idea@mcr1
on-line internet training
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(These headings link to sub pages which include ojectives for the section)		(These headings take you to individual sessions and have the amount of dingbats each are worth. Remember, you are required to complete all sessions that are in bold text below.)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)		What Is FTP? What Kinds Of Files Are There On The Internet? How Can I Download Files? Why Might I Need To Convert Files & How Can I Do It? FTP Exercise for Mac users FTP Exercise for PC users
Electronic Mail for the Macintosh and PC		Introduction Idea E-mail Exercise Creating and Saving a Message Sending a Message Attaching a File to a Message Creating a Signature Checking for Mail Automatically Checking for Mail Manually Replying to a Message Transferring a Message Deleting a Message Creating, Renaming, and Removing Nicknames Forwarding a Message Redirecting a Message
Introduction to the web		What is the world wide web? Web browsers Bookmarks and startup pages Netscape Navigator: basic commands Search Engines Essential Menu Command
Mailing Lists and Bulletin Boards		Different Types Of Asynchronous Communication Bulletin Boards Why Mailing Lists? Basic Concept Of The Mailing List Listserv, Mailbase, Llstproc And Other Mailing List Servers. What are mailing list servers and what are their functions? Mailing Lists in more detail What Address Do I Use To Join A List? What address do I use to post a message to a list What comand do I use to join a list? How Do I leave a list? Mailing List Exercises Idea mailing List Exercises
MUDs, MOOs & MUSH's		Introduction to Muds and MOOs Connecting to a MOO via a web browser Client programmes for playing MOO games Client programmes for MAC users (Optional) Client programmes for PC users (Optional) Get MOOing (Optional) A few basic commands (Optional) A different type of MOO(Optional)
Telnet		Introduction to Telnet Telneting to a remote computer Telneting via a web browser Logging into telnet (Optional) Services accesible via Telnet (Optional) Telnet Today (Optional)
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)		Introduction to IRC Clients and servers How to behave on IRC (Optional) First Steps (Optional) Screen and Keyboard activity (Optional) Exercises on IRC (Optional)
Introduction to simple HTML World Wide Web Design