Course Specifications
Course number: 085970
Software: Windows® Internet Explorer® 7.0
Course length: 2.0 day(s)
Course Description
You use the Internet
regularly, for both work and personal purposes. But now, for various reasons,
you want to learn about the technical side of the Internet: What constitutes
the Internet? How is a website developed? What are the emerging trends and
technologies on the Internet? In this course, you will examine the technical
aspects of the Internet.
Course Objective: You will examine the technical aspects of the Internet.
Target Student: Persons in a variety of job roles with basic end-user Internet skills
(such as using a browser, using email, viewing websites, or searching for
content), who now need to acquire an understanding of the technical underpinnings
of the Internet, whether to evaluate Internet technologies for deployment,
to interact effectively with Internet technical professionals in business
situations, or to serve as prerequisite knowledge as part of a career transition
into a job role that involves technical Internet skills.
Prerequisites: To ensure the successful completion of the Technical Introduction
to the Internet course, students should be familiar with using personal computers.
Students may be experienced in using web browsers (Microsoft Internet Explorer
6.0 or higher or Mozilla Firefox), email, or FTP services.
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
This course requires one desktop computer each for the
instructor and the students.
- A PC with a Pentium® IV 800 MHz CPU or higher.
- A minimum of 512 MB of RAM or higher.
- A generic monitor (1024 x 768).
- A 40-GB hard disk or larger.
- A high-speed Internet connection.
- (Instructor computer only) A display system to project the
instructor’s computer screen.
Platform Requirements
- Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business Edition.
Software Requirements
- Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business Edition.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- explore the history and development of the Internet.
- describe how computers communicate across the Internet
and describe the technologies that enable Internetworking.
- examine the various constituents and technologies that
enable the World Wide Web.
- explore website development and maintenance.
- describe the various aspects of Internet communication
services.
- examine various security issues related to the Internet.
- describe the present trends and emerging technologies of
the Internet.
Course Content
- Lesson 1: Exploring the History and Development of the Internet
- Topic 1A: Overview of the Internet
- Topic 1B: Overview of the World Wide Web (WWW)
- Topic 1C: Origins and Development of the Internet
- Lesson 2: Examining
the Working of the Internet
- Topic 2A: The Physical Structure of the Internet
- Topic 2B: Data Movement Across the Internet
- Topic 2C: Internet Protocols
- Topic 2D: Internet Addressing
- Topic 2E: Internet Access
- Lesson 3: Examining the World Wide Web
- Topic 3A: Explore Websites
- Topic 3B: Examine Web Clients
- Topic 3C: Examine Web Servers
- Topic 3D: Explore Web Applications
- Topic 3E: Explore Web Addressing
- Topic 3F: Search the Web
- Lesson 4: Exploring Website Development and Maintenance
- Topic 4A: Website Development
- Topic 4B: Web Content Authoring
- Topic 4C: Web Graphic Creation
- Topic 4D: Web Programming
- Topic 4E: Web Hosting
- Topic 4F: Website Maintenance and Administration
- Lesson 5: Exploring
Internet Communication Services
- Topic 5A: Electronic Mail (Email)
- Topic 5B: Transfer Files Through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- Topic 5C: Instant Messaging (IM)
- Topic 5D: Internet Forums
- Topic 5E: Internet Telephony
- Topic 5F: Online Gaming
- Lesson 6: Examining Internet Security
- Topic 6A: Internet
Security Issues
- Topic 6B: Overview of Security Tools
- Topic 6C: Ecommerce Security Issues
- Topic 6D: Configure
Security Settings in a Browser
- Lesson 7: Getting Familiar with Emerging Internet Trends
- Topic 7A: Current
Web Trends and Technologies
- Topic 7B: Emergent Internet Technologies
- Appendix A: FTP
Commands
- Appendix B: How
to Log In to a Remote Host Using a Command-Line FTP Utility