Setup on your computer

Create a CIS account

You will need a "Business/CS computer lab account" to put your web pages up on the Internet.

Do NOT attempt to set up your account before Monday of the first week. If you add the course, wait an hour or so after you add the class before setting up your account.

Use a browser to go to http://www.deanza.edu/cis/index.html scroll down and click on the maroon rectangle. Provide the information needed here. Remember your login ID and password.

All CIS students can use the CIS lab at De Anza. The CIS Lab is in room AT 203 in the Advanced Technology Center building. It is on the main floor. The door is under the main stairs.

You need only one "Business/CS computer lab account" to work on all your CIS courses at school and on your own computer.

If you use a school computer in the CIS Lab in room AT 203 in the Advanced Technology Center building, the first week you can use an ID of hello and no password. Use a browser there to create your own account. After that initial use of hello, use your own account for all your work.

Create a directory on your computer

You need a directory(folder) to put the pages in. I suggest you name the folder public_html. The name public_html is the name of the directory we must use on our Internet server, so it is good to use the same directory name in your computer.

Please build your public_html folder in your computer now.