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2: At a Glance
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What
We Did in Last Lesson
I was glad to meet all of you who came to the orientation
last week. We went over our course Web site, course syllabus,
and learned to set up your myWebCT account and added this course to your
myWebCT. We also had our individual and group
pictures (1, 2)
taken. We had fun at the orientation. Now, go to know
your classmates and you can find their pictures and biographies on the Homepages
page.
We talked about different ISPs last week. Some of
you are using AOL. Please note that
WebCT supports only full-featured browsers. Some internet service
providers (e.g. America Online or AOL) provide their users with
'Customized' versions of Internet Explorer or Netscape. Because of the way
that these browsers use JavaScript, they are not compatible with WebCT.
It is recommended that you use the
following browsers:
- Netscape Navigator version 4.5x or
higher (version 6.0 not recommended)
- Netscape Communicator version 4.5x or
higher (version 6.0 not recommended)
- Internet Explorer (IE) version 5.0 or
higher
Test your browser and let me know if you have problem getting
into chat room.
We are going to learn HTML next week and it is not
a bad idea to start thinking about it if you have not used HTML before.
Also, please think about the theme you are going to use for your Web page.
Some of you still did not send me your Learning Style Inventory
Test scores, personal email address, Instant Messenger screen name, and digital
picture. Please find out what you miss in the
check list.
Here are what you need to do before you can start the
course:
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Create your myWebCT account
and add the course - You
can find the instruction in
Getting
Started with WebCT Account (212 K in Word format). To add this
course, your user name is your first initial and your last name, all in
lowercase without any space, and your password is funclass. Once you
add the course, you won't need the user name and the password I gave you
anymore. You will only need the login name and password you chose when
you created your myWebCT account.
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Tour the course web site
- Syllabus, Calendar, Assignments, Resources, and FAQ. You can find
your weekly lesson from the Calendar page by clicking on the date of the
week.
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Learn to
post
your files in WebCT
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Learning Style Inventory Test
- Take the
learning
style inventory test to assess your learning styles.
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Email your Instructor - Use WebCT to email your learning style inventory test results (scores and percentages on Visual, Auditory, and
Kinesthetic) to your instructor.
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Biography & Photo, and Your Email Address and IM Screen
Name- Post your Biography &
Photo - Let's get to
know each other in the class on the Bulletin Board in WebCT and send your
digital photo as an attachment. Also, please
remember to include your personal email address and AOL Instant Messenger
screen name. You can click
on the discussion topics posted by your instructor and post your messages by
replying to your instructor's main message.
You can refer to lesson 1 for more information.
Please do not hesitate to call or email me if you have
any questions. You can also make an appointment and come to my
office if you need more instructions on setting up your WebCT account.
We have a lot of fun activities for this week.
However, you need to learn how to post
your files in WebCT first. You can download the
instruction (562 K in Word format) and save it on your disk. It
contains step-by-step instruction to post your weekly assignments in the
bulletin board (threaded discussions). Remember to send your reply
to the main entry posted by the instructor, not your classmate's unless
you do want to respond to your classmate's message.
Have
fun exploring the Internet!
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What
You Will Learn in This Lesson
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Getting
an account on a host computer
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Selecting
an e-mail client
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Configuring
your e-mail client
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Sending,
reading, answering, and forwarding mail
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Filing
e-mail messages
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Creating
a signature file
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Sending
and receiving mail attachments
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address
books
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Searching
e-mail messages
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Dealing
with unwanted e-mail
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Using
mail filters
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Detecting
fake Mail IDs
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Encrypting
your mail
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E-mail
priorities
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Return
receipt requested
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Spell
checking
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Sending
mail as HTML
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Subscribe to the
newsgroup(s)
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Read and respond
to topics in a newsgroup
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Unsubscribe
from the newsgroup(s)
- Use graphics to reinforce.
- Color coding to organize notes and possessions.
- Written directions.
- Use of flow charts and diagrams for note-taking.
- Visualize spelling of words or facts to be memorized.
If your learning style is "Auditory", you should
- Use of tapes for reading and for class lecture notes.
- Learning by interviewing or by participating in discussions.
- Works well in study groups.
- Having test questions or directions read aloud or put on tape.
If your learning style is "Kinesthetic", then you should
- Experiential learning (making models, doing lab work, and role
playing).
- Frequent breaks in study periods.
- Tracing letters and words to learn spelling and to remember facts.
- Use computer to reinforce learning through sense of touch.
- Memorize or drilling while walking or exercising.
- Usually involves some kind of movement while learning, i.e.
tapping pencil, shaking foot, and/or holding something.
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Lesson
Objectives
After completing this lesson, you
will be able to:
- Define
the term netiquette and explain its derivation.
- Define
the term "spam" and describe what to do if someone spams
you.
- Protect
yourself against unethical users who use e-mail to spread hoaxes and send
viruses that can damage your computer or the programs and data it contains.
- Describe the concept of lurking, and
know when you should lurk.
- Describe
what it means to "flame" someone on the Internet.
- Describe
the concept of SHOUTING on the Internet and become sensitized to not
overdoing it.
- Recognize
the more common smileys and other emoticons used on the Internet.
- Look
up the meaning of less common symbols.
- Describe
what the more common three-letter acronyms mean.
- Go
on the Web to look up more esoteric acronyms.
- Describe
some of the more commonly used Internet jargon.
- Find
a more complete listing of Internet terms and definitions.
- Explain
what an e-mail account is and get one set up for you.
