Syllabus:

CGS 1555:  Introduction to the Internet
3 credit hours

(A.S. Degree and Institutional Credit Only)

e-Learning Section #09348

50-50 in-class/e-learning Section #09345

 

SITE:  on-Line (Some Meetings will be held in BTECH 217 on Fri/Sat 12:00 or TBA

               50-50 meets Monday only 11:0012:15

DAY/TIME:  e-Lrn:  Fri or Sat 12:00 or TBA optional whiteboard Synchronous Sessions

                            50-50: Monday 11-12:15 BTech 217

                        

HCC Course Description:

+ An introductory course designed to teach the basics of navigating the Internet and the World Wide Web.  Students participate in on-line and off-line activities such as accessing the Internet, sending electronic mail, browsing news groups, and completing research activities.  Also discussed is Internetequette-acceptable behaviors and standard of conduct. A $10.00 lab fee will be charged.

+ indicates A.S. Degree Credit only

 

 Your Instructor:          

John T. Taylor 

Office: Brandon BACA 210a and BACA 210 tutor area (or classroom)     

Office Phone: 253-7824 (Taylor only); Message 253-7808 (Both)

 

Home Phone:   cell 361-4379 to call after 9:00 p.m.M-F or anytime all weekend to reach Instructor at his Jacksonville’s home or extreme emergencies on call the land line phone:   (Jacksonville 904-992-2052 )

  

E-mail:   Fri-Sun jtaylor@masterlinx.net

                Mon-Thur jtaylor@hccfl.edu

                

 Virtual Office Hours for John Taylor:

Yahoo Messenger or AOL Instant message

For current hours:   http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/office/virtoffice.html  

 

 Required Textbooks:

New Perspectives on the Internet 3rd Edition – Comprehensive

New Perspectives on the Internet 3rd Edition - Comprehensive

ISBN: 0-619-10030-3© 2002
Gary Schneider, Jessica Evans, Patrick Carey; Course Technologies.

Publish date: March 25, 2002

http://www.course.com/downloads/newperspectives/internet2/cmp/

 

 Table of contents

Supplements

 

 Review Pack (Data Files, Course Labs) 0-619-01944-1

http://www.course.com/catalog/product.cfm?isbn=0-619-01938-7

 Student Online Companion, Faculty Online

http://www.course.com/downloads/newperspectives/internet2/cmp/

Course Materials:

 

Course materials: 4222099-Mastering the Internet  $53.35 (Purchase in bookstore)

sample diskette

 

The Web Yoda on-line materials may be accessed:

http://www.webmastercertification.com

 

 Student Web Yoda Courseware Access

 

 What is the AWP Certification?

 

The WebYoda Associate Webmaster Professional (AWP) certification is for anyone who wants to improve his/her Internet, HTML and XHTML skills without making a major commitment. This certification is the prerequisite to the CWP, and provides the skills needed to acquire an entry-level Webmaster position for maintaining existing static Web sites or building simple Web sites from scratch. The HCC approach to obtaining the title of "WebYoda Associate Webmaster Professional (AWP)."

This Approach comprises successfully passing the four Webmaster Certification courses listed below and passing an online exam:

  1. Mastering the Internet                         plus
  2. Beginning XHTML                                  5. HomeSite 5.0 (Developing Tool)
  3. Advanced XHTML
  4. Cascading Styles Sheets

 

           Exam

 

The Associate Webmaster Professional (AWP) package includes registration keys and serial numbers for the four (4) AWP courses, one prepaid AWP exam voucher, plus HomeSite 5.0 Tool Package (Cost $125.00). This AWP package will be for two courses: CGS 1555 and CGS 2820.

 

Three course diskettes are needed for CGS 1555 :

 

 

 

Four Course diskette materials are needed for CGS 2820, which  may be purchased separately rather than the above AWP package from Web Yoda for  $40.00 each, Beginning XHTML,  Advanced XHTML, C.C.S. and HomeSite 5.0:

 

  

sample diskettes

 

The Web Yoda on-line materials may be accessed:

http://www.webmastercertification.com

 

Student Web Yoda Courseware Access

 

These Web Yoda materials are designed for 12 hours of classroom/online training each, as well as future reference via the Web. (HCC has 45 hours of instruction for the three credit course.) The course content is continuously updated, and registered students can access the courseware via the Internet to keep up to date.

The HCC-Brandon training center has provided your local access to these courses materials (except HomeSite 5.0) in BTECH 217, BTECH 216, and BACA 216-plus selected stations in the open lab: BTECH 203 at no charge. If you purchase the disks for home use and after you have registered these disks you may access the course tutorials via the Internet from anywhere at: http://www.webmastercertification.com.

 

 

These Web Yoda materials are designed for 12 hours of classroom training, as well as future reference via the Web. (HCC has 45 hours of instruction for a three credit course.) The course content is continuously updated, and registered students can access the courseware via the Internet to keep up to date.

Your HCC-Brandon training center has prepaid for your access to this course via the Internet at www.webmastercertification.com when working on campus in Btech 217 (except HomeSite 5.0), BACA 216, or Btech 203. To work at home you MUST purchase the disk from the book store or Web Yoda.  Web Yoda encourages you to visit the site and reference these course materials.

 

When you  purchase the disks above after your initial meeting of e-Learning CGS 1555, it is a blank disk with the Web Yoda label. It has two registration keys.

 

 One is described below, then on-line there will be a prompt for the second required registration number, which is for HCC students only. All HCC students must choose in Step 9: John Taylor as the instructor, despite who is actually teaching the HCC course. John Taylor is the only instructor for Web Yoda at HCC and the Tampa Bay area. He will review your homework and issue credit at  Web Yoda according to their strict standards of webmaster performance.

 

Registering Your Student Resource Disk

1. 

Read the following steps before proceeding.

2. 

Go to www.webmastercertification.com.

3. 

New students must first "Become A Member."

4. 

Next, login to your Student Account.

5. 

Choose "Register Training Center Course Materials."

6. 

Find the listing for this course.

7. 

Choose the "Register" button next to this course.

8. 

Enter the registration key listed on the front of your student resource disk and click "Submit."

9. 

Choose your instructor and click "Continue."

10. 

Student and course registration complete.

 

At the Brandon campus, all Web Yoda/FSU courseware is installed locally on the machines in: BTECH 217, BTECH 216, and BACA 216-plus selected stations in the open lab: BTECH 203. Each lab has only the courseware for the courses scheduled in that lab. BTECH 217 and BACA 216 are the only labs with Mastering the Internet courseware:

 

The Web Yoda Classes at HCC

 

FSU/Web Yoda Course

HCC Course

Cost

Mastering the Internet

CGS 1555: Introduction to the Internet

$53.35/ AWP

Beginning HTML

CGS 1555 & CGS 2820: HTML Authoring

$53.35/ AWP

HomeSite 5.0

CGS 1555 and CGS 2820 and COP 2822

*Web Yoda/AWP

Advanced HTML

CGS 2820: HTML Authoring

$53.35/AWP

C.S.S.

