Geog 280 - Basic Geographic Techniques

To Submit Assignments

• As you do an exercise, save your work:
  • if you're asked to export a graphic from ArcView, choose File-Export from the ArcView menu, type a file name, change the type of file to .WMF if necessary, and change the directory to your personal folder on the U: drive (or if working outside the GIS Lab, save it somewhere you'll remember). Then click OK to save the file.
  • if asked questions, you may compose the answers temporarily in Notepad (usually found under Start-Programs-Accessories), or try the "My Notes" section of the course Web site (you can also just jot answers down on paper!). If using Notepad, you should save the file as you work in case of any computer problems. When finished, copy the entire answers text to the Windows Clipboard by selecting them and click <Ctrl>-C (hold the <Ctrl> key down and press the "C" key).
• Go to the e-mail portion of the course Web site (click on the Home Page icon and then on Private Mail)
• Click on Compose in the left side of the window to open a new Compose Message window
• Address the message (Send To) to me: click on Browse next to the Send To box and select my name (may be listed as Geog280) and click OK.
• Add your answers and/or graphics, depending on the assignment:
  • If the assignment involved composing answers, either type in your answers, or if you composed them in the computer, click in the message area of the mail message box and paste the answers in by pressing <Ctrl>-V. This should paste your answers in. If it doesn't work, re-open the file you created above and repeat the copying step, then come back to the mail message and repeat the <Ctrl>-V step.
  • If the assignment included creating a graphics file, click the Attachment button, which opens another window.  From there, click Attach... and then Browse to find and attach the .WMF file you created above (the file should be in your U: folder if you're in the GIS Lab).
• Add a subject and short message indicating which exercise you're submitting.
• Click Send to send the message with your file attached.

Bryan Baker, Sonoma State University, bryan.baker@sonoma.edu
Updated 07 January 1999