Lesson 03
 
Lesson 3 - Reading

REQUIRED:

  • CRITICAL - Read the following steps to FTP your files to Gecko - The Student Server.
    This step is critical, because you will now be saving your homework to your home directory on gecko.gc.maricopa.edu.

Account Access From Off Campus:

For WindowsXP

  1. Right-click on the Start menu and open "Explorer." The Windows Explorer window should appear.
  2. In the left side of the Windows Explorer window, you may see a sidebar with certain categories: "System Tasks," "Other Places" and "Details." click once on "My Network Places," which is found under "Other Places." If you don't see the categories, simply locate "My Network Places" in the folder tree.
  3. The left side of the Windows Explorer window might change slightly. As before, you may see a sidebar with certain categories: "Network Tasks," "Other Places" and "Details." Under "Network Tasks," click once on "Add Network Place."
    • If you do not see the three categories, please click on the "Folders" button located at the top of the Explorer window. Or, go to View > Explorer Bar and click on "Folders" such that the checkmark next to "Folders" disappears. You should now see the three categories.
  4. You should see "Welcome to the Add Network Place Wizard" select "next."
  5. On the next screen, you should be asked to "Select a service provider". From the options listed, please click on "Choose another network location. Specify the address of a Web site, network location or FTP site". Then, click "next."
  6. Now, you should be asked, "What is the address of this network place?" This is a little tricky, so we'll explain it here:
    • The last 3 directories will be related to your eGCC username, the first will be the first letter of the username, the second will be the second letter of the username and the third will be your eGCC username.
    • For example, Adam Johnson might be /a/j/ajohnson . On the screen you should see "Internet or Network address:" enter in the box: https://myfiles.gccaz.edu/home/a/j/ajohnson (change the "/a/j/ajohnson" to reflect your own username). Now, click "next."
  7. You should see a login screen, login with your eGCC (Palette) username and password.
  8. Rename the shortcut if you wish then "next."
  9. Select "Finish."
  10. In the Explorer window you should now see ajohnson (your own username) on files.gccaz.edu as a shortcut under "My Network Places."

For Macintosh OSX

  1. From the Finder, select "Connect to Server" from the Go menu.
  2. The last 3 directories you input will be related to your eGCC (Palette) username, the first will be the first letter of the username, the second will be the second letter of the username and the third will be your eGCC (Palette) username. For example Adam Johnson might be /a/j/ajohnson
    On the screen you should see "Connect to Server" enter the server address in this box:
    https://myfiles.gccaz.edu/home/a/j/ajohnson (change the "/a/j/ajohnson" to reflect your own username) then select "Connect."
  3. In the resulting box titled "WebDAV File System Authorization" enter your eGCC (Palette) username and password then select "Ok."
  4. A window will be opened displaying the files in your home directory.

After you have connected to gecko.gc.maricopa.edu via FTP. Please confirm that you have a directory named "public.www". If you do not, please create it now. Inside the "public.www" folder, create a sub folder named, "CIS166AA". This is where your the rest of your assignments will be saved. If you have done everything correctly, this folder will be accessible through the web using the following url:

http://gecko.gc.maricopa.edu/~palette_username/cis166aa/

If the url is not working, go back and verify that you followed each of the steps correctly.

 

Lesson 3 - Notes and Practice Work

 

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Lesson 3 - Assignment

  1. Upload Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 to your CIS166aa folder on Gecko.

Send in Your Assignment to be Graded

After you have read these instructions, click on the link "Submit my assignment for grading" below. This will create a message for you to use to send in your assignment to the CIS166AA grader. It already will have the message address and the subject line filled in. DO NOT CHANGE THE ADDRESS OR THE SUBJECT LINE. Enter the following required information as the message text:

  • your full name
  • your palette account username
    • If you do not know your palette username, use your student ID card at a palette account lookup station in HTC1 or HTC2. If you are off campus, call the Student Help Desk at 623.845.HELP (4357) or send an email message to student-helpdesk@student.gc.maricopa.edu to request your palette username.
  • you email address
  • course section number
  • Include the full URL to lesson 1 and lesson 2 (ie. http://gecko.gc.maricopa.edu/~palette_username/cis166aa/cis166aa01.htm )

Only by following this process can you be guaranteed that your assignment will get graded and the score recorded correctly.

Submit my assignment for grading

 

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