CGS 2820 HTML Web Authoring

*Web Yoda/AWP

E-Business

CGS 2069: E-Commerce

$53.35/CWP

Web Design and Graphics

CGS 2822: Web Site Creation or

$53.35/CWP

 

COP 2823: Graphic Design
for Multimedia/Internet

 

Java Survival Skills

COP 2822: Scripting for the Web: JavaScript

$53.35/CWP

Flash

CGS 2876: Audio, Video, and Animation
for the Desktop (Web)

$53.35

Cold Fusion

CGS 2545* Introduction to Web Database or

$53.35

 

 Students are not allowed to purchase the disks from the HCC Brandon Bookstore until Drop and Add has been completed. If you drop or withdraw from the course, you may NOT be refunded the cost of the disk courseware or AWP set  NOR may you sell the disk to another student, once the disk has been registered to you. Those disks nor registered may be sold to another student. The disk is good for life. The on-line courseware changes from month to month, term to term. When you register the disk with Web Yoda, that course will become available to you online under your member number for a lifetime.

Initialize Class Project/Download Files

 

To download the course files to the blank disk, go to the courseware click on Class Index, then Introduction and then choose Initialize Class Project:

And follow the directions (You have two Options: Locally of Via the Web):

 

Initialize your class project LOCALLY in BTECH 217:

1. Do not choose "Save to Disk" in Netscape or IExplorer.

2. Insert your Student Resource disk in Drive A:.

3. If Netscape asks what to do, choose "Open It."

4. If IExplorer asks what to do, choose "Run this program."

5. Press: Initialize your class project Locally!

6. Done!

 

or

Initialize your class project via the Web at home:

1. 

You are about to download the program "initdisk.exe" that will put the student resource files onto a disk. These files will be used throughout the course, as well as for creating your homework assignment.

2. 

initdisk.exe will not access any files on your machine or alter your machine in any way. It is only used to generate your student resource disk.

3. 

When you download the file, you will get a dialogue box telling you the location of where the file is being downloaded. It is important to note where the file is downloaded to for the following steps.

4. 

Download the initdisk.exe setup program to your machine.

5. 

If you are in a classroom training, insert your Student Resource disk in Drive A:. If you are taking this class online, insert a blank, formatted, 3.5" HD high density diskette into your Drive A:.

6. 

Open your Windows or NT Explorer and locate the initdisk.exe file you just downloaded. Or select Run from your Start menu and run the initdisk.exe file from its current location.

7. 

Follow the on screen instructions in the initdisk.exe program to initialize your student resource disk.

8. 

Done!

 

Academic Software Purchases:

 

   As students of HCC you may purchase software, fully licensed, called Academic Versions for your home use at reduced prices, which are generally lower then local stores and online pricing deals. For example, HomeSite cost $99 when purchased from the Vendor: Macromedia. There are often $25 or $30 rebate coupons for Office Depot, Comp USA, etc. However, you can order from an Academic Vendor such as: Software One at 1-800-444-9890. Our HCC rep is Brian Reagle. I must tell him or verify to him you are a student or co-employee of HCC. The price is $68 plus shipping. Other good academic deals: Office XP Profession-full version $189 (not upgrade)($149 Special Student-no Access), Adobe PhotoShop 6.0 $264, and Word Perfect Office Profession (including Paradox) $93. Our Bookstore also sells Academic versions such as Dreamweaver 4.0 $99 (which includes Homesite)—Brian’s price $94 but you have to pay shipping..

 

HTML Text Editor Software: After Spring Break (week 3/17-3/23) The student will build a web site and post it on the Internet. The last two chapters of the text: HTML Tutorial 1 and 2 will be completed. Complete directions (step by step) are available in the text. The student may use notepad to code all the pages.  However, the software PACKAGE below is available to make the work much easier and a Web Yoda step by step tutorial will walk the student through the use of this software. Those purchasing the AWP package will be supplied with a CD with Homesite 4.51 to install or the student may download a 30 day free trial package from MacroMedia.

 

If the student currently uses a WYSIWYG editor to generate web pages, please refrain from using Front Page, Dreamweaver, or similar editor during the course. The instructor’s text editor of choice is the HTML Editor: HomeSite 5.0. Students using HomeSite 4.51 should go to downloads: http://www.macromedia.com/software/homesite/download/update/

 and upgrade their Homesite 4.51 for free with HomeSite 4.52, which is compatible with Windows 2000. Students may also use notepad to type all code from scratch and not use and HTML editor.

Download HTML Text Editor HomeSite 5.0 for 30 days:

http://www.macromedia.com/software/homesite/trial/

 

   Homesite 5.0 sells for $99 retail.  Homesite+ is packaged with Dreamweaver Mx,  which sells for $299 retail. Educationally you can purchase Dreamweaver 4.0 (with HomeSite 5) for $99 through an education vendor. CGS 2822 Web Site Creation focuses on Dreamweaver to develop the sites once HTML coding is understood.  The purpose of using HomeSite first in CGS 2820 is for the student to become familiar with HTML code.  The purpose of CGS 2822 is to concentrate on building web sites and to study web design.

 

E-MAIL :

 jtaylor@masterlinx.net  and jtaylor@hcc.cc.fl.us   and

 jtaylorcgs1555@yahoo.com 

 

(Each student is must have an E-mail address to communicate in the course. Tutorial 3 of the text covers email programs from Outlook Express to Hotmail. Free Emails may be obtained from HCC Brandon’s Webmaster Certification Program. Those that do not have emails on the first day will be issued a free email after orientation. Those that have never used email will be given a lesson on email after orientation of the e-Learning class. You may also send email to jtaylor@hccbrandon.net with your requested user name and password. Students will be issued an account : username@hccbrandon.net. Students access: http://webmail.hccbrandon.net/  to use this email. This web site has form mail similar to Yahoo and Hotmail except  it contains no ads and is much faster.

      Hotmail [http://www.hotmail.com], MailExcite [www.mailexcite.com],  Yahoo [www.mail.yahoo.com, Bigfoot [www,bigfoot.com], or all other search engines and many web sites such as Disney.com. Students with a private ISP without form mail access (remote site access) must also get a free email and configure the form mail to secure emails from the private ISP. However, Earthlink, Road Runner, and AOL has remote form mail which  may be accessed from HCC’s classrooms or other remote sites.

 

After the term begins, the student will be given access to a fourth e-mail from HCC Web CT.

