Basic Course Technologies

If you do not have OneDrive for Business installed and configured, before proceeding, install it per the resources in the Assignment Overview above.
You will learn to use OneDrive for Business to create folder structures to organize your work for this class, such as screen shots that prove you have accomplished certain tasks.
These items will be stored on your laptop, and One Drive for Business will automatically make a backup copy to the cloud so that you do not lose any work.
During this course you will use Windows File Explorer to create a series of folders in OneDrive with paths such as: ' '
OneDrive will look like the image below, but with the appropriate course:

OneDrive Folder

You will be using this folder structure for organizing screen shots and other working documents throughout this course.
If you are not familiar with Windows File Explorer please review this LinkedIn Learning course, ' Windows 10: Organizing Files and Folders '

Next you will learn to navigate to different drives such as
C: which is the SSD-Solid State Drive in your laptop
R: which is your personal network storage space-but may soon be replaced by OneDrive for Business
T: which is a network drive that contains folders for any of your courses which have requested network storage (like this one)

1. Using File Explorer, navigate to the T: drive for this class, and find the folder with your network username.
2. Inside this folder is a file named constants.js
3. Open this file using Notepad, and enter your first name, last name and StarID in the places indicated.
4. Then Save this file.
5. Refresh your browser, and check to make sure your name appears correctly in Part 2 of this assignment.
6. If your first name, last name or StarID is incorrect, make sure to fix it-the proper submission of all your work in this course depends on it.

To succeed in this course, and in your career, It is essential that your computer (hardware and software) be functioning correctly.

1. Click the 'Start' button, type 'Install a program from the network', press the 'Enter' key and from the list of programs select 'Update HP Drivers and Firmware'
   Installing HPIA
   
   
2. After installation, run the program-it will update your computer bios, drivers and firmware.  Then reboot.  Depending on how much updating is required, this could take some time (more than 30 minutes).
3. After your computer has restarted, click Start, type in HP PC Hardware
   Note: if not found, or to install latest version, visit this website to download: HP Hardware Diagnostics
   
4. Press Enter
5. Select 'System Tests', 'System Fast Test', then click 'Run Once'
6. A series of tests will check your hardware performance.
   If any test fails, go to tech support in Somsen 207 for assistance in resolving the problem.

HP PC Hardware application interface

Note- other in-depth testing and computer information is available using the HP Support Assistant.

Do not forget to check Software Center (Start, type 'Software Center') for the latest Windows and other updates.

Ultrabooks are being built with fewer, but increasingly functional ports.
The WSU lease models are equipped with Thunderbolt (USB Type-C) ports that can provide connections to 2 external monitors, a wired network, and power-among other things.
As a result, you can plug your laptop into a USB Type-C dock with one cable and begin to work.

Note: after plugging your laptop into the USB Type-C dock, make sure that the 'Wired' connection icon is visible in the lower right 'Task Tray'.
Wired Network Connection
If not, contact a TA or the professor for assistance-there is something wrong with your laptop, it may need a driver update, or more.

Why are additional monitors necessary? Some reasons:

• Conveniently run multiple software applications on separate monitors
• Easily copy and paste data between open applications
• Participate in a web conference while also running other applications
• Watch class recordings while also running other applications
• Be able to keep Outlook open in one monitor at all times

To setup, use and disconnect an external monitor from your laptop follow the instructions below.

When using external monitors you can have a 'public' and 'private' display. The primary laptop display can be private, viewable only by the user. The external monitors can be public, viewed by others. This allows the user to view class notes, email, Desire2Learn information privately on their laptop. The user can publicly share a website or spreadsheet.

1. Connect the USB-Type C cable to the appropriate port, depending on your laptop model. See the teacher or TA if you need assistance.
2. Right click a blank area of your desktop and choose 'Display settings', the Settings dialog box will appear.
3. Refer to the figure below and adjust the settings to position and orient your monitors correctly. You may need to click the 'Apply' button several times during this process.
   Note that:
   1. If three monitors do not appear, click the 'Detect' button.
   2. Under 'Multiple displays' all three should be set to 'Extend desktop to this display'
   3. Click the 'Identify' button to find the number of each monitor.
   4. "Monitor 1" should be your laptop display
   5. "Monitor 2 or 3" will be your external displays, and should be positioned above or to the left of your laptop.
   6. The final monitor should be postitoned and rotated as required.
4. In the graphic, select your portrait monitor.
5. Under 'Orientation' select 'Portrait'.
6. Click 'Apply' in the lower right.

