(C) P. Meakin 1998-2004

























This product is licenced to St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple CE School .

Use and reproduction of this setup guide is permitted within the institution named above, subject to the restrictions set out in the online licence agreement. All other rights are reserved by the author.

Contents






Thank you for purchasing the GCSE ICT Companion 04. This setup guide explains how to start using the package and how to install it if required (if possible we recommend installation on an ASP web server). There is a separate user guide which explains how to make the best use of the ICT Companion. You can print a copy of the user guide from the print menu when you have loaded the ICT Companion.


TopicSection
Introduction1
Licence Agreement2
System Requirements3
Installation and Running Options4
Run Direct From CD5
Installation on a Standalone (Non-Networked) Computer6
Comparison of Server Installation Options7
Installation on an ASP Web Server8
Installation on a non-ASP Web Server9
Installation on a File Server10
Loading the ICT Companion11
Using the ICT Companion12
Browser Compatibility and Feature Availability13
Creating an Icon on the Desktop14
Making Student CDs15
Troubleshooting and Support Contact Information16
Acknowledgements17

Section 1 : Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the GCSE ICT Companion 04. Before using this package please :

Methods of installation and use vary slightly depending on what type of computer and which web browser you are using. Setup instructions are provided here for most common computer systems / browsers.

The GCSE ICT Companion 04 can be used direct from CD, from a local hard disk, from a file server or web server. Once set up the ICT Companion can be used as if it were a web site on the Internet.

Section 2 : Licence Agreement

This package is protected by copyright law. Any unauthorised duplication of the package will be prosecuted or pursued in a civil court. The package remains the property of Cedar Education. You are granted a limited licence to use this package subject to the licence agreement detailed below.

The Package The package consists of all of the files that are supplied on the CD-R. In this notice the term package refers to either the whole package or any part of it. The package is known as "The GCSE ICT Companion 04" or "ICT Companion".
The Copyright Owner The copyright owner of this package is Mr P. Meakin. The package is distributed by Cedar Education.
The Purchaser The purchaser is either the person who originally purchased the package or the person who is now responsible for the duties that the original purchaser used to perform.
The Institution The institution is the organisation that the purchaser works for and on whose behalf the software was purchased.
The PublicAny person or group of people who are neither students at nor employees of the institution.
We"We" refers to the copyright owner and Cedar Education.
You"You" is the institution (as defined above).

Licence Agreement

1. This licence agreement must be read in conjunction with the definitions above.
2. This licence agreement is between the Copyright Owner and the Institution.
3. The package is supplied on an "as is" basis. It is not warranted to be fit for any particular purpose, course of study or to be free of defects.
4. The package may not be copied except by the purchaser. Copies may only be made for the purpose of installing the package according to the terms of this licence.
5. The package may be installed on either :
  • sixty (or other number as specified on the delivery note) stand alone computer systems within the institution, or,
  • a computer network within the institution on which the product will not be used by more than sixty people (or other number as specified on the delivery note) at any one time.

The package may not be used on more than sixty computers within the institution at any time.

6. Additionally the package may also be installed on the home computers of up to sixty students (or other number as specified on the delivery note) currently studying at the institution. The package must be removed from the home computer of any student who leaves the institution.
7. No part of this package may be placed on any network or computer system to which the public has access.
8. The package may be made accessible to your students through a web server that can be accessed on the Internet provided that suitable security measures such as a login system are in place to ensure that the general public can not access it. You must register your intent to do this and obtain approval from us by email before making the ICT Companion available in this way. Please provide the URL that the ICT Companion will be accessible at. If we approve your registration you remain responsible for ensuring that access to the ICT Companion is only available to your students. You will be held responsible if you make the ICT Companion available to the public as this is a breach of Copyright Law and may affect our sales.
9. We have used our reasonable efforts to ensure that the relevancy indicators provided by the course selector and traffic light indicators are correct as at July 2004. However inevitably in such a complex exercise some errors may exist. It remains the responsibility of the teacher and student to check what is required for a particular course of study with the subject specification published by the examining body. We will not be held reposnsible for any failure to do this.
10. The maximum liability, howsoever arising, of the copyright owner and Cedar Education to the purchaser shall be the amount originally paid by the purchaser to buy the package.
11. Articles from the package may be printed for use by students at the institution.
12. The law governing this licence agreement is the law of England.

