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Dive into the fundamental aspects of the internet in this module, including a brief history, essential protocols, web page creation, and upcoming advancements. Gain practical skills in HTML and web authoring tools to manage websites efficiently. Understand how to navigate search engines, delve into e-commerce, and grasp internet security concepts. This course offers continual assessment with no exams, focusing on learning and skill development. Explore the world of the internet and equip yourself with valuable knowledge for the digital age.
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Internet SkillsELEC135 Alan Noble Room 504 Tel: 0151 79 44562 (44562 internal) a.noble@liv.ac.uk
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
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?
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.
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.
Course Structure Continual Assessment No Exam Primarily a learning process Assessment is a secondary exercise NO RESIT !
Assignments MARKING A ++ A+ A B C D F 90 – 100 80 – 89 70 - 79 60 - 69 50 - 59 40 - 49 <40
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