CSE/INFO 100, Autumn 2007- Homework 1

CSE/INFO 100, Autumn 2007—Homework 1: Treasure Hunt

Name (Last, First):	_____________________________________________________
Student ID:	__________________
Lab Section:	________

Keywords: course web site, course web site, course web site

Preparation

You are required to have completed the objectives in Lab 1 (http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/100/07au/labs/lab01.html) before doing this assignment.

Objectives

Recall info about your UW network resources.
Become familiar with the course web site.

This assignment is intended to help you become familiar with the course web site and all of the help and resources that are available for the course, and will not be weighted heavily in the final grade. It does count, however, and you will be expected to be comfortable with all of the items mentioned for future assignments.

Turn in the homework

Print this homework page and fill it out. Submit your homework at the beginning of class on Friday, September 28.

This assignment has two sections with a total of 20 points and is worth 2% of your final grade.

Questions - 20 points total

Info about your UW Network Resources - 8 points
If you have trouble with this section, review the material in lab 1.

1. What is your email address at the University of Washington? (1 point)

2. What is the URL (web address) of your UW student home page? (1 point)

3. When you log on to the MyUW site, you supply your UWNetID and password, and you are then taken to a screen titled "MyUW Main Page". This page has several tabs shown in a row near the top of the page. The first tab is named "MyFrontPage". Right above that tab is a short message. What is the message shown on your page? (2 points)

4. The Computing and Communications group at the UW provides quite a few tools for use with your UWNetID accounts. There is a useful page Manage Your UW NetID Resources (https://uwnetid.washington.edu/manage/) where you can manage these tools. How much disk space you have been allocated and how much disk space are you currently using? (4 points)

Info about the course web site - 12 points
All important information for this course can be found on the course home page. Always check there first if you have a question about the course.

5. What is the URL (web address) for the course web site? (1 point)

6. On most of the web site pages, there are links to the other pages in the site in a column down the lefthand or righthand side of the page. This is called the site navigation area. The navigation area includes a link to the class bulletin board ("Class Bulletin Board"). There is a message on the board titled "Homework 1 Solvers!". What is the answer to the question presented in that message? (5 points)

8. Does the section that you are enrolled in meet on Monday and Wednesday, or Tuesday and Thursday? (1 point)

9. You will be able to view your current scores online during the quarter. Are there any scores displayed on that web page now? (2 points)

10. The file schooling.pdf (http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/100/06wi/hw/schooling.pdf) is in the Portable Document Format (or "pdf"). Your computer should be able to read that file. If the file doesn't open when you click on the link, then you probably need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html) on your computer. Who is the person quoted in the text of schooling.pdf? (3 points)