Target Audience

New or inexperienced Internet users.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, participants will be able to:
~      Recognise and understand Internet jargon
~      Describe the role of an Internet Service Provider and the typical range of services they provide
~      Use Netscape to access the Internet
~      Describe the World Wide Web in relation to the Internet
~      Search for relevant information on the World Wide Web
~      Connect to newsgroups
~      Transfer/download files from the Internet

Prerequisites

Participants should understand the basic concepts involved in working with a Personal Computer (PC) and have e (PC) and are expected to be familiar with Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT4.0 Primer, or equivalent knowledge.

Related Courses

~      Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT Primer

Tailored training is available

Topics

~      Introducing the Internet - What is the Internet; Brief history; Components; What can you do with it? Current developments; Limitations

~      Getting Connected and Types of Connection - Internet Service Provides (ISPs); Dedicated ISP’s – PIPEX and Demon; On-line information services - CompuServe

~      Range of Services - Domain Names; Standalone vs Network access; Dial up modem or ISDN; Security considerations

~      Netscape - Optimise your setup to speed up work; Use multiple windows; Set up bookmarks

~      What is the World Wide Web? - Concepts; Sites; Pages; Home Page; Hypertext

~      Searching for Information on the Web - Browse using catalogues e.g. Yahoo and Lycos; Hunting using indexes / search engines e.g. AltaVista, Infoseek

~      Links - URL’s / Naming conventions; HTTP and HTML; Browsers; Bookmarks

~      Mailing Lists and Newsgroups - What are they?

~      Using as a Research Tool - Relative merits; Examples and uses; Participating in a newsgroup

~      Transfer / download files from the Internet