Assignment 1

Due: Wednesday, April 7

If you have not already activated your "shrike" (or student) email accounts, please go to the DePaul ID Services and obtain your id and password for your account. Your objective in this assignment is to successfully log in to your account and use the Pine email client to send me an email (mobasher@cs.depaul.edu). Provide short answers to the following questions in your email:

1. What is your name and major?
2. What do you most hope to learn in this course?
3. How familiar are you with spreadsheet applications, such as Microsoft Excel?
4. How familiar are you with database applications, such as Microsoft Access?
5. How familiar are you with HTML and Web authoring tools?
6. Summarize your prior experience in computing, including the use of various applications, programming, etc.

Notes:

• The subject line of your email should contain your name, the course number (CSC 200), and the assignment number (Assignment 1).
• While you may have alternate email accounts and email programs that you normally use, for this assignment, you must use your "shrike" account and the Pine email program.
• Please see the document Connecting to and Using Shrike as a short reference for the steps you need to follow.

Please see the syllabus for the policy on late assignments.