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3: At a Glance
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What
We Did in Last Lesson
We learned to use Email, ListServ, Usenet Newsgroup and to communicate in
real time last week. We also learned why streaming is an important strategy for delivering
multimedia over the Internet and how the synchronized multimedia integration language
(SMIL) is making it possible to create, publish, and deliver
synchronized multimedia content over the Web.
All of you had similar jargon and TLAs that you like or
dislike. I agree that it is faster to just type the entire phrase
than to figure out what TANSTAAFL is. (Can you tell what that is?)
We discussed different email clients and computer virus in threaded
discussion. With different virus popping out almost everyday, we
ought to have a good anti-virus program installed on our computers and
update the program at least once a month. Be careful when you open
attachments with .exe or .vbs extension. If you receive any virus
from email, delete it right away from your mail box and then delete it
from the trash can .
By the way, several of you did not give the correct answer
on e-mail clients. An email client is the software program used by your
computer or workstation to specifically receive and process email.
The most commonly distributed email client is Microsoft Outlook Express.
Microsoft has packed Outlook Express as "add on" for Windows. It is
a small, simple to use, robust mail program that requires very little user
intervention to set up. A lot of people get email clients and other
applications confused.
Some of the common email clients include Microsoft
Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Notes, Eudora, CC:mail. Outlook and
Outlook Express have become so popular, that they are now being included
on many of the new Macintosh machines.
Here is a reminder, please respond to your classmates'
discussion on spam and hoax if you have not done so. You are also
encouraged to respond to any classmates' assignments posted in threaded
discussion. I hope we all can learn from each other.
Have fun with this week's activities!
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What
You Will Learn in This Lesson
- Subject-oriented
search
- Full-text
keyword search
- Concept
search
- Metasearch
- Human
search
- Scholarly
search
- Multimedia
search
- Newsgroup
search
- FTP
search
- People
search
- Map
search
- Plug-ins
- MIDI
file
- AVI
file
- WAV
file
- MP3
file
- GIF
file
- JPEG
file
- HTML
file
- PDF
file
- JAVA
Script
- Text
and graphics
- Audio
and video
- Data
file and software
- Self-extracting
file
- APA
- MLA
- CMS
- Fair use guidelines
- HTML
editors: HomeSite (for Windows), BBEdit (for Macintosh), and
other HTML editors
- HTML
translators: WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and
PowerPoint
- WYSIWYG
editors: Netscape Composer and Microsoft FrontPage
- Headings
- Paragraphs
- Horizontal Rules
- Lists
- Images
- Backgrounds
- Targets
- Links
- Special Characters
- Tables
- Frames
- Layout
- Font Selection
- Text Sizing
- Foreground vs. Background Colors
- Photographic Backgrounds
- Tiled Backgrounds
- Navigational Icons
- Scrolling
- User Friendliness
- Consistency
- Layout Analysis of a Web Page Resume
- Understanding
markup
- Taxonomy of
HTML tags
- Tags used in
the Web page creation tutorials
- Versions of
HTML
- Making a
file folder for your Web pages
- Selecting a
Web page creation tool
- Running the
Web page creation software
- Starting a
new page
- Creating the
page title and keywords
- Writing the
heading
- Saving the
file
- Inspecting
your new web page with a browser
- Entering a
new paragraph
- Starting a
new paragraph
- Creating a
list
- Undo and
Redo
- Horizontal
rules
- Creating and
linking to targets
- Returning to
the table of contents
- Linking to
URL
- Mailto links
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Lesson
Objectives
After completing this lesson, you
will be able to:
- Conduct
subject-oriented searches using the Yahoo! directory of the
World Wide Web.
- Perform
full-text keyword searches using AltaVista and Lycos.
- Use the
advanced search syntax to find what you're looking for
efficiently.
- Use Excite
and InfoSeek to perform concept searches based on ideas instead of
specific key words.
- Use
metasearching to search several search engines at once at
MetaCrawler, Dogpile, and CNET Search.com.
- Get online
help from human beings you can pay to conduct searches on your
behalf at askme.com and askanexpert.com.
