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Surfing the Internet - Level 1
Course Outlines	Course Schedule

Course Description

The information highway is one the fastest growing areas in computers. This course will give you some background information about the Internet and distinguish the Internet components from the World Wide Web. You will get hands on use with the Microsoft Internet Explorer program, one of the world’s most popular web browsers.

Course Objectives

Ø To provide first hand knowledge in an area that many people know very little about.

Ø The World Wide Web has a lot of information. Learn how to do some basic and advanced searching techniques and save some valuable time and frustration with searching.

Ø Working with Favorites in IE Explorer, including how to organize the links, is an important part to working on the Internet.

Ø Launching your E-mail program and how that is configured to work within Explorer will be addressed.

Ø The Explorer program is much like the other web browsers in the market. The student will be comfortable using other similar products after leaving this class.

Course Length	Recommended Prerequisites
Half day	Windows ‘95/’98 course or good working knowledge in the Windows ‘95 environment. Any past experience with graphics programs would be very beneficial.

Table of Contents

I	The Information Highway
II	Internet Basic Information
	A.	Defining the Internet
	B.	How Did the Internet Get Started?
	C.	Uses for Internet
	D.	Connecting to Internet
	E.	What You Need to Connect
III	The Word Wide Web
	A.	What Is the World Wide Web?
	B.	Who Uses the World Wide Web?
	C.	What Do You Need to Get on the Web?
IV	Surfing with Explorer
	A.	The Explorer Interface
	B.	Activating a Link
	C.	Moving Between Pages
	D.	Going to a Specific Web Site
	E.	Finding a Website When a Web Address Doesn't Work

V	Favorite Web Locations
	A.	Why Use Favorites?
	B.	Adding a Web Page to the Favorites
	C.	Organizing Favorites
VI	Surfing for Stuff
	A.	Different Ways to Initiate a Search
	B.	Things to Consider with Searching
	C.	Performing a Basic Search
	D.	Advancing Through Search Results
	E.	A Typical Main Search Window
	F,	Advanced Searching Tips
	G.	Popular Search Engines
VII	Starting Up Your E-Mail
VIII	Other Internet Jargon
	A.	What You Need to Know About Cookies
	B.	What Is Subscribing to a Website?
	C.	What Are Channels?
	D.	What Is FTP All About?

Relevant Links

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