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Helpful tips
Using the lab machines
- Logging in For your name, use the first 8 characters of your Quest userid. If your Quest userid is shorter than 8
characters long, use the entire userid. During the first lab of the term, tutors will let you know your temporary password, which you will
change to a password of your choice.
- Connecting to a CS server On the bottom of your screen is the ''dock'', which shows
icons for various programs. Click on the X icon to start the X11 server. The X11 server is ready to use when ''X11'' appears at the top left
corner of your screen (to the right of the apple). The other words across the top of your screen are the names of the menus. Click on the
Applications menu, and select from the drop-down menu the 'xterm on cpuXX' option (any one of the cpuXX servers will work - just don't
choose the 'xterm on this Mac' option). This will connect you to one of the CS servers. You may see a warning message, but you can ignore it. If
you're asked about an RSA key fingerprint, type in yes to continue. Wait until you see a prompt before going to the next step.
- Changing your password See instructions in Lab 1.
- Logging out from X11 Type logout in the X11 window.
- Logging out from your Mac account Before you leave the lab, log out of your Mac account by clicking on the apple in the top left, then selecting ''Log
Out...'', and clicking ''Log Out'' on the dialog box which appears.
Using a MacintoshFollow this link to a guide to using a
Macintosh. How to read e-mailIn order that course personnel can contact you, it is important that you check your
e-mail every day or so. Follow these steps to check your e-mail.
- Enter the url getmail.uwaterloo.ca in a new browser window. On the Mac you can use the web browser FireFox; the icon looks
like a world on fire.
- Click on the Secure Logon (https) button under ''logon to mywaterloo''. You can click ''Yes'' to the ''Do you
want to proceed?'' security alert message since you are accessing a secure website.
- Enter the following information:
- Server: If you are a Math student, select mail.student.math from the drop-down menu. If you are a student
in another faculty, select mail.student.cs from the drop-down menu.
- Userid: Enter the first 8 characters of your userid.
- Password: Enter the same password that you use for login in the labs (your Mac/student.cs password).
- Language: English
- Click on the Log in button.
- Click on the Inbox link. This will bring you to a page that contains all your e-mail messages. On the top of the page, you
will also find other familiar options such as
- Compose: Click this to create new outgoing e-mail.
- Folders: This allows you to access the different folders such as inbox, trash, out, and so on.
- Options: Use this to change emailing options. Some of the common tasks are setting filters, setting your time zone
information, customizing tasks to run upon logon.
- Search: Lets you search all the documents in your e-mail folders for certain information.
- Help: Help contains detailed information about tasks such as composing an e-mail message,
applying filters, and adding attachments to an e-mail message.
- Click on Log out once you are done.
- Note: if you would like to set up an email client at home (e.g. Microsoft Outlook, Eudora, Thunderbird) to read your UW mail, please see information from the Math Faculty Computing Facility on this topic.
To forward your UW e-mail to another address:
- Click on the Deliver/Divert/Forward link in the left-hand menu.
- Check the box next to ''Forward Mail'' and enter your e-mail address (e.g. astudent@gmail.com).
- Select ''Save these Settings'' at the top of the screen.
Downloading a file
Teachpacks and documentation files can be found on the ''Resources'' page on the course Web site. Bring up the page in a browser and click on the link to
download the file. Make sure that you save it to your personal folder (labeled with your userid) and that you keep track of where you have
saved it. Downloading DrRacket
Follow this link to a guide to downloading DrRacket for use at home. |