- Conduct
scholarly searches across a broad range of academic disciplines at
ERIC, Northern Light, StudyWeb, About.com, and Britannica.com.
- Search
Usenet newsgroups to find information in discussions of current
research topics.
- Find people
using Bigfoot, WhoWhere, Switchboard, and Yahoo! People Search.
- Get maps and
driving instructions from MapQuest.
- Find out
about new search engines and improved search strategies.
- Recognize
the commonly found Internet file types.
- Describe how
browsers launch different plug-ins and helper applications to play
certain types of files.
- Explain why
MIDI files occupy so much less file space than waveform audio
files.
- Explain the
concept of a markup language.
- Describe the
difference between the GIF and JPEG graphics formats.
- Explain why
the audio/video interleave (AVI) file format was designed to give
audio the priority when a computer does not have enough processing
time to show all of the frames of a movie.
- Explain the
difference between lossy and lossless compression methods.
- Describe how
animated GIFs can bring a Web page to life.
- Explain the
concept of a JavaScript.
- Explain the
purpose of Adobe's Portable Document Format.
- Avoid the
common pitfall of changing a filename extension when you rename a
file.
- Download
text and graphics from the Internet.
- Download
audio and video resources from the Internet.
- Download
data files and software from the Internet.
- Make sure
the downloaded file has the correct filename extension for the
type of file it is.
- Install
self-extracting archives that you download from the Internet.
- Safeguard
against downloading viruses that can be harmful to your computer.
- Explain the
differences among APA, MLA, and CMS styles.
- Describe when
to use APA, MLA, or CMS style.
- Cite
Internet resources in
- Use the fair
use guidelines to determine whether your use of a copyrighted work
is fair.
- Web
Page Creation Strategies
- Explain the three basic
approaches to creating Web pages.
- Explain when
to use an HTML editor, a WYSIWYG tool, or an HTML translator.
- Explain how
HTML editors work, and be able to find HTML editors on the Web.
- Recognize the names of the
most popular WYSIWYG editors, and know how to find out more about
them.
- Explain how
HTML translators can save time when you need to create a Web page
from a word-processed document, a spreadsheet, a database, or a
presentation.
- Explain what
WYSIWYG stands for and the concept of WYSIWYG editing.
- Identify the basic
elements that constitute a Web page.
- Explain the uses and
general appearance of the elements of a Web page.
- Begin thinking about the
design of your Web page résumé and how to make it engaging and
informative.
- Arrange text in the proper
size, color, and font on a Web page.
- Choose an appropriate
background color and understand how foreground text colors
interact with background screen colors.
- Arrange pictures on the
screen either as background images or design elements for text to
flow around.
- Make text stand out
against a background photo.
- Adopt a common look and
feel for your Web pages.
- Explain the concept
of a markup language.
- Explain why
different Web browsers may display the same HTML somewhat
differently.
- Use the
two HTML tag formats.
- Define the families
of HTML tags.
- Describe the HTML
tags used in creating a résumé.
- Describe how HTML
evolved and still is emerging.
- List the
elements of a URL.
- Create Your Web
Page Résumé
- Create a
file folder for your Web pages.
- Use Netscape
Composer or Microsoft FrontPage to create a new HTML file.
- Enter your
own content into the Web page.
- Create new
paragraphs on a Web page.
- Make lists
on a Web page.
- Put pictures
on a Web page.
- Tile a
background onto a Web page.
- Create named
targets on a Web page.
- Create links
to targets.
- View the Web
page with your favorite Web browser.
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Activities for This
Lesson
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.
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Assignment 11 -
Résumé. Value equals 10 points toward your grade in the
course. 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.
Assignment
12 - Critique
- What Is Wrong With This Page? - Value equals 3 points toward your grade in the
course. 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. -
Assignment
13 - The
Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Value equals 5 points toward your grade in the
course. 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?
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Chat - We will meet in
the chat room 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:
Searching for Information
Commonly Found Internet File
Types
Downloading from the Internet
Bibliographic Style for Citing Internet Resources
Assignments:
What we will do next week: Creating Web Pages
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