7. As necessary drag the monitors into the correct physical location as depicted in the 'Select and Arrange Displays' section at the top of the Settings dialog box. Then click 'Apply' to accept the changes. You may need to repeat this procedure.
8. To test that you have configured your monitors correctly you should be able to move the Settings dialog box between all three monitors seamlessly by clicking and dragging on the dialog box title bar. Repeat the above steps as necessary until you can do this.
9. Close the dialog box.

Display content on all three monitors, such as websites.

PDFill combines .pdf files that you will be creating during this course into one file.
Using File Explorer, copy PDFill.exe from the Network Storage ReadOnly folder on the T: drive to your laptop Downloads folder.
Double-click PDFill.exe to begin the installation process.

1. Install PDFill, but select only "FREE PDFill PDF Tools (No Watermark)" option
   
   
2. As an alternative to PDFill you can install Adobe Acrobat Professional from the Control Panel.

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You will create one .pdf (portable document format) file from the screen shots taken above.

Make sure you have Windows 10 installed, and you have the option 'Microsoft Print to PDF' in the Print Dialog Box.
If not, contact a TA or the professor.
Print dialog box

1. Open File Explorer, navigate to your ' ' folder.
   make sure the screen shot files are properly named (Ex1, Ex2, Ex3 , Ex4.. )
2. Select all of the screen shots.
3. Right Click and select 'Print' from the pop-up menu.
4. In the bottom center of the 'Print Pictures' dialog box uncheck the box "Fit picture to frame"
5. Click on 'Print' and save the file with the name  "Formative00_Part1.pdf" in your ' ' folder.
   
   
6. You have created a PDF file that contains all 4 screen shots. It is viewable in your Chrome browser, or using Adbobe Acrobat Reader. Do not worry about the order of the screen shots, nor the rotation.

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Download and install Visual Studio to create and maintain a website, which is how to complete assignments.

1. Obtain Visual Studio 2019 Enterprise-download from the Microsoft Azure DevTools for Teaching website.  Additional instructions.
   
2. Retrieve your Product Key from the Azure DevTools website, and paste your Product Key in the text box above.
   

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Install Visual Studio 2019.

1. Please install the ASP.NET and web development, and the Python development modules.
    
   
2. Install the Visual Studio GitHub Extension. From the menu select Tools>Extensions and Updates... and search for GitHub Extension
   
   
3. Visual Studio Settings
   Open Visual Studio, under Tools>Options change the following settings to ensure your development environment is optimized for this class. Check 'Line numbers'
   
   Enable 'Web Forms designer'
   
   
4. Update Visual Studio as required
   Periodically updates will be available for Visual Studio or add-ins.
   You are notified by the red icon and bell in the lower-right.
   Install updates outside of class, as they can take time.
   Note that you do not have to sign into your Minnstate account to use Visual Studio.
5. From the Visual Studio menu choose Help> Register Product.
6. Enter your Product Key into Visual Studio to complete product registration.

If you do not install your product key, after 30 days your license expires and you will see this message, after which Visual Studio will no longer work:

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1. From the D2L 'Course Info' widget click on the url for the web conference.
   Note that if this is the first time you have used Zoom, you may need to click the 'download & run Zoom' link.:
   eProfessor Zoom Room-https://minnstate.zoom.us/my/eprofessor
   
2. Complete single sign on- SSO- using StarID@go.minnstate.edu
3. Use your StarID password
4. Note: your Single Sign On screen may be slightly different
   
5. Under Settings>Accessibility, check 'Always Show Meeting Controls'
   
6. On the meeting controls, open the Participants and Chat windows
   

In your Zoom account, click the 'Proflile' on the left side and view your profile.
Make the window big enough to view all the information.

(25) 8. Use the Snipping Tool to make a screen shot of your profile.

Save the screen shot as "Ex6" in your ' ' folder.

All course assignments are listed in the D2L calendar.
Follow these steps to see course assignment due dates.

1. Log into D2L and load this course.
2. Click on 'Calendar' or 'Materials>Calendar' from the menu.
   
   
3. Click on the 'List' icon.
   Click the arrow until 'All events' appears.
   
   
   
4. All graded items for this course are listed in due date order.
   

You will create one .pdf (portable document format) file from the three screen shots (Ex5, Ex6, Ex7).