- Select
an e-mail client for use in sending, receiving, and filing e-mail messages.
- Configure
your e-mail client so you can begin using e-mail.
- Send,
receive, answer, forward, and file e-mail messages.
- Create
a signature file that will identify who you are at the end of your e-mail
messages.
- Attach
files to your e-mail messages.
- Avoid
catching harmful viruses that can be transmitted in e-mail attachments.
- Use
an address book to keep track of the e-mail addresses of people to whom you
send mail.
- Create
a mailing list that enables you to send a message to several people at once.
- Search
your stored mail messages to find things you've filed for future reference.
- Deal
with unwanted mail and detect fake mail IDs.
- Encrypt
your mail so only the person receiving it can read it.
- Read
your mail with a Web-based e-mail service.
- Describe
how listserv works through e-mail protocols.
- Find
out the names of listservs in your discipline or any other subject that
interests you.
- Subscribe
to a listserv and unsubscribe from a listserv.
- Know
when to lurk on a listserv.
- Respond
to messages received from a listserv.
- Send
new messages to a listserv.
- File
messages received from a listserv.
- Set
up your own listserv so you can host a listserv on the Internet.
- Describe how
Usenet newsgroups originated as a grassroots effort by students who
wanted a better way to organize conversations over the Internet.
- Describe how
the hierarchical structure of a newsgroup mirrors the manner in which
physical conferences are organized.
- Use your Web
browser to list the newsgroups available through your Internet service
provider.
- Subscribe to the
newsgroup(s) of your choice.
- Read and respond
to topics in a newsgroup, and post new topics that you want to
initiate.
- Describe the
difference between moderated and unmoderated newsgroups.
- Know when it is
too late to cancel a message that you have written in a newsgroup.
- Find out about
newsgroups in your field of study or line of work.
- Describe the
difference between newsgroups and Web-based discussion forums.
- Create your own Web-based discussion forum on the Internet
- Describe the most
popular methods for communicating in real time over the Internet.
- Describe how
Instant Messaging can let you chat with your friends at any time over
the Internet.
- Describe how
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) organizes conversations into channels.
- Download an IRC
chat-room client and install it on your computer.
- Enter Web-based
chat rooms on the Internet and engage other users in meaningful
real-time conversations.
- Download
Microsoft's NetMeeting software and use it to share data and make
entries on a whiteboard shared with conference members over the
Internet.
- Describe how to
equip your PC for videoconferencing for as little under $100.
- Look in on
videoconferences hosted on CU-SeeMe sites on the Internet, whether or
not you have videoconferencing hardware.
- Describe the
purposes of and the distinctions between a MUD, a MOO, and a MUSH.
- Set up your own
private chat room on the Internet.
- Streaming Media and Synchronized Multimedia
- Describe why streaming is an important strategy for delivering
multimedia over the Internet
- Define streaming and name the different kinds of media that are
being streamed over the Internet
- Go to Web sites where you can see and hear streaming media in
action
- Find and download the latest streaming media
plug-ins and drivers
- Describe how the synchronized multimedia integration language
(SMIL) is making it possible to create, publish, and deliver
synchronized multimedia content over the Web.
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Activities for This Lesson
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Email your instructor the result of
your Learning Style Inventory Test
- Take the
learning
style inventory test to assess your learning styles.
Use WebCT to email your Learning Style Inventory test results (scores and percentages on Visual, Auditory, and
Kinesthetic) to your instructor. You can either type your scores and percentages on Visual, Auditory, and
Kinesthetic in your email or simply copy and paste it to your email.
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Bulletin
Board -
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Biography &
Photo - Let's get to
know everybody in the class. Please tell us something about you. For
example, tell us who you are, what you do, why you are taking this online
class, what you expect to learn from this class, anything that you'd like to
share with the class. Also, we are going to make a course homepage. Please
send a digital picture of yourself as an attachment with your biography, if
you didn't have your picture taken at the orientation. Remember, this is a part of class participation.
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Personal
Email Address and AOL Instant
Messenger Screen Name - Get a screen name from
AOL Instant Messenger and post your personal email address
and your AOL Instant Messenger screen name with your biography on the Bulletin Board
in WebCT.
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Reading Assignment -
Read Chapters 5 -10 in your Internet
Literacy textbook.
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Assignment 3 - Netiquette Guidelines.
Value equals
3 points toward your grade in the course.
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:
- 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? Post this
assignment on the threaded discussion in WebCT.
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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.
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Assignment
5 - Hoaxes. Value equals 4 points toward
your grade in the course. 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
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
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Chat - We will have our
first chat room meeting on Friday from 7:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. this week. To get into chat room, you can click on
the Chat icon in WebCT homepage and enter Room 1 for Friday Night Class
Chat. This is a part of class participation and you have to come
to at least half of the chat sessions to get your credit.
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Conclusion
At the end of this lesson, you have learned:
Computer terminology and definitions:
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E-mail
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Listserv
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Newsgroups
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Chat
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videoconferencing
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FTP
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World Wide Web
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Client-server computing
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Domains and Subdomains
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Netiquette
guidelines
Some other Computer
terminology and Definitions
Use
different communication tools on the Internet
Assignments
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Post your biography, photo,
personal email address, and Instant Messenger screen name on the Bulletin
Board.
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Email your Learning Style Inventory Test result to your instructor
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Read Chapters 5 - 10
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Post your assignments 3 - 8 on the Bulletin
Board
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Chat with your class
(Friday from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.)
What
we will do next week:
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