 

E-Mail assignments to:

 

John Taylor’s students must send three copies of all emails:

jtaylorcgs1555@yahoo.com

                                      and

  jtaylor@masterlinx.net and  jtaylor@hcc.cc.fl.us

 

 

 

Subjects of emails must describe briefly the assignments being submitted and begin with: 55E:.by the e-learning students and 55M: for the 50-50 students. For example: 55E: first email would be the subject of the first email for the distance learning students.

 

 

Getting Started (Your ISP and Email):

 

Sometimes the hardest part of the course for some of the students is to gain access to the Internet at home.  Students must have access to the Internet to complete the course. Free access is available at the public libraries and all HCC computer labs.  However, e-Learning’s purpose is to allow the student to complete his/her work from a distance, which the majority of the time is from the student’s home. Most of the class members already have an Internet Service Provider (ISP) at their home.

 

 If you do not have access to the Internet, it is suggested that you do not contract for an ISP that requires longer than a one year agreement. Purchasing an ISP contract is like buying a cell phone contract. Be careful. There are great deals out there. For example: 695online.com is a new ISP out of Daytona Beach that offers access at $6.95 per month with local dialup. Many people are enticed by the free trial AOL deal. AOL is good for the beginners but over priced at $23+ per month. Your instructor’s ISP has a range of services available from their very cheap $5 per month dialup access with no email to their most expensive family plan at $18 per month which allows six logon accounts (family and friends) with two simultaneous users, 12 email accounts, and 25 meg of web space. Your instructor has one of his six dialups reserved for student emergency use at no charge on a short term basis.  Section 1.2 on page 1.18 of Tutorial 1 discusses your connections options.

 

When you are shopping for an ISP, you need to find information such as:

  1. The monthly base fee and whether it is unlimited access or a specific number of hours it provides.
  2. The hourly rate for time used over the monthly base amount.
  3. Whether the telephone access number is local or long distance.
  4. Which specific Internet services are included.
  5. What software is included.
  6. What user-support services are available.
  7. Can you access the ISP when traveling.

 

 Directions to set up your modem through My Computer and Dial-Up Networking can be access through HELP.  You need several things to setup the ISP: a local dial-up phone number, your log-on user name, your log-on user pass word, your incoming email server address and your outgoing email server address.

 

After being on the Internet, students may want to have a faster connection. These services start at $34.95 and up. Dialup access via phone is limited to 53 kbs at the very best connection. Cable and DSL are at least twice as fast and is described in Tutorial 1.  This is the reason the instructor recommends no long term contracts so that faster options are available at a later time.

 

 HCC does not allow dialup access to the Internet. Also HCC does not assign student SMTP regular E-Mail accounts like USF.

 

Therefore, each campus student should obtain an Internet email access either through hccbrandon.net, Hotmail, MailExcite, or Yahoo or (all are free) or a private provider (up to $23/month). By the second week of the course the student must have an ISP and an email  address.  

 

Students receive the 50 points by emailing the instructor at jtaylorcgs1555@yahoo.com and jtaylor55@hccbrandon.net   with cc’s to jtaylor@hcc.cc.fl.us and jtaylor@masterlinx.net with a short message as to whether this is the student's first email or a description of the student's past email experience. Sections 3.02-3.05 in the text describe how to use email. Subject of the first email is: 55e: first email.

 

By the end of the second week, the instructor will send a group email to all the students in the class. For 75 additional points the student will add all the class members and the instructor to their address book, setup a group mail in the address book, and send a group email to everyone in the class and Taylor’s four email addresses. Section 3.13 of the text describes how to setup you address book.  During the course the students will send weekly group emails to all class members and the instructor for 25 points each.  These group emails will include the URL’s of the best web sites found during the weekly period (from bookmarks or favorite sites) subdivided into the following categories: Educational, Entertainment, Informational, on-line E-Commerce

 

Synchronous Attendance:

 

The instructor may hold biweekly sessions on the Internet via WebCT whiteboard or the Interwise teaching platform. The outline of the session will be sent via group email at least two days prior to the session. These sessions will be in the evening slot on Wednesday or Thursday nights of Saturday/Sunday daytime.

 

Phone/Email Network:

 

http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/cgs1555/spring03/55atdeLrn.html

links to John Taylor’s e-Learning students.

 

 

Special Dates:

 

Drop & Add Adjustments

 Jan 8-Jan 14

Faculty/Counselor Adjustment

 Jan 15-Jan 21

Administrative Adjustment      

 see Dean in BACA 207

Last Day to Withdraw

 March 7

Final Exam

 May 1 and May 6

No classes scheduled

 Jan 20; Feb 17; Mar 10-16; Apr 18-19

Last Day to Remove ‘I’

 October 1, 2003

 

 READING Assignments:

 

Each two weeks (one week in the summer) the student may submit an article, which deals with the Internet, the World Wide Web, or telecommunications via group email.  This course is a cooperative learning environment.  It is important that students read not only the text assignments, but also journals, newspapers, etc (both on-line and hard copy) to stay tuned with daily changes or discoveries. The student will maintain an electronic log of the articles read. These articles may be hard copy, or submitted with an address on the electronic media.  If it is an electronic Internet article, then the student only has to list the article in the log including the URL.  If hard copy, the student should include the normal citations of the article (publication, date, author, title, page numbers etc).  If the student feels the entire class should read the hard copy article, then the student will give a hard copy to the instructor for duplication. A hard copy of the log will be submitted in the student’s final port folio plus the electronic log sent as an attachment to an email.  Each page or screen of text will count as a page read. 100 points of the final grade will be earned for a minimum of 20 articles (or 100 total screens) read during the course. The student will keep track of his/her point totals on the log and report the total on the final grading sheet with the portfolio assessment.

 

You will read at least five of Bob Cringely’s articles. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/oldhat.html .

 

Each student will read weekly Kim Komando’s newsletter which the instructor will forward through group email. Wading through the ads, Kim has some great tips plus her web site pick of the week. You should go to her Pick of the weeks as you surf the web each week. http://www.komando.com/

 

  

Search and Research:

 

Some Web Search Engines

Engine

Searches Web

Searches Usenet, Other Web Publications

Searches Email Directory

Must include
/exclude Keywords (  )

Uses Boolean operators (And, Or, Not)

Searches for words in HTML tags

Allows Wildcards

Controls Amount of information returned

Allows sorting of Results

Allows drill down into results

Alta Vista
www.altavista.digital.com

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

 

 

Bigfoot
www.bigfoot.com

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excite
www.excite.com

X

X

 

X

X

 

 

 

X

 

Infoseek
www.infoseek.com

X

X

X

X

 

X

 

 

 

X

Lycos
lycos.com

X

 

 

X

X

X

 

X

 

 

WebCrawler
www.webcrawler.com

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

Yahoo
www.yahoo.com

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

HotBot*
hotbot.com

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Light*
northernlight.com

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GoTo*
goto.com

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MSN*
msn.com

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snap*
snap.com

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AOL NetFind*
aol.com/netfind

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meta Search Google.com

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*table for the later search engines not completed! 

