Format

Classroom

Duration

2.0 Day(s)

Description

Basic Internet Business Skills teaches new users to access the Internet and its vast resources. Students will learn to use the Internet for e-mail, newsgroups, Gopher, Veronica, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Telnet, and to access the World Wide Web. Students will gain experience using the most popular Internet browsers: Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0. Students will also preview the latest browser versions: Navigator 4.0 and Internet Explorer 4.0 .

Audience

This class is a perfect introduction for students who want to use the Internet, which includes locating information and communicating with people around the world.

Objectives

After completion of this course the student should be able to
- use Various Internet Applications to Find Information
- download Internet Files
- use Browsers and Search Engines to Find Information on the Web
- use E-Mail Clients

Contents

- Overview of the Internet:
- How the Internet Evolved
- Internet Service Providers and Online Services
- Understanding Internet Addresses
- Overview of Security Concerns
- Using Internet Resources:
- Using Electronic Mail Clients
- Using FTP to Upload and Download Files
- Overview of Newsgroups
- Using Gopherspace and Veronica
- Micrsoft Telnet
- Understanding Future Technologies
- Exploring the World Wide Web:
- Evolution of the Web
- Components of the World Wide Web
- Microsoft and Netscape Browsers
- Exploring a Web Page
- Using Search Engines
- Preview of Navigator 4.0/Communicator and Internet
- Explorer 4.0:
- Overview of Navigator 4.0
- E-Mail Features
- Security Basics
- Comparison of Internet Explorer 4.0 with 3.0 (Discussion only)
- Skillbuilder:
- Finding Information on the Web