Serf Exported Syllabus Title: Brevard Interlit Syllabus Columns: 9 EventID: 348 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 9 Type: 7 Heading: Jumpstart Information Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 349 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 10 Type: 6 Heading: Getting Started Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Welcome to the Internet Literacy course! This course hasn%27t officially started yet, but you can go ahead and start working on it. First, read the information on this page; then you can scroll down to access the course materials. EventID: 350 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 11 Type: 6 Heading: Logistics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: This course is being delivered by a distance learning system called Serf. On every Serf screen, you can use the scrollbar to scroll down to a navigation menu that makes it easy to find your way around. EventID: 351 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 12 Type: 7 Heading: Record Keeping Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 352 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 13 Type: 6 Heading: Assignments Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: When you submit assignments in this course, you will do so via the Web. You'll either answer questions asked on the syllabus or create a Web page containing the work your instructor assigned, and then you'll click a Submit button to submit the assignment for a grade. EventID: 353 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 14 Type: 6 Heading: Grades Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: At any time, you can see a progress report that shows what you%27ve done so far in this course. You%27ll also be able to see your grades on the assignments you%27ll be submitting. EventID: 354 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 15 Type: 7 Heading: Textbook Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 355 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 16 Type: 6 Heading: Textbook Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: If you have not already done so, you should purchase a copy of the textbook that will be used in this course. The textbook is Internet Literacy by Dr. Fred T. Hofstetter. The publisher is McGraw-Hill. It should be available in your campus bookstore. This text will not be available in retail bookstores until January, 1998. EventID: 356 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 18 Type: 4 Heading: Course Information Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 357 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 19 Type: 3 Heading: Course Number Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EDDV 467 or 667 or COMM 367 or 667 EventID: 358 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 21 Type: 3 Heading: Credits Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: 3 EventID: 359 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 22 Type: 3 Heading: Instructor Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Fred T. Hofstetter EventID: 360 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 23 Type: 3 Heading: Prerequisites Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: In order to complete the exercises and tutorials in this course, the student will need to have access to a Windows PC or a Macintosh running either Netscape Communicator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. The student will also need an Internet account that provides the basic Internet services of e-mail and the World Wide Web. This account must include at least four megabytes of Web space in which students will create their Web pages. EventID: 361 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 24 Type: 4 Heading: Computer Logistics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 362 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 25 Type: 3 Heading: Internet Accounts Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Every University of Delaware student automatically receives an Internet account on copland.udel.edu. Students who do not already have Internet access should refer to Part Two of the Internet Literacy textbook, which provides a detailed explanation and comparison of the options for getting connected to the Internet. While high-speed connections work best, all of the exercises in this book can be completed via modem over an ordinary telephone line. EventID: 363 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 26 Type: 3 Heading: PC Laboratory Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: All students registered in this class have the option of using the multimedia PCs in the Willard 309 computer lab. This lab operates on a local area network, and you must have a network account in order to log onto the network. Every student in this course has a pre-assigned network account. The lab assistants can show you how to log on and activate this account. Note that the use of the Willard 309 lab is totally optional in this course. If you have your own multimedia PC and Internet connection, you may never need to use the network in Willard EventID: 364 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 27 Type: 4 Heading: Textbook and Readings Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 365 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 28 Type: 3 Heading: Textbook and URL Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: The text Internet Literacy is available in the bookstores on the Newark campus of the University of Delaware, and in the Georgetown Higher Education Building. You will need a copy of the Internet Litercy textbook in order to complete the course assignments. The URL (i.e., Web address) of this course is http://serf.udel.edu. EventID: 366 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 29 Type: 3 Heading: Assigned Readings Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: No paper is distributed in this course. Instead, all of the assigned readings are mounted on the Web, either as traditional Web pages, or as PDF files. PDF stands for Portable Document