Cmpt 101 Lab 1 - Outline

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1 Cmpt 101 Lab 1 - Outline Instructions: Work through this outline completely once directed to by your Lab Instructor and fill in the Lab 1 Worksheet as indicated. Contents PART 1: GETTING STARTED... 2 PART 2: EXPLORING THE DESKTOP... 2 The Apple menu... 2 The Dock... 3 The Finder... 3 Moving files... 3 Copying files... 3 Pasting files... 3 PART 3: USING THE NETWORK... 4 Step 1 Connect to the network... 4 Step 2 Locate your network drive (M: drive)... 5 Step 3 Disconnecting your network drives... 5 Worksheet Exercise: Section 1 - a... 6 PART 4: LOGGING ON TO THE PORTAL... 6 PART 5: CHANGING YOUR PASSWORD... 7 PART 6: USING Worksheet Exercise: Section 1 b... 9 Worksheet Exercise: Section PART 7: USING SCRATCH Worksheet Exercise: Section 3 and Section PART 8: SUBMITTING FILES ELECTRONICALLY Step 1 - Saving your files to the M: drive (from Scratch) Step 2 Opening your Blackboard assignment Step 3 Attaching files to your Blackboard submission Step 4 Changing your Blackboard submission PART 9: ENDING YOUR SESSION Saving your work Closing applications Disconnecting your network / flash drive Logging out / Shutting down

2 Part 1: Getting started Disclaimer: All of the instructions in this outline were correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change. If your computer is not already on, please turn it on now by pushing the button on the back (lower left hand side) of the monitor. When prompted, select Default and the computer will continue to boot up. Once finished, you will see the standard desktop (similar to the one shown). If the computer is already on and you can see the standard desktop or any programs already open, you should log the previous user out of the system (page 14) first and then log yourself in before continuing. Part 2: Exploring the Desktop From the standard desktop, it is possible to open files or programs on your Mac using the Apple menu, the Dock, and the Finder. The Apple menu To view the Apple menu, simply click the apple located in the top-left corner of the screen. It provides a short list of computer options (such as Shut Down and Log Out Default ) that you will find useful later on. NOTE: If a program freezes, you can select the Force Quit option from this menu to end the program. 2

3 The Dock The Dock is located on the bottom of the screen and should look similar to the following: It is easy to move between different applications (represented by icons) by simply clicking on them. When you click on an application, it opens and moves to the front. The menu bar along the top of the screen will change to reflect the current application. When finished with the application, you should ALWAYS save your work before closing the program. Users familiar with Windows will find the Dock similar to that of a toolbar or taskbar. The Finder The first application in the Dock is the Finder. It allows you to locate and open files. When you select the Finder, you will see the menu change on the top of the screen. You can use the File menu to open files, print files, find files, duplicate files, and send files to the trash as needed. Moving files To move a file, you need to copy the file first and then paste it to the new location. Copying files 1. Select the Finder from the Dock (if it is not already open) 2. Using the Finder, locate the file you wish to copy and click on it once 3. Select Copy Filename from the menu OR press [command] + [C] Pasting files 1. Select the Finder from the Dock (if it is not already open) 2. Using the Finder, locate the location where you want to paste your file 3. Select Paste item from the menu OR press [command] + [V] Note: You can also move a file by duplicating it and then using drag and drop to relocate it. To close the Finder, click on Close. If you prefer to keep it open, you can Minimize the Finder instead. This reduces it to an icon on the Desktop for later use. Practice: 1. Click on Microsoft Word on the Dock to open MS Word. 2. Notice how the menu has changed to reflect the open application. 3. Type in some text. 3

