Requesting Class Accounts for Weber 205/206

Newest stuff:

Class accounts will take slightly longer to make this semester, as
we're starting anew with MATHSTAT3.  If you request an account *with*
a class directory, please tell me if you want any of the old files
that were previously in the class directory on MATHSTAT2 put back.
Otherwise, you'll get a clean slate.

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If you need a class account for Weber 205/206, please mail me with
the following info:

class name (e.g. st204 or m161)
how many sections there are (if you are requesting an account for only a 
  specific section, please tell me which section) 
whether or not you need a class directory to put things in

A class directory is for instructors to drop files into so that
students can access them.  Instructors will normally be able to do
anything to the files in the class directory but students can only
read them.

Rules:

Class accounts are disabled on the Friday of Finals Week at 4:45pm.
If your class account needs to be active past this date, please
mail me sometime *far* in advance so that I do not turn it off.
The EOL for any extension is the Tuesday after Finals Week at noon
(when grades are due).

Accounts will be turned off immediately in the case of hacking,
a security problem or the like.  To date, I have not had to do this
to any class account for these reasons.

** New and Fairly New Stuff Begins Here **

Windows 7 notes:

This is Year Two of the Windows 7 era.  The 40 newest machines
(STATPCSxx / MATHPCSxx / STATPCRxx / MATHPCSxx) all run Windows
7 64-bit.  The two biggest differences for your students are:

a) There is an automatic logout after 40 minutes of inactivity time
that actually seems to work.  The instructor machines at the
front do not have the automatic logout set.

b) When logging into the machine, there is no DOMAIN box.  By default,
the machines log into the MATHSTAT3 domain.  If you need to log
into the STAT3 or MATH3 domain, your must use STAT3\username or
MATH3\username for the username.

As usual, due to time constraints, the new machines have not been 
extensively tested.  Please let me know if you see any new issues.

Projector notes:

The instructor machines and the projectors were both replaced in 
the summer of 2012.  

If you will be using the projector in either classroom, please read
the following: 

http://www.math.colostate.edu/FAQ/weber205206.projector.txt

There is also a link on the desktop to that file so you can review
it while you are in the lab.

SAS notes:

SAS is installed on 5 machines in Weber 206.

If the rows are numbered right to left (5 4 3 2 1) and the seats are
numbered front to back, then the machines with SAS are:

2,1
3,2
3,3
3,4
5,4

Please review the following notes:

0) I will distribute the passwords to you in person.

1) The best way to distribute the password to your students is to
write it on the board, wait a short time and then erase it.  Do not leave
passwords on the board nor distribute passwords via email.  In all cases,
the domain must be MATHSTAT2 for class accounts to work.

2) Please test the passwords before you give them out to your students.

3) Please tell your students:

a) to log off when they are done using the computers 

b) to not to give the class password to anyone and to not be careless
with it.  If I find a password written down somewhere in public
(on a whiteboard, on a piece of paper I find in the hall, etc.),
I'll have no choice but to change the password.  I do this about
five times a semester and is a grand bother for all involved.

c) that the lab closes promptly at 4:45pm or so on Fridays (mod
a small bit of overrun time for any Friday 4pm class).  It also
closes at 4:45pm during the first week and finals week.

4) If you decide to put things in the class directory for your
students to use, please *copy* the files.  Do not *move* the files
or your students will probably be unable to access them.

5) If you are placing files in your class directory (g:\somedir),
you should tell your students to copy whatever they need from
g:\somedir to the local directory under the c:\temp directory first
(c:\temp\mydir), rather than working on the files directly.

Finally, the FAQ for the lab is here:

http://www.stat.colostate.edu/~zube/lab.html

Let me know if you have any questions.

Zube