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MIS 4238 - Internet Essentials

Fall 2003

 

Topic Outline

 

Date

 

Class Topics

 

Assignment

Topic Websites

9/23/03

Course Introduction

  • Course objectives
  • Grading policy
  • What is the Internet?
  • History of the Internet
  • Browser fundamentals

 Assignment: Ch. 1

http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline
http://www.cnam.fr
http://the-tech.mit.edu/shakespeare

9/30/03

Personal Safety
viruses, privacy, copyright

 Assignment: Ch. 2

http://www.eff.org
http://www.epic.org/

10/7/03

Make a web page
Intro to HTML

 Assignment: Ch. 4

 In Class: select topic and begin research for class project/paper.

http://galaxy.einet.net/GJ
http://24hourhtmlcafe.com
http://thelist.internet.com (ISPs)
http://geocities.yahoo.com/ (host)
http://www.tripod.lycos.com/ (host)
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/ (host)
http://www.cuteftp.com/ (FTP)
http://netletter.com (forms & letters)

10/14/03

Searching & Finding

 Assignment: Ch. 6

 In class: Find information for your paper/project using search engines.

www.yahoo.com
http://msxml.excite.com/_1_2BKGU9M03T4C4H6__info.xcite/dog/advance.htm%3Fran%3D31941
http://www.altavista.com/web/adv
www.webcrawler.com
www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject (Internet history)

10/21/03

mailing lists, chat, IM
Censorship, privacy, kids

 Assignment: Ch 7
Study for mid-term exam.

 In class: Filters, chat, cams; review for mid-term exam.

www.eudora.com (email client)
mail.yahoo.com (browser email)
www.chatlist.com/faces.html (abbrv's)
www.chatlist.com/newcfdocs/searchacro.cfm

10/28/03

Mid-term exam
Internet software, licenses, open source

 Assignment: Ch 8

11/4/03

plug-ins, accelerators, download managers, other browsers, firewalls.

 Assignment: Ch 9

 In class: Find information for your paper/project using Subject Guides, Catalogs, and Info Resources.

www.lib.umich.edu/chhome.html
www.npr.org
http://vlib.org/overview.html (WWW Virtual Lib)
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/alex (English lit)
www.whitehouse.gov
www.whitehouse.com
www.ibm.com
www.senate.gov
www.house.gov
www.noblenet.org
telnet://infogate.ucs.indiana.edu
www.lights.com/hytelnet
www.loc.gov
http://www.askeric.org/
http://thomas.loc.gov
www.fedworld.gov

11/11/03

no class - Presidents Day

 

 

11/18/03

e-commerce - SSL, certificates, auctions

 Assignment: Ch 10

In class: Tour sample Intranets: USWeb, Netscape

http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/web-elements/
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/
http://www.mla.org/publications/style/style_faq/style_faq4 (MLA Style)

11/25/03

Encryption
public key, private key

Assignment: Ch 11

 In class: Discussion

http://www.vicomsoft.com

12/2/03

HTML 2.

 Assignment: papers due in class

 In class: More HTML tutorial;
Review for final exam.

 Papers due in class.

http://24hourhtmlcafe.com
http://thelist.internet.com (ISPs)
http://geocities.yahoo.com/ (host)
http://www.tripod.lycos.com/ (host)
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/ (host)
http://www.cuteftp.com/ (FTP)
http://netletter.com (forms & letters)

12/9/03

Final examination

 Exam available on http://www.trilsys.com/northeastern/courses.htm at 6 P.M. Completed exam answers must be timestamped no later than 12 midnight.

Updated 29sep03

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