handouts

Just follow these links and read the text in the center of each page. Then press back and click the next link.

Block 1: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 3 hours INTRODUCTION
1.0 GETTING STARTED
1.1 Index (Reference only)
1.2 Glossary (Reference only)

For a quick overview, check out bugs bunny and his gang at Warner Bros.
Looney Tunes Teach the Internet

Try this test before and after this course to measure your progress.
Net IQ QUIZ

2.0 MASTER THE BASICS
2.1 Connecting to the Internet
2.2 Making Connections
2.3 About Modems
2.4 Monitor Settings
2.5 Netiquette
2.6 Birth of the Net
2.6 Net Anatomy
2.7 The Future

3.00 SURF THE WEB
3.01 Web-At-a-Glance
3.02 Web Browsers
3.04 Anatomy of a Web Page
3.05 Understanding Web Addresses
3.06 Domain Names
3.07 Name Your Domain
3.08 Bookmarks and Favorites
3.11 There's No Place Like Home (Page)
3.12 Decoding Error Messages
3.20 Quiz on the language of the internet for You from the School-Resources.co.uk website

Block 2:Chapter 4, 3 hours E-MAIL
4.00 HARNESS E-MAIL
4.01 How E-Mail Works
4.02 Anatomy of an E-Mail Message
4.03 Understanding E-Mail Addresses
4.04 Finding E-Mail Addresses

Now refer to the "OWA basic manual" and "OWA activities manual" to use your account at SWL. Your e-mail address is along the lines of : aded##@swlauriersb.qc.ca ## being your workstation number from 01 to 38.

Logon to your account here : https://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/exchange

4.05 STEP BY STEP- Sending an E-Mail Message
4.06 Add a Signature to Your Messages
4.07 Attaching Files
4.08 STEP BY STEP- Sending E-Mail Attachments
4.09 Opening E-Mail Attachments
4.10 STEP BY STEP- Cleaning Up An E-Mail Message
4.11 Web-based E-Mail
4.111 YAHOO EMAIL Excercises
4.12 Managing Your E-Mail4.13 Stop Spam
4.15 E-Mail Etiquette
4.16 Smileys
4.17 How Private Is Your E-Mail-
4.18 HOAXES. F-Secure Security Information Center


Block 3: Chapter 5, 3 hours SEARCH
5.00 FINDING INFORMATION
5.01 How Search Engines Work
5.02 Searching the Web
5.021 The University of South Carolina Beaufort
5.03 Advanced Web Searching
5.03b advanced_internet
5.04 The Interactive Search Engine Tutorial
5.05 Online Information- Fact or Fiction-
5.06 Searching Databases
5.07 Googling to the Max PowerPoint (.ppt) file
5.08 Beyond Google- Other Search Engines, Directories, and Evaluation of Web Pages PowerPoint (.ppt) file
Review excercise: Print this. Review 1.

Block 4: Chapter 6, 3 hours DOWNLOADS etc (3 hours)
6.0 DOWNLOAD FILES6.01 How To Do It
6.02 STEP BY STEP- Downloading Software
6.03 File Formats and Extensions
6.04 File Compression

Details on using Winzip: http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/xw999998/eng/ewinzip.htm

OPTIONAL extras
1.01 A Home (Page) of Your Own
1.02 Of Blogs and Bloggers
1.03 Online Learning
1.04 Online Shopping
1.04 Plan Your Trip Online
1.05 Top Ten Tips
1.06 Under the Hood of the World Wide Web
1.07 Web Chat
4.14 Mailing Lists
5.02 More SEARCH The University of South Carolina Beaufort
5.09 Really advanced Google, Hands-on Exercises (pdf file)
5.10 Beyond Google- Hands-on Exercises (pdf file)

Block 5: Pre test and review ( 3 hours)

Block 6: Exam ( 3 hours)