Comp25: Week 4 Homework: More File Management & FTP

Learning Objectives

1. To provide an understanding of file management and organization through modern GUI interfaces
2. To work with an FTP Client and practice working remotely
3. To explore file management, networks, and the sharing and multitasking features of Microsoft Windows

Special Notes

To complete this assignment you will need to download the WinSCP4 FTP client. Download this file locally to your desktop or to your USB location so it will be easily accessible to you in the future.

MAC USERS:  WinSCP4 is a PC-only client.  If you want to download a Mac compatible FTP client, go to http://www.fetchsoftworks.com to download Fetch.  It is free for 15 days and costs $25 after that.  As an alternative, use the Lab or Library computers to complete the assignment

You should also have a portable disk medium, preferably a USB stick. If you don't have a USB stick, you can save the files and follow the instructions relative to your hard disk (C:)

The instructions will generically refer to a relative path, which is relative to your current drive...either the hard disk or USB.

Do not download the files until you are instructed to do so in Step #4 of the assignment.

Steps to Take

1. Place your portable disk medium in the appropriate drive. If you are not using a portable disk, navigate to the root of your hard disk. Make note of the drive designation.
   
2. OPEN: My Computer | Click Folders
   Set your View options so that the full path is visible in the Title bar and that the complete path and file extensions are visible, as instructed in class.
   CLICK View | Folder Options | View  (XP)
   CLICK Organize | Folder & Search Options | View (Vista)
3. CREATE: Two folders beneath your root folder: 1) Homework and  2) YOUR last name. EXAMPLE: (depending on your drive designation)
    G:\Homework and  G:\Schuler (G: is an example only!)    ..\Schuler  would be "relative" to the drive that is in use.
    

4. SAVE-DOWNLOAD: the 12 files listed to your ..\LastName folder.
   
   

   art-work.jpg interior.bmp list.wdb music.mid new-house.bmp proposal.doc report.wps resume-2.doc seniormoment.wmv silly-animals.jpg singing-dogs.wmv tired.gif

   Windows XP Example Windows Vista Example

5. OPEN: \Homework and then create two folders beneath \Homework:
   \Homework\Comp25
   \Homework\Graphics
6. OPEN: \LastName folder and create one folder beneath \LastName
   \LastName\Multimedia
7. MOVE: The following files from the \Last Name into the \Homework\Comp25 folder.
   proposal.doc
   report.wps
   interior.bmp
8. OPEN: \Homework\Comp25
   RENAME: proposal.doc to agenda.doc
   DELETE: interior.bmp 
9. COPY: The following files from the \Last Name into the \Homework\Graphics folder
   new-house.bmp
   music.mid
   tired.gif 
10. MOVE: The following files from the \Last Name into the \LastName\Multimedia folder.
    singing-dogs.wmv
    seniormoment.wmv
    silly-animals.jpg
    art-work.jpg 
11. EXPAND: the \Homework\Comp25 folder so that the contents are visible in the right frame. Size the Explorer window, so that just the folder and its contents are visible.  All homework should be on ONE page.
    
    COPY: this window only to the Windows Clipboard by pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN.
    MULTITASK TO WORD & PASTE: the screen shot into a Word document. Your screen shot will appear similar to the sample below:
    
    

    
12. MULTITASK TO EXPLORER & EXPAND: the folder \Homework\Graphics so that the contents are visible in the right frame.
    1. Repeat steps above to add this image to the same document, beneath the first graphic image. Your pasted image should look similar to the example below:
       
       
       
       

13. MULTITASK TO EXPLORER & EXPAND: the folder \LastName\Multimedia so that the contents are visible in the right frame.
    
    Change the VIEW options to show the file Details and sort by size, so that the largest file is first in the list. Take a screen shot of the window and paste into your Word document, beneath the second graphic.
    
    

14. Open WinSCP 4 FTP client and login to your STK location remotely
    1. The Host name is: tiger.cc.uop.edu
    2. Use your STK username and password to log in
       
       
    3. Accept the defaults when WinSCP caches your security information the first time you log in.
        
15. You are now looking at your U:\ network location remotely via FTP, with your local folders in the left pane and your network folders in the right pane
    1. CREATE a new folder under the root folder of your U:\ drive called LastName (your last name) (F7)
16. COPY the files from your local \LastName\Multimedia location the \LastName location on your network location. 
     

17. Follow the instructions in Step #11 and capture a screen shot of your completed work. Your results will look similar to the screen shot below:
    
     
     

18. Save your Word file as 04Homework.doc
    1.  Be sure to include the appropriate homework heading at the top of the page, including your section number AND lab number.  I
    2. Your homework must fit on one page (see sample below).  Use the Drawing Toolbar in Word to Resize or Crop the images.
19. Upload your final homework document to Blackboard for grading.

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Accuracy/Style Points
7.5 pts - Folders are built correctly per instructions in proper place
5 pts - Path is visible in EITHER the Title Bar or the Address Bar
5 pts - YOUR name appears as one of the folders, where indicated/Fits on one page
5 pts - proposal.doc is renamed agenda.doc; interior.bmp doesn't appear in any of the screen shots -- It was to be deleted
5 pts - Copy/Paste/Multitasking - images all properly pasted into Word & fit to one page
5 pts -  Screen #3 is in detail view with files sorts descending by size
5 pts - FTP successful (Screen Shot #4)