4 4. Practice using [command] + [C] to copy some text and [command] + [V] to paste it in a different location 5. Save your file to the Desktop as Practice.docx a. Click Save As from the menu b. In the Save As: area, type in the name Practice.docx to name the file c. In the Where: area, use the pull-down listing to locate the Desktop d. In the Format: area, select Word Document (.docx) e. Click Save to save the file Note: The Save dialog box will differ slightly amongst applications. The key elements are the filename and the location to save to. Since this file is just intended for temporary use, the Desktop is an acceptable save location. 6. Close MS Word a. Click Quit Word from the program s menu OR press [command] + [Q] 7. Again notice how the menu has changed now that MS Word is closed. 8. Click on the Practice.docx icon on the Desktop and use the menu to duplicate the file. 9. Click on the Practice copy.docx icon on the Desktop and drag it to the trash can to delete it. 10. You can try other file manipulations until you are comfortable. Ensure the file Practice.docx remains on the Desktop as you will need it in the next practice section. Part 3: Using the network A network is an organized hierarchy of files, folders, and directories (sometimes called drives). As a student in this course, you will regularly need to access the M: drive. The M: drive is where students store their files. Before you open any applications, you should connect to the network and find your M: drive so you can properly save your work there. Step 1 Connect to the network 1. The menu bar on the top should look similar to the following: 2. Click on the menu bar to expand the sub-menu. 4

5 3. Click the bottom option. 4. You will need to specify which server to connect to. Students should type in clccv7 in the Server Address: section and select Connect. Refer to the screenshot. 5. To connect to the network, students must have a valid network login and password. Type in your MacEwan network login id and password in the appropriate locations as shown. When finished, select Connect. 6. If you know which volume(s) you want, you can select it by clicking on it (for example, clcc10.clccvol7) and selecting OK. Otherwise, you can choose all of the volumes by clicking on the first volume, hold down the shift key, and then click on the last volume in the list. When ready, press OK. 7. The volume(s) you selected will show up on the right side of your desktop. Step 2 Locate your network drive (M: drive) 1. Double click the drive volume you want to open to bring it up in the Finder. 2. Within the Finder, you can follow the folders down to your M: drive by clicking them in succession. 3. Once you can see your M: drive (the folder with your login name on it), you ll be able to save your work onto your network drive when necessary. Step 3 Disconnecting your network drives 1. Refer to the instructions on page 14 for this step. It is done at the end of each session. 5

6 Note: In the future, any problems that you may have with respect to accessing the network or your should be directed to Information and Technology Services (ITS) via the Service First Helpdesk on the second floor LRC. Be prepared to show your ID card! You can also phone the help desk at (497 HELP). Practice: Move the file Practice.docx to your network drive. 1. Click on the Practice.docx icon on the Desktop 2. Select Copy Practice.docx from the menu OR press [command] + [C] 3. Click on the Finder on the Dock 4. Browse to your M: drive 5. Select New Folder from the menu and name it Lab 1 practice 6. Open up the Lab 1 practice folder 7. Select Paste item from the menu OR press [command] + [V] 8. Verify that the file Practice.docx now exists both on the Desktop and in your new folder Note: Remember that files saved to the computer (Desktop or hard drive) are automatically deleted at the end of each session and should not be used as permanent storage. Files on the network drive will be there until you choose to delete them. Worksheet Exercise: Complete Section 1 - a on your Worksheet. Part 4: Logging on to the portal Students can access many useful sources of information through the student portal. With the portal, students can (a) change their password, (b) use their , (c) access LRC info, (d) access Blackboard, and traverse many other options as well. 1. Launch a web browser by clicking the icon for Safari on the Dock. 2. Once the browser has started up, type the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) in the address field and press the Enter key. This will take you to the portal login screen (if you are not there already by default). 3. On the left hand side (LHS), you will see a login area. Fill in the information required. Your MacEwan Network ID and Password are the same as the ones that you used earlier. Refer to the screen shot on the following page. If you cannot login successfully, ask your Lab Instructor for help. 6

