Internet Training

We will hold several classes in the campus computer labs to provide orientation to basic skills on the Internet that you will need to successfully complete this course:

Monday, January 27: 6:00-6:45 - LL24A (Library computer lab - lower level of the Main Library)

How to Access the World Wide Web (You will need to know this to obtain the reading assignment for February 3.) To work in the campus labs, you do need to bring your Student ID. But you do not need to have a CSULB computer account to access the Web from a campus lab.

Monday, February 3: 4:00-5:15 - LL24A (Library computer lab - lower level of the Main Library)

How to send and receive e-mail; how to participate in the class on-line discussion, Conference-on-the-Web. To participate, you do need a CSULB computer account to access e-mail and COW. Please make sure you have your account and password by the time you attend this orientation.

Monday, February 10: 4:00-5:15 - LL24A (Library computer lab - lower level of the Main Library)

How to search the Web; how to send and receive file attachments to e-mail. To search the Web, you need to bring your student ID for admittance to the lab, but you do not need to have a CSULB computer account. To use e-mail, you do need a CSULB computer account.

Monday, February 24: 4:00-4:45 - LL24A (Library computer lab - lower level of the Main Library)

Final review of computer skills needed for the course, as needed.

Graduate Assistant: We are fortunate this semester to have the assistance of a Graduate Assistant, Mark Wojciechowski, thanks to a special grant from the Office of Academic Affairs, CSULB. Mark will provide initial training for you on the class Conference-on-the-Web on February 3 and will be available all semester to assist you with any difficulties you might have with COW or any other Internet skills you need for this course.

You can contact him by e-mail at mzw67@sprintmail.com. He will hold office hours on Mondays before class from 2:00-3:45 p.m. in McIntosh Humanities Building 906. During office hours, he will have access to a networked PC in the office so he can work with you on problems with COW or other on-line assignments. You can also schedule a private tutoring session with Mark at your mutual convenience to work on Internet training in the campus labs or at the MHB offices.

You can also leave a telephone message for Mark at (562) 985-5545 or (562) 985-4331. Due to financial restrictions at the University, we are unable to return long-distance or toll calls.

Mark is reviewing the on-line "help" material for COW and the other written guidance for the Internet in Internet Access Tools. He will develop supplementary instructions, as needed. Please let him know what problems you encounter in using COW and the Internet and their associated "help" material.

Campus Computer Labs: All campus computer labs have on-duty at all times student assistants to help you with Internet skills. Do not hesitate to ask them for help with class assignments - that's what they're being paid to do. During hours of "peak usage" in the labs, there might be many other students waiting for help, so try to schedule your visits when the labs are least busy. My students in Fall 1996 gave rave reviews to the attendants in the North Campus Library lab, but there are excellent attendants on duty in all the labs.

Training at the Library

The University Library will conduct free workshops for registered students on using e-mail and on using the World Wide Web, beginning March 1. All workshops are held in the Lower Level of the Main Library on the south end of campus. The complete schedule is available on line by clicking here. These workshops are only two hours or less. If you are having trouble, please take more training so you don't get lost in the class work this semester.

Most importantly…If you are having trouble mastering Internet skills, please take responsibility for getting help. Attend the class orientations. Attend the University Library workshops. Purchase and read Internet Access Tools. Ask our Graduate Assistant for help and arrange a tutoring session. Ask the campus lab attendants for help. The Internet can be a little intimidating, but you are all capable of mastering this. Please take advantage of the many sources of help available to you.