CGS 1555: Intro to the Internet Syllabus

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or example: 695online.com is a new ISP out of Daytona Beach that offers access at $6.95 per month with local dialup. Many people are enticed by the free trial AOL deal. AOL is good for the beginners but over priced at $23+ per month. Section 1.2 on page 1.18 of Tutorial 1 discusses your connections options.

When you are shopping for an ISP, you need to find information such as:

1. The monthly base fee and whether it is unlimited access or a specific number of hours it provides.
2. The hourly rate for time used over the monthly base amount.
3. Whether the telephone access number is local or long distance.
4. Which specific Internet services are included.
5. What software is included or needed.
6. What user-support services are available.
7. Can you access the ISP when traveling with local dialup.

Directions to set up your modem through My Computer and Dial-Up Networking or Network Places can be access through HELP. You need several things to setup the ISP:

a local dial-up phone number,

your log-on user name,

your log-on user pass word,

your incoming email server address

your outgoing email server address.

After being on the Internet, students may want to have a faster connection. These services start at $29.95 and up. Dialup access via phone is limited to 53 kbs at the very best connection. Some dialups offer a faster connection through some recent tricks for extra money. Caution, you get what you pay for. Cable and DSL are at least twice as fast and is described in Tutorial 1. This is the reason the instructor recommends no long term contracts so that faster options are available at a later time.

HCC does not allow dialup access to the Internet. Also HCC does not assign student SMTP regular E-Mail accounts like USF (beginning Spring Term 2004 HCC may begin issuing student accounts).

Therefore, each campus student should obtain an Internet email access either through hccbrandon.net or brandonfla.com. These domains offer POP3 mail accounts and access via the web similiar to hotmail and Yahoo. These domains are Ad Free. Hotmail, MailExcite, or Yahoo or (all are free) or a private provider (up to $23/month). By the second week of the course the student must have an ISP and an email address. Students who do not have email by the second week will be issued WNA final grades as No Shows.

Students receive the 50 points by emailing the instructor at jtaylor55e@hccbrandon.net (e-learning students) or jtaylor55t@hccbrandon.net (9:30 Tuesday and thurday day class) with cc to jtaylor@hccfl.edu. A short message as to whether this is the student's first email or a description of the student's past email experience should be included in the body. The student should also include information about him or herself such as to major, where you work, you computer experience, and why you are taking this course. Introduce yourself to me. Sections 3.02-3.05 in the text describe how to use email. Subject of the first email is: 55e: First Email or 55t: First Email.

By the end of the second week, the instructor will send a group email to all the students in the class. For 75 additional points the student will add all the class members and the instructor to their address book, setup a group mail in the address book, and send a group email to everyone in the class and Taylor’s three email addresses. Section 3.13 of the text describes how to setup you address book. During the course the students will send weekly group emails to all class members and the instructor for 25 points each. These group emails will include the URL’s of the best web sites found during the weekly period (from bookmarks or favorite sites) subdivided into the following categories: Educational, Entertainment, Informational, on-line E-Commerce.

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