7 4. Once logged in, you should explore the portal options carefully and familiarize yourself with what can be done through the portal. To return to the main screen at any time, click on the Home option from the menu bar on the top left side of the screen. 5. When finished using the portal, it is imperative that you logout ; otherwise, anyone else who uses your machine can access your personal information through the portal. To logout, click on the option to Log Out on the top right side of the screen (as shown). Part 5: Changing your password Once you begin using your network account, you probably have only a few grace logins within which to change your password (particularly if your password is currently set to your ID number). If you do not change your password within this time period, your account will become frozen and you will have to go to ITS for help. To avoid this problem, you should change your network password using the student portal. Before you continue, think carefully about your new password. The password you choose must be 6 8 characters long. Passwords are case-sensitive and may consist of letters, numbers, and symbols. Never choose a password that can be easily guessed. Remember to protect your password by not writing it down or telling it to anyone. If you ever forget your password, contact ITS. 1. Open up a web browser and login to the portal. Refer to Part 4: Logging on to the portal if you do not know how. 2. Select Tech Support from the top menu. Click on the option to change your password. You may be prompted to give your Username and Password again. 3. On this new screen, you will see a Change Password area. Follow the directions as indicated on screen. Please note that changing your password here will change your MacEwan login password as well as all other passwords associated with the portal. If you have difficulty changing the password, ask your Lab Instructor for assistance. 4. If you are unsure whether your password was successfully changed, you can logout of the portal and try logging in again with your new password. If you can login, then it was a successful change; otherwise, you may have to try changing your password again. 7

8 Part 6: Using Students use a web based mail program called MyMail. This means you can access your e- mail from any computer as long as it has Internet access. Step 1 - Log on to MyMail 1. Open up a web browser and login to the portal. Refer to Part 4: Logging on to the portal if you do not know how. 2. On the left hand side, under the Welcome message, you will see how many new messages you have (ie. ) and you can click on this OR click on the option from the menu bar (near the top of the screen) to enter MyMail. Step 2 - Reading Once logged in to MyMail, students will see the Inbox window. Students can read any messages they might have by following these steps. 1. To access any new mail, students should click on along the left hand side if they cannot see their INBOX already. Any number beside the INBOX indicates how many new messages are waiting. 2. To access a message, click on the message subject in the Subject area. This will pop up a new window with the message body. 3. When finished reading the message, click on an option such as Close or Delete from the toolbar along the top row. From the main window, students can use the toolbar (icons along left hand side and top of the window) to perform tasks. The toolbar displays options to view your Mailbox, compose an item, search the Address Book, view the Calendar, open Help, and exit MyMail. We will focus on finding out your address and sending a message. Step 3 - Searching for an entry in the Address Book The Address Book lets you search for the address of students here at MacEwan. Follow these steps once you are logged in to MyMail to find your address. 1. Click on the Address Book icon on the left side of the main window. 2. Beneath the Search For field, click the Address Books you want to search (Personal, System-wide, or Public). In general, you can select all of them. 3. Decide what type of search you wish to conduct. a. To list all addresses, leave the Search For field empty. This will take a very long time. This is NOT recommended. 8

9 b. To search for a specific entry, enter the search terms in the Search For field. For example, to find your address, enter your first or last name. c. To search for an entry with certain characteristics, use a single letter as single letter search criteria function as wildcards. For example, if you enter J as the search condition, the search will return all entries beginning with J. 4. Click Search to display a list of entries that match your search conditions. When finished, click Cancel or close the window. Worksheet Exercise: Complete Section 1 - b on your Worksheet. Step 4 - Sending an message You may wish to send an message to yourself just to practice sending and receiving messages. Follow these steps once you are logged in to MyMail. 1. Click on the Compose icon on the left side of the main window. 2. Type in an address in the To field or use the Address Book to find an address. 3. Click on the Subject area and type in a subject. Always put a subject! 4. Click on the Message area and type in a message. 5. Click the Send button on the right to send the message or Cancel to cancel it. Worksheet Exercise: Complete Section 2 from your Worksheet. Your Lab Instructor will provide his / her address. Step 5 - Other tasks (Optional) To use MyMail effectively, students should familiarize themselves with Help. The Help feature provided with MyMail can guide students through the steps to perform many tasks. To access Help, click on the Help icon in the toolbar on the top of the main window. This will open another browser window. Students can switch between the Help window and the main window or position the two windows so both can be viewed simultaneously as they practice performing different tasks. This is a list of some of the features students may want to explore in more detail: Replying to an item / Deleting an item / Purging items (remove permanently) Preferences o Changing the default time out option o Automatically forwarding messages to a different address IMPORTANT: Students in Cmpt 101 are required to read their often. If you do not intend to use your MyMail account after today, you must set it up to forward any messages you receive to an account you will read regularly. 9