Format; it’s one of the technologies you’ll learn how to use during the course. EventID: 367 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 30 Type: 4 Heading: Movie Logistics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 368 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 31 Type: 3 Heading: Show-Me Movies Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: A CD-ROM full of "Show-Me" movies will help you whenever you have trouble completing one of the Internet assignments in this class. EventID: 369 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 32 Type: 3 Heading: Playing the Movies Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: There are two ways to launch the movies. You can either launch them from the movie index that comes on the CD, or you can trigger them by clicking on the movie icons you will find on this online syllabus. EventID: 370 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 33 Type: 3 Heading: Movie Index Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: The movie index is in a file on the CD called index.htm. To play movies from this index, use your Web browser to open the file index.htm. EventID: 371 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 34 Type: 3 Heading: CD-ROM Setup Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: To launch movies from this online syllabus, which is probably the best way to watch them, you must first setup your CD-ROM drive. To do that, scroll down to the bottom of this page, and in the control panel, choose CD-ROM Setup. Follow the on-screen instructions to setup your CD-ROM drive for use with this syllabus. EventID: 372 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 35 Type: 4 Heading: Electronic Mail Logistics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 373 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 36 Type: 3 Heading: E-mail Addresses Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Every student in this class must have an e-mail address on the Internet and read e-mail regularly. If you do not have an e-mail address, here is how to get one. Every student that is enrolled in a University course automatically receives an e-mail account that remains active as long as you are a student, staff, or faculty member at the University. However, in order to send e-mail, you will need to activate your account. To do so, you will need to go to one of the following locations. Make sure you have some form of identification (such as a driver's license) with you. EventID: 374 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 37 Type: 3 Heading: Newark, Delaware Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: If you are taking the course at the Newark campus, go to 002A Smith Hall (831-8446) between the hours of 8 to 5. EventID: 375 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 38 Type: 3 Heading: Georgetown, Delaware Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: If you are taking the course in Georgetown, go to the Higher Education Office and see either Trudy White (855-1630) or Linda Hollis (855-1620). EventID: 376 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 39 Type: 3 Heading: Delaware Public Schools Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: If you are a Delaware public school teacher, you can get a more permanent Internet address by contacting DPI at 739-4681. This will give you access to both the DPI bulletin board and to Internet services including e-mail, gopher, and the World Wide Web. EventID: 377 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 40 Type: 3 Heading: Questions Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: If you have any questions or problems regarding activating your e-mail account, please contact Dr. Hofstetter%27s assistant Denise Methven by phoning (302) 831-8164, and she will help you. EventID: 378 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 41 Type: 2 Heading: Defining the Internet Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 379 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 42 Type: 1 Heading: Reading Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Internet Literacy, Chapter 1. EventID: 380 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 43 Type: 1 Heading: Topics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Define the Internet, describe how large it is, and find out how fast it is growing. Explain how to know when you are really "on" the Internet. List and define the seven basic Internet services of e-mail, listserv, newsgroups, FTP, telnet, Gopher, and the World Wide Web. Explain what is meant by client-server computing. Understand the Internet naming system of domains and subdomains. Provide a brief history of the Internet, explaining how it grew from its humble origins into the worldwide network that we enjoy today. EventID: 381 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 44 Type: 1 Heading: Growth Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Go to the Hobbes Internet Time Line and review the latest statistics on the growth of the Internet. EventID: 382 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 45 Type: 1 Heading: Web Inventor Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: For a fascinating interview with the inventor of the World Wide Web, read The Web Maestro: An Interview with Tim Berners-Lee. EventID: 383 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 46 Type: 11 Heading: Greeting from the Author Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: For a warm greeting from the author of the Internet Literacy course, watch this movie, which will play from the Internet Literacy CD. If you have any trouble viewing the movie, scroll down to the options panel at the bottom of this screen, choose the CD-ROM feature, and follow the instructions to configure your CD-ROM for use with this syllabus. EventID: 384 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 47 Type: 1 Heading: Interlit Web Site Chapter 1 Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text:
Go to Chapter 1 of the Interlit Web Site for links to the Internet resources mentioned in your textbook.
