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Special Information Links: 1. Computer terminology and
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- Using E-Mail and the threaded discussion. You are
required to post some of your assignments on the threaded
discussion and email some of them to the instructor. Ten
percent of your grade in this course is determined by the quality
and effectiveness of your e-mail and your participation in the
threaded discussion. Every student is required to
participate in the threaded discussion. Check the threaded
discussion often as the instructor may use it to address questions
and provide general information to the class. Topics for
discussion may be initiated by the students or the instructor.
Please note that quality is more important than quantity; there is
no need to overdo the amount of messages you send. Feel free
to use this tool.
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- Your assignments are due on Sunday, at 11:59 p.m. each week
and points will be taken off for late assignments. Grades
are posted on Monday, at 12:00 p.m. after due date.
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- Please send your assignments by clicking on the Bulletins
icon inside of WebCT, then select the topic posted. Remember to reply to
the main entry posted by your instructor. Points will be taken off for not
following instructions. For more information, please download the
instruction
on posting your files.
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- Assignment 1 -
Business, Advertising, and Online Shopping. Value equals 3 points
toward your grade in the course.
Shopping on the Web has grown rapidly
and you can now buy almost anything online. Go to the
Internet Literacy Web
site to visit the shopping sites. Which of these sites make shopping
easier? Are you more comfortable buying some products on the Web? If so, which
ones? Why? If not, Why not? Post
this
assignment on the threaded discussion in WebCT.
Go to the Bill of Rights and
Responsibilities site by following the links in the Netiquette Guidelines section of the
Internet Literacy Web
site Read carefully
the Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Electronic Learners that you will
find there. Give an in-depth discussion on the following questions and
post this
assignment on the threaded discussion in WebCT:
- Do you agree with all of the items covered in this Bill of Rights?
Why or why not?
- What do you disagree with?
- Do you plan to abide by these guidelines?
Why or why not?
- Do you
think they leave out anything important? Why or why not?
- What's not covered that should be?
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Assignment
4 - Spam. Value equals 4 points toward
your grade in the course. After
reviewing the following sites at
Internet Literacy
Web site, decide how you think you'll handle
spam. How important do you think it is to limit spam? What steps would
you be willing to take to stop spam? Post
your answer on the threaded discussion in WebCT. Also, respond
to at least one of your classmates' answer.
Have you ever received e-mail spreading one or more of these
hoaxes at the sites listed at
Internet Literacy Web
site? If so, give some examples. How would you decide if the information was true or a hoax?
Post
your answer on the threaded discussion in WebCT. Also, respond
to at least one of your classmates' answer.
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Assignment 6 - Emoticons. Value equals
3 points toward
your grade in the course.
The sites at
Internet Literacy Web
site provide lots of ways to express yourself using a special shorthand. Go to one or more of the sites you'll find
in the Emoticons section and browse the list of emoticons you will find there. Post your
answer to the following questions on the threaded
discussion in WebCT:
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What are
your favorite emoticons? List them and explain what they mean.
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What emoticons do you find too
esoteric (that is, too hard to understand) for general use on the Internet?
List them and explain what they mean.
- Assignment 7 - Three
Letter Acronyms (TLAs) and Jargon.
Value equals 4 points toward your
grade in the course.
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TLA
- Go to the TLAs section of
the Internet Literacy Web
site and click the
link to browse the TLA files as hypertext, and scroll down to the Ts. In
the section on talk, browse the list of three-letter acronyms. Which TLAs
do you think an Internet Literate person should know? List them
and explain what they mean.
- Which ones are too esoteric
for general use on the Internet? List them and explain what they
mean. Post this assignment on the threaded
discussion in WebCT.
- Jargon
- Go to the Jargon section of the
Internet Literacy
Web site and click the link to browse the jargon files at the
sites. Which of this jargon has already found its way into common
usage?
- Which seems far too technical to ever become common?
- Assignment 8 - How to
Avoid Catching Viruses from E-mail Attachments .
Value equals
5 points toward
your grade in the course.
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E-mail Client: Chapter 6 in the Internet Literacy
textbook describes several e-mail clients that you can use to do electronic
mail. Post this
assignment on the threaded discussion in WebCT.
