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Spring Semester 2005 |
Scott Cline,
Instructor |
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| Course Description: |
CIW Foundations teaches
basic hands-on skills and knowledge which Internet professionals are
expected to understand. Internet Fundamentals is designed to guide students through the Internet and its wide array of useful resources. Students learn how to use key Internet technologies, such as Web browsers, e-mail, newsgroups, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Telnet, and search engines. Students gain experience configuring both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer to access rich multimedia, including RealPlayer, Shockwave and Flash content. Students also use a variety of Web-based search engines to conduct advanced searches and learn the basics of electronic commerce and security issues. Networking Fundamentals is designed to teach students fundamental networking concepts and practices. Topics include network architecture and standards, networking protocols, TCP/IP, Internet servers, server-side scripting and database connectivity, and security. Web Page Authoring Fundamentals is designed to teach students Web page creation and other aspects of Web authoring. Students gain experience developing Web pages in a text editor and a graphic user interface (GUI) editor. Students also learn how to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and study the basics of Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML), JavaScript, Dynamic HTML (DHTML), and the Document Object Model (DOM). After completing this course, students will be able to create simple Web pages containing text, graphics, hyperlinks, tables, forms, and frames. |
| Required Texts: | Internet Fundamentals Published by: ComputerPREP/ProsoftTraining Networking Fundamentals Published by: ComputerPREP/ProsoftTraining Web Page Authoring Fundamentals Published by: ComputerPREP/ProsoftTraining |
| Grading Scale: | |||||
| Attendance | 10% | A = 90 - 100 | |||
| Discussion Board | 10% | B = 80 - 89 | |||
| Quizzes | 20% | C = 70 - 79 | |||
| Lesson Reviews | 30% | D = 60 - 69 | |||
| Exams | 30% | F = 0 - 59 | |||
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| 100% | |||||
| Attendance: | I will count assignments that are turned in on time as attendance. |
| Discussion Board: | Periodically you will have to discuss items with your classmates in the Discussion Board. |
| Quizzes: | At the end of each lesson, I will give you an online quiz on the lesson you just completed. |
| Lesson Reviews: | At the end of each lesson is a lesson review. You will need to email me your answers to each lesson review. You can send the answers in an email or as an attachment. I CANNOT open Microsoft Works attachments. Microsoft Word is the preferred way to send attachments. |
| Exams: | There will be a total of three exams for this class. There will be one after each book is completed. Since we are preparing for a certification, the exams will be cumulative. |
| Withdrawal Date and Procedure: |
The last day to withdraw from this class is Tuesday, March 29. To initiate this procedure, you must talk to your advisor about withdrawing before this date. |
| Academic Integrity Statement: | Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign an "F" for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses. |
| Other: |
If you need
course adaptations or accommodations because you have a DOCUMENTED disability
(on file in the SSS office,) if you have emergency medical information
to share, or if you need special arrangements in case a building must
be evacuated, please make an appointment with the SSS office within the
first week of class. |
| I reserve the right to modify this syllabus, either verbally or in writing, as is necessary to meet our course objectives. |