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R. Craig Collins > BCIS 1305/ITSC 1309 > Lab 2

Lab 2 © R. Craig Collins, 2006,19

See also my Example
Check with your Instructor for due dates

Guided Activity and practice, some items may vary during the lecture, if in a Face to Face class

You can skip to the actual lab by clicking here

Optional items you may wish to practice, Scroll down for graded section
(My Windows Crash Course)

Launching Windows, view the Desktop, and the Task Bar
Use the left mouse button to select the Start Menu, explore the submenus, and finally select Help
Use the left mouse button to close the Help Menu
Double click the Internet (Internet Explorer) icon on the desktop to start the web browser
After locating the class web site, cycle through maximize, minimize, restore, resize, and finally close.
Insert your thumb drive/floppy disk, if you have one.
(Note, give thumbdrives time to start up;
when finished using a thumb drive, close any window relating to the thumb drive,
then click the green arrow icon in the system tray (right side of the task bar)
and choose to remove; wait until you get the message that it is safe to remove.)
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Optional, for CIS Majors
Open a command window (Start/All Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt,
then issue the following command: help
Issue the following command: exit
Open (My) Computer/This PC/File Explorer, and browse to your storage device drive letter (disk A:\, thumb drive E:\ or F:\, network O:\)
Toggle the folder view by clicking the [Folders] button, then toggle back; explore the details area
In Windows 7, select Tools/Folder Options...
In order to see the Tools menu, you may have to press [Alt]
Select the View tab, and make sure that 'Hide extensions for know file types' is NOT checked.
Click OK. You will now be able to see the complete file name.
In Windows 10
• Cick Start, then open File Explorer (also known as This PC)
• Choose the View tab, then add a checkbox next to File name extensions
Right click in the drive window, and choose New\Text document, naming it test.txt
Right click in the drive window, and choose New\folder, naming it lab1
Select the file test.txt, then choose Edit/Copy
In order to see the Edit menu, you may have to press [Alt]
Select the folder, then choose Edit/Paste
Open the new folder... you should see your file.
Double click the file, and add your name to it. Save the file and close.
Right click the file, choose copy; right click in an open section of the drive window, and choose paste
Right click the new copy, choose rename, and enter some other name... but don't change the extension*
Browse to get back to the root of your storage device
Create a new folder called Junk
Right click, then drag your text document to the Junk... choose move
Select Junk... press the delete key.
Note: The recycle bin holds on to recently deleted files and folders, but only on hard drives,
not network drives or floppy disks. Your thumb drive may have a recycle bin.

Graded Activity
Set your computer to show the full filename and extension.

In Windows 7, Open Windows Explorer/My Computer and select Tools/Folder Options...
In order to see the Tools menu, you may have to press [Alt]
Select the View tab, and make sure that 'Hide extensions for know file types' is NOT checked.
Click OK. You will now be able to see the complete file name.

In Windows 10
Cick Start, then open File Explorer (also known as This PC)
Choose the View tab, then add a checkbox next to File name extensions

This PC

Using File Explorer, locate your O:\ drive if on campus, or your "Office 365 One Drive" and create a folder called Lab2.
Start Wordpad (Press the Start key on your keyboard or on your monitor, and type wordpad to locate and start the program.
Add 10 things, including your name, that you wouldn't mind sharing. See also my Example
Complete the Create-Edit-Format cycle (add different sizes, colors, font faces, and attributes like bold, italic, underline, etc.)
Open Paint, and doodle on a canvas about 120 x 120 (Choose Image Attributes to change) (YouTube on Paint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds1Qtfggt2w)
Choose Edit\Select All, or use the Rectangular selection tool to highlight part of the image
[Ctrl]+[C] will copy the image to the clipboard
Use [Alt]+[Tab] to get back to your Wordpad document, click where you would like to place the image
[Ctrl]+[V] will paste the image from the clipboard to the insertion point
Save the changes to a file named yourname-lab2.rtf, within the lab2 folder made earlier. Close Wordpad and Paint.
If you need to edit the file later, do NOT double click the icon, as Word may open, instead of Wordpad. Instead, open WordPad, then File/Open yourname-lab2.rtf
Using (My) Computer/This PC/File Explorer, browse to the lab folder, but do not open it.
Right click this folder, choose Send To and then select Compressed (Zipped) Folder
Rename the zip to yourname-labx.zip where x represents the lab, such as yourname-lab2.zip
(Help with selecting files and zipping is included in My Windows Crash Course)

Problems? Zip the entire folder and attach to an email:
       •Send the mail to your instructor, cc yourself
       •The subject line should include your name, your class, your section, and what you are submitting
       •Make sure you attach the zipped file

SUBMITTING THE LAB

Log into D2L , choose this class, choose Dropbox, and select correct Lab.
Browse to yourname-labx.zip and upload it. (Scroll down to see detailed instructions)

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