CST-133: Internet Labs

Preparatory procedures

  1. Print this entire web page out before proceeding.
  2. You need to print out an answer sheet. Click here to access it -- print it -- then click the [Back] button to return to this Internet Labs page.

Lab IN-1. E-Mail on the Internet

A. Accessing your Delta College e-mail account.

  1. Start Internet Explorer.
  2. In the Location Box at the top, key http://webmail.delta.edu
  3. Next to "Username:" key the username assigned to you when you went through the signup procedure.
  4. Press the [Tab] key to position next to "Password:" Key your password.
  5. Click the [Log On] button.

 

  1. The WebMail interface will then appear. You will automatically be looking at your Inbox -- that's where mail sent to you is listed. If you have not used this system before, you may not have any mail -- your Inbox will be empty.
  2. This figure below shows you a sample Inbox that contains some mail.

B. Composing and sending e-mail messages.

  1. Click the [New] button.
  2. The New Message window appears. Your are going to send a message to your instructor and send a copy to yourself (so you'll have some mail to open).
  3. In the "To..." box, key your instructor's userid (not the characters "yourinstructorid" as shown in this sample).
  4. Tab to the "Cc..." box and key your userid (again, not the characters "yourid" as shown in this sample).
  5. Tab to the "Subject:" box and key Your-Name: CST-133 IN-1 Time-of-class (John Doe who takes CST-133 on Mondays and Wednesdays at 8:00 A.M. would have keyed "John Doe: CST-133 IN-1 MW8"
  6. Position in the body of the message, key a simple message, "This is Your Name's message." --- it's your name!
  7. Click the [Send] button. The message is sent and the widow New Message window is closed.

 

C. Reading an e-mail message.

Here's another look at the Inbox:

Note that this time the first message has been selected with a mouse click. The second message is not bold -- it has already been read. The third message is bold -- this indicates that it has never been opened. You can click on any of these messages and see them displayed over to the right.

Some users prefer to double-click on the message -- then the message opens in a new window all by itself and this window contains an up-arrow (for Previous Item) and a down-arrow (for Next Item) -- this can be quite handy.

Nothing needs to be written on the Answer Sheet -- this part is graded by viewing the e-mail message you sent to your instructor.

NOTE: Your instructor may assign some additional interesting parts to this lab -- replying to a message, forwarding a message, sending messages to other students, etc.

Lab IN-2. Create a Simple Web Page
This lab is described in your Lab Packet. Be sure to write your Web page's URL on the Answer Sheet.

Lab IN-3. Searching the Web
Look at a university -- such as Ferris State University and find out how many Ferris State University Educational Programs are offered at Delta College.

  1. In Internet Explorer, click in the box next to "Address:" -- whatever is there is highlighted to show that it is selected.
  2. Key http://www.ferris.edu and press the [Enter] key.
  3. Observe the home page for FSU.
  4. Click the link [ Off-Campus ] .
  5. Observe the (College of Professional & Technological Studies) page.
  6. Click the link on the left of the page [Locations].
  7. Observe the Locations page.
  8. Near the bottom of the page, click the link [Midland-Bay-Saginaw]
  9. Observe the page”--ajd
  10. On your answer sheet record the number of programs offered at Delta College
  11. Now, try to find a college of your choice. The following site lists colleges and universities in a variety of ways: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/au/

Lab IN-4.
We're going to find "Delta College" on the World Wide Web.

You already know how to go to a new site by keying its URL in the Address: box -- go to the site:   http://www.delta.edu/

  1. Observe the home page for Delta College.
  2. Near the top, click on the “About” button.
  3. Observe the About page for Delta College.
  4. On the left Click on "History".
  5. There we are! On your answer sheet, record the year Delta College opened.
  6. Just for fun, within the information for our Delta College, click on the link to Vision, Mission and Values.

Lab IN-5.

