Connect to Your Virtual Desktop

Overview
1.Overview

The Virtual IT Lab provides the course desktop environment and software you will use in later activities. In this assignment, you will connect to the institutional virtual desktop, verify that it opens correctly, and capture one screenshot that clearly shows the virtual desktop running inside your local desktop.

2.Connect to the Virtual IT Lab
  • On your personal or NTC computer, open NTC Virtual Lab.
  • Use the current institutional sign-in process. Do not share or capture your password.
  • Launch the Virtual Computer Lab - IT desktop when it is available.
3.Verify the Virtual Desktop

Keep the virtual desktop in a window rather than full screen for the evidence step.

4.Capture the Nested-Desktop Screenshot
  • The virtual desktop window must be visibly open.
  • Enough of your local desktop must remain visible around it to make the nested-desktop relationship obvious.
  • Do not include login credentials or other sensitive information.
5.Submit Your Screenshot to Canvas

Submit the following screenshot directly to Canvas. It must be readable, include enough surrounding context to verify the required evidence, and avoid unrelated or sensitive information.

  • One screenshot clearly showing the Virtual IT Lab desktop window open inside your local desktop.