Syllabus

LIS 199
INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Fall, 1996

Assisted by Loring Prest, Administrator of the LRL

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Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays
Venue: 289 Undergraduate Library

Tentative syllabus for the new course:
** LIS199: INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Monday, Sept. 9

Introduction, Windows '95, Course Software.

- Virtual Classroom Interface

- Room 289 and Windows '95

- Class Communication

Introduction to Computers, Fundamental UNIX concepts

- Hardware overview

- Command structure and syntax

- File manipulation

- Getting help

Email

- Use of PINE

- Introduction to other email systems, including Eudora

- Basic concepts of saving email to files & folders, printing, etc.

Internet communication

- Mailing lists

- Network news

- talk, IRC and other interactive forums

Web browsing and use

- Use of Mosaic, Netscape, Internet Explorer, and Lynx

- The URL

- Useful network searching sites

- Search Engines

HTML authoring

- Basic format and syntax of HTML tags

- Use of HTML authoring programs such as Pagemill and HTMLedit

- Creation of personal HTML pages (including Unix file

permissions and subdirectories)

Finish HTML session; Internet utilities

- Use of Gopher

- Use of FTP

- Use of WAIS and other databases

Database creation/use

- Database concepts: flat, hierarchical, relational

- Database creation using MS Access

- Database queries using MS Access

Spreadsheet use

- Spreadsheet concepts

- Spreadsheet creation using MS Excel

- Graphs and statistics generated through Excel

Library OPACs

- Brief history and background

- Database functionality

- Searching strategies

UIDIRECT

- Syntax and structure

Care of the Beast:

- Our top 10 trouble-shooting tips for fixing computers that don't work

- Finding deleted files and using aids such as Norton Utilities

Graphics

- Overview

- Simple graphics

Private vendors, CD ROMS, other search utilities

Wide-area networking

- Pre-Internet, BITNET, FIDOnet, and UUNET

- Internet history

- Internet protocols

LANs

- LAN description

- LAN hardware and software

- Fundamentals of Windows NT and Novell LAN software

- Ethernet and other transport mechanisms

Microcomputer configuration and purchase

- Hardware standards and evaluation

- Microprocessor types

- Costs and compatibility

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Last modified: Aug. 13, 1996, by Marsha Woodbury