EventID: 385 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 48 Type: 2 Heading: How the Internet is Changing the World Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 386 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 49 Type: 1 Heading: Reading Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Internet Literacy, Chapter 2, until the education section. EventID: 387 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 50 Type: 1 Heading: Topics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Describe how the Internet is changing the world by means of a process called convergence. Tell what percentage of the population is telecommuting already. Guage the extent to which commercial advertising is paying for services available "for free" on the Internet. Share the vision of how the Web is capable of hosting an interconnected world of research and scholarship. EventID: 388 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 51 Type: 1 Heading: Online Shopping Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Visit the online shopping locations linked to the Interlit website. EventID: 389 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 52 Type: 1 Heading: PointCast Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Go to PointCast and follow the instructions to download and install the PCN software. EventID: 390 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 53 Type: 1 Heading: Online Newspapers Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Explore the online newspapers linked to the Interlit website. EventID: 391 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 54 Type: 1 Heading: Government, Commerce, and Industry Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text:
Go to Chapter 2 of the Interlit Web Site for links to the telecommuting, online shopping, government, commerce, and industry resources mentioned in this chapter.
EventID: 392 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 55 Type: 2 Heading: Education and Scholarship Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 393 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 56 Type: 1 Heading: Reading Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Internet Literacy, chapter 2, from the education section to the end of the chapter. EventID: 394 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 57 Type: 11 Heading: Education Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: There's a movie on the Internet Literacy CD in which your textbook's author demonstrates how the World Wide Web helps achieve the goals of the constructivist movement in education. As you watch this movie, you'll see demonstrations of some exciting software that involve students actively in discovering and constructing knowledge. By following the links to the Web sites listed in the next four events in this class, you can run this software yourself to experience first-hand how the Web can help achieve the goals of the constructivist movement in education. EventID: 395 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 58 Type: 1 Heading: Experimentation Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Visit the Virtual FlyLab, where you can learn the laws of genetic inheritance by breeding fruit flies in a laboratory environment that lets you save data, formulate theories, and test hypotheses. Compare this way of learning to the alternative of memorizing genetic laws in a textbook. EventID: 396 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 59 Type: 1 Heading: Databases Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Go to the International Divisia Database, and scroll down to the links that let you choose monetary aggregates for any country in the world. Once you get into a countrie's database, you can click and drag to copy data onto your clipboard, from which you can paste it into a spreadsheet or statistical software to perform your own computations instead of having to take someone else's EventID: 397 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 60 Type: 1 Heading: Visualization Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: One of the most difficult aspects of teaching chemistry is to help students visualize the structure of chemical models. Go to theChemical Molecule Viewer and observe the chemical benzene. After noticing how it appears three-dimensionally symmetrical, use your mouse to click and drag and rotate the chemical. Notice how the atoms that form benzene are coplanar. You wouldn't learn this from a textbook that only showed a static view of the benzene model. EventID: 398 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 61 Type: 1 Heading: Virtual Laboratory Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: At the Princeton Particle Physics Lab, follow the links to the Tokamak nuclear reactor. If you've never operated a reactor before, there's a tutorial you can take to learn how. Then you can follow the links to operate the reactor, which gets delivered to your screen as a Java applet. By manipulating the sliders that control the variables in the Tokamak reactor, you can learn how physicists learn how to run nuclear reactors most efficiently and safely. EventID: 399 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 62 Type: 1 Heading: Interconnected Scholarship Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: The Internet affords researchers an unprecedented opportunity to create an interconnected world of scholarship. Unfortunately, most scholars do not yet know how to create Web pages. It is hoped that the Web page creation tutorial you will complete during this course will contribute to making the world of interconnected scholarship happen sooner rather than later. EventID: 400 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 63 Type: 1 Heading: Interlit Web Site Chapter 2 Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text:
Chapter 2 of the Interlit Web Site contains additional links to educational resources that are helping to transform education from a teacher-dominated into a learner-centered perspective.
