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Instructor Materials for: Programming Fundamentals - A Modular Structured Approach using C++

Module by: Kenneth Leroy Busbee. E-mail the author

Summary: A stand alone module of encrypted instructor materials for which the encryption key is available by contacting the author.

Under Construction

The Instructor Materals for the textbook/collection “Programming Fundamentals - A Modular Structured Approach using C++” is under construction. The module should be completed by June 30, 2010.

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The materials below are place holder materials and do not reflect the future contents of this module. Links may not work.

Instructor Materials

Publishers, in conjunction with authors, usually create a variety of supplemental materials for a textbook. These materials can consist of:

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  • Solutions for Textbook and Supplemental Problems and Exercises
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Because these materials usually include solutions, publishers usually deliver this item via a CD that is available only to professors or instructors. Connexions authors that create a collection that will be used as a textbook for a course desire to deliver the publisher equivalent of instructor materials. The ability to distribute these materials via a Connexions module is hampered by the open Creative Commons Attribution License of CC-BY that the Connexions Project uses. The problem: How can we distribute instructor materials?

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Create a module that contains a password protected .zip file. Make the .zip file downloadable from a Connexions module. Require, professors and instructors to acquire the password directly from the author of the textbook. Direct them to the software needed for unlocking the .zip file.

Password Protect the Zip File

There are several software products available for password protecting files. You should choose a product that is available free of charge for others to use. They will need the software to be able to un-encrypt the .zip folder. We choose: Encrypt Files v1.5 which is available via the link for Encrypt Files at: http://www.encryptfiles.net/

After installing the software we followed the directions to encrypt the .zip file and we used the password of: 1234567890klb

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Make sure to include in this module:

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  • the encrypted .zip file – Included below.
  • your email address where professors and instructors can contact you for the password – The password is included above for your convenience.

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Click to download: Sample-CNX.zip

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