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Each student should sign up for and
setup a Yahoo briefcase by the second week of class. All assignments
are to be submitted by Uploading the file to the Yahoo Briefcase and sending
the prof an email that it is there.
 | send a separate email from your regular email program. Do
not use Yahoo Briefcase to send the
email. |
| email the prof when you have put something new in your briefcase to
look at
otherwise there is no way to know that you have added a file |
| if Yahoo is NOT your email provider, put your Yahoo id in the
subject. |
| send ONE email per item to be graded |
This page tells how to
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Setup Yahoo
Briefcase you must sign up with Yahoo.
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Upload
a file (send a copy of a Word, Excel, PowerPoint or other file from your computer to cyberspace)
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Download a file so that it can
be modified (bring a copy from cyberspace to the local computer.
Access
databases and thus mail merge pairs MUST be downloaded).
The local computer must have the proper software. For example a PowerPoint
(.ppt) file is downloaded, PowerPoint must be installed on the computer.
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Download a file for viewing
only (look at it cyberspace using your Internet browser, but
NOT modify
it)
To Upload a file -
take a copy of it from the local computer and put it onto the Virtual Hard
Disk located in cyberspace.
Save the file locally. Be sure to give it a good
descriptive name At home that would be in My
Documents or a folder under My Documents;
at UCC that would be on your "M" drive, which has your S0xxxx name.
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Open an Internet window and go to http://briefcase.yahoo.com/your-yahoo-id
(sign on to Yahoo and get an id if need be).
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The Yahoo briefcase displays available folders (see
folder under Type)
and importantly how many items (files) are in the folder and when a file in the
folder was Last Modified.
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Select the correct folder
by clicking on its name.
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Once a Folder is selected, the screen looks like:
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Click the "Add File"
Hyperlink.
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Yahoo dispalus a screen that looks like this:
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Yahoo lets you
upload several files.
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Good file name are critical: Select a name for your file when you save
it on your local computer
that will be useful in cyberspace too
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You should NOT need to enter a different name on the second line.
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Describe the
content like KiddyBook, MailMergeLetter, Mail MergeData.
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Avoid spaces
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Do NOT put the type of like like spreadsheet in the name since the extension
These( (xls
for spreadsheet, ppt for PowerPoint, doc of MS, mdb.for Access database) are automatic
supplied)
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If an older version of the file is already in your
briefcase, Yahoo will rename the new file by adding a -1. For example if
MagazineReview.doc is already
in the Yahoo briefcase folder, the newly uploaded file will be called
MagazineReview--1.doc.
Since Yahoo sorts by Date Last Modified, it is good to keep older version in
cyberspace, for backup, if for nothing else.
You specify the file to be uploaded the same way you would for
an email attachment: Click 
(Browse) to view files your hard drive.
Navigate to the proper directory
on your drive, and click on the file you
wish to Upload.
If you named your file properly when you saved it
locally, then you should leave the box next to Name: blank.
If you have weird characters or want to change the name type a new name here
but remember to
put the .doc for Word, .ppt for PowerPoint, .xls for Excel, mdb for Access,
etc.!
There are two ways to download a file:
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First puts a copy onto your local disk so you can "play with
it". (preferred)
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The other method simply lets you ONLY view the file.
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To Download file (copy a file that is on the Virtual Hard
Disk to your computer enabling you to change it -
Access databases and thus mail merge pairs MUST be downloaded)
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go to http://briefcase.yahoo.com/yahoo-id-of-someone
(this could be your briefcase or sumware's or that of another
student you has made you a friend ) |
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a list of viewable folders will display |
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click on the name of the folder where the file to
be downloaded resides. You
will get a screen that look like: |
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Right click on an underlined file name
(Notice that you can sort the file names by name or date
Last modified type or size.
You can see most recent first by clicking onLast
Modified twice |
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a File Download dialog box like one
(depending on what release of Windows you are using) below is displayed
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Select  the radio button next to "Save this file to disk", click OK
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Select a place on your hard drive (MY documents at home and
your "M" drive at UCC),
and if you want the file
to have a different name, type a new one over the one suggested name by
File Name (be sure to put the correct extension of .doc or .xls).
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To Download file just for viewing
(If
 selected, you will be seeing
the file using the
browser not using Word or Excel or PowerPoint.
canNOT be used for Access or
Mail Merge documents)
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select the radio button next to "Open this file from its
current location", click OK |
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your screen will display the file but the menus will be
browser Menus |
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after viewing the file, use the Browser Back icon
 to return to the Briefcase file
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Emailing folk (the prof) to tell them to view the files
No one knows you have uploaded the files until you tell them so you
MUST email anyone who is a Friend to notify them that files are now
available for viewing.
Use you normal email program so you can
leave instructions as to what you have made available and why. Do NOT use Yahoo briefcase to send
email. It does not put CIS100-sec nor the assignment name in the subject.
It puts your Yahoo id, not your real name, in the "From", so I do not
even know who it is from!
- use Yahoo briefcase to upload the file(s)
- use your regular email program to create proper subject that
includes your yahoo id and the fact you wish me to look at certain
file(s)
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Advanced -
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Proficient-
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Partially
Proficient
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C
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Non-Proficient-
F
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Sets up briefcase
with folder for classwork as well as folder for
personal files.
Shares classwork folder with sumware
and 3 other students.
Email pro with
yahoo id
Uses briefcase
properly by sending email to prof with single
assignment name and yahoo id in the subject
Prints out the
contents (file names) of both folder.
Classwork
folder contains a minimum of 20 entries all with
meaningful file names |
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button at the bottom of the screen.