EventID: 401 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 64 Type: 2 Heading: Getting Connected Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 402 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 65 Type: 1 Heading: Reading Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Internet Literacy, chapter 3. EventID: 403 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 66 Type: 1 Heading: Topics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: This class helps you understand the purpose and function of an Internet Service Provider (ISP). You'll learn how to find out who the ISPs are in your locale, understand the difference between connecting to the Internet via terminal programs and TCP/IP connections, and decide the best way to connect given your particular circumstances. EventID: 404 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 67 Type: 1 Heading: Internet Service Providers Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Check the yellow pages of your phone book and find out how many Internet Service Providers are listed there. Call at least three ISPs and find out how much unlimited Internet service costs, and at what transmission speeds. Then go to http://www.thelist.com and find out how many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are listed under your area code. EventID: 405 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 68 Type: 9 Heading: Local ISP Tracking: 0 Weight: 1 Deadline: 0 Text: Who is the primary ISP in your area, and how much does that ISP charge per month for Internet service? EventID: 406 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 69 Type: 1 Heading: Interlit Web Site Chapter 3 Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text:
Go to Chapter 3 of the Interlit Web Site for links to the Internet Service Providers and technical resources mentioned in this chapter.
EventID: 407 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 70 Type: 2 Heading: Surfing the Net Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 408 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 71 Type: 1 Heading: Reading Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Internet Literacy, Chapter 4. EventID: 409 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 72 Type: 1 Heading: Topics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: If you've gotten this far in the course, you can obviously surf the Net to some extent already. In this chapter, you'll learn the finer points of surfing. You'll also learn how to avoid distractions and stay focused on the purpose for which you visited a Web site. EventID: 410 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 73 Type: 11 Heading: Going to a URL Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: There's a movie on the Interlit CD that shows you how to go to a Web address, which is technically known as a Universal Resource Locator (URL). You can view this movie in two versions: Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. EventID: 411 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 74 Type: 11 Heading: Using a Scroll Bar Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Knowing how to use a scroll bar can help you get around on a Web page. The Interlit CD contains movies that show how to do this with a Windows PC or a Macintosh. EventID: 412 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 75 Type: 11 Heading: Navigation Buttons Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: To learn how to make your browser%27s navigation buttons visible, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 413 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 76 Type: 11 Heading: Default Home Page Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: There's a movie on the Interlit CD that shows how to change your Web browser's default home page. You can view this movie in two versions: Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. EventID: 414 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 77 Type: 11 Heading: Manipulating URLs Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: There are some tricks you can play with URLs to help you find information. Watch this movie to find out how. EventID: 415 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 78 Type: 2 Heading: Advanced Surfing Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 416 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 79 Type: 1 Heading: More Surfing Techniques Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: This class presents advanced surfing techniques that will help you take greater command of the Internet when you%27re online. You%27ll learn how to work with multiple windows, use bookmarks, and manipulate your Web browser%27s cache. EventID: 417 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 80 Type: 11 Heading: Sizing Windows Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Sometimes you'll want to resize your Web browser's window so you can do things like side-by-side comparisons of things in different windows. You can view a movie that shows how to do this for Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Macintosh. EventID: 418 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 81 Type: 11 Heading: Multi-Tasking Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: To work with multiple windows, you need to know how to make a particular window become visible when you want to view it, and how to hide the window when you want something else on your screen. You can view a movie that shows how to do this for Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Macintosh. EventID: 419 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 82 Type: 11 Heading: Bookmarks Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: To learn how to bookmark a Web page so you can return to it easily, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 420 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 83 Type: 11 Heading: Bookmark Folders Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: To learn how to organize bookmarks in folders, watch either the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 421 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 84 Type: 11 Heading: Backtracking Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Your Web browser keeps track of where you've been so you can move back to