Please submit "aboutme" before the due date. We ask that you try
our remote method for submitting files over the Internet, if you
expect to be doing some of your work for this course on computers outside of
Loyola's labs. We will use the file transfer protocol known
as ftp which allows you to access your submit folder from any
computer with an Internet connection. (for those interested in
learning more, you can actually read about this on page 154 of
the Brookshear text, though this reading is not necessary)
If you use Microsoft's Internet Explorer as your web browser, you can
access the submit directories for the class through the URL:
ftp://submit.cs.luc.edu/submit/mhg/comp150/.
You will immediately be asked for your UserID and password to verify
your identity. Now, you can select the folder for the assignment and for
your account. If the "aboutme" file has been saved elsewhere on your
computer, you can submit it by dragging-and-dropping in into the
folder in the web browser. You can also click the rightmost mouse
button over the submitted file to rename it or delete it.
If you use one of Netscape's browsers, they offer some limited support
of ftp, though not as conveniently. A user "aturing" can access the
submit directories through the URL:
ftp://aturing@submit.cs.luc.edu/submit/mhg/comp150/ (you will
substitute your own User ID in place of "aturing"). After navigating
to your correct folder for the assignment, you should be able to
submit a file by dragging-and-dropping. Alternatively, under the
"File" menu, there is an option to "Upload File" which will then let
you identify the particular file you wish to submit.
Unfortunately, with Netscape there is no way to delete or rename a
submitted file, so once it is submitted there will be no way for you
to re-submit. With any of the other methods, you can always choose to
update your submission by deleting the original file and then
re-submitting a new version.
Finally, it is possible to use FTP to transfer files without using any
web browser. Most computers will have versions of "ftp" programs
already installed. You can generally ask your computer to search for
files with the letters "ftp" to find such a program. Then you can
connect to submit.cs.luc.edu, provide your UserID/password,
and navigate to a directory such as
submit/mhg/comp150/asgn00/aturing/ where files can be
submitted.
Additional note: some remote computers may have difficulties
recognizing the address 'submit.cs.luc.edu' in the above attempts. If
this is the case you should instead replace that part of the URL with
the phrase 147.126.2.1. For example, through Internet
Explorer, you could try to access the submit directory as:
ftp://147.126.2.1/submit/mhg/comp150/