Section 3 : System Requirements

The GCSE ICT Companion 04 is supplied as a web site on CD. You do not need a web server or access to the Internet to use the ICT Companion. It can be used in six different ways :

General Requirements

To use the GCSE ICT Companion 04 you need :

We recommend a display resolution of at least 800*600 with at least 16,000 colours. The ICT Companion will work at lower resolutions but the reduced screen space makes it harder to carry out certain tasks. Any computer that the ICT Companion is installed on will need about 20Mb of free disk space. Note that if you are using the ICT Companion on a network or Intranet this space is only required on the server, not on each workstation.

Almost all computers made in the last five years would satisfy the above requirements.

Using Online Submission of Worksheets and Marking

If you wish to use these features :

Then you need to make the ICT Companion available through an ASP web server. A suitable web server is Internet Information Service (IIS), which is supplied as part of Microsoft Server operating systems (e.g. Microsoft Windows 2000 Server). The ICT Companion has been tested with versions 4, 5 and 6 of IIS.

If you do not have or choose not to use an ASP web server students can still complete worksheets online and store worksheet answers and quiz results online. It is only the online monitioring and marking of worksheets that requires an ASP web server.

Limitations in Netscape Navigator

The following small number of limitations have been identified if you use the ICT Companion in Netscape Navigator instead of Internet Explorer :

Section 4 : Installation and Running Options

The GSCE ICT Companion 04 is supplied on a CD-R. The ICT Companion can be used straight from CD on a standalone computer, be installed on a hard disk on a standalone computer or be used over a network. Where possible we recommend that you install the package onto a web server (the bottom option). To see exactly which features are available under different installation options please read section 13.

Please select your preferred usage option from this table and then turn to the appropriate section :

Method Description Section
Run From CD The ICT Companion is used directly from the CD. There is no need to install the package but the CD must be in the drive to use it. 5
Install Locally The ICT Companion is installed onto the hard disk of a standalone (non-networked) computer. It can be used without the CD being in the drive. 6
Install On File Server or Web Server The ICT Companion is installed on a file server or web server on a network so that it can be accessed on many workstations but only needs to be installed once. 7

Section 5 : Run Direct From CD

These instructions explain how to use the GCSE ICT Companion 04 directly from the CD. This is the simplest way to access the package on a standalone computer.

1. 

Go to the Start Menu and choose Programs then select the Windows Explorer icon.

2. 

Scroll down the list in the left hand window until you find your CD drive and then click on the icon for the CD drive. It should look similar to this, but the drive letter (e.g. E:) may be different :

3. The right hand window will now display the files and folders that are stored on the CD. Double click on one of these two files :
  • To load the ICT Companion with worksheet answers available open the file aindex.htm
  • To load the ICT Companion without worksheet answers open the file index.htm

Section 6 : Installation on a Standalone (Non-Networked) Computer

These instructions explain how to install the GCSE ICT Companion 04 onto the hard disc drive of a standalone computer so that the package can be used without the CD in the drive.

To install the ICT Companion onto a hard disk drive you need to copy the folder ict4 from the CD onto the hard disk. This can be done using Windows Explorer. You can then access the ICT Companion by simply opening the file index.htm in the ict4 folder with a suitable web browser.

These instructions explain how to carry out this process in more detail.

1. 

Go to the Start Menu and choose Programs then select the Windows Explorer icon.

2. 

Scroll down the list in the left hand window until you find your CD drive and then click on the icon for the CD drive. It should look similar to this, but the drive letter (e.g. E:) may be different :

3. The right hand window will now display the files and folders that are stored on the CD. Click once on the ict4 folder to select it. Do not click twice to open it.


