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01
REPAIR JOBS YOU MAY NEED TO DO
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There will surely be a few occasions when you will need to
repair a major problem that one of the students has encountered
or created. The following are some of the problems we have
encountered along with instructions for solving them.
STUDENT COMPLAINS OF A FAULTY DISKETTE
Occasionally, a student may come to you and complain that their
diskette is faulty or that the system won't work or goes crazy.
The first thing you should do is have the student attempt to
operate the system in your presence to confirm that they are
doing that correctly or that they really do have a faulty
diskette.
FAULTY EXECUTION: If you find that the student is not following
correct procedures, minor instruction will solve the problem.
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FORGOTTEN PASSWORD: If you find that the student has forgotten
their password, you can correct that problem from your master
password list.
BAD PASSWORD: If you find that the assigned password does not
work, choose the option in this program to change the student's
record. The password that is on the student's diskette will be
displayed for you. If it is not the correct one, indicate that
you wish to change it and then enter the correct password from
your master password list.
BAD DATA FILE: If you get a message telling you that the
student has no data file, you have no choice but to re-instate
the student diskette. There are two ways to do that.
1. If the student has performed work and you have created a
master file by collecting student data, you can restore the
student's record by choosing the 'Restore a Student Record'
option in this program.
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2. If you have not collected student data into your master
file, you will have to re-instate the student by choosing the
'Initialize Student Diskettes' option in this program. If you
have to use this option, you and the student should recognize
that all grades and work performed by the student will be
destroyed.
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ADDING A STUDENT
No doubt you will frequently encounter one or more students who
will register late for your course or who will have missed the
class session in which you pass out the student diskettes. This
is precisely why we urge that you create about ten percent more
student passwords and diskettes than you think you will need. In
fact, we adopt the standard practice of preparing ten more than
we think will be needed. An even safer bet is to do a head count
during the first class period and then prepare ten more passwords
and diskettes than the number of students who show up for the
first class.
The simplest remedy for adding students is to add them to your
master password list and then give them the appropriate diskette.
If you have already collected student data and thereby created
your master file, you can add the student to your master file by
choosing the 'Collect Student Data' option in this program.
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CORRECTING REGISTRATION ERRORS
Occasionally you will encounter a student who has done a sloppy
job of registering with ICES. The student's name might be
misspelled or have garbage characters in it, or you may not like
the way the student has formatted their social security number.
Students may even tell you they don't like the 'nickname' that
they gave to ICES.
You may change any of that information by choosing the option
in this program to 'Change a Student's Record'.
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TAMPERING WITH THE DATA DISKETTE
It rarely happens that a student will attempt to modify any of
the files on their data diskette. They are rather sternly warned
that they should never attempt such a thing. If they do, it is
almost certain that they will create errors that will appear in a
variety of ways. When that happens, the student will no doubt
ask you for assistance in restoring their diskette and their
files.
When we are convinced that destruction of a diskette is
accidental we have no hesitation in assisting the student. On
the other hand, when we are convinced that the student
deliberately attempted to modify the files, we are content to
give them only a re-initialized diskette. They must then re-do
any work that was destroyed or lost by their tampering.
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Naturally, this is a judgement call on the part of the
instructor, but it is important to consider for purposes of
protecting the security of the system and the grades that are
acquired and stored on the student's diskette.
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