- List at least three e-mail clients.
- What is your personal e-mail address?
- How will you
e-mail your instructor in this course?
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Computer Viruses: Visit the sites listed at
Internet Literacy Web
site and post your answer to the
following questions:
- Find a good definition
of a computer virus and provide a brief description of at least four different virus
categories.
- What is an anti-virus program?
- What which method will you employ to keep from catch viruses?
You can also find information about the latest viruses at http://www.symantec.com/resource.htm
and http://vil.mcafee.com/ among other
sites. Post this
assignment on the threaded discussion in WebCT.
- Assignment 9 - Download
An Audio File And A Graphic File. Value equals 4 points toward
your grade in the course.
Perform an Internet search to
find an audio file and a graphic file that you can use in your web
page. Cite the source in APA,
MLA, or CMS style and post it in Bulletin Board. Send the audio and graphic
files as attachments.
You can find more information
on
- Assignment 10 - Free
Clip Art & Audio Files. Value equals 4 points toward
your grade in the course.
Perform an Internet search to
find at least three (3) web sites that host free clip art and/or free audio files.
Share your result and URLs with the class in threaded discussion.
After completing Chapter 18 you should be able to do your
Résumé. Follow some of the links at
Internet Literacy Web
site to see a variety of resume formats.
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You need to test your resume first to make sure it looks good
and contains no spelling errors nor broken links.
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Remember that your resume should contain a
table of contents to targets that make it easy for the user to find the
different sections of your resume and use "Back to the Top"
hyperlink at the end of each section to return to the table of contents.
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You should
save the resume on your ISP's server and post the URL
on the threaded discussion in WebCT.
After reading the chapters
in the book and the articles on Web page design
and layout, take a look at one of these obnoxious
web sites and list at least three (3) thing done wrong on this
page. Post your comment in the threaded
discussion.
Perform an
Internet search to find at least three web sites, one for each category,
which is good, or bad, or ugly. Send the URL of the web sites to the
threaded discussion and explain why you think it is good, or bad, or ugly.
- Assignment 14 - Favorite Shockwave Feature.
Value
equals 3 points toward your grade in the course.
After you have installed
the Shockwave plug-in, use your browser to visit some of the shockwave-enabled
Web sites you will find at http://www.macromedia.com/shockzone
and post this assignment on the threaded discussion in
WebCT.
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Make a list of Shockwave features that you find on most of web pages that use
them.
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What is your favorite shockwave feature?
- Assignment 15 - Home
Page. Value equals 20 points toward your grade in the
course.
After completing Chapter 21 you should be able to do your home
page.
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You need to test your home page first to make sure it looks good and
contains no spelling errors and no broken links.
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Your home page
should contain hyperlinks, background color, graphics, sound, and/or
animations. One of the links should link to your resume created in Assignment
7.
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Send the URL of your home page to WebCT after you
have your home page saved on your ISP's server.
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Remember to make the URL of your home page a
hyperlink, so your classmates can click on the link and view your homepage on
your ISP's server.
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To get to WebCT Homepage, just click on Homepage
icon on the WebCT main page.
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Also, send
the URL of your homepage to the threaded discussion in WebCT.
- Assignment 16 - Audio On Your Home Page.
Value
equals 4 points toward your grade in the course.
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Complete exercises 1
through 3 at the end of Chapter 24, which has you put audio onto your home
page.
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After you have tested the audio on your Web page to make sure it plays
back properly from the Web, post a message with your URL
on the threaded discussion indicating that your web page now has
audio so your classmates can click and view your homepage and your instructor can assign a grade for your waveform recording.
- Assignment 17 - Review One of Your
Classmate's Homepage. Value equals
4 points toward your grade
in the course.
Review one of your classmate's homepage assigned to
you. Use WebCT to email him/her suggestions as to what he/she should
do to improve his/her page. Also email a
copy of your suggestions to your instructor in WebCT.
- Assignment 18 - Evaluate Submitted Web Pages.
Value
equals 4 points toward your grade in the course.
List what you think are
the top three Web Pages and why you liked them. Winners will be announced at
the end of the term on the threaded discussion. E-mail this assignment to your
instructor
in WebCT.
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