===Connecting to Your Matrix Account===
[[Image:cls-shell.png|thumb|right|100px|Connect to Matrix via'''ssh''' command]]There are two basic methods to connecting to your Matrix account:.
[[Image:cls-shell.png|thumb|right|100px|Connect to Matrix via'''Method 1: Run sshCommand from command prompt:''' command]] :After connecting to the '''Seneca Student VPN''', you can open a '''Method 1: Run ssh Command from command prompt:terminal''' in '''Windows 10 (or above)''', '''Mac''' or '''Linux'''computer and issue the following command:: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;">ssh senecauserid@matrix.senecacollege.ca</span>
:After connecting to the '''Seneca Student VPN''', you can open a '''command terminal'''<br>in your '''Newer Windows 10''', '''Mac''' or '''Linux''' computer and issue the following command:<br><br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;">ssh senecauserid@matrix.senecacollege.ca</span><br><br>
[[Image:ssh-main-window.png|thumb|right|100px|Connect to Matrix via '''graphical''' SSH Program ]]
:'''Method 2: Run graphical ssh program via MyApps in Seneca computer lab:''' :If you are in a Seneca computer lab, you can use MyApps to run a '''graphical SSH application''' for your Windows machine. One advantage of using this method is that you are already at Seneca and are NOT required to connect to the student VPN.<br><br>
'''NOTE:''' You instructor may show you how to run a graphic Linux VM in order to connect to your Matrix account (if interested, refer to the optional tutorial at the end of this semester).
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=INVESTIGATION 1: ACCESSING YOUR MATRIX LINUX ACCOUNT=