 

Research Assignments

During the course the student will conduct six to ten major searches on the Internet on topics of the student's choice and/or as assigned by the instructor.

The First search is one word/one engine: what is a Neurophone and who is Patrick Flannigan. The student should use one Search engine using Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer browser, clicking the Search button. 75 points

The Second search is two words or more on at least two or more different search engines.75 points

The Third search is three words or more words in at least two groups on at least two or more search engines using the Boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT, then you may compare your individual results with a meta search engine: Dogpile or Goggle. 75 points

The Fourth search is actually eight tasks for you to find people, places search using search engines, web directories, special databases, white pages, yellow pages, etc.

  1. The first task is to see if you can find yourself on an Internet Search Engines or Directory Database.
  2. Then find someone you know using several difference search engines' people searches.
  3. Then look for a long lost friend or friends.
  4. Then use Map resources to locate a map to your home. Print out a hardcopy for your portfolio.
  5. Then find regional, local, and detail maps to someone you know who is out of state. Is this the best route?
  6. Finally using Map resources locate your instructor's home at 4417 Port Arthur Road in Jacksonville or some friend or relative out of state
  7. Search the Internet for e-commerce sites which you could buy a product of your choice: i.e. oranges, Norstrams for shoes, airline tickets, books at Amazon.com, or whatever you want. Visit as many e-commerce sites on your topic you can find, compare prices.
  8. The last people places search is for you find and communicate an email with a cc to the instructor a person in the academic environment. (As a suggestion find Earnest Ackerman or Karen Hartman authors of a much more detailed Internet Researching book). Include in you port folio any message you receive in reply.
  9. These eight search tasks for Search #4 Assignment will total 175 points

The Fifth and Sixth Search is to search every community college web site in the nation and find the Top 10 web sites. Since there are nearly 1200 colleges, then each student in the class will search all the community colleges, which begin with a specific letter assigned (24 letters-two not used) or by state. http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/cgs1555/ccresearch.html

 

 Each student will review a minimum of fifty community college web sites. The student first has to find a complete list of all the college web sites using a search engine and entering key words.  An excellent CC Finder by State:

http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Template.cfm?Section=CommunityCollegeFinder1

U.S. Community College lists by letter: http://www.utexas.edu/world/comcol/alpha/ .

The student will submit a group email with the criteria that he/she will use to judge the community college web sites

The student will bookmark/add to favorites this listing. The student will enter each site and surf through the site, making several notes and finally providing the class with several answers in a group email or as an attachment to a group email. The student’s email must include the actual absolute link to the college, a short statement of opinion about the college, and the list must be ranked order with the 1st choice first. The 50 plus site search will be conducted during the second month of the course (February 2003).

 Some of the questions, which may be addressed in the summary, are (325 points):

    1. Did the site interest you as prospective student? Why?
    2. Could you find a current catalog?
    3. Could you find course descriptions?
    4. Could you find what it cost to attend?
    5. Did they include maps or good graphics for you to understand where they are located as well as phone numbers?
    6. Could you find the faculty? If you did, were you able to find faculty in a specific discipline, like math or English?
    7. Do faculty have web pages with syllabi, etc.?
    8. Did they provide faculty email links?
    9. Was their current schedule on-line?
    10. Could you register on-line?
    11. If more than one campus, did they have links on the first page to each campus home page.
    12. As a conclusion, if you were in that college’s area would the web site help you decided whether you should attend this college or go to a local university or private school.

During the search, the student find the absolute worst site and list it as the college to avoid. Please include the link. The instructor has a spreadsheet setup by Al Falkenstein, which ranks 1-10 each criteria listed. http://www.hccbrandon.net/cgs1555/spreadsheet/comcol.xls

The seventh major search   may be carried over from the above community college search or the instructor will give more details for the additional seventh research projects using Directories/Virtual Libraries, Library Catalogs, and Specialized Databases, if course time permits.

For the seventh search, the instructor will take the student’s file or email and cut/paste the student’s top 5 choices and publish the class’s recommended list of the best 110 community colleges in the nation via the Internet.

During the third month (two weeks summer) of the term (March 2003), the students will visit the top five of each letter/state, and vote their number one choice for each letter. The student will then select the top 5 sites and cast their vote for these sites. The student will also cast his/her vote for the Worst sites with a comment in parentheses

The Eighth major search assignment is to research domain names, visit domain registrars, and select a domain name for yourself and see if it is available. If not, find an available alternative. Use any search engines. Also identify the new top-level domain suffixes, which started appearing on the web in 2001. How do the new domains differ from those listed in the text? What will a domain cost you?  75 points

The Ninth and Tenth Searches may or may not be assigned as the term progresses on topics to be announced.

 Submission of Search Results

Each major search will be worth 75 to 175 points toward the final grade. It must be submitted with up to a one page summary. If a hard copy is submitted attach lists of the most important article(s) found plus one or two pages of the search engine HIT List. Otherwise send the text file as an attachment with a summary as follows: The summary will include at least one paragraph answering the question, a second paragraph will describe the techniques used such as search engines, number of hits, the number of hits reviewed to find the answer to the question, and the third paragraph will describe what you have learned or discovered in the process.

 

 AOL IM, FTP, and Chat Room/News Groups Activities:

           During the course the student must obtain an AOL IM or Yahoo Messenger account, send the first message to self, set up a buddy list of class members and send a message to your buddies and the instructor. The instructor will schedule two virtual office hours each week with a Messenger account. This task will be worth 200 points. The student must communicate at least once to the instructor during the term via Messenger.  After completion of the term either messenger account may be deleted.

  

              During the student will participate in one class chat room of at least three persons in the course who are on line at the same time  for 75 points. The student will participate in a news group and/or access a list serve for an additional 75 points.

