page 2.1 misweb Online Gradebook System mobile access Student Instructions A new feature in misweb provides you with convenient access to selected course technology through your mobile web browser (smartphone, laptop, or other mobile device). You can access your Online Grades page by typing a rather long URL (one time), then save a bookmark to that URL. Successive accesses will require little or no typing. In your mobile device’s web browser, go to either of the following two URLs (substituting your netid for the word netid and your password for the word password): https://misweb.cbi.msstate.edu/rpearson?mobile/bis2990-01/netid https://misweb.cbi.msstate.edu/rpearson?mobile/bis2990-01/netid/password Be sure to type a ? before the word “mobile”, not a slash. This will take you to a login page, similar to the one shown to the right. When the login page loads in your browser, you can save a bookmark to that page for fast access in the future. (On an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, tap the middle icon at the bottom of the screen (a rectangle, with an arrow pointing to the right), and select the “Add to Home Screen” option. This will create an icon on your Home Screen that you can use in the future to quickly check your grades in this class. The sample Home Screen just below shows an example of the icon for BIS 2990.) On the login page, if you used the first URL above, you will need to type your password into the password textfield; if you used the second URL, the entire form will be pre-filled, and you will simply tap the “Log in” button. Upon logging in, you will see a concise version of the Online Gradebook System, with larger buttons, larger text, and no superfluous text (as shown to the right). A QR code on the front cover of this course packet will also take you directly to our class’s grades login page on your smartphone. page 2.2 misweb registration Each COB student has the opportunity to maintain a student profile page as part of the COB misweb web site. This system uses misweb as a central starting point that any student, faculty member, prospective employer, or other interested party can use to contact you. Register for the COB misweb Student Information System To register for misweb, use your web browser to go to the URL: http://misweb.cbi.msstate.edu/editor Enter your MSU Banner net id and net password in the textfields and click the Log in button. If things go well, you will see a form that has several input fields. Enter any information that is needed to complete all fields. Please try to type correctly! Click the Continue button. That’s all there is to it! You are now registered for the misweb system. You can edit your own data for your personal student profile page, keeping it up to date throughout your college career. Once you have completed this registration process, you will have an account in the COB misweb Student Information System. Your account is password-protected. NOTE: If you do not want to use your Banner net password when you access misweb, you have the option of creating an additional special misweb-only password. Use the option in your misweb Edit Routine to create your misweb-only password. To access misweb, go to the following URL: http://misweb.cbi.msstate.edu If you have any questions about this system, please email: [email protected] page 2.3 Checking your misweb online grades To check your grades, go to the main misweb page, at: http://misweb.cbi.msstate.edu Go to your teacher's faculty profile page. Scroll down to the Courses Taught section. Click on any link for Online Grades. On the next screen, select your class from the list of Online Gradebooks, enter your net id and password in the textfields, and click the Log in button. Assuming that you log in correctly, you will see one or more buttons for your class. These buttons (if available) link to: - your grades - the private course web site - an online class calendar - the class email archive - the class message board The button page also has a link at the very top that you can use to log out of misweb. For (your own) security reasons, you should always log out rather than just moving to a different web page, since logging out physically terminates your misweb session. For your homework assignment, you must do the following: 1. Register for misweb. 2. Enter your basic information. You must enter your name and email address; everything else is optional. 3. Check your grades in this class. 4. While you are checking your grades, familiarize yourself with the available buttons, such as Private Course Web Site, EMail Archive, and Class Message Board. 5. Post a message on the Class Message Board under the Topic: Characteristics of a Good Student If the Topic has not been created yet, create it. If it has been created, add your message to the Topic. Try to add something meaningful. Pay attention to what you are doing when you post a message on the Class Message Board. If the Topic already exists, DO NOT CREATE A NEW TOPIC. Instead, add a message to the existing Topic. To add a message to an existing topic, you must actually read at least one existing message on the topic. When you read a message, you will see a button to Post a New Message. page 2.4 6. When you access the class message board, you will see an option at the bottom to set your “Message Board notification” level. Select “detail”, so you get an automatic email as soon as anyone posts a message to the class message board. This is a required part of this assignment. The messages posted on the class message board could be an invaluable tool when you are working on your homework assignments. You do not need to turn in any type of paper or report for this assignment (or any other assignment in this class). Everything will be graded electronically. page 2.5 Joining the MSU iOS Developer Team Introductory information This course covers programming for the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad devices. All of these devices use the same basic operating system, which is called iOS. The class could just as well be called iOS Programming, or iOS Development. You must have access to an Intel-based Apple Mac computer to do this programming. You do not actually need to have an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad device. You can program on a Mac, and test your programs (in Apple terms, your apps, or applications) in a software-implemented iPhone Simulator on the Mac. The simulator looks just like an iPhone, and your program operates much like (although not exactly like) it would on an iPhone. When your program is fully developed, you can then deploy it to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad (hereinafter referred to as device), if you have one. Our programming will be done with a free Apple-supplied iPhone SDK (Software Development Kit). Although the SDK is free, you must be a registered iPhone Developer to download it. Registration is also free. With a free registration, you can develop apps, and test them in the simulator – you may not, however, deploy your apps to your device. To do that, you must be a paid iPhone Developer – with one exception: you will be a member of the MSU iPhone Developer Team, which is part of the Apple University Developer Program. You will not need to pay $99 to transfer your apps to your device. You won’t have to pay anything. Your only restriction is that you will not be able to upload and sell your developed apps through the iTunes Store. To do that, you have to be a true paid iPhone Developer. That costs $99 per year for an individual, or $299 for an entity with multiple developers. Preparing for programming 1. Welcome to the MSU iOS Developer Team! There are several steps that must be completed before you can start programming. This is a rather long, multi-stage process, that includes several email messages to which various people must respond (you respond to some, and your Team Admin responds to others). Definitely start this process early, because it could take several days to complete. 2. You need to register to be an iPhone Developer. In any web browser, go to http://developer.apple.com/iphone. page 2.6 This is the iOS Dev Center, with all sorts of downloads and resources (including the actual iPhone SDK). Some (most) items are restricted to registered developers. Toward the top right, click the link to Register (the layout of Apple’s web page could, of course, change at any time; at the time of this writing, there is a link that says Register). 3. Most of the registration process is straightforward. You will be asked several questions, including (at this time; the questions could change at any time) what type of programs you intend to write, who your primary market is, and things like that. Answer appropriately. 4. You will need to click the I Agree button at the end to continue. Upon completion, you may close your browser. Apple will send you another email message. 5. (Complete this step only if you will be programming on your own Mac computer. If you are going to be programming on a lab computer, you do not need to do this step.) If you are going to be developing apps on your own Mac, you can (at any time, including now) go back to http://developer.apple.com/iphone, log in, and download the Software Development Kit (SDK).