110 Lab week 1

Labs Start On the Hour

Please arrive at 026 Kla early enough to be seated and do the following:

If you arrive late, your lab instructor will not be able to take time away from the other students to fill you in on what you missed.

Getting Ready

Your UO DuckID is a username and password, and you need to know your DuckID before you go to your lab. Your DuckID is different from the "UO Id" and "PAC" that DuckWeb asks you on its login page. (Confusing? You bet, and that's what Identity 2.0 is all about and why we'll study it in 110.)

Skill Assessment Notation: In 110, we'll assess skill-acquisition using three levels: E (Exposure), F (Familiarity), M (Mastery).

Micro Labs on Campus: In addition to 026 Kla, You can work in 013 Kla, 101 Mck, the EMU labs, and other computer labs on campus.

Saving your Lab Work: The My Documents folder on the PCs in 026 Kla is cleared periodically. If you want to save a copy of your lab work, use SSH's File Transfer window to upload your files and/or folders to your shell.uoregon.edu account. Or bring a USB drive with you to your lab and keep your /110 folder stored on that drive.

110 IT Applications/DuckWare CD: All the software we use in the lab (SSH, TextPad, FireFox, Fugu, ..) is on the DuckWare CD, and can be installed on your personal computer (Windows and/or OS X). The DuckWare CD is available from MicroHelp, 151 McKenzie. With the Duckware CD, you can set up your own computer with all the ingredients in the 110 IT Cocktail. Make it a double ;-)

Lab Exercises

  1. Lab lists. After week 1, you will not be required to use DuckWeb to change labs; we will handle it informally instead. For labs that are full, two names may be added beyond the max, on the condition that the added students may have to watch over someone's shoulder. Students registered for a lab have first access to a computer. If your name is added to a new lab list, be sure it is deleted from the original list.

    See the 110 FAQ for further details.


  2. SSH to shell.uoregon.edu. Open Unix Tutorial One in a browser. Your GTF will introduce you to the Unix shell command line by using a few simple commands.

  3. Required 110 Information Architecture.

    Open SSH's ftp window and use it to create a public_html directory if you do not already have one. Create a 110 directory in public_html.

    This is your 110 directory on shell.uoregon.edu. It's Unix pathname is ~/public_html/110. In Unix, tilde (~) is a Unix abbreviation for the path to your home directory. (To see its value, enter this Unix command at the shell prompt: echo ~

    Your instructors will refer to this as your "110 site folder" using the syntax /110/

  4. Required Subfolders. Follow your lab instructor's directions to create subdirectories in /110/ named p1, p2, p3, p4, fp, images, css, contact, and examples.

  5. Start TextPad.

    In your browser open xhtml-starter.html and download it to Desktop > My Documents > xhtml-starter.html.

    Open xhtml-starter.html in TextPad, modify it by adding your name in the h2 header and changing the title element.

    Use TextPad's Preview in Browser command (the "globe" icon on the toolbar) to see your modifications. Next open a SSH/ftp window and use drag-and-drop to upload xhtml-starter.html from your computer (the local host) to your ~/public_html/111/p1/xhtml-starter.html on uoregon.edu (the remote host).

    (Note that "~" is an abbreviation for the path to your home directory on the server. For example, /home7/jaquesBonhomme/.)

    Verify that the transfer was successful by opening the page in your browser-- open http://www.uoregon.edu/~username/111/p1/xhtml-starter.html

The 110 Learning Environment

At the start of the term, your lab instructor will regularly stop and ask the question, "Can all of you hear me, especially in the back of the room? Can you understand what I am saying?"

It's important that you are able to follow along as the instructor presents material. If you cannot hear or understand what is being said, please raise your hand and say (polite always works) that you are having difficulty following the presentation. The lab instructor will appreciate your assistance.

Also, please keep in mind that your responsibility is to pay attention and follow the instructor's directions. In particular, you should not be reading email, surfing the web, visiting with other students, etc., during the lab. Save those activities for after the lab.