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Web Tutorial

Instructor: Terry Wimberley, Ph.D.

Phone: (941) 590-7752 Fax: (941) 590-7846

E-mail: twimberl@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	Request Your Username and Password!

  
 

	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.
	Create and attach a document to an e-mail message and send it to your professor's e-mail address.  twimber@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".    you must save the document as a Rich Text File or MSWord 97 document for your professor to be able to open the document. If using MS Word, then simply save as an MS Word document. For instructions on saving a document as a different file type click here. please note in which directory the document is saved so that you can locate it later. 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 to twimber@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 twimber@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. FOR HELP, PLEASE CALL ANDREA BENSCOTER AT 941-590-7844. TIP: Add your professor's e-mail to your address book: twimberl@fgcu.edu
	Access and use the Web Board
	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: twimberl@fgcu.edu
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 to twimberl@fgcu.edu indicating that you already have your student ID or that you mailed your request for your ID to Student Services.
	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/
	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/
	Send an e-mail to request your username and password! Only registered students will be able to access the cyber classroom. All registered students need a username and password to enter the cyber classroom.  Instructions  1. Using your e-mail program, compose a new message.  2. Address your e-mail to abenscot@fgcu.edu 3. In the Subject field, type "Username and password"  4. In the message body, type "Please send the username and password for HUS 3020/CCJ 4601."  5. Sign your name at the bottom of your e-mail!!  6. Send.

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