In these exercise you will go through the skills necessary to participate in the course!

To access the course you must be on a computer that has:

1. A connection to the internet, via modem or ethernet,
2. Windows or Macintosh Operating system,
3. Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Explorer,
4. An e-mail program, usually as part of Netscape or Explorer, but others like Eudora are fine.

If you are planning on using an on campus computer lab to work on your assignments (and you may want to do this even if you don't) you should also make a personalized e-mail disk for yourself.
Not every Lab has this capability and the disk that you make in one lab may not work in every lab :(
You should visit the different labs on campus and decide which has the hours that will be most convenient for you and which you like.  For the Spring '99 semester there will be office hours for Psy 301 students help in the Peer Advising office.  Since these assignments are relatively basic, you may also ask the assistant in the various labs for help (when they are not busy).

To make a personalized e-mail disk ask the lab assistant (in any lab) to help you.  Once you have made this disk you should always use it when you are working on campus!  It will store your personal account information and your e-mail.
To use it:

1. Make sure that netscape is not running on the computer.
2. Put your personalized e-mail disk in the floppy drive.
3. THEN start netscape as discussed below.

1. From the Windows desktop find the Netscape Navigator icon and double click (push the left mouse button twice) on it.
2. In Netscape find the Open button on the tool bar at the top of the page and click on it.
3. Type:

http://www.csulb.edu/~psy301
this is the URL for the class, then click Open.
4. Now find the Bookmark heading in the pulldown menu at the top of the page and click on it.
5. Click on the Add bookmark option. This will allow you to access the class more easily next time you are at this computer.

1. Use the Open button as you did to access the class if you know the URL.
2. Click on any link (underlined blue text) that interests you.
3. Use the Net Search button on the tool bar to find a listing of sites that are related to keywords that you specify.

This will connect you to the Netscape search engine page and give you a dialog box for 1 of 5 of the most popular search programs (Lycos, WebCrawler, Excite, Yahoo, or Infoseek).
You can use any of these and should try a few to see the differences (which are small).
1. Move your pointer into the text box in the center of the screen and click to get a cursor.
2. Type a word or phrase that is related to your area of interest.
3. Then click on the Search (seek, Go Get It) button.
4. Follow the links until you find a site you like.

These instructions assume that you are using a computer lab on campus and have made a personalized e-mail disk.  If that is not the case and you are not sure what you need to do to access your e-mail, please go to a computer lab on campus and follow the steps listed above.

To access your e-mail account from Netscape:

1. Find the Window heading on the pulldown menu at the top of the page and click on it.
2. Click on the Netscape mail option. This launches the e-mail program.
3. Enter your account password.

• To receive any mail that has been sent to you: click on the Get Mail button.

• To reply to that message: Click on the Re:Mail button.

• To send an e-mail message to someone: click on the To:Mail button.

To transfer documents over the internet you can attach them to e-mail messages.
 

1. Create a document using the word processing program that you normally use or any word processing program that is loaded on the computer you are at.
2. Save this file in either MS Word for DOS or Windows, Wordperfect, or ASCII format. These are the only formats that will be accepted so be sure that you understand how to do this. This is critical if you are using a Macintosh computer. Assignments submitted in any format other than those listed will be returned unread.
3. Write an e-mail message to the class account (psy301@csulb.edu).
4. Before sending it click on the Attach button.
5. Click on the Attach File button and select the file document you created.
6. Send the message.

When submitting assignments:

1. Put your last name and a specific assignment name (APA,APS vs. Exercise 1) on the Subject line of the e-mail message.
2. Use the Attachment process described above to attach your completed assignment, if an attachment is to be used..
3. For most assignments, put your answers directly in the body of the e-mail.  Also write any comments that you have about the assignment in the body of the e-mail message.  For assignments in which you send attachments, put messages in the body of the e-mail.
4. Be certain that your e-mail address is the address that is set in the e-mail program's options.

1. Submit them separately from your assignments.
2. Put your name and  "Question" or "Comment" on the subject line of the e-mail.
3. Write your question or comment in the body of the e-mail. You do not have to make a separate document and attach it.

1. Find two  websites-one  that is related to your area of interest within psychology and the other should be a graduate school or career site of interest. . Do this by using the searching capabilities of Netscape as described above.
2. Write down the URLs (http://www..........) of the sites you find (3 pts. each).  The URLs for the two sites should be submitted in the body of the e-mail message.  Be sure to make sure the URLs are accurate.  You can do this by copying and pasting the URLs, rather than trying to type them.  Also, indicate the steps that you used in finding each URL.  Which search engine did you use?  What words did you enter?
3. For the topic of interest, write a brief (50 to 100 word) description of your finding (4 pts.) and why you consider the site useful (another paragraph-3 pts.) Evaluate the quality of the information in the site (another paragraph -3 pts.) , i.e. who sponsors the site? Is that an academic or professional group? Does the site include references or provide information to help you evaluate the quality of the information?  Is the information based on a single person's opinion?  Is the site one designed to make a profit?  How did you find the site?
4. For the graduate school or career site of interest, describe it briefly (50 to 100 words--3 pts.) and indicate why you have chosen it (one paragraph - 2 pts.)
5. Finally, describe your thoughts on the experience of "surfing the Web" for information that is relevant to your academic interests (do you think the web could be useful to your studies? ...were you surprised at what you found? . . would you be likely to use the web for assignments in other classes?    How would you cite the references for resources you found on the web?. . . etc. (one paragraph-4 pts.)
6. Send the information in two ways-
• first in the body of the e-mail (don't forget to include the URLs in this section)
• as an attachment (to give you experience sending attachments).  Use the instructions for sending attachments described above.  (4 pts. for sending an attachment successfully.)