Aim

Aim

• Address concerns and questions that basic participants may have about file management.
• To suggest a plan work working with files and folders. Participants create a desktop folder with subfolders.
• To practice the use of an ftp programs to upload and download files and folders.
• To provide instructions on changing passwords.

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Rationale

• Participants may need to be reminded or informed of the necessity of organization and order when dealing with files and file management.
• They must use an ftp program to unload and download.
• They may have questions to be answered concerning files and file management.
• They may be encouraged to change their passwords.

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Audience Wit Participants who have little experience with files, folders, file management, uploading or downloading..

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Subject Matter Plans and procedures for file management.

Learning Objectives Participants will

• create desktop folders that will meet their needs.
• upload and download files and folders as necessary.
• save files, give them usable, descriptive names, make correct relative links for their files.
• be able to change their passwords.

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Materials

• Computer with Netscape, Internet access, the AceFTP program, SSH program, telnet, and a floppy disk.

Instructional Plan

Times given for activities are ball park estimates.

Most of the pages describe activities that participants will need to do in order to be successful in WIT.

Examples:

• The Make Folders page describes the process of making folders, so after they read the page, they should make their folders.

• The FTP download page describes how to download the program from the CUIP site. After they read the page, they should download and install the program.

Participants are to read the pages, and then they should follow the step by step directions. The Ace Ftp and the SSH programs are Windows programs only. Macintosh computer users are directed to Macintosh programs where possible. Links are provided for Macintosh downloads. The telnet commands should work on Macintosh. A mini-module on Fetch ftp for Macintosh is at (Insert Link Here).

There are four mini modules, dealing with Ace FTP, SSH Secure File Transfer, Fetch for Macintosh, and Telnet. Your group will not need all four.

Ace FTP is a free, full featured ftp program. It is easy to use, and does about everything you want an ftp program to do. SSH will do sufficient basic ftp type activities, plus it has a terminal feature that allows you to do Telnet commands with it. The advantage over the basic Telnet program is that it sends passwords over the net in a secure, coded form, thus keeping evildoers from snagging passwords and wreaking havoc on our sites. Telnet information can be used for Macintosh.

Mentors may want to decide whether to:

• Do both the ACE and the SSH sections, and let participants choose which one they want to use for ftp.

• Use Ace only, and forget password changing, or use Telnet

• Use SSH only, and use it for both ftp and terminal password changing.

First Section: (10 Minutes )File Information , offers suggestions and information about files that may be useful to mentors and participants. It is intended to be an independent activity, perhaps to be suggested by mentors to participants as need is recognized. However, mentors may want emphasize the parts about naming files, if they see a need.

Second Section: (15+ Minutes) Organize. In the first section, Make Folders , participants will create a WIT desktop folder with subfolders to hold some of their files. Content and titles for subfolders have been suggested, but it is to be expected that modifications will be made to fit. Mentors may choose to demonstrate the creation of folders, and then let participants complete it. Note, there are two pages, Windows, and Macintosh, with specific instructions for making folders. Use them if necessary.

Third Section: (30 to 45 Minutes) FTP Activities Mini-Module. The next section is about using the ftp program. There are 6 activities. Mentors may want to lead the group through the activities, or assign them as an independently completed activities if most of the group can work independantly. . Participants will also need to do the activities on their home computers.

• The first, Download and Install the Program, leads them through the process of downloading the AceFTP program from the Web Institute for Teachers server, and installing it onto their workstations. This will probably not be necessary on the lab computers, but participants who do not have ftp at home will need download information.
• The second, Introduction to AceFTP, is a basic introduction to the program. Participants are introduced to menu commands, icons, and windows.
• The third, Security, deals with how to avoid a password security problem on lab computers. Make sure that participants use only the "Connect" icon, not the "Connect to URL" icon.
• The fourth, "Set up your Connection, leads participants through the process of creating a connection to their own folders on the Web Institute for Teachers server.
• The fifth, Uploading your Wit Folder, leads participants through the process of uploading the WIT folder that they created in the folder creation activity.
• An optional activity, Uploading and Downloading, is the same activity as the fifth, except it involves files instead of folders.

Fourth Section: (30 to 45 Minutes ) Using SSH Secure File Transfer. This program provides basic ftp utilities, plus a terminal utility that uses Telnet commands. Mentors may want to lead the group through the activities, or assign them as an independently completed activities if most of the group can work independantly. There are four pages.

• The first, Download & Install, gives directions for the download and installation of the program. Have them read the page. They will probably not need to do this on laboratory computers, but they may want to do it at home.
• The second, Connecting with SSH, gives directions for connecting to the Web Institute for Teachers. Participants read the directions, and then make their connections.
• The third, Changing your password with SSH, shows how to change passwords. Participants read the directions, and then change their passwords.
• The fourth, Uploading and Downloading with SSH, tells how to use the "Operations" features of the SSH menubar. Participant read instructions, then create folders, and then can upload, and download folders and files.

The Fifth Section: (15 Minutes) Telnet, provides, in two pages, directions for using basic telnet to create folders, and to change passwords. They can be used if necessary. There are links to download sites for Macintosh programs on these pages. Mac users can use the telnet commands listed on these pages.

Assessment/Evaluation Participants will use files and folders to create a usable, orderly worksite. They will complete the ftp activities, and change passwords as needed.. They will use the reference section as needed. Please e-mail comments about this module to Terry Jones.

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