Getting Started

• Some announcements
  • Class Attendance
    • Not Required
    • You need to know how to usee these machines for the tests.
    • You may attend either class (if there is space)
    • Make sure that you mark the attendance sheet when you are here.
  • Tests and Test Policies
    • You must take the tests when they are given.
    • Only in a DOCUMENTED emergency will a make up be given
    • Tell me about it before hand if you know there will be a problem.
  • Homework, projects and turning things in
    • Homework is generaly assigned each class.
    • You may work ahead, but don't get behind.
    • Projects are worth more than the homework, don't skip them.
    • If I don't like what you have done, I will take points off, you may correct the work and return it for full credit.
    • Everything MUST have:
      • Your Name
      • Your Section (time is fine)
      • The name of the assignment (Homework 1, Project 7)
    • Most homework will be by electronic submission. Generaly I will ask that you print only when
      • We are at the first section of a new subject, and printing is somehow different.
      • The results are too large and would cause a problem with storage space.
    • If you wish to work ahead, it is your responsibility to watch the web pages to see when the tests will be. They will generaly be when we complete a subject, but it would be best to email to find out a week or two before you think the test will occur.
    • You should keep copies of all work, along with the response. I sometimes mis-enter grades, and if you have a copy things are much easier.
    • I will always have a spread sheet of work accomplished, you should check regularly to see that your grades are recorded properly.
  • Media
    • You will need to store work as you progress through the semester.
    • You will have a choice of media on which to do this.
    • Your choice will be based on
      • Where you plan to work.
      • The media available to you there
    • Your choices are
      • Floppy Disk
        • Almost everywhere
        • Almost garenteed to fail
        • You will need 4 or 5 of these.
      • A zip disk
        • Much larger capacity
        • Less likely to fail
        • More Expensive ($10?)
        • You probably don't have one at home.
      • A CD-RW
        • Good if you have one at home.
        • I have not used these
        • Not very expensive.
      • The M drive
        • A networked drive provided by the university.
        • Great if you plan on working in the lab and on campus
        • No cost.
      • A USB drive
        • Only good if you have a USB port at home
        • Much more expensive
        • New toy gee whiz effect.
  • Students with Disabilities
    • OSD students, you may take the tests there, but you need to make prior arrangements. (The form)
    • If you need help, in any way, let me know, we will do what we can.

• Passwords and Such
  • What is identity theft?
  • What is your electronic identity?
  • What could happen if someone steals your electronic identity
    • Order unwanted goods/services
    • Gain access to personal information
    • Perform other actions on your behalf.
      • An interesting story, or my local copy
  • What can you do to protect your electronic identity?
    • What can your protect (username or password)?
  • How can you protect your password?
    • Be careful where you use it.
      • NEVER give it to a person
      • Keep two passwords, one for secure place, one for insecure places
      • Never write it down.
      • Be careful about places where you don't think there should be a password.
    • Make a good password.
      • If someone wanted to guess your password what would they do?
        • Defaults
        • Names of friends, family, ...
        • your username
        • Other facts associated with you
        • Password cracker - any word in any language
          • Forwards or backwards
          • numbers at the beginning or end
          • Standard substutions (3 for E, 0 for O)
          • Short passwords are much more easy to guess/crack.
      • Good Passwords
        • Two words stuck together: dog+four
        • Something spelled really bad: linken
        • An encoded phrase: 2bornot2b
      • Two rules: A password should be
        • something you can remember.
        • something that can't be guessed.
  • Localy
    • This semester you will have two accounts:
      • Your EUP account
      • Your CS account
    • You should make the passwords on these two accounts the same
    • To change a password on EUP
      • go to http://webmail.edinboro.edu/
      • Click on Single Sign-On & Password Change
      • Click on Change My Password
      • Enter your username and password
      • Enter the new password (twice)
    • To change your CS password
      • Log in
      • Press <ctrl> <alt> <del>
      • Click on Change Password
      • Enter your username, old, and new password
      • Click OK.

• Logging in
  • You will need to change your password when you log in, so have one ready.
    • Make it match your EUP password
    • If you want to change the EUP password, set this to a good password, and change the other one.
  • Your Username
    • Your username is in the form f######l where
      • f is your first initial
      • ###### are the last six digets of your banner id
      • l is your last initial
      • For Example:

        User: Dan Bennett,   Banner ID    12345678
        Username:       d345678b
                    

    • This is your username for Math/CS accounts
    • This is also your username for Edinboro University accounts
  • Your password
    • Your initial password is of the form mmddyy where
      • mm are the digits for the month you were born
      • dd are the digits for the day you were born
      • yy are the last two digits for the year in which you were born
      • For example:

        Birthday:   01 July 1982
        Password:   070182