Carl Sandburg College
Introductory Internet Class

Learner Objectives:

It is the intent of this course to start you on your journey through the World Wide Web (WWW), prepared to read the road map, prepared with adequate provisions. Unlike the highways, the WWW is changing at an exponential rate. This course does not intend to make you an EXPERT at any one WWW browser or technique. Rather, it will prepare you to travel terrain where the road changes beneath you feet, sometimes as you walk! When you have completed this introductory course, you should feel confident that you can handle the most of the terrain. And when you can't, you will feel knowledgeable enough to be able to find help.

Whoever, wherever, at whatever state of current computer savvy, we all began at the beginning, as you do tonight. And when things get over our head, we all find someone to provide Technical Support.

At the conclusion of this course, you should be enabled:

To knowledgeably navigate the web, regardless of specific web browser or platform

To knowledgeably set up E-mail, browser, and provider information.

To use basic HTML coding to construct the start of a web page

To understand WWW security issues and begin to build an array of tools

To manipulate the basic browser interface, regardless of platform or browser

To knowledgeably search the WWW for information

To download WWW information (e.g., pictures, files, programs, documents)

Schedule:

Week 1:

Basic introduction to the interface

Basic terminology

Surfing and searching

Netiquette

Bookmarks

Time to Explore

Week 2:

Advanced terminology

History of WWW

Mechanics of WWW

E-mail

Service providers and set-up

Chat groups

FTP/gopher

Listservs/newsgroups

Security/kids/work/privacy/protecting computer

Time to Explore

Week 3:

Web pages

Terminology

Downloads

GeoCities (and the like)

HTML coding

CGI

Time to Explore