4. 

Go to the Edit menu and choose the Copy option.

5. 

Now you need to select where on your hard disk you want to put the ICT Companion. Most people choose to put it in the root folder of the C Drive but you can put it anywhere you want to. If you choose to put the ICT Companion in the root folder of the C Drive then follow these steps :

  • Scroll up the list of drives and folders in the left hand window until you see the icon for the C drive. It looks like this, but there may also be a name between the icon and the (C:) :

  • Click on the icon once to select the C drive.

If you wish to install the ICT Companion to a different place then simply select that folder instead.

6. 

Go to the Edit menu and choose the Paste option. The ICT Companion will now be copied from the CD onto your hard drive.

7. If you do not want the answers to the worksheets to be available in the installation then delete the directories store and aspdb from within the ict4 folder after the files have copied.

You can now use the ICT Companion without the CD. To access the ICT Companion you need to load your web browser. To use the ICT Companion without answers open the file index.htm in the ict4 folder. To use the ICT Companion with answers open the file aindex.htm in the ict4 folder instead (note this will not work if the store directory has been deleted).

Now go to section 11 to find out how to load the ICT Companion.

Section 7 : Comparison of Server Installation Options

The GCSE ICT Companion 04 can be used on a network from a file server or a web server. This will avoid the need to install the package onto each workstation. The preferred method of usage will depend upon your current network setup. We recommend the first option (ASP Web Server) as this provides the fullest access to all of the ICT Companion 04's features. If your file server runs Windows 2000 or later you will have Internet Information Services (IIS) which is an ASP web server. This table summarises the possibilities. To see exactly which features are available under different installation options please consult section 13. After considering the options, turn to the appropriate section indicated in the table below.

Method Description Advantage Disdvantage Section
ASP Web Server The ICT Companion is installed on an ASP web server such as Internet Information Service (supplied with Windows 2000 Server) and other computers access it from the web server. The ICT Companion package is only installed on the web server. You can link it to an existing web site. e.g. you could create a link to it from your intranet home page. Students can complete worksheets online, with their work being stored in an Access database. Teachers can mark and monitor work online. If you do not have a web server then you need to obtain one and install it first, although most file servers are now supplied with web server software as part of the operating system. 8
Non-ASP Web Server The ICT Companion is installed on a non-ASP web server and other computers access it from the web server. The ICT Companion package is only installed on the web server. You can link it to an existing web site. e.g. you could create a link to it from your intranet home page. Students can complete worksheets online, with their work being stored in cookies. If you do not have a web server then you need to obtain one and install it first, although most file servers are now supplied with web server software as part of the operating system. Teachers can not mark or monitor students online. 9
File Server The ICT Companion is installed on a file server and other computers access it from the file server's hard disk or CD as if the drive was a local one. The ICT Companion package is only installed on the file server. A web server is not needed. Worksheets can be completed online. You may have to map local drive names to the file server on some network operating systems. Teachers can not mark or monitor students online. 10

Alternatively you can install the package locally on each workstation. Information from the ICT Companion can also be printed and photocopied for use, subject to the licence agreement.

Section 8 : Installation on an ASP Web Server

Section 8.I : Introduction

These instructions explain how to setup the GCSE ICT Companion 04 for use from a ASP web server. This is the preferred method of use as it allows you to use all of the package's features.

The instructions assume that you are using Internet Information Services (IIS), supplied with Microsoft Server operating systems, as your web server.

Section 8.II : Copying To Web Server Hard Disk

The first thing that you need to do is to copy the contents of the ICT Companion 04 CD to the hard disk drive of your web server and change the attributes of the work.mdb file so student work can be stored in it :

1. 

Go to the Start Menu and choose Programs then select the Windows Explorer icon.

2. 

Create a directory on the hard drive of your web server to copy the ICT Companion into.

3. 

Scroll down the list in the left hand window pane until you find your CD drive and then click on the icon for the CD drive. It should look similar to this, but the drive letter (e.g. E:) may be different :

4. The right hand window will now display the files and folders that are stored on the CD. Click twice on the ict4 folder to open it.


