Course Syllabus

Office and Hours: Drop-in tutorial labs held every Monday, 4-5 p.m., Library TLC at Hartnell College Library, Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m., Building 18, Room 110. Additional hours by appointment.

Text Book: Internet Literacy, 2nd or 3rd edition by Fred T. Hofstetter

Class web site: http://course.csumb.edu/. Log on using the first four letters of your last name and last four digits of your student ID or social security number as your User Name, use the first five digits of your student ID or social security number as your password.

1. Explore various Internet resources including email, the World Wide Web, search directories and search engines, Usenet Newsgroups, mailing lists, Telnet, FTP.
2. Plan and conduct effective online searches to solve information needs.
3. Formulate a variety of search strategies, which will locate information relevant to the research question. Retrieve information using the strategies and evaluate it using a standard set of criteria.
4. Produce a well-designed, aesthetically pleasing formal document on a single scholarly subject using accepted word processing techniques.
5. Produce a well-designed representation and analysis of numerical data using standard spreadsheet features.
6. Establish bibliographically correct citations in a standard format.
7. Understand different file formats and their uses on the Internet.
8. Upload and download files from the Internet.
9. Examine and discuss ethical issues arising from Internet connectivity, such as censorship, pornography, creation of information haves and have-nots.
10. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of html coding.
11. Create and publish well-designed, functional web pages containing hypertext links, images, and tables.