Last modified: Tue Oct 6 09:25:39 CDT 1998
All class discussion, outside of lecture meetings, should be carried out with the HyperNews system. HyperNews allows you to attach "responses" to "articles" created by the instructor, and also to other people's responses. It presents the articles and responses as HTML documents, which you may view through your favorite World Wide Web browser. I have provided four articles as starting points:
Please use the Class Work article for all discussion of course content outside of class. All questions about lectures, the textbooks, homework assignments, programming projects, and the contents of the final exam, answers to those questions, and other discussion of the ideas in the course, belong in the public discussion under Class Work. Only items that are truly of no interest to the class at large, or that are confidential, should be taken up by electronic mail.
HyperNews is a new system from NCSA for carrying out discussions on the World Wide Web. The presentation and documentation are still a bit confusing, but the functionality is essentially right, so it is best for us to get on the bandwagon, and increase the incentive for NCSA to improve things.
The best way to get the hang of HyperNews is to use it. Practice in the Test area. Refer to the instructions provided by NCSA for detailed information, but keep in mind that the instructions describe a configurable system which is still under development. In particular, they do not cover local choices made in the installation that we are using.