Fall 1998 Computers and Society
Tuesdays 6 - 9:40 PM in 113 Rackham: GST 2710, Section 990 and AGS 3360, Section 983
Mondays 5:30 - 9:10 PM at NWAC: GST 2710, Section 984
Course web site: http://www.cll.wayne.edu/isp/drbowen/casf98/
Last updated: 11/3/98
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Ninth class: Agenda
Rackham: Tuesday November 3 / NWAC: Monday November 9

  1. Announcements:
    1. The people listed below still need to log on to the computer conference for this class. For instructions, see Agenda 5, VII.A.
      1. Rackham (Tuesdays)
        1. Melanie Brown
        2. Nantambu Kohlbatz
        3. Pamela Shaw
        4. William Swazer
      2. NWAC (Mondays)
        1. Joyceline Blackmon
        2. Jason DeMeyer
        3. Precious Sampson
        4. Jevon Woods
    2. Since people have trouble remembering the URL for the course web site, it will be at the top of every agenda from now on.
    3. On the course web site, there are supplementary materials. I have collected these under a "Supplementary materials" heading. These are not required for this course, but may help you to understand required concepts.
    4. Sign in on the course web site (every class).
    5. Other computers that you can use for the labs
      1. NOTE: Besides the Rackham and NWAC computer labs, other computers will not have the lab document files from the CD-ROM in the textbook, since those files are specific to this course. If you want to use these lab document files, you will need to them on your floppy disk. You cannot fit ALL of these files on your floppy disk at the same time. Just put on the one(s) you want to work on at that time. Also, make sure that you get all the questions possible answered beforehand, since generally the lab technicians will not know the specifics of this course.
      2. The NWAC lab is open much of the time. The Rackham lab hours are posted on the course web site.
      3. The Dell computers at the Adamany Undergraduate Library run WindowsNT with Office97.
      4. The computer labs at the other CLL Centers are set up like the NWAC computers -- WindowsNT and Office97. For a map of the CLL centers, go to the CLL web site at http://www.cll.wayne.edu/ and click on "off-campus sites". For local maps, hours and telephone numbers, click on the individual sites you are interested in.

      NOTE for Rackham: WindowsNT works almost exactly the same as Windows95. You will NOT have to switch back and forth between Mac and Windows in these labs.

  2. Midterm
  3. Handouts, pass backs
  4. Lab 8.
    1. Log in to the GST 2710 Computer Conference
      1. Read the messages that interest you.
      2. Mark all of the messages as read.
      3. Leave a message.
        NOTE the difference between the title or brief subject of your message and the content. There are separate boxes for the title and the message. See the figure below.
        titlmess.gif (7326 bytes)
    2. In Microsoft Office Step By Step, do Part 3, Lesson 3 (Writing Formulas).
      1. On Pages 282 - 283, if you have done Lab 7 (Excel invoice) load the ITC Invoice file from your floppy disk. Otherwise, load the file 03Lesson.xls as described on Page 283.
      2. Loading the practice file. You should be aware by now that you may find the the practice files in places other than what the books says. I do not know how the files came to be in so many different places. The installation CD-ROM always puts them in the same place, as far as I can tell, and that is in a folder off of the root directory. Where can the lab files (Office 97 6 in 1 Step by Step) be?
        1. In "Favorites" folder (in the File Open dialog, this is a folder icon with asterisk on it). This seems to be pretty consistent at NWAC, although on one of the computers, someone had deleted all of these files.
        2. In a folder named c:\Office 97 6 in 1 Step by Step.  The files can be both here and in "Favorites."
        3. On the Windows 95 desktop (this is a level above the C: drive and even above the "My Computer" level).
      3. Since it is difficult to find the files in the File Open dialog, if you have been having trouble finding these files, it is probably best to use Windows Explorer (NWAC: Windows NT Explorer) to find them before starting Word. Do a Find for 02Lesson.doc. Bear in mind that the Excel and Access files will be in slightly different levels.
      4. When the book says to save your file, do not save it to the place they say, but to your floppy diskette. Save regularly. Make sure that your last save includes the changes in C below (that is, save after you make these changes, and the header will be included automatically).
      5. For this lab, do "One More Step" on pages 290 - 292.
      6. Print out a copy of your spreadsheet at the end of  the lesson, on Pg 292. To put your name, Lab # and class section on the printouts,
        1. Choose the "Header and Footer..." item on the "View" menu
        2. On the "Page Setup" dialog, click the "Custom Header..." button
        3. On the "Header" dialog, click the mouse in "Cetner Section"
        4. Type in the information in the header
        5. Click OK to close the "Header" dialog
        6. On the "Page Setup" dialog, click OK to apply the header.

Assignment 9

In Computers in Your Future 98, answer the following questions:

  1. Pg 8-15, the 10 Multiple Choice questions.
  2. Pg 8-17, Review 6 and 10.
  3. Pg 8-29, the 10 Multiple Choice questions.
  4. Page 8-31, Review 1, 2 and 5.