to experiment in using computers in new and exciting ways in these courses.

Course Web Materials
All of my courses have web sites. To see a list of these courses connect to http://cs-netlab-01.lynchburg.edu/courses/

Your Server Account
The machine that contains your server account is studentserv.lynchburg.edu. Your username is normally your last name followed by an underscore followed by the first initial of your first name; for ex. smith_j. There are some exceptions to this rule so check your ID card for your official username. Your password is set by you and may be changed by connecting to http://login.Lynchburg.edu. NOTE: Your initial password is your date of birth in the form YYYYMMDD. You should change your initial password immediately to prevent an unscupulous individual from "hijacking" your account.

It should be at least 7 characters long.
It should be something you can remember so you do not have to write it down.
It should not be anything obvious.
It should not be a word in the dictionary.

To see a full explanation on how to change you password connect to http://www.lynchburg.edu/itr/username_password.htm.

Web Server
You may also use your public folder on your P drive as a website. Simply place html files in the public folder and access them through a browser using the following URL http://yourusername.web.lynchburg.edu/public/
Alternatively, you may wish to create a subfolder under your public folder and call it web to separate your web site files from other public files you might have. The URL to access that folder would then become
http://yourusername.web.lynchburg.edu/public/web
NOTE: ITR must activate your P drive to act as a webserver!

Use of Email
I will be sending class notices, homework assignments, etc. to students via email. Email is also an excellent means for you to communicate with me. Consequently, students will be required to be proficient in the use of an acceptable email system. All students have a Lynchburg College email account at http://students.lynchburg.edu. Instructions on how to access your email via a web browser is given at http://www.lynchburg.edu/studentsonline. If you already have a different email account and would prefer to use it instead you will need to let me know the address of that account. You may contact me via email at roussos@lynchburg.edu
Also, you should set up your campus email (username@students.lynchburg.edu) to automatically forward to your non-LC email if you do not want to have to check both email addresses.

Submission of Course Work
Students in my Computer Science courses are required to submit their course work by copying the files containing the work to their server account into a directory where I can access it. This will typically be done as follows:

First, complete your work on your PC at home or in a computer lab. Ordinarily this will involve creating one or more files.
Run an FTP program (e.g. WS_FTP) and log into your NT server account in order to copy the files to that account. (Instructions on the use of WS_FTP are located here)
After logging in to the server via WS_FTP you will be in your own directory and you should see two windows containing files and directories. One window is a view of the current directory on your local PC and the other contains several directories from your server account. These will include PRIVATE, PUBLIC, SPECIAL and LOCAL. Additionally there should be a directory bearing the name of this CS course; for ex. CS-131. Move into the class directory.
Copy the files from your local PC to the server class directory. For WS_FTP you will highlight the desired files in the list that represents your local directory and then push the right arrow button to copy the files to the server directory. This is a good method to backup your work. I.e., keep one copy on your local PC and one in your server account in case one copy is accidentally destroyed.
We will review the FTP process in class. NOTE: The procedure for other FTP programs may be slightly different

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