 

 

File Formats:

 

Windows as well as other Microsoft Programs allow the user to save files in a ridiculous fashion, which causes many problems on the web. What happens when a students opens a word processor or other application and types the first letter, is that Microsoft in their great wisdom creates a temporary name for the file which includes the first words typed or the title at the top of the page. This includes the NO! NO! spaces between words and super long file names. When the student saves the file, the student is to overwrite the program’s attempt to create these long file names with spaces and other non-letter/number symbols.  It is best to keep the file name to eight letters before the period and the extension. When working with unsaved files, many programs such as homesite will make a back-up save, which includes a tilde: ~hs_55sylS01.html . The tilde ~ will truncate extra long files. The ~tilde in URL’s have a different meaning such as: http://users.ju.edu/~mbessma/ . Please do not use more than eight letters or numbers in a file name with no other symbols (except the underscore if you just have to have a space in the name). The instructor will forgive pushing it to 10 or 12 characters, but no more.  Next: Do NOT use Capitol letters, except as noted above to replace a space between two words. For every file the instructor has to view, which violates the rule of the class, 50 points will be deducted.

 

 

On-Line Tutorial Quizzes and Exams:

 

After the first two weeks (one week in the summer), students will complete on-line quizzes and exams.  The quizzes are open book/notes, but must be completed individually without assistance from peers at home.  These quizzes (up to 12 total) will be the exercises that should be completed prior to attempting weekly online tests via WebCT.  15-60 points of the total grade (one point for each correct answer) will be earned for the completion of these weekly quizzes. These quizzes will cover the On-Line materials assigned, starting with the History of the Internet from Web Yoda. There will be up to six  55 minute videos available at the Brandon library, the second set of three: Nerds 2.0.1. will have an on-line quiz after the third video (Students should take notes-or review the films in the library or at home if available for checkout).

After completion of the quiz, the student will attempt a timed on-line exam through WebCT. The WebCT exams will be 25 randomly selected questions worth 2 points each. The student will have only 25 minutes to complete the test. The student will be allowed one and only one retest to improve the grade, except the retest will be the score which counts toward the final grade.

 The instructor will prepare the chapter quizzes from the required textbook: The Internet  (New Perspective Series-Comprehensive Edition).  The chapter quizzes will be worth up to 55 points each, 50 points short answer and an additional 5 points for an essay question when on the quiz.. (Not every quiz has an essay question) The on-line chapter quizzes allow the student to check the test before submitting it..

CGS 1555 students should access Test Zero from their home to test their ISP:
1. Enter your name and email address,
2. Enter the answer to #1 as choice a,
3. Scroll down to the "All Done Check the Test" button and click to see if your ISP's browser pops up the window and grades the test with a score of 1 out of 50.
4. Finally click the submit button and see if the test submits.

Tutorial 0: CGS 1555 Test Template

 

The student must check the quiz at least once before submitting it. After checking it, the student has an option to change the answer to the correct answer before submitting it. From time to time, especially during Beta Testing a new quiz, a wrong answer will be programmed in the test checker.  If the student strongly disagrees with the computer’s answer, the student should challenge the answer by describing why the computer’s answer is wrong in the “I discovered that…” section of the test.

 

If the test does not submit with an error message of Invalid Characters present: check the text boxes to see if: any of the following characters were used:

 !, # ,$, %, ^, &, *, (, ), {, }, [, ], <, >, ?, ~, +, =, |

 Delete the special character and try to resubmit.

 

Also, sometimes the quiz checker doesn’t work or indicates a JavaScript error. If the test will not grade, print out a hard copy, submit the test using the alternate submit button and then check the automatic email response. Grade your short answers from the email and submit the graded quiz to the instructor.  The instructor charges at least 15 points for quizzes not checked (or alternately submitted with hard copy), making the maximum score 35 out of 50. Also the instructor charges 15 points for a student who fails to place their name on the test or another 15 points if they fail to place their correct email address at the top of the test.

 

Final Exam:

 

 The instructor will administer an on-line Final Exam over the assigned tutorials from the text. The student may complete the exam off campus or in the Brandon Campus  test center. The test will be 60 questions via WebCT. This exam may be open book and open notes, but must be completed individually on-line in 60 minutes or in the testing center with a two hour  (120 minute) time limit. This exam will be worth 120 points with two point(s) earned for each correct answer.

As an alternative the student may complete On-Line Web Yoda Associate Webmaster Certification Exam (60 questions-60 minutes) for $35. Passing the exam (80% or better) will constitute a 100% grade on the Final. 

 The student may be assigned to take the final exam by playing “Who wants to be a Computer Genius?” as an make-up assignment for the final. Access:

http://www.scsite.com/dc2001/default.cfm?module=games

Attempt Chapter 7, which is the Internet Chapter. Put you full name in the blank before you begin. Play the game. You have three lifelines. If you complete the game successfully and become an “Computer (Internet) Genius”, print the page as proof and note how many lifelines you used. You will receive 100% of the points for completing the game successfully regardless of the lifelines used. You have only 45 seconds to answer each question, unless you use the third lifeline, which is consulting (Not a Friend) a particular section of the book (Discovering Computers 2001), which stops the clock. Failing to answer a question in 45 seconds or answering a question incorrectly burns a lifeline.

 

On-Line Security Check:

 

            During the exams or the final exam, on-line security checks may occur. Students will fill out a data form at the orientation session. Students will have to show the instructor photo identification of themselves when submitting these forms at the end of the orientation.  When a security check occurs, the student will have 30 seconds to respond with the correct answer or the test will be voided.

 

Favorite Web Sites:

 

    The student will place bookmarks/Favorites at his/her favorite Web Sites.  After the student has copied the bookmark into a text file and written a one sentence summary of the site into the student’s course site log, the student will remove those bookmarks to sites the student doesn’t plan to return during the course.  The student should visit a minimum of 100 Web sites during the course.  Every two weeks the students will distribute a class email of the five best sites informational/entertainment sites, the five best e-commerce sites and five best resource/educational sites visited in the previous two weeks with a brief description of the site. Also the student will include the worst site visited in the last two weeks. At the end of the course, the student will include a list of his/her 10 most favorite sites in each of the above three categories as hyperlinks on the student’s home page.   This project is worth 100 points for completion of the log and the listing on the home page.

 

Web Site Survey:

 

The student will vote at the end of the course on the best and worst sites visited during the course. In addition to posting on their web page project the best and worst in the categories above, the student may (if available) complete rating forms on the best and worst of each category.  If the rating forms are not available, then in the final group email each student will list their top 5 in each category with URLs that they have posted on their web page project.  One student will assemble the class list for extra credit in electronic format.  Each student may cast a vote for his/her favorite site from the entire list. The student will receive up to 150 points for the completion of these tasks. 

 

Vector and Raster Graphics:

 

Each student should collect at least 15 graphic electronic graphic files during the course, which may be submitted to the instructor on disk when requested or as email attachments. Graphics collected from the Web and used in home pages should be in the 2-15 k memory size. Hugh graphic files should not be utilized in a student's home page.  Each student will explore at least 10 sites to obtain free graphics.  The student will make a list of the 10 best URL sites for free graphics.  One student may be the Graphics Librarian who summarizes the list and keeps an updated list on the CGS 1555 Web site. 50 points of the student's final grade will be earned for these tasks.  