5. 

Select all of the files and folders within the ict4 folder.

6. 

Go to the Edit menu and choose the Copy option.

7. 

Use Windows Explorer to open the folder that you created to install the ICT Companion in. Your web server software may require that the ICT Companion is placed in a particular location.

8. 

Go to the Edit menu and choose the Paste option. The ICT Companion will now be copied from the CD onto the hard drive of your web server.

9. 

Locate the file work.mdb. It is in the aspdb subdirectory of the ict4 directory on the hard disk.

10. 

Right-click on the file work.mdb and choose to display its Properties.

11. 

Remove the tick from the Read-Only box so that it is unchecked.

12. 

Press the OK button.

Section 8.III : Setting the ICT Companion Up as a Site

You now need to set the ICT Companion up as a site on your web server so that it can be accessed from other computers.

1. 

Load the Internet Services Manager. The method of doing this depends upon which Operating System you have :

  • In Windows 2000 or later : From the Start Menu choose Control Panel. Then select the Administrative Tools section. Finally select the Internet Services Manager control panel.
  • In Windows NT : IIS must be installed as an option pack. If this has been installed, select the Internet Service Manager from the program group that was created when IIS was installed.
2. 

In the left hand window panel select the name of the computer that is the web server.

3.  Select the Default Web Site icon in the right hand window panel.
4. 

From the Action Menu choose New then Virtual Directory.

5.  In the Alias field enter a name that the folder containing the ICT Companion will appear as on your web server. e.g. ict4. This is known as the virtual directory.
6.  Press the NEXT button.
7.  Click on BROWSE and select the directory that the ICT Companion is stored in on the web server hard drive.
8.  Press the NEXT button.
9.  Check that only the READ and RUN SCRIPTS check boxes are checked. Other check boxes must be unchecked to ensure the security of the system.
10.  Press the NEXT button.
11.  Press the FINISH button.
12.  Remain in the Internet Service Manager control panel to carry out the instructions in sections 8.IV and 8.V.

Section 8.IV : Set Permissions For Web Site

You will probably want to let all users access the ICT Companion IV website. Follow these instructions to permit this :

1.  Expand the default web site in the left hand window pane (titled Tree) by clicking on the plus symbol next to it :

2.  Right-click on the icon that has appeared for the virtual directory that the ICT Companion is in (e.g. ict4).

3.  Select Properties from the pop-up menu.
4.  Choose the Directory Security tab.
5.  Click on the Edit button under the Anonymous Access and Authentication Control heading.
6.  Check (tick) the Anonymous Access box.
7.  Press the OK button.

If you have an exisiting policy for controlling access to your web server that does not simply let everyone access it, then you can apply that policy instead of the one outlined in section 8.IV above.

Section 8.V : Set Permissions For aspdb Directory

The aspdb directory contains the Access database that stores the work completed by students. This database should not be accessible through the web server. Follow these instructions to make it inaccesible :

1.  Right-click on the icon that has appeared for the directory aspdb within the ict4 virtual directory :

2.  Select Properties from the pop-up menu.
3.  Choose the Directory Security tab.
4.  Click on the Edit button under the Anonymous Access and Authentication Control heading.
5.  Uncheck (clear) the Anonymous Access box.
6.  Press the OK button.
7.  You will be warned that all access will be denied, and asked to confirm your selection. Click YES to do so.
8.  Press the OK button.

Section 8.VI : Set Up Data Source

The work that students complete is stored in an Access database called work.mdb within the aspdb directory. This database must be set up as an ODBC data source so that the web server can access it.

1.  Load Control Panel.
2.  Select the Data Sources / ODBC option. In Windows NT this is accessed directly from the main Control Panel. In Windows 2000 it is in the Administrative Tools section of Control Panel.
3.  Click on the System DSN tab.
4.  Press the ADD button.
5.  Choose Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb).
6.  Press the FINISH button.
7.  In the Data Source Name field enter ICTCompIV exactly as it appears here.
8.  Press the SELECT button.
9.  Choose the ICT Companion database. It is called work.mdb and is located in the aspdb directory.
10.  Press the OK button.
11.  Press the OK button.

