The Internet and the Web
Course Topic Outline
( Last Revised 1/18/01 )

1. Background and Basics

a. An extension of your computer.
b. How it works
c. ABC's...  Internet Service Providers - Navigation Software
d. Learning Sites (Providers & Dial Up Scripts)

2. Tools

a. Browsers
b. URLs - Addressing
c. Hyper-text and Multi-Media
d. Service Areas
e. e-mail Service

3. Navigation Aids

a. Search Engines
b. Types of searches
...(1) Hierarchical ... (2) Key Words ( syntax )
c. Organizations Tables of Content (Indexes)
d. Good old browsing ( surfing )
...Moving UP as well as DOWN the URL

4. Integrated Operations / Applications Software

a. Multi-Tasking
b. Opening Multiple Sites
c. Saving Files, Text, Pictures, Sound, Backgrounds
d. Everything is BINARY FILES on the WEB
e. e-mail can be text or binary, can have binary attachments.
f. Common file formats
g. Down loading and Up loading Binary Files
h. Using Software to manage files on a remote HOST

5. Using Other Services of the Internet

a. e-mail
b. Chat and Instant Messengers
c. News Groups ( Free form expression ) Bulletin Boards
d. Mailing Lists
e. Gaming
f. Shopping
g. Talking

6. E-Mail

a. Background
b. Setting Up an E-Mail Account (make link here to what you have in
c. Create Messages
d. Send, Reply, Forward Messages
e. Attachments to E-Mail messages
f. Setting up Folders for filing E-mail Messages

7. Creation of Internet Pages and Sites

a. A Simple Concept
b. What is a Mark-up Language?
c. Tools for Creating Web Pages
d. Transferring Your Pages to a Server
e. Testing Your Pages
f. A Simple Concept for Sharing Information

8. Course Review

Appendices

Class Exercises (Read this first)

1. A warm up
2. Looking for Pictures
3. The search goes on...(US History)
4. World Geography
5. World News Today
6. Whatever
7. Memory Lane

Study Helps

Twenty Questions ... For review on Class  4
Subject Exercise ... For general review of the course material.  (Choose a subject of your choice) 
Learning Unfamiliar Applications

Study Links

Glossaries of Internet and Web Terms
Interesting Sites
Getting Started with e-mail
Tips for Finding e-mail Addresses
Student Web Pages at the Senior Center
Student Web Pages at the Academy of Lifetime Learning

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Dean Christensen; February, 2000; This information has been gleaned from many sources on the Internet. It has been compiled and edited by the author for the free use of his students. It is available to all. Remember the Internet is "Shared" resources. Revised January 18, 2001.