Please read all of the following carefully and mail me if you have
any questions.  Items 3c, 3d and 6 are specific to summer semesters.

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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) and section number(s)
if you need a class directory to put things in

If I previously created an account for the class and it had a class
directory, it will again have a class directory.  Any files put in
the class directory from previous semesters will still be there.

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.  For best results, get your students to copy files to
c:\temp\mydirectory on the local computer before working with them.

Same rules as always apply:  

Class accounts are turned off at the end of each semester 
Accounts will be turned off immediately for security issues.  To date,
  I have not had to do this to any class account, but the possibility
  is there.

reoccurring 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 MATHSTAT3 for class accounts to work.

2) Please test the passwords before you give them 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, on a public site, etc.),
I'll have no choice but to change the password.  I do this roughly
five times a semester and is a grand bother for all involved.

c) that the lab closes sometime around 1pm each day.  This varies
based on my schedule, which is not consistent in the summer.  It will
probably not close *before* 1pm and it will almost certainly not be
open *after* 2pm.  You can occasionally schedule the lab outside of
these times, but only if you will be there to proctor the lab and only
occasionally. I need to perform maintenance on all the computers in
the lab, so there must be times when the lab is unavailable.

d) depending on my schedule, one side of the lab may be closed during
times when the lab is open.

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 c:\temp\mydirectory directory first, rather
than working on the files directly.

6) Some programs will be upgraded during the summer.  This means
that you may find different versions of a program depending on
which machine you log onto and what day it is.  Matlab will almost
certainly be upgraded this summer.

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