Computer Lab Orientation

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Computer Lab Orientation

• Capitol College
• Fall 2008

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Introduction

• Email Accounts
• Wireless access
• Computer Rooms
• Computer Lab
• Library
• Student Account
• MSDNAA
• Other Useful Software Sources
• How to get help

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Email Accounts

• All students and faculty at Capitol
• College are given lifetime email
• accounts. Faculty are responsible
• for checking their Capitol College
• email accounts on a regular basis.

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Email Accounts

• Each account has a 15 MB quota.
• Maintain your account on a regular basis to avoid
  going over quota
• If you need assistance call the IT department
  at ext. 2040.

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Email Accounts

• Your email account can be accessed from any
  computer that has Internet access. To access your
  email, go to the following address
• https//webmail.capitol-college.edu
• You should see a screen like this one

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Capitol College Email Instructions
Your email address is of the form
myname_at_capitol-college.edu on your registration
form your login is the part to the left of _at_
symbol in your address Your initial password is
the same as your Capitol College ID number.
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Changing Your Password
1. Go to https//webmail.capitol-college.edu.
Accept the security certificate, if asked. 2.
Click on the Change Account Settings link
just above the Capitol College logo to get to the
email account admin page. 3. Enter your user
account and password. 4. Enter your email
address, current password, new password and then
enter your new password again. Click the Change
Password button.
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Viewing Your Email over the Web
Go to https//webmail.capitol-college.edu. Type
in your email ID and password. Your email id is
the part before the _at_capitol-college.edu. Click
on log in Your messages are in a scrollable
window. Click on Mail to see your
messages. Messages stay on the email server
until you mark the message by clicking on the
checkbox and select delete and then click
purge deleted.
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Viewing Your Email over the Web

• To create a new message, click on
• New Message.
• When you are finished reading or sending
• messages, click on Log out before going to a
• new URL or closing the browser.

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Wireless access

• Available in dorms through automatic registration
  see your RA for assistance
• Connect to the SSID Dorms
• Available elsewhere on campus through the
  Bluesocket wireless network gateway
• Connect to the SSID Capitol
• Enter your Capitol College email login and
  password to access the Internet
• (see the next screen)

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Computer Classrooms

• M101 The Lyceum
• M102 (1st floor McGowan Building)
• M103 (1st floor McGowan Building)
• M104 (1st floor McGowan Building)
• McGowan Classroom (Puente Library)

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Computer Lab

• M201 (2nd floor McGowan Building)
• 13 IBM P4 PCs
• 4 SunRays
• No food or drink in the lab
• Printer available, 10 charge per page(advisable
  to bring your own paper)
• Need help? ask the lab aide

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Puente Library

• McGowan Classroom
• 20 IBM P4 PCs
• Same software as found in classrooms
• Tutoring Resource Center
• Business Resource Center
• Need help? ask at Circulation desk

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Typical Software Titles

• Visual Studio
• Dev C
• Adobe Reader
• WinSCP3
• TextPad
• Putty
• Jgrasp
• NetBeans
• Matlab
• Firefox!

• MS Office 2003 with
• Access
• Excel
• Word
• PowerPoint
• Publisher
• Visio

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Student Account

• To access PCs in the classrooms or labs,
• Logon as
• student
• (no password)
• LAUREL domain

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MSDN Academic Alliance

• Source for limited number of free software titles
  for registered students
• http//msdn07.e-academy.com/elms/Storefront/Home.a
  spx?campuscptc_tech
• Request registration by emailing
• ithelp_at_capitol-college.edu

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Other useful software sources

• OpenOffice http//www.openoffice.org
• Ubuntu http//www.ubuntu.com
• Free AV http//www.avast.com
• Free AV http//www.grisoft.com
• Firefox http//www.mozilla.com/firefox
• Opera http//www.opera.com

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Where to Get More Information

• ithelp_at_capitol-college.edu
• Online Help Desk ext. 2011 and 2020
• Computer Services ext. 2040

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