Section 8.VII : Test The Installation

You should now check that the ICT Companion IV had been setup correctly. To do this :

The web page will report any problems with the installation, and advise you on how to correct them.

Section 8.VIII : Troubleshooting

If you encounter any problems then please vist out support website at www.cedar.u-net.com/support.htm.

Now go to section 11 to find out how to load the ICT Companion.

Section 9 : Installation on a non-ASP Web Server

Section 9.I : Introduction

These instructions explain how to setup the GCSE ICT Companion 04 for use from a non-ASP web server.

To use the ICT Companion from a web server you must first setup a web server package on a computer. You must also be using the TCP/IP protocol on your network. Most new network operating systems are supplied with both of these features. For example Microsoft Windows 2000 Server is supplied with these components, but they may need to be configured.

If you are using a web server such as Internet Information Services (IIS) that supports ASP we recommend that you follow the alternative instructions in section 8 above so that you can access all of the features of the package.

Section 9.II : Copying To Web Server Hard Disk

It is possible to either use the ICT Companion directly from the CD on the web server or to install it onto the hard disk of the web server. If you wish to install the package onto the hard disk then please follow these instructions, otherwise move on to section 9.III.

1. 

Go to the Start Menu and choose Programs then select the Windows Explorer icon.

2. 

Scroll down the list in the left hand window until you find your CD drive and then click on the icon for the CD drive. It should look similar to this, but the drive letter (e.g. E:) may be different :

3. The right hand window will now display the files and folders that are stored on the CD. Click once on the ict4 folder to select it. Do not click twice to open it.


4. 

Go to the Edit menu and choose the Copy option.

5. 

Now you need to select where on your hard disk you want to put the ICT Companion. Use Windows Explorer to select the folder that you want to install to. Your web server software may require that the ICT Companion is placed in a particular location.

6. 

Go to the Edit menu and choose the Paste option. The ICT Companion will now be copied from the CD onto the hard drive of your web server.

Section 9.III : Making the ICT Companion Available To Other Computers

You now need to make the ICT Companion available to the other computers on your network. This can be achieved by :

Section 9.IV : Restricting Access To Answers

You will probably want to restrict access to the answers to the worksheets so that only teachers can view them. To achieve this :

Students should load the ICT Companion by opening the index.htm file and teachers should load the ICT Companion by opening the aindex.htm file.

An alternative method to restrict access to the answers is to simply delete the store and aspdb directories on the copy of the ICT Companion that is on the web server. You can then access the answers directly from the CD or from a separate second installation of the ICT Companion by opening the aindex.htm file.

Section 9.V : Browser Configuration

You should now check that the ICT Companion can be successfully accesssed from the web server at a workstation by attempting to load it in a web browser.

If the package will not load successfully then it may be that the web browser on the workstation needs to be reconfigured to use Java and Javascript. You can test the configuration of the browser by opening the file tester.htm on the workstation. This file can be found in the ict4 folder on the web server.

Section 9.VI : Troubleshooting

If you encounter any problems then please vist out support website at www.cedar.u-net.com/support.htm.

Now go to section 11 to find out how to load the ICT Companion.

Section 10 : Installation on a File Server

Section 10.I : Introduction

These instructions explain how to setup the GCSE ICT Companion 04 for use from a file server.

This method should be used if you want to use the ICT Companion on a network of computers that does not have a web server. The package will be accessed on the workstations from the file server using file sharing. If you have a web server setup then we recommend that you share the package using the web server instead. See section 7 above.

Section 10.II : Copying To File Server Hard Disk

It is possible to either use the ICT Companion directly from the CD on the file server or to install it onto the hard disk of the file server. If you wish to install the package onto the hard disk then please follow these instructions, otherwise move on to section 10.III.

