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Training
Provided by Serebra Learning Corporation
This course provides Internet and Web users with the knowledge and skills required to select an Internet connection type and Internet Service Provider (ISP) locate and retrieve information on the Web and communicate with others via the Internet.
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Introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web
Serebra Learning Corporation 119 - 7565 132nd Street Surrey BC V3W 1K5 Canada
Audience
End users and business professionals who have work-related duties that require the use of the Web and a Web browser. Some learners may benefit from taking Introduction to PCs and Application Software (course 12994) and Microsoft Windows 95 User Fundamentals (71011) prior to taking this course. Learners who complete this course will be prepared to take a browser-specific course.
Objective
- Identify the features of Internet the World Wide Web and the business uses of the Internet and the Intranet.
- Identify the options to connect to the Internet.
- Identify the criteria for selecting an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
- Identify the methods of navigating the Web.
- Identify the features and advantages of the basic Internet services and the methods of working with these services.
- Identify the features of the Web indexes and directories.
- Search Web sites by using various strategies.
- Download and upload files from a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site.
Topics Include
Unit 1: Internet and Business Services
- Match the hardware and software components of a network with their definitions.
- Match the bodies that administer the Internet with their functions.
- Identify the uses of the Internet.
- Match the services provided by the Internet with their functions.
- Match the World Wide Web (WWW) terminology with its definition.
- Identify the features of the WWW.
- Identify the functions of Web client software and Web server software.
- Identify the business uses of an Intranet.
- Identify the benefits of GroupWare.
- Identify the benefits of e-commerce and the types of e-business interactions.
- Sequence the steps in an e-commerce transaction.
Unit 2: Internet Connectivity
- Identify the basic requirements for connecting to the Internet.
- Identify the criteria for selecting an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
- Identify the different methods of connecting to the Internet.
- Configure a dial-up connection to the Internet by using the Windows 98 My Computer window.
- Navigate to a web page by specifying a given Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in Netscape Navigator.
- Navigate to the different pages of a web site by using interface components of the Netscape Navigator window.
- Add a web site or a web page to a list of bookmarks by using Netscape Navigator.
Unit 3: Basic Internet Services
- Identify the benefits of using e-mail.
- Send an e-mail message by using the menu bar of Netscape Navigator.
- Reply to an e-mail message by using the Navigation Toolbar of the Netscape Messenger window.
- Identify the guidelines for sending an e-mail message.
- Identify the features of newsgroups.
- Sequence the steps involved in the process of communication in a Usenet newsgroup.
- Subscribe to a Usenet newsgroup by using Netscape Navigator.
- Post a new message to a Usenet newsgroup by using Netscape Navigator.
- Join an existing Usenet newsgroup thread by using Netscape Navigator.
- Identify the steps involved in the process of communication in a manually administered mailing list.
- Subscribe to a ListServ discussion group by using Netscape Navigator.
- Post a message to a ListServ discussion group by using Netscape Navigator.
- Identify the benefits of teleconferencing.
- Identify the software and hardware requirements for a teleconference.
- Join a teleconference involving multiple users on the Internet.
- Match the different types of file formats available on the Internet with their features.
- Identify the features of ActiveX components.
- Access a multimedia file by using the Netscape Navigator Web browser.
- Download a multimedia file.
Unit 4: Searching for Information on the Web
- Distinguish between a Web directory and a Web index.
- Retrieve specific information from the Internet by using a search engine.
- Search the Web for information by using search strategies.
- Search for information on the Internet by using keyword qualifiers.
- Sequence the steps in the process of downloading a file in a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) session.
- Download a file from an FTP site by using FTP.
- Upload a file to the Internet by using FTP.
- Match the Internet security methods with their functions.
- Identify the functions of a firewall.
- Configure Netscape proxy setting by using the menu bar.
Duration
8
Minimum Requirements
The CDROM version of this course requires:
- At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
- At least 8MB RAM.
- At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
- At least a double speed CDROM drive.
- An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).
- At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
- At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
- At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
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Serebra Learning Corporation - Serebra Learning Corporation provides technology-based training solutions through a combination of Cortex, its proprietary learning management system (LMS), and a curriculum catalog with over 1,825 current courseware titles. Founded in 1987 (as FirstClass Systems, with a name change to Serebra in 2001), Serebra has over sixteen years" experience delivering e-learning solutions to both...