previously visited Web sites easily. To learn how to backtrack, watch either the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 422 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 85 Type: 11 Heading: Screen Space Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: No matter how large your computer screen is, you will sometimes wish it were larger, so more information will fit on it. To learn how to increase the viewing area of your Web browser, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 423 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 86 Type: 1 Heading: Selected Web Sites Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: There%27s a collection of selected Web sites waiting for you to surf at the Interlit website. Go there now to experience some of the best of the Net. EventID: 424 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 87 Type: 11 Heading: Caching Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: When you surf the Web, your browser keeps copies of the most recently visited websites in a place on your hard disk called the cache (pronounced cash). To learn how to manipulate the cash, watch either the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 425 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 88 Type: 2 Heading: Internet Etiquette Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 426 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 89 Type: 1 Heading: Reading Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Internet Literacy, Chapter 5. EventID: 427 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 90 Type: 1 Heading: Topics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Netiquette is a term coined by combining the words "Internet Etiquette" into a single name. Netiquette is the observance of certain rules and conventions that have evolved in order to keep the Internet from becoming a free-for-all in which tons of unwanted messages and junk mail would clog your in-box and make the Information Superhighway an unfriendly place to be. This class presents the rules for commercial versus educational use of the Internet, suggests a way for you to become a good citizen of the Net (network citizens are called netizens), and defines everyday terms and jargon used on the Net. EventID: 428 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 91 Type: 9 Heading: Netiquette Guidelines Tracking: 0 Weight: 1 Deadline: 0 Text: Go to the Bill of Rights and Responsibilities site by following the links in the Netiquette section of the Interlit Web site. Read carefully the Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Electronic Learners that you will find there. Do you agree with all of the items covered in this Bill of Rights? What do you disagree with? Do you plan to abide by these guidelines? Do you think they leave out anything important? What’s not covered that should be? EventID: 429 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 92 Type: 1 Heading: Ten Commandments Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Check out the Ten Commandments of Computer Use developed by the Computer Ethics Institute. EventID: 430 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 93 Type: 1 Heading: Spam Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: On the Internet, the term spam means unwanted messages posted to newsgroups or sent to a list of users through e-mail. It's important for you to know how to fight spam. Follow the Interlit Web site links to the tutorial entitled "How to Complain to Providers EventID: 431 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 94 Type: 9 Heading: Emoticons Tracking: 0 Weight: 1 Deadline: 0 Text: Go to one or more of the smiley sites you’ll find in the smiley section of the Interlit Web site, and browse the list of emoticons you will find there. What are your favorite emoticons? Which emoticons do you find too esoteric (that is, too hard to understand) for general use on the Internet? EventID: 432 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 95 Type: 9 Heading: Jargon Tracking: 0 Weight: 1 Deadline: 0 Text: Go to the Jargon File site linked to the jargon section of the Interlit Web site, click the link to browse the jargon file as hypertext, scroll down to the Ts, and in the section on talk, browse the list of three-letter acronyms you will find there. Which TLAs do you think an Internet Literate person should know? Which ones are too esoteric for general use on the Internet? EventID: 433 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 96 Type: 2 Heading: Electronic Mail Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 434 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 97 Type: 1 Heading: Reading Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Internet Literacy, chapter 6. EventID: 435 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 98 Type: 1 Heading: Topics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Electronic mail has revolutionized the way people communicate when they can’t talk in person. It’s probably the greatest time-saver in the world. In this chapter, you'll learn how to get an e-mail account and use it to send, receive, and file electronic mail messages. You'll also learn how to create mailing lists, detect fake mail IDs, and encrypt your EventID: 436 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 99 Type: 9 Heading: E-mail Client Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Chapter 6 of the Internet Literacy textbook describes several e-mail clients that you can use to do electronic mail. Which e-mail client are you planning to use primarily in this course? EventID: 437 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 100 Type: 11 Heading: Configuring an E-mail Client Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: In order to do e-mail, you must first configure your e-mail client. There's a movie on the Interlit CD that shows how to do this for Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. EventID: 438 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 101 Type: 11 Heading: Sending E-mail Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: To learn how to send e-mail, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 439 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 102 Type: 11 Heading: Reading E-Mail Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: You