CIS105 Fall 2003 H01

For your first homework assignment, you are to practice uploading a file to WebCT. First you will create the file, then you will upload it to WebCT. That's all there is to it.

Step 1: Open two web browser windows, and one terminal window. The way you do this will depend on where you are working, and may be different in every site, so:

If you are working in lab, ask your TA for instructions
If at a UD Computing Site, see if there are local instructions, or a consultant that can assist you in opening two web browser windows, and one terminal session to strauss.
If working from your own PC connected to the Internet, you should be able to figure out the web browser bit on your own; for the terminal session to strauss, use the ssh software that you can download from http://udeploy.udel.edu.

In both web browser windows, go to the WebCT home page at http://www.udel.edu/webct. In one web window, click the link "For Students". You will use this page to get instructions for some of the WebCT steps involved in this assignment. In the other web window, log on to WebCT. Use the instructions in the "For Students" page of the first web browser window to help you with that process. Keep both windows open, because you will need them in a later step.

Step 2: Log on to the Unix operating system. You'll need to follow steps 1.1 through 1.7 in Lab 1 from your lab manual to get to this point. Chapter 3 in Afzal may also be helpful.

Step 3: The easiest way to create a file in Unix is to simply use the following command:

cat > filename

where filename is the name of the file you want to create. For example:

cat > H01.txt

creates a file called H01.txt.

After you type this command, you will be presented with a blank line where you can type in a few lines of text. You can't correct mistakes, except on the line you are currently typing, but that's ok. For this exercise, the important thing is that you understand how to create a file and upload it to the system, so for thisassignment, I'm not all that worried about spelling or grammar. (That will be the last time you hear that in this course; I care a great deal about spelling and grammar).

Step 4: Type in a few lines of text, and hit return after each one. You might type for example, your name, and a sentence or two about something you enjoy that has nothing to do with computers.

Step 5: When you are finished, type a CTRL-D. (Hold down the CTRL button with one finger, and type the letter D with your another finger. Pretty soon, you'll just be expected to know that this is what we mean when we say "type CTRL-D"). That should bring you back to the Unix prompt. (If you read Afzal Ch 3, and your lab manual, you'll know what a Unix prompt is.) called "typing control D".

Step 6: You should now be able to look at your file by typing:

more H01.txt

Step 7: Now, in the web browser window where you have the Student page for WebCT open, you need to find the instructions for submitting an assignment. In the web browser window where you have logged on to WebCT, you need to scroll down until you find the "Upload File" button. You will now follow the instructions to upload this file into WebCT, and then submit it.

You are now finished with Homework 1 (H01), and can proceed to Lab01. The instructions for that are also on the assignment page in WebCT.

Phillip T Conrad

Last modified: Sun Oct 19 19:04:01 EDT 2003