CSCI 220 Problem Solving: Web design and HTML
Lab One: Navigating the web

Purpose:

The purpose of this exercise is to help you familiarize yourself with the World Wide Web (WWW) and Netscape, one of the premier web browsers available. This lab should also give you an opportunity to practice the problem-solving techniques we will use throughout the course. It will give us a chance to assess your level of experience with the web, and introduce you (if you have not already been introduced) to a number of searching tools and concepts that will be invaluable to you as a web developer.

Logging In

The computers in the lab use the UNIX operating system. Next week we will go into more detail on how UNIX works. For now, we will just tell you how to get started.

Press the enter key to turn off the screen-saver
You should see a screen that says login>
Type in the userid given you by the lab instructor
(Usually set as your first initial and first 7 letters of last name)
Type in the password your lab instructor gives you
When the system has logged you in, type passwd
This is the command to change the password
Create a new password for yourself
Password creation guidelines:
1. One word only
2. Don't use your name, wife's name, dog's name
3. Don't use a word in English
4. It's best to include a number somewhere
5. Don't write it down
6. Good choices: My phone # when I lived in VA was 830-8324. I have used 83va24 as a password. I can't forget it and nobody would guess it. My friend uses mneumonics from songs (rkfomh = raindrops keep falling on my head)
7. Passwords (like everything in UNIX) are CASE-SENSITIVE!
From now on, this will be your password
Type openwin to start the UNIX GUI interface.
In the command tool, type netscape
You're there!

Your mission:

Find the following information on the web:

Who has the best batting average on the Cincinatti Reds?
Is there a Web Browser available for the Commodore Amiga?
Find and copy a picture of a cow
What is today's high temperature in Hong Kong?
Find an introduction to the Internet

For each of these pages, write down the answer to the question and the location of the page where you found the answer (locations are also called URLs). Turn this document in to your lab instructor

Have Fun!

Places to start: