| *_Week_* | - Topics / Activities - | - Resources - (Readings before class) | - Students' responsibilities - (During and/or after class) |
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| * 1 * | Introduction to the course; expectations. | ||
| * 2 * Jan 28 | History
of E-Mail; How E-Mail Works - POP, IMAP, SMTP, and MIME; E-Mail Clients; Web-based e-mail; Attachments and considerations. | How the Internet Works (HTIW), ch. 16; Follow the links and study the various topics. | After class: Write a description of how e-mail would be useful in the library or information agency in which you work (or hope to work). Justify your reasons for using e-mail. E-mail your essay to muresan@scils.rutgers.edu. Samples of good essays (from previous semester): 1.pdf, 2.htm, 3.pdf. |
* 3 * Feb 4 | The structure and functionality of the Internet; Lab: Use FTP to upload your resume on eden. | HTIW, part I (ch. 1-7); also ch. 31 (FTP). | Assignment (due in 2 weeks): Create a proper resume document, using a variety of Word features (font, size, style, tables, shading, borders, background, ...) and upload it on your eden website with FTP. |
* 4 * Tue, |
Operating systems; Lab: Unix (overview and
basic commands); Dos; |
Follow the links and study the various topics. Web tutorials on DOS, Unix, MS Word (see resources). HTIW, ch. 30 (Telnet). |
Work on your assignment. |
* 5 * Tue, Slides in HTML and PDF |
Class cancelled due to snow storm. | HTIW, ch. 21-25 (Webpages and stuff). | |
* 6 * Tue, |
The World Wide Web (WWW); Lab: Use manual HTML to create a "welcoming" page in your website on eden; use Word (and save as website) to create a "professional" webpage. |
HTIW, ch. 21-25 (Webpages and stuff). HTML tutorials from Resources. |
Assignment (due in 4 weeks): Design and create your own website on eden. It will contain (at least) a "welcoming" webpage, a "professional" webpage (work related) and a "personal" webpage, and links to various resources. |
* 7 * Tue, |
Designing a website; designing webpages. Web authoring tools: Dreamweaver; Susan Keill's presentation (HTML / PDF) and user guide (HTML / PDF) Lab: Use Dreamweaver to create a personal webpage in your website. Link your pages to each other. |
HTML/XHTML tutorials from Resources. | Explore Dreamweaver. Use tutorials in Help. Work on your assignment. |
* 8 * Tue, |
Web languages: HTML & DHTML, XML; CSS; Dynamic/interactive webpages, client-side vs. server-side web programming / scripting, forms and CGI, Perl, Java, JavaScript, ASP. Lab: Include CSS / multimedia / scripts in your website. Example of using frames and CSS: helloframe.html, title.html, links.html, frame.css, lilies.jpg. Example of embedded JavaScript: DynDemo.html. XML example: letter.xml (may not be displayed by some browsers) and letter.dtd (use View > Source to see content). |
HTIW, ch. 26-29, 34-35 (Dynamic webpages, Java, ActiveX, JavaScript, CGI). Online documentation (see Resources). |
Include CSS in your assignment, and maybe some scripts (CGI or JavaScript) downloaded from the Web and adapted. |
* 9 * Tue, |
Spring break; no classes. | No responsibilities :-). | |
* 10 * Tue, |
Information Retrieval; Lab: Use IRIS and a few Web search engines. Conduct a user experiment in pairs (do searches on 2 topics on 2 search engines). Compare the results. |
If interested in IR, you can have a look at the 551 course that I taught in Spring 2002. | Finalize your website assignment. |
* 11 * Tue, |
Organizing tabular data; Microsoft Excel | Any Excel or Microsoft Office (2000 or XP) book, or an online tutorial. | Website assignments due. |
* 12 * Tue, |
Databases; normalization; Microsoft Access | Work on Access exercise. Work on your Excel assignment. |
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* 13 * Tue, |
Presentation tools; Microsoft Powerpoint Bad Powerpoint show, publishing a show (HTML, PDF) |
Reminder - evaluation of final projects (HTML, PDF). Excel assignment due. Lab work: There is no assignment, but you will use Powerpoint to present your final project. |
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* 14 * Tue, Slides in HTML and PDF |
Student presentations: Ed LeBlanc: Entertainment on the Web; Scott Chianese: Internet Security; Christine Poser: Internet Security; Angela Cortez: website; Rengin Konuk: Searching with Dialog. | Read HTIW parts 6-8 (Entertainment, Business and Security on the Internet). These topics will be covered by student presentations. Reminder: people who wrote essays have 10-15 mins to present; people who built websites have about 6-7 mins. It is the quality of the essay or website that will matter most for your grade; however, this is your occasion to "sell" your work. |
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* 15 * Tue, Slides in HTML and PDF |
Student presentations: Renee Cullmann: P2P File Sharing Services; Brent Horbatt: Distance education and e-learning over the Web; Melissa Van Keuren: Digital Libraries; Bob Golon: Internet telephony (VoIP); Diane Campbell: The hidden Web; Harold O'Grady: Semantic Web; Heather Shannon: electronic journals / electronic publishing; Brenna McLaughlin: website; Eric Gilson: Internet and Privacy. |
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* 16 * Tue, Slides in HTML and PDF |
Student presentations: Madeline Murray: Public library website; Jinyoung Park: website; Rose Schulman: website; Cinthia Levy: Rutgers Music Library; Judy Vioreanu: company website; Yi-Le Sung: website; Alicia Nestor: website; Cindy Valence: animal website for children; Sharon Marigliano: website for adults with limited literacy; Evan Cestari: website; Jacqulyn Williams: website; Paul Young: website; Tricia Sutton: website; Raina Hall: website; Ting Luo: website; Emily Arends: website; Rita Nannini: website; Ting Luo: website; Ellie Gold: website. |