 Each student will scan one photo during the course and convert it to an electronic image and email it to the instructor as an attachment.. If the student has an electronic camera,  this assignment may be completed by sending an e-photo rather than a scanned image.   The completion of one scanned image or e-photo is worth 50 points toward the student’s final grade (see above).

 

Free Time:

       Students will need a lot of time to study the Internet by actively being on-line and exploring, better known as surfing.  Each student should identify at least 3 hours or more per week of free time that he/she will commit towards his/her Internet Exploration time.  The following are suggested strategies for scheduling your study times.  Make an hour by hour, seven day matrix 8 columns (hour and each day of the week) by 24 lines (representing each hour). Upon request the instructor will provide the student with a hard copy blank form or an electronic form. 

 

Starting with wake-up and end with sleeping:

1. Schedule fixed blocks of time first. These include work, class time, eating, and sleeping.

2. Include time for travel and errands

3. Schedule time for fun.

4. Set realistic goals.

5. Allow flexibility in your schedule.

6. Study at least two hours for every hour in class.

7. Avoid scheduling marathon study sessions.

8. Set clear starting and stopping times.

9. Plan for the Unplanned!

 

A simpler time planner is available at the following Student Success Site:

 

http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/ellis/master_student/9e/students/exercises.html

 

Students will submit a hard copy of the free time chart to the instructor (TA) by the end of the second week for 50 points credit.

 

Master Student Exercises: Learning Styles (text optional):

 

The instructor will incorporate exercises from the Becoming a Master Student program.  The $25 text sold at the Ybor bookstore (REA 1605 or SLS 1501) is one of the best investments a college student may make.   The Discovery Wheel and Learning Styles Inventory are both assessments from the Master Student text. 

  The student will complete the learning styles inventory included in the Master Student text by accessing the file on the Internet which requires the Neuron plug-in. Link:

http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/cgs1871/learnsty/impulse/learnsstyle.tbk

 

The student will print out three electronic pages: Responses, Cycle of Learning, and Learning Grid. Completion of the inventory is worth 50 points. A file will also be created on a disk in drive A:.

 

            The student will complete an inventory similar to the Myers Briggs Personality Type Inventory.  The electronic version of the MBPI developed by the JavaScript students may be found at:

http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/cop2822/bryanpsy.html

 

 Printout the results window with the MBTI style preference. Submit hard copy to the instructor for 50 points.

Discovery Wheel: 

 

The Discovery Wheel is a giant first step to tell the truth about yourself. It is not a test, it is a self assessment.  The student should keep the hard copy of the instrument by printing each page completed, and submit a hard copy of the final wheel product for 20 points (Print one for yourself).  Students will complete their discovery wheels using the Internet at the following URL:

 

http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/ellis/master_student/9e/students/ch01.html - ch01

 

 

Muddy Water Issues:

 

            Each day, students will use the e-mail to alert the instructor to the day’s muddiest water issue or make note on the biweekly quiz.   What was confusing?  What do you not understand?  What problems overwhelm you?   If you are absolutely on target, no problem then you will submit an email with an OK statement at least once every two weeks and a comment on which topic the instructor could have presented in a better fashion.

 

 

Final Course Project/HOME Page:

 

            Each student will author a final course project.   Most students will develop a Web Site about themselves.  Those that already have a Web site may chose to develop another project such as:  a game, a tutorial for a course, an on-job training lesson, a multimedia presentation of a talk, a data base management system such as a video archive, a series of practice tests for another faculty member, or any other creative project will utilizes the Web. 

     

A sample of the a Web site is found at http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/aboutme.html , which is the instructor's web site explaining who is the instructor.  This site includes a resume, a photo album, favorite sites, e-published papers, among other pages on interests.  Students who access a lot of games on the Internet may want to include a page of hyperlinks to the 10 best interactive games on the Web.  This project will count at least 350 points  of the student’s final grade. One person in the class may volunteer to be the GameMaster to create a class game link page.

           

The Web Site developed may be related to the student’s employer. The Web Site should contain text about the student, images including a scanned or electronic photo, and a lists of links to the student’s 5 favorite web sites in each category.   The first page should include an email link, links to other pages in the site, link to the instructor's site at HCC, and any other significant links.  There should also be a 'last updated date' at the bottom of the page of the first page and a free fast counter may also be included.  The successful installation of these pages on the Internet and their updates is worth an additional 75 points of the final grade as indicated above in web hosting.

 

During the course the student will  transfer many files (uploading and  downloading).  The student will download an FTP program such as WS_FTP, which has a tutorial for setup on the Dale Mabry Computer Science Web Site. Your on-line Web Yoda has the following Problem #6 which is worth 75 points for completion::

 

Web Yoda Problem #6 - Download WS_FTP

 

1. 

Visit the WebYoda FTP site ftp://ftp.webyoda.com/.

2. 

Click on the directory pub.

3. 

Then click on the file ws_ftple.exe to download the software.

4. 

Download it to your c:\temp directory.

5. 

Make a note at Problem #6 in your homepage.htm of where to find WS_FTP on the Internet (the URL).

6. 

Save your file, view your class project in the browser, and hit the reload/refresh button.

7. 

Other instructor led activities may be added.

 

 

The student will acquire either through his/her ISP web space or one of the free sites:

 

Free Web Hosting

www.brandonfla.com Bob Harrell will provide you with free-ad free web space

sites with ads:
www.free.prohosting.com
 www.geocities.com
www.tripod.com
www.fortunecity.com
www.angelfire.com

 

The student will make directories at the web site and upload their homepage, Web Yoda course projects, and images used. Total 150 points.

 

Academic Software Purchases:

 

   As students of HCC, you may purchase software, fully licensed, called Academic Versions for your home use at  reduced prices, which are generally lower then local stores and online pricing deals. For example, HomeSite cost $99 when purchased from the Vendor: Macromedia (last Spring Macromedia purchased Allaire Corporation). There are often $25 or $30 rebate coupons for Office Depot, Comp USA, etc. However, you can order from an Academic Vendor: Software One at 1-800-444-9890. Our HCC rep is Brian Reagle. I must tell him or verify to him you are a student or co-employee of HCC. The price is $68 plus shipping. Other good academic deals: Office XP Profession-full version $189 (not upgrade), Adobe PhotoShop 6.0 $264, and Word Perfect Office Profession (including Paradox) $93. Our Bookstore also sells Academic versions such as Dreamweaver 4.0 $99—Brian price $94 but you have shipping.