10 Step 6 Leaving MyMail 1. To leave MyMail and return to the portal, click the Home option from the menu bar near the top of the screen. 2. To leave MyMail and exit the portal, click on the Exit icon in the toolbar on the top of the main window. Part 7: Using Scratch Cmpt 101 students will be using Scratch for the first lab. Scratch is a programming language that lets you create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art. You may download Scratch for free at home from MIT at their Scratch website ( if you wish. Since Scratch is already installed on the lab computers, you can begin immediately. Step 1 - Opening the Scratch software 1. Double click the Macintosh HD located on the upper-right of the Desktop. 2. Click Applications 3. Locate Scratch 1.4 and double click Scratch to begin. Step 2 Work through the tutorial 1. Open up a web browser and login to the portal. Refer to Part 4: Logging on to the portal if you do not know how. 2. Click on Distance and Online Learning. This should then list all of the courses you have access to through Blackboard. 3. Click on the Blackboard link for this course. Your Lab Instructor can provide the exact link name if it is unclear. This site will be very useful to you throughout the term. Some labs will have supplementary materials you can access through here. 4. Locate the materials pertaining to Scratch and work through the Scratch Tutorial to learn how to use Scratch. Worksheet Exercise: Complete Section 3 and Section 4 on your Worksheet. The instructions needed for Section 3 c are listed in Part 8: Submitting files electronically. 10

11 Part 8: Submitting files electronically Remember, you ALWAYS want to save everything you do to a permanent storage location. Saving files to your network drive gives you the option to access the files from any computer at MacEwan. Files saved to a flash drive can be taken with you and used on any machine. Files saved to the computer s hard drive or desktop will be permanently deleted by the computer and non-recoverable once the computer is shut down. Take care not to lose your work! With most software, you have the option to use either Save or Save as. As a rule of thumb, a. use Save as when you want to save a file: for the first time, in a different location, or under a different name. b. use Save if you have previously saved your file and wish to replace the old version with a modified version. Step 1 - Saving your files to your network drive (from Scratch) 1. From within your software application, choose Save or Save as or go to the Menu bar and choose File > Save as. 2. In the new window, browse until you locate your network drive (it has your name on it). 3. In the File Name: field, type in a name for your file as instructed. 4. Click on OK or Save or press the Enter key when ready. The file should now be on your network drive. Step 2 Opening your Blackboard assignment Since your Lab Instructor does not have access to your network drive, any electronic files you wish to have marked must be submitted to your Lab Instructor. 1. Save the file you want to submit to your network drive if you have not already done so. 2. Either Close or Minimize the application software so you return to the Desktop. 3. Open up a web browser and login to the portal if you are not already logged in. Refer to Part 4: Logging on to the portal if you do not know how. 4. Click on Distance and Online Learning and open up your Blackboard site for this course and lab section. 5. Locate and click on the link to Assignments on the left hand side of the screen. 6. Click on the tab for Inbox if it is not already selected. Inbox is where you will find assignments that you need to complete. 11

