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On the subject of HTML assignments: I recently had my students do an HTML assignment where they worked in groups to produce clusters of pages on various subjects. I found that it took about an hour to give them the basics of HTML (an hour lecture). I asked the groups to hand in a disk so they did not have to deal with uploading, chmoding, or UNIX. The major problems I encountered were: 1. Some groups did not use relative links so that the URLs reflected the path of the file on a floppy disk (A:\...). This broke when I uploaded the files. 2. Students didn't realize that DOS file names are in caps and UNIX is case sensitive. Links to href="myfile.htm" that worked off a disk broke when "MYFILE.HTM" got uploaded. Otherwise the project was a success. The students appreciate learning supplementary skills like HTML. By asking for group work I kept the amount of grading work down. Yours, Geoffrey Rockwell