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Accessing the course on the World Wide Web

The course, and its successor Introduction to Computing II, are available on the World Wide Web (WWW). You are assumed to know how to connect to WWW. The course has been developed using Netscape as the browser, but it should be possible to access it equally well with Microsoft's Internet Navigator, or with Mosaic. To access the course, use your browser to open the URL

http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/
This will present you with a page about the Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University. Follow the link labelled
Distance Learning Courses
The page loaded will give general information about the courses. There will also be reminders about approaching deadlines for coursework, and notification of any corrections to parts of the course. (Any corrections will have been made in the WWW version of the course, but this will enable you to annotate your printed version of the notes.) You are advised to always enter the course in this fashion. Saving bookmarks with your browser may cause problems if any corrections cause extra sections or questions to be added to the course.

Coursework should be submitted using electronic mail. Send any files requested to pjbk@cee.hw.ac.uk, with clear indications of which assignment is being submitted within the file.


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