can learn how to read e-mail by watching either the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 440 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 103 Type: 11 Heading: Answering E-mail Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: To learn how to answer e-mail, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 441 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 104 Type: 11 Heading: Forwarding Mail Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Sometimes you will receive mail that you want to send a copy of to someone else. To learn how to forward e-mail, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 442 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 105 Type: 8 Heading: E-mail Tracking: 0 Weight: 10 Deadline: 0 Text: Ten percent of your grade in this course is determined by the quality and effectiveness of your e-mail. Please note that quality is more important than quantity; there's no need to overdo the amount of messages you send. A quick way to address e-mail to your instructor or fellow class members is via the class e-mail roster, which is one of the student options at the bottom of the screen. If you haven't done so already, make sure you register your e-mail address by clicking the Register button in the e-mail section of the Serf control panel at the bottom of this Web page. EventID: 443 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 106 Type: 2 Heading: Advanced E-mail Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 444 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 107 Type: 11 Heading: E-Mail Folders Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Occasionally you will receive an important message that you want to keep so you can refer to it later on. To learn how to create a file folder to hold such a message, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 445 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 108 Type: 11 Heading: Filing Mail Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: You can file mail in any e-mail folder on your computer. To learn how, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 446 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 109 Type: 11 Heading: Retrieving Mail Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Filing mail would serve no purpose without a way to retrieve it when you want to refer to it again. To retrieve a filed e-mail message, follow the steps demonstrated in either the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 447 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 110 Type: 11 Heading: Creating a Generic File Folder Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: In preparation for creating a signature file later on in this chapter, you need to learn how to create a generic file folder. Movies on the Interlit CD show how to do this for Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Macintosh. EventID: 448 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 111 Type: 11 Heading: Creating a Plain Text File Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: A signature file is a plain text file. If you don't already know how to make a plain text file, watch the Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Macintosh version of this movie. EventID: 449 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 112 Type: 11 Heading: Creating a Signature File Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: A signature file is a block of text that automatically gets appended to the e-mail messages you originate. Once you've created the signature file, you can learn how to attach it to your mail messages by watching the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 450 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 113 Type: 11 Heading: Attaching Files to E-mail Messages Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: MIME stands for Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions. MIME is a protocol that lets you attach a file to a mail message. When you send the mail message, the attached file goes along with it. To learn how to attach files to e-mail messages, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 451 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 114 Type: 1 Heading: Address Books Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Before you can send e-mail to someone, you must know the person’s e-mail address. To avoid having to look up a person’s e-mail address every time, you can record it in an address book. To learn how, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 452 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 115 Type: 11 Heading: Addressing Mail via an Address Book Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: To learn how to address an e-mail message to someone listed in an address book, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 453 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 116 Type: 11 Heading: Mailing Lists Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Sometimes you'll want to send mail to more than one person at a time. To learn how to create a mailing list using your address book, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 454 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 117 Type: 11 Heading: Finding Things in E-mail Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: When you have a lot of accumulated mail, you will eventually lose track of where everything is. Happily, you can search your mail messages to find things. To learn how to search an e-mail message, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 455 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 118 Type: 11 Heading: Filtering Unwanted Mail Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: You can block mail from unwanted sources by using mail filters. A mail filter blocks mail that comes from e-mail addresses that you forbid. To learn how to set up a mail filter, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 456 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 119 Type: 11 Heading: Detecting Fake Mail IDs Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: If you get mail saying it’s from someone that you doubt actually wrote the message, such as a message from your boss giving you a million-dollar raise, it’s possible that someone used a bogus From field when they