Class Topics
- Blackboard Registration
- Protocols, Domain Names and ISPs
- Basic HTML/XHTML Terminology
- ASCII editors and HTML Viewers
- Other Useful Tools
- Using Search Engines
Online Topic (Due Week 2)
Use Blackboard's Discussion Board to post a brief bio about yourself and overview of how you personally use the Internet?
- Recreation
- References
- Communication
- Shopping
- Ideas
- Business
- Mindlessly Kill Time
- Etc.
Homework (Due Week 2)
- Read Chapter 1, be able to define the Key Terms
and answer the end of chapter Review Questions. Don't forget to take the online quiz using your Blackboard account by midnight of the due date above.
- Start looking for good examples of well-designed and poorly-designed Web pages. Students will post Web pages with eye catching designs on the discussion board next week. Web pages with bad design features are the discussion topic for week 3.
FYI: Search Engines
A Search Engine (called a search site in the text) is a web site
that is designed to help users locate other web sites. The user is prompted to
enter a word or word phrases the Search Engine uses to find matches on other
web pages. This process is very similar to using a computer-based search at
a public library.
Popular Search Engines:
Search Conditions
- plus sign (+) - the word must be included in the page
- negative sign (-) or not - the word must not be included in the page
- and - enclose in quotes or insert plus sign (+) between each word (both words must appear)
- or - between each word (either word is acceptable)
- wild card (*) - any combination of characters is acceptable