1. Open File Explorer, navigate to your ' ' folder.
   make sure the screen shot files are properly named(Ex5, Ex6, Ex7.. )  
2. Select all of the screen shots.
3. Right Click and select 'Print' from the pop-up menu.
4. In the bottom center of the 'Print Pictures' dialog box uncheck the box "Fit picture to frame"
5. Click on 'Print' and save the file with the name  "Formative00_Part2.pdf" in your ' ' folder.
   
   
6. You have created a PDF file that contains all 3 screen shots. It is viewable in your Chrome browser, or using Adbobe Acrobat Reader. Do not worry about the order of the screen shots, nor the rotation.

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Assignments can require answering questions by filling in one or more text boxes. Some assignments require using the Snipping Tool to take one or more screen shots that are printed to pdf, along with printing files as pdfs. Then PDFill is used to combine these pdfs into one file.
For this Exercise, and to complete this assignment please read all of these instructions.
Make sure that you have

• completed all the exercises,
• taken all the screen shots,
• combined the screen shots into one .pdf file,
• merged the screen shot .pdf file with the VPN .pdf file,
• uploaded the .pdf file to the D2L 'Formative00_Part1' Assignment folder,
• and sent a confirming professional email to Professor Paulson.

When these tasks are completed press the Submit button below. This will send your information to Professor Paulson's website database server, otherwise known as your 'web db submission'.

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This MUST be done while you are off-campus, or in Somsen 301 using the network patch cable designated as 'VPN', which is located by the teaching station.
Using WSU wireless or WSU network connections such as Warrior or Wazoo will not work, but it may work if you use the WSU 'guest' wireless network.
First read these instructions on connecting to the WSU VPN: https://learn.winona.edu/VPN
Note: For additional assistance, and if the above hyperlink does not work, search the WSU website for "Cisco VPN"

1. Turn off your Wi-Fi on your laptop.
2. Connect to the HBC VPN USB Type-C 3.1 cable that attaches to the HP dock
   
   
3. Wait a few seconds, do a Google search to check your IP address.
   
   
4. Click the Windows button, type "Cisco AnyConnect" and press enter to bring up the login dialog box.
5. Click the 'Connect' button, in the Username box enter your StarID, enter your WSU network password, and click 'OK': 
   
   
6. After a few seconds the dialog box will minimize and an icon will appear in the Task Tray. 
   
   Double click it to open the dialog box. Then click the 'gear' in the lower left to show the Statistics. 
   
   
7. Click the 'Export Stats...' button, save the file 'test.txt' in the folder '
8. Open test.txt and print it as a pdf file named Ex7.pdf
   It will look like this:
   
    

Publications:

To keep informed, you are strongly encouraged to read the many magazines available to you at no charge through Flipster.
Through the Krueger Library, you have access to online versions of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Instructions are below.  If you have questions, please contact the Krueger Library.

 

New York Times:

1) Click on this link: https://libguides.winona.edu/az.php?a=n

2) Choose the third item in the list,  “New York Times (Institutional Subscription”

3) For your username, use your StarID@winona.edu. Then choose a password and indicate that you are “Student”. Choose your graduation year.

4) You may also have access to the NYT app through WSU Apps.

*To subscribe, you must sign up on campus.*

You will be creating one .pdf (portable document format) file from the screen shots that you have taken, and the pdf that you have printed from the VPN log file.

1. Open File Explorer, make sure the screen shot files are properly named(Ex7, Ex8NYT, Ex8WSJ , ExFlip)
2. Select all of the screen shots to be combined.
3. Right Click and select 'Print' from the pop-up menu.
4. In the bottom center of the 'Print Pictures' dialog box uncheck the box "Fit picture to frame"
5. See the howtogeek article for more options.
6. Click on 'Print' and save the file with the name  "ScreenShots.pdf" in your ' ' folder.
   
   
7. You have created a PDF file that contains all 4 screen shots. It is viewable in your Chrome browser, or using Adbobe Acrobat Reader. Do not worry about the order of the screen shots, nor the rotation.
8. Use PDFill (installed in Exercise 4) to merge the ScreenShots.pdf file with the Ex7.pdf file created in Exercise 7, and save it as 'Formative00_Part3.pdf' in your ' ' folder.
   

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Composing and sending clear, professional emails is an important skill to learn and master for your career.
Google 'composing effective emails' and read some of the tips provided, such as these 10 tips found at the Seton Hill website.
Then check your Outlook Email account to confirm that you have received a copy of this email.
If you did not receive a confirming email, something is wrong, and you need to troubleshoot and resolve the problem.
Explain to the student the need to press Submit and check that they received an email.
Also that they need to upload any required files to the D2L Assignment Folder.

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