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Observing Meteorological Phenomena
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Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software. |
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Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software. |
P o s t a s s i g n m e n t
s t o t h e W e b
Student assignments will be posted to the Web in the form
of HTML documents. HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language;
it is a protocol that enables codes attached to an ordinary text document to
control formatting (text styles, paragraph structure, tables, placement of images)
as well as hypertext links to other resources (other html documents, image files,
movie files, sound files, programs). The codes are interpreted by a browser
(a program such as Netscape or Internet Explorer) that does the
formatting and manages the hypertext links. In this way formatting and navigation
can be handled across the Internet even when the machines or programs creating
the documents are very different from those reading and interpreting them.
The first problem students will face is the acquisition of an account on a server to which the assignments can be posted. The second problem will be the creation of a document (with illustrations) on their own machine (or on a lab machine but stored on their personal disk). The third problem will be the uploading of this material to the server and the viewing of it in a browser to make sure that everything worked properly. Fortunately, instructions for these are provided by the C.A.C. at http://www.psu.edu/cac/publish/
F i l e s t r u c t
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Once a document has been posted satisfactory, you must
establish the file structure to be employed in this course. You must adhere
to this structure as otherwise your instructor will either not be able to find
your material for grading or will confuse your submissions with those of others
in the class.
The structure you must use when setting up your directory system is (insert your own access account name in place of mine):
C o n t e x t
Further, every document in your M471 directory
must provide the reader with the appropriate attribution and context. It should
have a title, the author's name (with a link to your home page) and e-mail address,
and other links to the course site (http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Meteo471),
the Department page (http://www.met.psu.edu/dept)
and the University (http://www.psu.edu).
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