1. 

Go to the Start Menu and choose Programs then select the Windows Explorer icon.

2. 

Scroll down the list in the left hand window until you find your CD drive and then click on the icon for the CD drive. It should look similar to this, but the drive letter (e.g. E:) may be different :

3. The right hand window will now display the files and folders that are stored on the CD. Click once on the ict4 folder to select it. Do not click twice to open it.


4. 

Go to the Edit menu and choose the Copy option.

5. 

Now you need to select where on your hard disk you want to put the ICT Companion. Use Windows Explorer to select the folder that you want to install to. We recommend that you install the ICT Companion to a folder that is already shared on your network and, preferably, is mapped as a local drive (e.g. H:) on your workstations. This will reduce the amount of work you have to do later.

6. 

Go to the Edit menu and choose the Paste option. The ICT Companion will now be copied from the CD onto the hard drive of your file server.

Section 10.III : Making the ICT Companion Available To Other Computers

You now need to make the ICT Companion available to the other computers on your network. To do this you need to :

Students should load the ICT Companion by opening the index.htm file and teachers should load the ICT Companion by opening the aindex.htm file.

Section 10.IV : Accessing the ICT Companion From Workstations

The GCSE ICT Companion 04 should now be accessible on workstations. From a workstation you simply need to load the index.htm file in the ict4 folder on the file server into a compatible web browser.

Note For Netscape Navigator Users

If you are using Netscape Navigator as your web browser then you can not access the ICT Companion from a file server by typing in a windows network name such as \\server\ict4\index.htm. Instead you must map a local drive letter on the workstation to the share on the file server that contains the ICT Companion.

You can map a local drive letter to a share on the file server in a Windows Operating System by right-clicking on the share name in Windows Explorer and choosing Map Network Drive.

After the mapping has taken place, you should be able to access the ICT Companion on a workstation by typing a pathname such as "H:\ict4\index.htm" instead of "\\server\ict4\index.htm".

Section 10.V : Browser Configuration

You should now check that the ICT Companion can be successfully accesssed from the file server at a workstation by attempting to load it in a web browser. to do this :

If the package will not load successfully then it may be that the web browser on the workstation needs to be reconfigured to use Java and Javascript. You can test the configuration of the browser by opening the file tester.htm on the workstation. This file can be found in the ict4 folder on the file server.

Section 10.VI : Troubleshooting

If you encounter any problems then please vist out support website at www.cedar.u-net.com/support.htm.

Section 11 : Loading the ICT Companion

To load the GCSE ICT Companion 04 you must open the appropriate file in the ict4 directory. The name of this file depends upon where you are loading the ICT Companion from :

The simplest way to load the package is to just double-click on the appropriate file. Your web browser will load automatically with ther ICT Companion in it.

Section 12 : Using the ICT Companion

When the GCSE ICT Companion 04 has loaded you will be presented with a title screen. Most of the available options are self-explanatory and are selected from the navigation panel on the left of the screen.

If you want to find out more about using a particular option then select the option on the navigation panel. This will display the help menu. A user guide can be printed by choosing the option and then selecting the Booklet Printing Menu.

Section 13 : Browser Compatibility and Feature Availability

To access all of the features of the GCSE ICT Companion 04 you must use a browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later or Netscape Navigator 7.0 or or later with a Java Virtual Machine. To test if your browser is properly configured open the file tester.htm on the CD.

Some of the facilities of the ICT Companion are only available if you access the ICT Companion through an ASP web server. This table indicates which features are available depending on whether you use an ASP web server or not :

Feature ASP Web Server Other Method
Articles X X
Worksheets X X
Mark Schemes X X
Revision Summaries X X
Contents Pages X X
Glossary X X
Print Menu X X
Interactive Quiz X X
Search Engine X X
Advanced Navigation Panel X X
Specification Traffic Lights X X
Definitions Scrollbar X X
Complete Worksheets Online X *
Mark Worksheets Online X  
Centrally Monitor Student Progress X  

* = In non-ASP version worksheet answers are stored in cookies, which must be enabled.

