Required Equipment, Software and Services

Table of Contents: Getting Started - Tips and Tricks Interlit Web Site Links to Textbook Chapter Resources Required Equipment, Software and Services Course Syllabus Course Assignments and Due Dates Part One: Understanding The Internet Chapter One: Definitions Chapter Two: How the Internet is Changing the World Part Two: Getting On The Internet Chapter Three: Getting Connected Chapter Four: Surfing the Net Part Three: Communicating Over The Internet Chapter Five: Internet Etiquette (Netiquette) Chapter Six: Electronic Mail Chapter Seven: Listserv Chapter Eight: Usenet Newsgroups Chapter Nine: Communicating in Real Time Chapter Ten: Telnet Part Four: Finding Things On The Internet Chapter Eleven: Searching for Information Chapter Twelve: Commonly Found Internet File Types Chapter Thirteen: Downloading From the Internet Chapter Fourteen: Bibliographic Style for Citing Internet Resources Part Five: Creating Web Pages Chapter Fifteen: Web Page Creation Strategies Chapter Sixteen: Web Page Design Chapter Seventeen: How HTML Works Chapter Eighteen: Creating Your Web Page Resume Chapter Nineteen: Putting Images on Web Pages Chapter Twenty: Using Tables for Advanced Web Page Layout Chapter Twenty-one: Making a Local Web and a Home Page Chapter Twenty-two: Publishing Files on the World Wide Web Part Six: Using Multimedia On The Internet Chapter Twenty-three: How Web Browsers Do Multimedia Chapter Twenty-four: Waveform Audio Recording Part Seven: Planning For The Future Of The Internet Chapter Twenty-five: Societal Issues Chapter Twenty-six: Emerging Technology Chapter Twenty-seven: How to Keep Up Send E-Mail: Pat Watson Jennifer Lagier John Ittelson Internet Literacy Home Page

In order to take this course, you will need to have access to a Windows or Macintosh computer and an Internet account. If you do not have the necessary equipment and Internet account at home or at your workplace, students enrolled in this course will be able to obtain access through Hartnell College or CSUMB. Your instructor will provide additional details at the orientation session. If you have the required equipment (computer, modem, browser software) and need to obtain an Internet account, you can find your local Internet Service Provider in the yellow pages of your telephone book listed under Internet Services. There are also a variety of national Internet Service Providers such as America Online and others. The specifications for the kind of Internet account you need are described as follows: It must provide the basic Internet services of e-mail and access to the World Wide Web via Netscape Communicator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. It must include at least four megabytes of Web space in which you will store the Web Page assignments you create in this course. A normal telephone line and 28.8 baud modem will allow you to complete every assignment in this course. If you have an ISDN or T-1 line connection, screens will load and appear more quickly, however this course was designed for users working over regular telephone lines.

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