Starter Day guide

WELCOME TO THE CSC170 STARTER DAY COMPUTER CHECK

This exercise ensures that you can use all the tools of the class on the PC in your Study Home. (Your Study Home can be a library PC.) Keep a written log of any task you could not accomplish along with any error messages you received, and just keep going. You will report any problems you find using the Moodle survey. This assignment looks big, but most tasks are just short tasks in which you look at something to see that it works on your PC.

Task 1: Check whether you have the course software

Product	How you know you have it
SeaMonkey	Start / Program/ SeaMonkey
FileZilla FTP Client	Start / Program / FileZilla FTP Client
Microsoft or Open Office Word	Start / Program / Microsoft Word or Start/ Program / Microsoft Office / Word
Microsoft or Open Office Excel	Start / Program / Microsoft Excel or Start/ Program / Microsoft Office / Excel
Microsoft or Open Office Powerpoint	Start / Program / Microsoft Powerpoint or Start/ Program / Microsoft Office / Powerpoint
Windows Only: : Irfranview graphic editor	Start / Program / Irfanview.
Mac: Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program)	(For the Mac, If you have any program that will allow you to crop and rotate pictures, you can use that.)
Windows Vista and Windows 7+ Optional: GrepWin	(This is an optional tool that is better than the current Windows Vista or Windows 7 or greater tools for searching file, especially searching through file contents.)

If you do not have one of the above programs, please click here to get the free program.

Task 2: Run a captivate script:

Run a test captivate script by clicking here. Verify that you hear the voice and see it type "Goodbye". Hit the "x" in the upper right corner when the "movie" is done.

If you cannot hear the sound, try the following (one at a time):
- turn the knob on your speaker volume on the physical speaker box.
- make sure your speakers are plugged into the computer and into a power outlet.
- double click the speaker icon on the start task bar (usually on the bottom right bar of your screen), and be sure the mute box is not checked and the volume is turned up.
- please download the windows media player at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx
If you still don't hear "Goodbye" at the end, don't worry about it. Just report it in your survey.
Hit the "x" in the upper right corner when the "movie" is done.

Task 3: View a Flash object:

Can you see the following button with a diamond? When you hover, does the diamond spin?
If you cannot, please download the flash player from Macromedia by clicking here. (http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash)

Task 4: Verify you can view a powerpoint

Click here to see a very short presentation with sound: (Choose "open" if asked. When done, click the "x" in the upper right corner.)
If it opens in powerpoint, you may have to run the show by choosing Slide Show / View Show
If you cannot view it, please download a powerpoint viewer: http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00153_Free_PowerPoint_Viewers-_Viewer_Capabilities.htm
If you cannot hear the sound, please download the windows media player http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx
Note: Having sound on powerpoint is not critical to the class, and I have seen problems with sound not working only on Powerpoint in the past. As a result, I seldom include sound in my presentations to this class.

Task 5: E-mail:- (only do this if you normally do not use Adelphi email )

If the Adelphi account is not your primary account, set the options on your Adelphi e-mail to forward all mail with a "From" containing "pepper" to that account. If you did this in class, you can skip this step.For detailed instructions on how to set your e-mail to forward, click here.

Task 6: Discussion Boards in Moodle

Answer the question on the Social Networking Ethics Discussion in Moodle. The discussion description tells you what to post.

Also, look at the Help discussion board to see if you can help anyone. Posting a good answer to someone's Help question earns extra credit.
If you want instructions on posting to the Social Networking Ethics Discussion Board, click here.
If you cannot find the box to type your discussion into, please try the SeaMonkey browser.
(If you reached this page without signing onto Moodle, click here for instructions for on logging onto Moodle.)

Task 7: Create a working folder csc170home

Create a folder on your C drive (or Mac Desktop) called "csc170home". (If you prefer, you can place this folder elsewhere.)
For detailed instructions, click here

Task 8: Protect your home PC

Ensure you are familiar with different types of malware and what you can do to protect your PC by reading this PC health link. Also, ensure you are running some anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-adware software. Please read and learn about malware even if you have a Mac.

Task 9: Moodle survey

Click on "Starter Survey " in the assignment section. (This is really just a survey to see where problems exist.) Take the survey. Be sure to hit submit.

Task 10: Word Photo Album

Complete the word photo album according to instructions Then upload photo album to Moodle's photo album assignment in the Word section. (Note: I would like you to get page numbering correct, but it can be very tricky. If you are unable to fix the page numbering, post it to the help board so I or another student can guide you in fixing it.)