Microsoft® and Microsoft Internet Explorer® are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Netscape® Navigator is a trademark and/or registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Section 14 : Creating an Icon on the Desktop

You can simplify the loading of the GCSE ICT Companion 04 by making a bookmark for it on your desktop. These instructions explain how to do this.

Follow these steps to create an icon for the ICT Companion on the desktop :

1. 

Move the mouse pointer over an area of the desktop where there are no icons.

2. Click with the right hand mouse button.
3. Select the New option and choose the Shortcut option from the pop-up menu.
4. Click on the Browse button.
5. Change the setting of the Files of Type box so that it says All Files.
6. Locate the file index.asp/index.htm/aindex.htm on your hard disk drive. If you chose to install the ICT Companion to the root folder of the C drive then you can do this by following these steps:
  • Go to the Look In box. If the C drive is not selected then choose it from the list. The C drive icon looks similar to this but may have some extra words by it :

  • Double-click on the ict4 icon :

  • Double-click on the file index.asp/index.htm/aindex.htm icon. You may need to scroll the list to the left to see this.
  • Click on the Open button.
  • The browser window will close and you will be returned to to the Create Shortcut window. The pathname of the ICT Companion will appear in the Command Line box.

If you have installed the ICT Companion to a different folder then locate the index.asp/index.htm/aindex.htm file from that location.

7. Click on the Next button.
8. Enter a name for the shortcut that will appear under the icon. e.g. "GCSE ICT Companion 04"
9. Click on the Finish button.
10. An icon for the ICT Companion will now appear on your desktop.

You can now load the ICT Companion by simply double-clicking on the icon on the desktop.

Section 15 : Making Student CDs

The GCSE ICT Companion 04 CD may be copied to allow students to use it at home. However, you will probably not want to simply duplicate the installation CD as it contains the answers to the worksheets that you will probably not want students to have.

Follow the instructions below to create a copy of the CD that does not contain the answers:

1. 

Go to the Start Menu and choose Programs then select the Windows Explorer icon.

2. 

Scroll down the list in the left hand window until you find your CD drive and then click on the icon for the CD drive. It should look similar to this, but the drive letter (e.g. E:) may be different :

3. The right hand window will now display the files and folders that are stored on the CD. Click once on the ict4 folder to select it. Do not click twice to open it.


4. 

Go to the Edit menu and choose the Copy option.

5. 

Now you need to select a folder on your hard disk where you will temporarily place a copy of the ICT Companion that will be used for duplication.

6. 

Once you have selected a place to on you hard drive to store a temporary copy of the ICT Companion go to the Edit menu and choose the Paste option. The ICT Companion will now be copied from the CD onto the hard drive.

7. 

Delete the following files and directories from within the ict4 directory on the hard drive to remove the answers :

  • aindex.htm file
  • aspdb directory
  • store directory
8. You should now use your CD-writer software to burn a copy of the ICT Companion onto CD. You should burn the entire contents of the ict4 folder to the CD, but not the folder itself. i.e. select the files and directories within the ict4 folder, not the ict4 folder.
9. If you wish to create several CDs you will be able to do this more efficiently by using your CD writer software to create a CD image on the hard disk, then use this image to create individual CDs.
10. Finally, don't forget to delete the temporary copy of the ICT Companion from the hard disk drive.

Section 16 : Troubleshooting and Support Contact Information

If you are experiencing difficulties when using the ICT Companion then please visit the support section of our website by going to www.cedar.u-net.com/support.htm. Solutions to commonly experience problems can be found at the site.

If you would like to :

then please contact us. Cedar Education can be contacted at :

Electronic Mailinfo@cedar.u-net.com
World Wide Webwww.cedar.u-net.com
Fax01925 75 9583
Post

Cedar Education
14 Newfield Court
Lymm
Cheshire
WA13 9QU

Section 17 : Acknowledgements

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GCSE ICT Companion 04 - (C) P Meakin 2004