CIS, Computer & Information Science CIS 58.91A: Exploring the World Wide Web   INSTRUCTOR Alisandra Brewer   alisandra@mac.com   Alisandra's Home Page Link to Page of Links to Explore   COURSE OUTLINE Day 1 1:00 Registration 1:15 Introduction and overview 1:30 The Basics  A brief history of the Internet Some terminology Browsers - definition, how they work 2:15 Break 2:30 Surfing the Net Netscape Screen layout Terminology Links 3:00 Hands-on surfing 3:30 Break 3:45 Searching the Net Search engines Searching the Web vs. Searching a site Quantity vs. Quality Keyword searches (excite, etc.) Hierarchical searches (yahoo, etc.) Ask a question (askjeeves.com, etc.) Narrowing the search Searching for specifics (whitepages, zip codes, maps) 4:30 Hands-on surfing 4:45 Finish Day 2 1:00 Roll, welcome back 1:15 Hands-on Surfing Internet Explorer Screen layout Terminology Links 1:45 Bookmarks & Favorites  Creating them Editing them Organizing them into folders Saving them to a disk Opening them from a disk 2:30 Getting Set Up at Home A computer A modem/phone line or DSL/ISDN An ISP 2:45 Break 2:00 Downloading Text & Graphics Copyright laws Printing from the web Copying text to a word processor Copying graphics to a word processor 2:30 Break 2:15 Create your own starting page 3:00 Retail and Research Secure information, credit cards On-line trading 3:30 Break 3:45 Hands-on surfing 4:30 Last chance to ask questions! If you want a letter grade - email me a synopsis of this class 4:45 End   CLASS LINKS Course material

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