Faculty Tech Help

These labs contain Dell Wyse Zero Client devices that provide a Windows 7 desktop.  This is a green technology as the Zero Client devices consume a fraction of the power that a conventional desktop pc would use.   All students and instructors must log in using their existing MycarletonOne account.  Account passwords can be reset at the MyCarletonOne webpage.

The easiest and most secure way to provide course content to your students is to place it in the CuLearn section for the course.   Another option would be to have an I: drive created for the course.  There is an icon on the desktop that the students can use to map the I: drive for the course.

A Minitab icon appears on the desktop.  SAS is available in the Course Software folder in the Start Menu.

Make sure to save your files to the P: drive.  Files saved to the Windows folders (e.g. Desktop, Documents) on the C: drive will be deleted.

Putty is a free Windows utility that allows you to open a terminal on a remote unix/linux machine.

WinSCP is a free Windows utility that allows you to copy files to and from your computer and a remote unix/linux server.

Fill out the host, username, and password, then click Login

After connecting, the left side shows the files on your computer, while the right side show the files on the remove Linux server.  You may copy files back and forth by dragging them between the left and right windows.

Right-click on the remote file, click Properties.  You should have at least R (Read) and W (Write) checked for Owner.

If you check R for group and other, then everybody will be able to read the file.  This is useful for personal website files in Turing’s public_html, or for shared course files on Killarney.

Fugu is a free Mac OS X utility that is transfers files to and from a Linux server, using remote SSH.

You may also use ssh and scp commands on the Mac OS X terminal

For a course website please consider cuLearn, the University supported E-Learning system. It is much easier to use cuLearn than to learn how to write html!

• http://www.carleton.ca/edc

If you know you need to create a Math personal website, rather than using cuLearn for a course, then you need to do the following:

• Install WinSCP [download]
• Use WinSCP to make a folder called public_html
• Write your HTML files (see “How to write HTML” below)
• Upload your HTML files to your public_html folder
• Ensure that you have 755 permissions on your public_html folder, and 644 permission on the files in your folder (see Changing UNIX File Permissions)

Writing websites is not an easy task, and will require some work.  Here are three options to get you started:

• Kompozer is a free software package available here
• Dreamweaver is a commercial software package available at the bookstore, however it is not free.  Information is available here
• A free alternative is to learn to write your own HTML. Webpages are written in the HTML language, which similar to latex, is a markup language.

The printer for faculty and instructors is located in the Faculty Workroom, room 4390HP.  The number of pages printed by each School member is tracked for accounting purposes.

There is an HP Laserjet P4015x printer in the Faculty Workroom, room HP4390. There are two different print queues that print to this printer.
There are two computers in this room from which you may print to the printer.  When printing for instructional/departmental use (for example committee notes or master copies of assignments), make sure to choose the HP4390-departmental printer from the print dialog box. To print for research, select the HP4390-research printer and arrange payment with the School Administrator.

It is not possible to print to these printers from a laptop.  If you have office space with a desktop computer, you may be able to print directly from your office.

Technical problems with printing should be directed to Computer Support staff, while questions regarding printer usage and policy should be directed to the School Administrator.

The instructions below are for the HP4390-research queue. You may repeat the instructions to add the HP4390-departmental queue.

1. Visit this link, choose your version of Windows 7 (64-bit or 32-bit) HP Driver Download
2. Download “HP Universal Print Driver for Windows PostScript”
3. Run the driver.
4. In the driver Install Wizard: choose Local Printer LDP port. The driver cannot be installed without setting up a local printer. So we setup a fake printer and delete it later
5. Choose “HP Universal Printing PS (v5.3)”
6. Once finished, remove the printer that was just installed
7. Add a network printer.
8. Click ‘the printer that I want isn’t listed’
9. Click ‘Select a shared printer by name’. Type in the printer name http://turing:631/printers/HP4390-research
10. Click next
11. Select HP Manufacturer, ‘HP Universal Printing PS’ driver, click OK
12. Click next, finish

1. System -> Administration -> Printing
2. Add
3. Network Printer, Internet Printing Protocol
   1. Host: turing
   2. Queue: /printers/HP4390-research
4. Fill out printer descriptions as desired
5. Right-click on printer icon -> Properties
6. Click ‘Change..’ beside ‘Make and Model’
7. Click ‘Select printer from database’
8. Select HP
9. Select LaserJetp4015x
10. Select hpijs
11. Choose ‘Use the new PPD’

1. System Preferences
2. Print and Fax
3. Click + to add printer
4. Default Tab
5. Select ‘HP P4510x for research use @ turing.math.carleton.ca’
6. Repeat for ‘HP P4510x for teaching and admin use @ turing.math.carleton.ca’

The department has installed SAS in the undergraduate teaching labs for use in tutorial sessions.  Contact Computer Support staff if you wish to have a copy installed on your own computer.

The department has installed Minitab in the undergraduate teaching labs for use in tutorial sessions.  If you need to use Minitab from your office, please contact your Computer Support staff.

Matlab R2015a is installed in the teaching labs for use in tutorial sessions.

Matlab R2014a is installed in the graduate lab for use in research.

The R programming language (http://www.r-project.org/) is installed in the graduate lab.  If you require additional R packages please contact your Computer Support staff.

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A Roundcube based webmail service is available at https://webmail.math.carleton.ca