The update is finished and I’ve started testing the new version of moodle. Everything should be ready for the fall 2010 semester.

I’m updating the moodle server here at skoda.net. While I don’t expect a great outcry of students; there’s always one who checks in at the exact wrong time. I’m going to try the 2.0 release candidate out and see how I like it.

Over the summer I’ve planned to revamp my CIS2230 System Admin course to include more Windows specific examples. I received a Windows 7 key from my department head in accordance with our college’s MSDN membership. I get Windows installed and type in the key and everything is fine for several months.

Last week I opened up my Windows 7 vm image and started working on labs and presentation notes only to find that my copy is somehow no longer valid.

Oh well, looks like my new Windows lecture will consist of, “Don’t use Windows on mission critical systems because you don’t want your server to stop working because of bad licensing code”

Good luck and Godspeed to all my former students who have graduated this past weekend.

Check out the posting in the forums titled: Radical New Changes for CIS-2230

I’m going the change some things about the on-line portion of the course to help steam line things.  Read the post BEFORE the 15th for a chance at some part points.

Update: The moodle install is complete and the course is setup.  The old forums at www.skoda.net/smf are now set READ ONLY.  You must post in the new forums in the new course from here on out.

I had a little hicup with blackboard last night, but that’s all fixed now.  Quiz #4 is available for students now and will remain open for the next 24 hours.  Please make every effort to take the quiz.  You have to contact me BEFORE the quiz closes at 1PM on 11 March if you cannot take the quiz in order to reschedule a make-up.

This lecture covers the shell in great and lengthy detail.

[quicktime]http://www.skoda.net/podcast/cis2230-ep9.m4a[/quicktime]

Enhanced Podcast:

[podcast ]http://www.skoda.net/podcast/cis2230-ep9.m4a[/podcast]

Plain MP3:

[podcast]http://www.skoda.net/podcast/cis2230-ep9.mp3[/podcast]

Slides will be uploaded tomorrow…

We will be using the book in lab this week.  Please bring it and if you have time, read Appendix A.  This link may also be VERY helpfully.  http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/

Quiz 3 has been extended to Monday 8 March.  The quiz will close at 5PM on Monday.  Please make every effort to complete the quiz before it closes, because I cannot extend it again, since quiz #4 will start on Wednesday.

Another quiz will open on Wednesday at noon and close on Thursday.  Please take the quiz on blackboard.  Work by yourself and let me know immediately when/if you have troubles with the quiz or the blackboard site.