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Welcome to IDS 3920 University Colloquium

Web Tutorial

Instructor: Bill Halverson

Phone: 503.881.0604

E-mail: bhalvers@fgcu.edu

Week one web tutorial assignments are designed to familiarize students with the format of the course and to introduce them to the various technologies used in this web-based distance learning course.

 
Acquiring Books & Reading Materials Video Assignments Adding Class E-mail Distribution 
Create and Attach a Document to E-mail  Access and Use the WebBoard Explore the FGCU Library Web Site. 
Get Your Student ID! Access and Practice Using a Search Engine. Send E-mail Message to the Distribution List
Available Tutorials Proctoring Forms

  
 
blueflag.gif (53684 bytes) Acquiring Books & Reading Materail

Purchase your books/course material from the bookstore.
Bookstore phone number: 941-590-1150. 

The remainder of the readings come straight of the web.

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Create and attach a document to an e-mail message and send it to your professor's e-mail address.  bhalvers@fgcu.edu

You will use your professor's e-mail to ask specific questions regarding the class and to turn in exams and certain papers. 

STEP ONE - CREATE THE DOCUMENT TO BE ATTACHED
1. Create a new document using a word processor (MSWord, WordPerfect, MSWorks, etc.). 

2. In the document, type the following (double spaced): "I am learning to attach documents!" 

3. Save the document using the filename "attach". 

4. Close the document and exit the word processing program. 

STEP TWO - SEND E-MAIL WITH DOCUMENT ATTACHED
1. Using your e-mail program, compose a new e-mail message. 
2. Address your e-mail tobhalvers@fgcu.edu
3. In the Subject field type "Week One Attachment" 
4. Attach the document called "attach". For instructions on attaching a document to e-mail, click here.
5. Sign your name at the bottom of your e-mail!
6. Send. 

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO SEND THE ATTACHMENT, SEND AN E-MAIL MESSAGE TO bhalvers@fgcu.edu  INDICATING THAT YOU FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS BUT WERE UNABLE TO ATTACH THE DOCUMENT. IN YOUR MESSAGE, PLEASE INDICATE: 

  • which class you are taking
  • which word processing program you used to create the document.
  • the type of computer you are using (PC, Mac) and the operating system (Windows 95, Windows 3.1).
  • a brief description of the problems you encountered and any error messages you received.
  • .

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Explore the FGCU Library web site. 
Click the icon in the left column to link to the library's home page. 

Complete the library tutorial.

1. Be sure to explore the library tutorials for information on using LUIS and other electronic databases to find books and journal articles. Click here to go directly to library tutorial on using LUIS. 

2. After you have explored the library tutorials, answer the following questions: 

A. List 5 things you can locate by searching WebLUIS. 

B. What is the URL (address) of the library web page titled: "Locate: Books, Journals and Articles"?

Send your answers via e-mail to:bhalvers@fgcu.edu
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Student  ID!!
Get your student ID!

1. You must have a student ID to obtain library materials!! If you do not have your student ID, click HERE for information on receiving your student ID with 14 digit PIN number. 

2. Send an e-mail message tobhalvers@fgcu.edu indicating that you already have your student ID or that you mailed your request for your ID to Student Services.

red_shouldered_hawk.jpg (36487 bytes) Access and practice using a search engine.
Click the icon in the left column to link to Yahoo. Other search engines include, Lycos, Excite, Infoseek, etc. 

1. Practice an Internet search by finding information on "budgeting." 
2. Find a web site that you find interesting and write the web address (URL) on a piece of paper: 

  • You will use this web address in the assignment below.
  • An example of a URL is http://itech.fgcu.edu/distance/
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Available Tutorials
Please explore some of the tutorials provided below. You will find them useful. 

For questions about your FGCU e-mail account:
http://itech.fgcu.edu/stusvcs/email/emindex.htm

TUTORIALS

WebBoard & Email Attachment Guide

WebBoard Tutorial! A MUST!

Saving a Document as a Different File Type

Sending E-mail Attachments

http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html

http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.01/handbook/

 

 

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