 

Download HTML Text Editor HomeSite 5.0 for 30 days:

http://www.macromedia.com/software/homesite/download/

 

Scavenger Hunt:

 

During the two hour final examination period or last scheduled class, all students will participate in an 80 minute scavenger hunt on the Internet to demonstrate their searching and researching skills.   The students may use their texts and notes during the competition.

 

Each student will submit two questions toward the hunt with answers and the URL where the answer may be found. The answer must be available on the Internet.  The instructor will suggest at least 10 questions.  If the student submits the questions via an email to the instructor (with cc’s the instructor’s secondary email site), then the student has completed successfully two of the ten question minimum requirement. The student will not have to attempt his/her own questions during the hunt. The email must include:

 

1.       The Question, 

2.       The answer with complete URL where the answer is found.

 

If no one answers a student’s question, then the student earns a bonus point (as though they answered a question correctly)

 

The URL for the hunt will not be posted until the beginning of the last class. Links to the last three hunts are available on the instructor’s web site. The winner from the Fall term 2000 answered 24 questions successfully in 100 minutes, while there was a tie at 16 ½ questions each for the Fall term, 1999. Spring term 2001, the winner answered 21 questions. Completion of the minimum of ten questions will earn the student 250 points. The students finishing 1,2,3 will earn certificates of merit or small prizes provided by the instructor and be placed on the CGS 1555 honor roll on instructor’s home page as the champion surfers for the term.

 

TERM PAPER:

 

The student will submit by the 12th week a term paper researching the topic on computer virsus, worms, Trojan horse, spyware, and Cyber Security, using mainly the Internet to collect the information for the paper.  The paper will be at least two pages, double spaced.  Web sites must be included in a reference bibliography section written in APA style or the style displayed by the instructor. If the student is in another Gordon Rule Class, then the student may submit a copy of this paper as long as it is word processed and contains a minimum of five Internet references. This paper must be submitted in hard copy and with the electronic file in word format . unless otherwise directed by the instructor. The student will earn 150 points for this task.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nerds 2.0.1 A Brief History of the Internet

 

(required viewing)

 

In this sequel to the 1996 PBS Special: Triumph of the Nerds, Bob Cringely, a self-proclaimed nerd and industry gossip columnist, leads viewers through the ins and outs of the Internet.

 

Volume 1: Networking the Nerds

“The first tape reviews the seeds of the Internet planted by Uncle Sam and how we owe it all to Sputnik. In reaction to Russia’s Leap ahead in technology, President Eisenhower and the Pentagon developed a new agency called ARPA. Developed by a small Massachusetts company BB&N, ARPAnet was created to connect computer researchers at universities across the nation. In nine months flat, the technology was invented, built, and installed on time and on budget—and this was a government project?” Running Time ~60 minutes

Volume 2: Serving the Suits

“Enter the PC. With the proliferation of computers in the 1980s the first logical step was to connect them to a network. Logical, maybe,but first someone had to figure how to do it. That Guy was Bob Metcalfe, founder of 3COM who became the industry’s first millionaire. As the market for networking evolved, the battle for the office began in earnest. 3COM, SUN, Novell, Cisco, and a ‘little’ company called Microsoft entered the market creating a civil war and billion-dollar partnerships.” Running time: ~60 minutes

 

Volume 3: Wiring the World

In the final episode Cringely visits Excite, a success story that keep growing. Excite began like most Silicon Valley entrepreneurial adventures-in someone’s garage. Throughout the series, Cringely followed the evolution of this company ever since the six burrito-eating nerds, fresh out of Stanford, started a business in 1994.  Next, the makings of the World Wide Web is unlocked. The web was created by Tim Berners-Lee in Geneva, who made the” http://www” the star it is today. Whole the World Wide Web was making the internet available to more people, it still wasn’t a friendly experience. Netscape and Microsoft changed all that. With lightning speed, the Internet becomes a 24-hour medium where people can do business, chat amd go shopping. The Inter traffic was doubling every one hundred days, tens of millions of computers are now connected in the world, and billions of dollars of business are shifting to the net. The story ends in October 1998.” Running time: ~ 60 minutes

 

Credited cast overview:

Steve Ballmer

....

Himself (vice-president, Microsoft)

Robert X. Cringely

....

Himself (host/interviewer)

Bill Gates

....

Himself (co-founder, Microsoft)

Steve Jobs

....

Himself (co-founder, Apple Computer)

Scott McNealy

....

Himself (co-founder of Sun Microsystems)

 

These tapes are available in Brandon Campus Library. The set cost ~$34 on Amazon.com. See John Taylor about borrowing his personal copy to view at home. Together with Web Yoda’s online History of the Internet the Internet student should have an idea of how, when, and where the Inter was born.

 

Amazon.com video review: Triumph of the Nerds won legions of computer-skeptical and computer-naive viewers with its mix of minutiae and hip techniques. Going one step further into the digital maze, Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet operates as a sequel of sorts to the surprise docu-hit. Just as its precursor chronicled the rise of empires built on computer software, Nerds 2.0.1 collects interviews from key players in the development of the Internet. Fashionably hip in its visual feel, the film begins by amassing data on the net's crowning, collaborative irony: conceived in the Pentagon during the counterculture's smokiest high point by members--dare it be said--of the military industrial complex, the Net developed on the axis of university research networks and Deadhead (as in The Grateful Dead) electronic bulletin boards. Much of the rest has become history, but Internet and computer industry pundit Robert X. Cringley makes the narrative a jumping, attractive embrace of being a nerd. Interviews with Bill Gates, Mark Andreesen, and Steve Case make these three hours (three tapes slipcased in a nice box) fly by. --Andrew Bartlett

 

Bob Cringely has written two more video for Tv since his two Nerd Series:

Y2K: The Winter of Our Disconnect (1999) (TV)

Electric Money (2001) (TV)

 

 

 

 

Additional Reading Assignment:

 

Select five articles from Bob Cringely’s web site and send a group email to your fellow surfers with the name and date of the article,  a line or two summary and  recommendation whether yours peers should spend their time wisely reading the articles. The articles may be found at:

 

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/oldhat.html

 

Select at least two of Kim Komando’s weekly newsletters found at:

 

http://www.komando.com/newsletter.asp

 

Also send your peers group email with a line or two about which columns you read and an interesting tid bit. Review at least five Kim’s  web site pick of the week and include the URL’s of those that  you would recommend to your peers to visit.