sent you the message. You can get more information about where the message came from by revealing the headers of the mail message. To learn how, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 457 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 120 Type: 2 Heading: Listserv Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 458 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 121 Type: 1 Heading: Reading Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Internet Literacy, chapter 7. EventID: 459 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 122 Type: 1 Heading: Topics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Now that you know how to send and receive electronic mail, you are ready to take advantage of the powerful capabilities of listserv, which is an Internet resource that uses e-mail protocols to distribute messages to lists of users. The messages get served to everyone whose name is on the list. Hence the name listserv. EventID: 460 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 123 Type: 11 Heading: Subscribing to a Listserv Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Since it uses e-mail protocols that virtually every user of the Internet already knows, listserv is easy to learn and use. To join a listserv, you send its host computer an e-mail message saying that you want to subscribe. To learn how, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 461 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 124 Type: 11 Heading: Responding to a Listserv Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: To learn how to respond to a listserv, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 462 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 125 Type: 11 Heading: Sending a Message to a Listserv Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: You send messages to a listserv with your e-mail client. To learn how, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 463 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 126 Type: 11 Heading: Sending a Command to a Listserv Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Your textbook tells you how to send commands that can pause a listserv, find out who belongs to it, and get various kinds of information about the list. For an example of how to send a command to a listserv, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 464 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 127 Type: 8 Heading: Joining the Listserv for This Course Tracking: 0 Weight: 5 Deadline: 0 Text: Everyone taking this class is required to join and participate in the listserv that has been set up for students in this course. The mailing list protocol used at the University of Delaware is based on a program called MajorDomo. The MajorDomo commands are a little different than the standard listserv protocol described in your textbook. To subscribe to the MajorDomo mailing list that has been set up for this class, follow the steps below. EventID: 465 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 128 Type: 1 Heading: Majordomo Instructions Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text:
subscribe interlit-list your_email_address
EventID: 466 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 129 Type: 2 Heading: Usenet Newsgroups Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 467 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 130 Type: 1 Heading: Reading Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Internet Literacy, chapter 8. EventID: 468 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 131 Type: 1 Heading: Topics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Wonderful as they may be, electronic mail and listserv have some shortcomings. While electronic mail is a great way for individuals to exchange messages with each other, and listserv makes it easy to send mail to lists of people, it’s not easy to maintain your train of thought in a conversation conducted via e-mail. That’s because e-mail queues up in your inbox on a variety of topics, requiring your mind to shift gears continually as you read mail on different subjects. Enter the Usenet Newsgroup, a resource invented in the late 1970s by students who wanted a better way to converse over the Internet on specific topics. In this chapter, you will learn how Usenet Newsgroups enable users to hold virtual conferences over the Internet. You’ll find out what newsgroups exist in your profession, learn how to join and participate in a newsgroup, and know how to go about creating a new newsgroup. EventID: 469 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 132 Type: 11 Heading: Configuring Your Newsgroup Client Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Before you can read news, you need to configure your newsgroup client. To learn how, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 470 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 133 Type: 11 Heading: Choosing a Newsgroup Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Your ISP subscribes to a number of newsgroups from which you can choose one or more that you would like to read. For help learning how to choose a newsgroup, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 471 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 134 Type: 11 Heading: Reading a Newsgroup Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Newsgroups are threaded. Each thread represents a different topic being discussed in the newsgroup. To read a newsgroup, you point-and-click on the topics and subtopics to navigate to the part of the newsgroup you want to read. To see how, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 472 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 135 Type: 11 Heading: Responding to a Newsgroup Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Responding to a newsgroup is a lot like responding to an e-mail message. The main difference is that instead of being sent to an individual, your response gets posted to the newsgroup. For an example, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 473 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 136 Type: 11 Heading: Creating a New Topic Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: While participating in a newsgroup, you may want to start a conversation on a new topic. To learn how to create a new topic in a