1. Internet Skills ELEC135 Alan Noble Room 504 Tel: 0151 79 44562
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3. Overview of the module Aims To introduce the internet
To review the basic protocols
To introduce the language used to write web-pages
To indicate future developments
To provide you with practical skills

4. Topics Covered
What is the internet? A short history and how it developed.
Servers (responsibility, common servers)., communication links. Introduce URL's. Overview of TCP/IP
Hypertext and protocols HTTP, FTP, Web browsers. What is a web-page?

5. Topics Covered (continued)
Introduction to HTML. Text - font, size, colour. Hyperlinks. Alignment and tables. Adding images and multi-media content.
Further HTML - Frames forms and image maps. Style sheets. Java script. The future of HTML, DHTML, XML Active Server Pages.
Web authoring tools. Managing a web site. Where? How many pages. What should the page look like? Helping people find the site.

6. Topics Covered (continued)
Finding information on the Web. Search engines. How to search. How do search sites locate information (Meta tags and web-crawlers).
e-commerce. What is it? Security on the internet.

7. Course Structure NO RESIT ! Continual Assessment No Exam
Primarily a learning process
Assessment is a secondary exercise
NO RESIT !

8. Assignments MARKING A ++ A+ A B C D F 90 – 100 80 – 89 70 - 79 60 - 69
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9. Use ACME !