In this lab, you will learn how to browse using a text-indexing search tool called Google. You are going to search for Current Technology and where it is headed (Future). To access Google, do the following:

  1. Go to the site: http://www.google.com
  2. Click in the text box above and key “The future of technology”
  3. Click on the [Search] button or save time and hit the return key.
  4. You see a listing of the first few results. You also see the total the number of results you have found -- probably quite a few!
  5. Let's refine your search. Replace the search criteria by keying future technologies and clicking the [Search] button again or hit the return key.
  6. Hmmmmmm. Still lots -- scrolling down you see that you have results that match "future" and results that match "technologies"
  7. So, refine your search one more time -- put double quotes around your search criteria so that that the results exactly match what is sought. Key "future technologies"
  8. We have fewer matching results -- but still too many.
  9. Refine your search again -- this time search for a specific technology. Key "Future PC"
  10. IMPORTANT: Scan through the results and select one by clicking its title. Read it. If you don't like it, click [Back] and choose another.
  11. Once you find something interesting, click and drag to select a paragraph -- and click "Edit" and click "Copy"
  12. Start WordPad and key Your Name and press [Enter].
  13. On the next line, key Lab IN-5 Future PC and press [Enter] twice.
  14. Click on "Edit" and click on "Paste" -- to place your paragraph in your WordPad document.
  15. Print your WordPad document and submit it.
  16. Once you are sure you have the correct hard copy, close WordPad without saving your document.

Lab IN-6.

In this lab you are going to search for an Internet job posting in the Flint/Saginaw area.

  1. Open the site     http://www.monster.com/ 
  2. First you need to find what jobs are available in the Flint/Saginaw are. Choose the arrow next to ---------Job Location ------------   and choose Michigan-Flint/Saginaw, click on the large [Search] button. 
  3. Record a "Job Title" of a job posting you find most interesting on your Answer Sheet.
  4. Click the [Back] button and leave Monster.com open. You will need this web site for your next search Lab IN-7.

Lab IN-7.

Find and print a “Computer Science Job Description." 

1.      If you closed Monster.com re-open the site.   http://www.monster.com

2.      Refine your search results by choosing [Computers, Software] and removing job locations.

3.      Click on the large [Search] button.

4.      IMPORTANT: Scan through the results and select one by clicking its title. Read it. If you don't like it, click [Back] and choose another.

5.      Once you find something interesting, click and drag to select a paragraph -- and click "Edit" and click "Copy"

6.      Start WordPad and key Your Name and press [Enter].

7.      On the next line, key Lab IN-7 Computer Science Job Description and press [Enter] twice.

8.      Click on "Edit" and click on "Paste" -- to place your paragraph in your WordPad document.

9.      Print your WordPad document and submit it.

10.  Once you are sure you have the correct hard copy, close WordPad without saving your document.

Lab IN-8.

Find your local weather for today.

1.      Open the site: http://www.weather.gov/

2.      On the left hand side, type in your local city and state.

3.      Scroll down to current conditions and record the "Current" temperature and “Humidity” on your answer sheet. 

4.      Click [Back] and choose “Hurricanes” on the left side. Find the section in the left menu called “Hurricane History” click on the most the link for the "Most Extreme" hurricane. 

5. On the next page, find the link for "The Deadliest, Costliest, and most Intense United States Tropical Cyclone" and click on it.

6. On the next page, find the link for either the MS Word or PDF document that details the deadliest and most costly hurricanes.

7. Once the report opens, scroll down through the report and find the table with the most costliest hurricane data.

8.      There we are! On your answer sheet, record the name of the most expensive Hurricane in the US and the dollar amount of damages.       

Lab IN-9.
Being a good citizen, you are interested in finding out who represents you in the United States of America House of Representatives. 

  1. Open the site    http://www.house.gov/
  2. Under the heading, "Find Your Representative," key your five-digit zip code and click the [Go] button. NOTE: You may be asked to fill in your complete nine-digit zip code (the Web page should provide instructions on how to obtain it). If you have difficulty, use Delta's zip code, 48710.
  3. On your answer sheet, record the name of your representative and the number of your Congressional District. 

Lab IN-10.
Suppose you want to purchase Microsoft Office Standard Student and Teacher Edition 2003. 

  1. Open the site: http://www.amazon.com
  2. Look up the price of Microsoft Office Standard Student and Teacher Edition 2003.
  3. Record the "Buy New" price on your answer sheet.