 

Who is Kevin Mitnick? There will be a three hour audio later in the course to listen to an Interview with Kevin to promote his book:

 

The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon
ISBN: 0-471-23712-4
Hardcover
368 Pages
Release date: October 4, 2002
US $27.50

 

Read excerpts from his book at: http://65.223.48.102/aod/excerpt.html

 

Grade Summary: 

______(400) Email [first message 50-5 group emails at 10 points]

______(100) Reading Log

______(1080) Chapter Quizzes-On-Line Tests

______(120) Final Exam

______(100) Favorite Web Sites

______(150) Web Site Survey/Evaluation

______(150) AOL IM Account/other chat activities

______(350) Home Page/Final Course Project

______(100) Graphic Tasks

______(150) FTP/Web Space

______(800) Searching and Researching with Search Engines

______(150) Term Paper

______(250) Scavenger Hunt

______ (200) Task Assignments [Discovery Wheel, Time Management, Learn Styles.]

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

______(~4000) Total = ______%

 

On-Line Grade Calculator: http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/cgs1555/55grdcal.html   

 

Grading Scale:

A = 90% or more

B = 80-89 %

C = 70-79 %

Under 70% is not acceptable behavior and may result in a D or F final grade.

 

 

Instructor’s Right to Change or Modify Grading Procedures:

 

           The instructor reserves the right to modify or change the grading progress as the course proceeds.  Additional course assignments may be added.  Some may be modified or deleted.  The instructor will NOT add additional major examinations as a modification, but reserves the right to change the testing environment from on-line open book to closed book paper and pencil  or online in the testing center if a student is suspected of not submitting  his/her own tests.

 

           Each section of this course each term may have different criteria for grade evaluation.  The tasks, projects, and papers mentioned above are a maximum that will be assigned. Usually about 80% of the above is accomplished.  During the final two weeks the instructor will review in class the grading outline attached and delete those objectives not covered during that section of the course that term. Each student’s circumstance may be different according to their access to the Internet and some individual modifications in the assignments may be made

.

The instructor is requesting time commitment of at least two hours per week and up to six to ten may be necessary some weeks of outside class time.  Please understand, some things just may not work-the activities logs will reflect successes and frustrations and with these submissions the instructor may have to make modifications.

 

The instructor reserves the right to reassign work to students if the instructor senses the work submitted is not the work of the student. (No questions asked-The instructor will just  tell the student to resubmit the work to earn the weekly grade , quiz or assignment).

 

Web Site Bad links:

 

Bonus for bad links: As links are updated on the new web page of john Taylor: any student finding a link on the new web site which doesn’t work, email the instructor with the URL (copied from the address box) which gives you a file 404 error. Five points will be awarded for each link sent with a maximum of 25 points per week. The first person to find the bad link gets the bonus for that link, order of email received. The instructor will update the links before each class and will respond to the students with the total bonus points. Bonus points may be used to substitute for objectives not complete (but not for Web Yoda exercises).

 

Auctions and Ebay-Buying On-Line:

 

During the course, the student will access several sites where air line tickets, DVD, Music etc may be purchase.

Observation of an E-bay auction or search for a plane flight or purchase a DVD, etc will be Search #9. More details will be forward through group email.

 

Multimedia Radio/Audio

 

During the course, the student will listen to at least one on-line radio, audio streaming, and/or other broadcasts as suggested by the instructor. More details will be forward to the student via group email. This exercise will be considered search #10.

 

 

Ad-Ware, Trojan Horses, etc

 

During the course the student will go to zdnet.com and download the program ad_ware. The student install the program on their home machine and run the program to eliminate spyware, Trojan horse, and the annoying popup ads. The instructor will circulate a hard copy of a PCWorld article concerning ad ware. The student will report what the program eliminated from their computer as search # 11.

 

Course Objectives According to District’s Course Outline Model:

 

The following were the course objectives adopted in 1995 when the course was submitted as the first Internet course at HCC. Since then the course has been modified, changed and grown (people no longer use Archie or Gopher):

 

  1. Describe and navigate the Internet and the World Wide Web.

 

  1. Send and receive electronic mail.

 

  1. Create HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) documents.

 

  1. Understand and use the Internet tools, including TCP/IP, Gopher, Telnet, FTP, Archie, and World Wide Web browsers.

 

  1. Describe the basic types of Internet connection.

 

  1. Describe guidelines for conduct on the Internet.

 

 

Course Substitution:

 

   Students who have extensive Internet experience in Search and researching and are A.S. or A.A.S majors, may prove their ability by performing the Scavenger Hunt in the testing center or in BTech 203 for by-pass of CGS 1555 course for the degree. The student must complete a higher level course from the Suggested Electives, this skills test, and the Course Substitution Form to formalize the bypass.

 

HCC Program Codes:

A.S. Internet Services Technology                    CCC Internet Services Technology

Option 1- Web Designer                                                                          Option 1: Web Development Specialist-Designer

Option 2: Web Developer                                                                       Option 2: Web Development Specialist-Developer                              

Option 3: E-Commerce Support                                                              Option 3: E-Commerce Support  

 

 

 

 

 

Instructor Requested Information:

 

On the first day of class, the student will fill out a 4x6 (or 3x5) file card to give to the instructor at the end of class.  The student will also complete and display a place card demonstrating his/her name for the instructor during the first three or four weeks of the class.       

The instructor has provided a sample below with his personal data and his block scheduled time.  The completion of this card is worth 20 points toward the student's final grade

 

Data Card (4x6 file card):       Front Side (Personal Data)

      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Name:           John Taylor                    CGS 1555                

Address:      1009 Berry Ave

   Tampa, Florida 33603                     

Telephone:   361-4379 (cell)   (Jax 904-992-2052)

 

E-MAIL :  jtaylor@masterlinx.net or jtaylor@hcc.cc.fl.us

 Employment:       Hillsborough Community College   (1969)

     253-7936 (yes)   Full time chemistry faculty(first)

 

Major: Instructional Technologies        Minor: Chemical Education

 

Long Term Goal: Educational Software Developer, Certified Webmaster Professional,

                              and web Hosting company

 Prerequisite: windows 95/98 knowledge, keyboarding

                        Software/Computer Literacy: CGS 1100 or CGS 1107; WP: Word

                        Home Computer: yes    Internet ISP: yes or have access

                                   

      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Data Card (4x6 file card):  Back Side (Scheduled Time Blocks)  Spring 2003 Data

        

Schedule

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

 

 

 

 

 

10:30-11:00

office

Office

Office

Office

11:00-12:15

CGS 1555*

CHM 1025

CGS 2820

CHM 1025

12:15-1:00

 

Office

Office

Office

01:00-01:15

 

 

Office

Office

01:00-3:30

 

CHM 1025L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04:30-05:30

 

Office

Office

Office

05:00-07:00

Office

 

 

 

05:30-06:45

 

CHM 1025

CGS 1871*

CHM 1025

07:00-09:45

COP 2822

CHML 1025

COP 1000

 

 

On-Line Office Hours: 8-10 Fri; Sat; Sun see:

http://www.hcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/john_taylor/office/virtoffice.html