newsgroup, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 474 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 137 Type: 11 Heading: Deleting a Newsgroup Message Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Two rules govern the deleting of messages from a newsgroup. First, you can only delete messages that you write. You cannot delete messages written by other users. Second, you should only delete messages to which no one has responded yet. If another user has written a reply in the newsgroup to one of your messages, deleting your message will interrupt the flow of the conversation. To learn how to delete a message in a newsgroup, watch the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer version of this movie. EventID: 475 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 138 Type: 8 Heading: Joining the Course Newsgroup Tracking: 0 Weight: 5 Deadline: 0 Text: Every student in this class is required to join and participate in the course newsgroup. The name of the newsgroup for this course is udel.fall97.interlit. Please join in the conversations you will find in progress there, and initiate new topics as you wish. EventID: 476 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 139 Type: 2 Heading: Communicating in Real Time Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 477 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 140 Type: 1 Heading: Reading Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Internet Literacy, chapter 9. EventID: 478 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 141 Type: 1 Heading: Topics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: E-mail, listserv, and newsgroups are great ways to communicate, but all three suffer from the lack of real-time interaction between you and the person with whom you’re communicating. Historically, real-time communication has occurred either in face-to-face conversation or over the telephone. Now it is also possible to converse in real-time over the Internet. If the person you’re talking to has a video capture card, you can even see the other person on screen. This chapter covers four kinds of environments used to communicate in real time over the Internet: chat rooms, white boards, videoconferencing, and MUDs (multi-user domains). EventID: 479 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 142 Type: 11 Heading: Internet Relay Chat Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: There%27s a movie on the Interlit CD that shows you how to do an IRC chat. You can view the movie either for a Windows PC or for the Macintosh. EventID: 480 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 143 Type: 1 Heading: Online Chat Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: After you study the background information in the textbook regarding Internet Relay Chat, visit the Interlit chatroom that's been set up for this course. You can enter the chatroom by clicking the Chat icon at the top of this page. If the chat icon is not visible, use the scrollbar at the right edge of this window to move up to the top of this page. Note: it's possible that when you visit the chatroom, it might be empty. If so, try again later, and try to coordinate your schedule with a classmate who will enter the chat room at the same time you do. EventID: 481 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 144 Type: 1 Heading: NetMeeting Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text:
Microsoft's NetMeeting software is a fantastic example of real-time communication software. Part of the Microsoft Internet Explorer, NetMeeting has a whiteboard, supports application sharing, and does videoconferencing if you have a camera attached to your computer. Follow the Interlit Web site links to NetMeeting to learn more about this exciting software.
EventID: 482 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 145 Type: 11 Heading: How to Make a NetMeeting Call Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: There%27s a movie on the Interlit CD that shows how to make a NetMeeting call. You can view this movie either for Windows PC or for the Macintosh. EventID: 483 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 146 Type: 11 Heading: How to Answer a NetMeeting Call Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: The Interlit CD also has a movie that shows you how to answer a NetMeeting Call. You can view this movie either in Windows PC or Macintosh versions. EventID: 484 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 147 Type: 1 Heading: CU-SeeMe Videoconferencing Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text:
One of the first videoconferencing applications on the Internet is CU-SeeMe. CU stands for Cornell University, where the software was developed. CU-SeeMe 3.0 Video Chat Software has a directory for locating other CU-SeeMe users, twelve of whom can be viewed on screen. simultaneously. To conserve bandwidth, you push a button in the software when you want to talk, and your video camera transmits a live picture to the other users. To learn more, follow the Interlit Web site links to CU-SeeMe, where you can look in on video cameras positioned in various locations around the world.
EventID: 485 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 148 Type: 1 Heading: MUDs, MOOs, and MUSHes Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 486 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 149 Type: 2 Heading: Telnet Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: EventID: 487 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 150 Type: 1 Heading: Reading Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Internet Literacy, chapter 10. EventID: 488 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 151 Type: 1 Heading: Topics Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: Telnet is the protocol that enables individual users to log on to host computers on the Internet. Once you are logged on, you can access the services provided by the remote host. This chapter shows you how to configure your computer for telnet, so you can access the Internet resources provided via telnet. EventID: 489 SyllabusID: 2 Position: 152 Type: 11 Heading: Configuring a Web Browser for Telnet Tracking: 0 Weight: 0 Deadline: 0 Text: There's a movie on the Interlit CD that shows how to configure a Web browser for Telnet. You can view this movie in one of four versions: