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From: lawitzke@msudoc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: edu'ing new UNIX users
Message-ID: <1097@msudoc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Jan-87 09:58:11 EST
Article-I.D.: msudoc.1097
Posted: Fri Jan 30 09:58:11 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 3-Feb-87 02:47:07 EST
Reply-To: lawitzke@msudoc.UUCP (John Lawitzke)
Organization: Michigan State University, Engineering, E. Lansing
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As a system manager, I face the same problems many other people face;
how to educate the new UNIX users. It's just not right to send them off
with a couple of book references, (like McGilton). I've been developing
a short series of seminars on the UNIX system to present at our site.

Instead of jumping right in with definitions of the file system and
throwing commands at them, I start with a very short history of UNIX.
Then I demonstrate how to connect to a machine over our network. (I'm
fortunate in the fact that one of our classrooms has a terminal
connected into an wall projection monitor so I can demonstrate things).
Then I cover logging in, changing your password, and logging. All fairly
standard things. The, instead of filesystem, etc. I show them some of
the conviences of the UNIX system. I talk about learn and demostrate the
learn program briefly. I then move on to on-line documentation. I talk
about man and man -k. I demonstrate both commands and explain the format
of a manual page. I also explain the "classical" UNIX manual sections.
Since we have SUNs here also, I talk about the SUN tutorial manuals. I
also mention some local documents we've been generating. Then I move
onto the mail command. I demostrate the basics of sending mail and
reading mail. This along with a few questions manages to fill out one
hour nicely. 

The second and third sessions consist of an introduction to the file
system, file manipulation commands, file creation and modification
commands, network commands, utilities, and languages.


I would appreciate hearing what others have done to educate new users.
Post to the net for the information of others.

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John H. Lawitzke                 UUCP     ...ihnp4!msudoc!eecae!lawitzke
Division of Engineering Research
Michigan State University        Office:  (517) 355-3769
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