idea@mcr1
on-line internet training


Introduction to the training course


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FAQs: Frequently asked questions
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course sections






(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