Introduction to the Internet & the WWW

Objectives
On completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• communicate with others around the world using E-Mail (electronic mail), IRC and Newsgroups;
• navigate and search the Internet to find and retrieve textual and graphical information on just about any topic they can think of; and
• download software from the World Wide Web and FTP

Pre-requisites
It is assumed that participants will:

• have used a computer before
• know how to use a mouse
• have a working knowledge of the Microsoft Windows environment

Topics

History of the Internet

Origins and Concepts

Early Years

Australia and the Internet

Using Email

Introduction

Using Eudora

Checking Your Mail

Reading Your Mail

Sending an Email

Replying, Forwarding and Redirecting

Advanced Features of Eudora

Signatures

Mailboxes

Address Book

Netiquette

Useful Eudora Shortcuts

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

What is FTP?

Using Cute FTP

Useful CuteFTP Shortcuts

Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

About IRC

Using MIRC

Useful Mirc Shortcuts

Usenet

What is Usenet?

Using Free Agent

Configuring Free Agent

Choose a Newsgroup

Subscribing To Groups

Retrieving Headers and Messages

Reading Messages

Responding and Posting New Messages

Posting Messages

Responding to Messages

Attachments

Tips for Usenet

Charters and FAQs

Useful Free Agent Shortcuts

World Wide Web (WWW)

Introduction

Hyperlinks

Using Internet Explorer

The Internet Explorer Toolbar

Finding What You Want

Search Engines

Returning To What You've Found

History List

Offline browsing

Favourites

Synchronising Sites

Online Forms

Saving Content

Browser Settings

Shortcut Keys

Appendices

Choosing an Internet Service Provider

Different Web Browsers

Glossary of Internet and Related Terms

Useful URLs