Fall 2018 - September to December 2018 - Updated 2018-11-07 20:13 EST
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Check the due date for each assignment and put a reminder in your agenda, calendar, and digital assistant. Just like in the Real World, not all due dates are on the same days or at the same times.
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, personal web siteWorksheets are preparation for your assignments. You can’t do the assignments without having done the worksheets first, and you can’t do the worksheets without having first read the Course Notes:
Make notes from the worksheets on how each command works. What do the options used in the worksheets mean, for each command? (See the weekly List of Commands.)
Form a small study group to do the worksheets. Each person tries the example given, and you make sure you all get the same answers. Worksheets are not for hand-in; they are not worth marks; the assignments test your knowledge of the lectures and worksheets.
The worksheets are available in four formats: Open Office (ODT), PDF, HTML, and Text. Only the Open Office format allows you “fill in the blanks” in the worksheet. The PDF format looks good but doesn’t allow you to type into the blanks in the worksheet. The HTML format is crude but useful for quick for viewing online.
Do NOT open the Worksheet ODT files using any Microsoft products; they will mangle the format and mis-number the questions. Use the free Libre Office or Open Office programs to open these ODT documents. On campus, you can get a copy here: Course Introduction: Install Libre Office.
Worksheet #08 is for Assignment #09 HTML.
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Worksheets prepare you for the upcoming assignments.
This course has two midterm tests (10%, 15%) and one final exam (40%).
Note that your upcoming Midterm Test #2 is worth more than five assignments put together. Don’t spend all your time doing an assignment at the expense of studying the Practice Tests and Answers for the Midterm Test.
Follow this link to see all your upcoming Quizzes and Tests. The dates are also posted on the Course Home Page and on Brightspace CST8207.
For full marks, read the Test Instructions (all the words) before your midterm tests.
Midterm tests take place in your one-hour lecture class on Thursday or Friday this week, not in your lab period. You must write the midterm test in the one-hour lecture class in which you are registered.
Research Matters / The Magic of Writing Stuff Down – Note taking is an effective memory and learning aid because it prompts students to think about their learning; it’s more effective when done by hand; and young writers, even those with learning disabilities, aren’t well served by moving too quickly to keyboarding.
Try the pstree
and top
commands.
Don’t forget to finish your five Brightspace quiz attempts for each of the Midterm 1 and Midterm 2 quizzes. There will be a third quiz available to prepare for the Final Exam. Do at least five attempts in all three quizzes.
Regarding world-writable files in your account:
Regarding Assignment #09 HTML and Assignment #11 HTML:
Keep a notebook with a List of Commands in it.
- You need to write down yourself what each command does.
- Check the updated list of commands each week.
- I will check for this list in your lab periods.
- Bring your notes to class! Stop wasting time looking up commands.
The assignment Checking Programs may issue this message:
Number of world-writable pathnames in abcd0001 account: 1
ERROR: Sysadmin do not create files that anyone can overwrite.
ERROR: See "Examples of uses of find" to find these files.
ERROR(-1): Fix the permissions on these files
Don’t create files or directories that anyone (“other”) can write, except the few required ones in the one Assignment #09 HTML head
directory!
You must look at all the files in your account to try to find these files or directories that you have created with “other” write permissions. You can find the files the hard way, using cd
and ls
, or you can do it the easy way using a recursive command to look for them:
world-writable
in all the course notes.This is part of the Assignment #09 HTML. You can do it now.
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on your public_html
directory.http://cst8207.idallen.ca/~
abcd0001
where abcd0001
is replaced with your CLS userid. (There is a tilde character in that URL.)This page may take a minute or two to load; be patient: Who is using the VIM editor?
Many students find that hiring a personal tutor helps them get through the first term. Financial assistance is available. See the Tutoring heading in the Course Introduction.
When you are locked out, follow the directions in the notes to get your IP address re-enabled.