Autumn 2009
FIT 100Skip Navigation

• Home
• Overview
• Vision
• Grading
• Communications
• Instructor

Coursework:

• Calendar
• Readings
• Projects

Miscellaneous:

• Catalyst Tools
  • Collect It for
    Jeff | Miranda | Yuan
  • GoPost
  • UMail
• listServ archives
• Resources
• Computing Resources
• eReserves
• Tech and Library Tips
• Maps
  • Mary Gates Hall
  • MGH Third Floor

Computing Resources

Your UWNetID Account • Computing at UW
Software for Home Computer or Laptop • Useful Free Software

This section discusses the software and other computer-related resources utilized in this course and has links to software you can download for free for home or laptop use..

Your UWNetID account

Students in this course are expected to have UW accounts on Dante and will use those accounts for many assignments. Staff or faculty accounts on Homer may also be used. For information about obtaining and managing a UWNetID account, see the UW IT Connect home page.

All class e-mail will be sent to those accounts. If you normally read e-mail on an ISP or through some other connection, you may wish to have your UW e-mail forwarded there. Once you have a UWNetID, it's easy to set up mail forwarding using the services at Manage Your UW NetID Resources.

top of page

Computing at the UW

The UW provides numerous labs around campus (locations). Some of them are general access and others are offered by specific departments and may have access restrictions.

The two labs most commonly used by students in this class are the Mary Gates Hall Computing Resource Center and the Odegaard Undergraduate Library Computing Commons.

top of page

Software for Home Computer or Laptop

The software used in this class runs on Windows PCs. In some, but not all cases, versions may be available for Mac or Linux systems. The closer your home PC is to the Windows PCs in the labs, the less likely you are to have problems. You are not required to work on UW computers, but teaching staff can provide only limited assistance in debugging problems with home computers.

UW provides software for making secure remote connections to Dante. All the tools you need are contained in the Tools for Safe and Secure Computing. You can download the essential programs for free. Both Mac and Windows software is available.

To view some of the course files, you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded for free.

For programming, we will use JavaScript to produce dynamic HTML. Your programming efforts will be published to your Dante Web account.

Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance

The last part of the quarter studies Databases and uses Microsoft Access, which is available on all labs on campus. Access is not included in the standard MS Office Suite. Students enrolled in this course may be eligible to download certain Microsoft software products for free, including Access. The procedure varies depending on whether you are registered under CSE or INFO. The software you download may be used for academic, non-commercial purposes only.

Follow these steps to obtain your software and install it:

1. MSDNAA: Download and Install video (23 min.)
2. Burn the ISO file to CD and install the CD

Photo Editing Software

In the labs, we will use Adobe Photoshop for some exercises. This software is expensive to buy. Free or inexpensive tools are available, such as Gimp, Microsoft Paint, Microsoft Photo Editor, Kodak Imaging, etc. You may also find that your word processor (e.g. Word) or presentation software (e.g. PowerPoint) has some image processing software built in. You can also download free 30-day trials of Adobe Dreamweaver or Photoshop. UW also offers a special discount on academic versions of Adobe products.

top of page

top of page

 



---

Home • Overview • Vision • Grading • Communications • Instructor
Calendar • Weekly Schedules • Readings • Homework and Labs • Projects • Resources • Computing • eReserves • Syllabus