INTERNET TECHNOLOGY
 
Lectured in 1st year Applied Computer Science
1ste jaar Toegepaste informatica
Theory [A] 12.5
Exercises [B] 12.5
Training and projects [C] 0.0
Studytime [D] 75
Studypoints [E] 3
Language of instruction Dutch
Lecturer Stefaan DE COCK
Reference EGTOIN01A00226
 
Key words
Internet, e-mail, website, newsgroups, ftp, html, css, netiquette, chat, multimedia

Objectives
To understand and to use the Internet and its different applications.
To design, to create and to publish on the Internet a website, based on html and css.

Topics
PART 1: Internettechnology
History of the Internet.
Internet – intranet – extranet.
Hardware and software requirements : modem – broadband.
Servers – local webserver – server-client.
TCP/IP – protocol – http-protocol - URL-names and domainnames.
Browsers, mailcheckers, ftp and other Internetsoftware.
Navigation on the Internet using hypertext, adresses and search-engines.
Mailing – newsgroups – chat – conferencing and other applications.
Downloading and installation of software (freeware, shareware).
Netiquette – shopping – banking.
Virusses – Virus-security.

PART 2 : Developping and creation of websites
HTML : anatomy of a html-document - tags.
Text on a website - grafic components.
Hyperlinks : text – images - e-mail.
Lists – tabels – formula.
Frames.
Cascading stylesheets.
Required software for the developping of websites.
Publish on the Internet.

Prerequisites
None

Final Objectives


Materials used
Syllabus.
Divers websites on the Internet.

Study costs
None

Study guidance
Blackboard and e-mail.
Monitoring students.
Feed-back after examination.

Teaching Methods
Group discussions.
Exercises in groups.
Exercices.
Selfstudy.

Assessment


Lecturer(s)