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CGS2555W Internet Literacy

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Each week's lesson will be activated on Monday, at 12:00 a.m.  Click on the date in the Week column and find your lesson for the current week.  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.
Week
Reading
Assignments
Due Date/Chat
Week 1
 8/26/02 Lesson 1		 Orientation - 6:00 p.m., Monday, August 26, 2002.
                    9:00 a.m., Saturday, August 31, 2002.
Use of WebCT
Get Screen Name from Instant Messenger		 AOL Instant Messenger
AOL Instant Messenger

Orientation Presentation
Week 2
 9/2/02
 Lesson 2

Part One: Understanding the Internet
Chapter 1: Definitions
Chapter 2: How the Internet Is Changing the World

 Biography,
Photo, Email

 9/8/02, 11:59 p.m.

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Week 3
 9/9/02
Lesson 3		 Part Two: Getting on the Internet
Chapter 3: Getting Connected
Chapter 4: Surfing the Net 		Assignment 1
Class Activities 		9/15/02, 11:59 p.m.

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Week 4
 9/16/02
Lesson 4 		Part Three: Communicating Over the Internet
Chapter 5: Internet Etiquette (Netiquette)
Chapter 6: Electronic Mail
 Chapter 7: Listserv 		Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4
Assignment 5 		9/22/02, 11:59 p.m.

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Week 5
 9/23/02
 Lesson 5		 Chapter 8: Usenet Newsgroups
Chapter 9: Communicating in Real Time
Chapter 10: Streaming Media and Synchronized Multimedia		 Assignment 6
Assignment 7
Assignment 8 		9/29/02, 11:59 p.m.

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Week 6
 9/30/02
Lesson 6		 Part Four: Finding Things on the Internet
Chapter 11: Searching for Information
Chapter 12: Commonly Found Internet File Types
 Chapter 13: Downloading from the Internet
Chapter 14: Bibliographic Style for Citing Internet Resources 		Assignment 9
Class Activities 		10/6/02, 11:59 p.m.

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Week 7
 10/7/02
 Lesson 7		 Part Five: Creating Web Pages
Chapter 15: Web Page Creation Strategies
Chapter 16: Web Page Design

Assignment 10
Class Activities

 10/13/02, 11:59 p.m.

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Week 8
 10/14/02
Lesson 8		 Chapter 17: How HTML Works
Chapter 18: Creating Your Web Page Résumé 		Assignment 11
Assignment 12
Assignment 13 		10/20/02, 11:59 p.m.

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Week 9
 10/21/02
 Lesson 9		 Chapter 19: Putting ../images on Web Pages
Chapter 20: Using Tables for Advanced Web Page Layout 		Assignment 11
Assignment 14 		10/27/02, 11:59 p.m.

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Week 10
 10/28/20
Lesson 10		 Chapter 21: Making a Local Web and a Home Page
Chapter 22: Publishing Files on the World Wide Web 		Assignment 15

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Week 11
 11/4/02
 Lesson 11
 

Part Six: Using Multimedia on the Internet
Chapter 23: How Web Browsers Do Multimedia
Chapter 24: Waveform Audio Recording

 Assignment 15
Assignment 16 		11/10/02, 11:59 p.m.

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Week 12
 11/11/02
Lesson 12		 Continue to work on your personal homepage.

Last day to withdraw (11/15/02)

 Assignment 15 11/17/02, 11:59 p.m.

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Week 13
 11/18/02
Lesson 13		 Feedback on your personal homepage
Web page evaluation sheet		 Assignment 17 11/24/02, 11:59 p.m.

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Week 14
 11/25/02
Lesson 14

Part Seven: Planning for the Future of the Internet
Chapter 25: Societal Issues
Chapter 26: Emerging Technology

Finalize your personal homepage 12/1/02, 11:59 p.m.

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Week 15
 12/2/02
Lesson 15

Chapter 27: How to Keep Up
Feedback
Appendix A: Web Page Creation Toolkit

Assignment 18 12/8/02, 11:59 p.m.

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Week 16
 12/9/02
Lesson 16		 Your Final Grade
Top Three Web Pages 		  

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