12 Note: Once an assignment has been submitted or graded, you can find it by clicking on the appropriate tab and then the desired assignment. 7. Click on the hyperlink for Lab 1 (or whatever lab the assignment is for). This will open up the Lab 1 assignment. Step 3 Attaching files to your Blackboard submission Once the assignment is open, you can view pertinent information like the due date and any specific instructions pertaining to the assignment. You can also see if there are any attachments to download. Attachments can be downloaded by clicking on each file individually and then downloading them (save them to your network drive and open them later) or opening them immediately as desired. 1. Ensure the assignment is open in Blackboard. Follow the steps in the previous section if you have not opened the assignment already. 2. Under the area, you can click on the button. This will bring up a separate window. 3. Locate the file you want to submit. You can click on My Computer, Choose File, and then work your way through the Devices area to find your network drive. Once you have located your specific file on your network drive, select Choose. 4. If you have more files to submit, then click on Choose File in another location and then locate the next file to submit and so on until all necessary files are selected. 5. Once your entire assignment is attached click on OK. 6. You should now be able to see your file(s) listed as hyperlinks in the Submission: area. If you cannot see anything or if you wish to attach more files, repeat steps 2 5. Note: If you wish to remove any files, you can click on the Remove icon on the extreme right hand side of the file listing to remove an individual file. 7. You can type in any special instructions / comments in the area. 8. When finished, click at the bottom of the assignment. If prompted, click to finish the process. 12

13 9. You should see a screen informing you of your submission time. Click. 10. When you return to the Assignment screen, your assignment will no longer be visible. It has been moved under the tab. If you click on the tab, you can see your assignment any time. Step 4 Changing your Blackboard submission If you change your mind and wish to take your assignment back, you can as long as it is before the submission deadline. 1. Open up a web browser and login to the portal if you are not already logged in. Refer to Part 4: Logging on to the portal if you do not know how. 2. Click on Distance and Online Learning and open up your Blackboard site for this course and lab section. 3. Locate and click on the link to Assignments on the left hand side of the screen. 4. Click on the tab for. is where you will find assignments that you need to complete while contains assignments you have submitted but have not been graded yet. You should be able to see your assignment now. If you cannot see it, you should talk to your Lab Instructor. 5. Click on the action button beside your assignment name. 6. Select Take submission back to Inbox to put the submission back in your. 7. Click on the tab. You should see your assignment and once you open it, you can make changes to it. 8. You can remove / reattach files by following the steps in Step 3 Attaching files to your Blackboard submission and resubmitting when ready. 13

14 Part 9: Ending your session Before you leave the lab, you should: a) check that you correctly saved your work permanently to your network drive (M:) or to a flash drive. Ask your Lab Instructor for any help BEFORE you log out or shut down. b) Close any applications you were using c) Disconnect your network / flash drives d) Log out / Shut down Saving your work 1. From within your software application, choose Save or Save as or go to the Menu bar and choose File > Save as. 2. In the new window, browse until you locate your network (M:) drive. 3. In the File Name: field, type in a name for your file as instructed. 4. Click on OK or Save or press the Enter key when ready. The file should now be on your network drive. If you are unsure, as your Lab Instructor for assistance. Closing applications 1. Save any work that you have open in a permanent location 2. From the program s menu, select Quit or use [command] + [Q] or click Close. 3. Repeat these two steps for each application you are using. Disconnecting your network / flash drive 1. Any NETWORK drives or FLASH drives you have currently connected will show up on the right side of your desktop. 2. Click on a network / flash drive and drag it down to the trash can on the bottom-right of the Dock. As you drag it, the trash can may change into an eject icon to remind you that you are disconnecting a drive. DO NOT disconnect the Macintosh HD or the Documents icons as they should remain on the computer. 3. Drop the drive icon on the Trash can to disconnect it. If it was a flash drive, you can safely remove it from the computer now. Logging out / Shutting down It is important that you log out of your workstation when you finish using it. Otherwise, it is possible for someone else to modify or even delete your files. And, it is imperative that you always shut down the Mac properly using shut down feature. Simply pushing the power button may cause damage to any files you have open. 1. Click the Apple menu (located in the top-left corner of your screen) 2. Select the option to or 3. The computer should return to the initial log in screen or power off depending on your selection. 14