Transcript Accessing Seneca - Seneca - School of Information

Week 1 – Seneca Networking Environment
Agenda
 Overview of Seneca Server names
 How to access servers
 Terminal Emulation (Putty)
 Browser – IE, Netscape, Fire Fox, etc.
 How to activate your student account
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MySeneca
Siris
CS
Open Lab
Learning
Commons
 Seneca First Semester
S2122
 Computing Environment
Matrix
Learn
Dial up or High Speed through a
Gateway Router
Your Home PC
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Server names - learn
learn.senecac.on.ca
Provides authentication and student email services
 Email
 [email protected]
Remote login
 from on campus
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use web browser
http://learn.senecac.on.ca/webmail
 from off campus
 first choice – web browser
 second choice – email client (POP3, IMAP)
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Server names - cs
cs.senecac.on.ca
Is a secure web server and is used to display school and
course information on the Internet . It is a file server for
faculty
 Course web site information
 https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~fac/ios110
 Remote login
 use a web browser
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Server names - siris
siris.senecac.on.ca
The Student Internet Registration and Inquiry System
(SIRIS) is a secure system which interacts with Seneca
College's main computer system. It provides real-time
information to students on request such as timetabling, and
grades.
 Administrative tasks
 siris.senecac.on.ca
 Note – this is a secure web server – you must access it using
the address https://siris.senecac.on.ca
 Remote login
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use web browser
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Server names – My Seneca
my.senecacollege.ca
Blackboard is a Microsoft .NET platform used to provide
online courses, testing, listservs and discussion groups. It
also is a secure server (https://)
 Remote login
 my.senecacollege.ca
 use web browser
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Primarily used for online testing and handing
in lab work
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Server names - matrix
matrix.senecac.on.ca
Is a Linux server and is used by all students
to learn about UNIX\Linux and provides a KDE
windows environment.
 Email
 [email protected]
 Web Server
 ftp://matrix.senecac.on.ca/~learn_name
 http://matrix.senecac.on.ca/~learn_name
 Remote login
 matrix.senecac.on.ca
 first choice – SSH ie. Putty
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Using a Terminal Emulator Program
 A “terminal emulator” program designed to connect
with a remote computer
 Mainframe servers can only talk to “dumb terminals”
 Terminal Emulator software allows your PC to emulate a
dumb terminal to connect to servers.
 You will need Terminal Emulator software to connect to
Matrix.
 Use secure terminal emulator programs that encrypt the
username and password.
 Examples: Putty
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Your Seneca Accounts
 If you haven’t activated your account go to the Library
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and click on the New Student button on the login
dialog box. You will be directed to SIRIS.
To activate account you must give your username and
create a secret question and answer
Log into Learn
If you can log into learn you will be able to log into
matrix since the username and password are the same
Log in to Matrix to change your temporary password to
a more permanent one
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Activating your account
 See online Help Sheet
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Pre-Lab
 Download Vista Install File from
 http://acs.senecac.on.ca
 Click on Downloads and Log in (only available to CS
students)
 Click on MSDN
 Burn the ISO file to a DVD –R (follow Pre-Lab
instructions)
 Generate a Product key by doing the following:
 Click on MSDNAA License on the ACS web site
 Click Request Key
 Write the Key on the DVD for future reference
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Pre-Lab
 Download Driver ISO file from
 http://acs.senecac.on.ca
 Click on Downloads and Log in (only available to CS
students)
 Click on Drivers Select Intel Driver for CS Labs
 Burn the ISO file to a CD –R (follow Pre-Lab
instructions)
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Pre-Lab
 Purchase Text and Lab
Manual from Book Store
 Copy Student Worksheets
on CD to USB flash drive
 Bring to every Lab
No Internet
access the during
Lab periods
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