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Speaking of Networks - your wireless network at home, the Trinity network, and this one: Interesting article with lots of pictures:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57533989/behind-the-cloud-a-tour-of-googles-secretive-data-facilities/

Copy 4TUnetwork from the Class folder to your Groups folder

• Review Blogs and diagrams
• Clean up Groups folders - check for loose documents
• Tour of the Trinity Server Room with Jared Pack
• Set up personal Grades folder in Groups (backup for TLearn)
• Review screen shots and uploading:
• WORDLE (screen shot saved to desktop)
• Download and use non-copyrighted photos from Internet - Stock Exchange, Dreamstime
• Edit photos in Word, Picasa and iPiccy- online editing (cloud)
• Advanced practice with photographs using MS Word Picture tools

The Big Picture - The Trinity Network (where does tucc-tiger live?)

• Tour of Trinity's Server Room
  Jared Pack, Systems Administrator
  Information Technology Service

Walk downstairs to the Trinity secure server room - take the notes sheet and ask questions if you wish.

Create Grades spreadsheet

Copy MyGrades folder from class folder to your computer skills groups (shared folder). The Excel file in the folder is named GradesSpring.xlsx. Open the File

Be sure the highlighted cells are filled in

Open TLearn  and Excel MyGrades worksheet

Fill in your grades on the Excel worksheet.

Insert cells for the next grade that you receive.

If the grade equivalent cells split, right click on the "extra" rows, go to delete, and select Shift Cells Up

Click on cells B14 and C14,  to see the formulas entered.

Homework Assignment: Diagram the Trinity LAN Using MS Word 2010

How you interact with the Trinity Network - you are a student worker and you have been asked to diagram the TU Local Area Network (LAN) for san upcoming conference.

Assume you are in a dorm room and your computer uses a cable or wireless access to connect to the Trinity network. Make a diagram that shows how information from your computer gets to and from the Internet.

Use autoshape connectors, color, clip art, photos and any drawing tools that will make your diagram easy to understand. Be consistent in your design. You will find it helpful to make a pencil sketch before creating the diagram on the computer.

To Get Full Credit - with you network diagram open in Word, take a screenshot, save it, and upload it to your blog in a new entry called My Trinity Network Diagram. Make a short comment about the tour and/or the diagram project just as you did for the Class and Groups folder diagram.

Here is a sheet with helpful information to use as a guide - don't take it as 100% of your assignment!  You may want to print this sheet.

There are examples for your evaluation in the 4TUnetwork folder. Not all the information will be current or correct but the design might be useful. You may use any of the photos in the NetworkPics folder

Here is a video showing Jared Pack explaining the network server room functions-warning- there have been changes!:

You may use any of the photos in the NetworkPics folder .

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