Technical Introduction to the Internet

Course length: 1 day (6 Hours)Return to Web Developer

 

Course description

Overview: Students will learn introductory technical concepts underlying the Internet and the World Wide Web. This course is suitable for anyone who has used a Web browser to access the World Wide Web, but is now looking to learn more about how the Internet and the Web work.

 

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the  Software Training course Internet Explorer 5.x: Introduction, or have extensive equivalent knowledge.

 

Delivery method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

 

Benefits: Students will learn what goes on behind the scenes to enable Internet and Web connections to work. This information is useful for anyone embarking on a technical career related to computers or the Internet, as well as those who intend to use the Internet for business or commercial purposes.

 

Target student: Students enrolling in this course should understand fundamental computer concepts (such as how to run applications, manage files, and so forth) and how to use a Web browser.

 

What's next: This course is not part of a series, although students who want to build upon the concepts covered in this course can take a variety of other Software Training courses on Web site development and e-commerce (depending on the skills they would like to acquire), such as HTML 4.01 Web Authoring, Web Development with Cascading Style Sheets, Web Design Usability Techniques, PaintShop Pro v7.0, DHTML Cross Browser Techniques, and others.

 

Performance-based objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

·        Recount a brief history of the Internet, and explain its impact on business, the culture at large, and its possible impact on the future.

·        Explain how computers communicate across the Internet.

·        Explain how Web servers and client software such as Web browsers work together to enable users to browse information and run applications on the Web.

·        Describe the roles and responsibilities of Web site developers (including authors, designers, programmers, and administrators), the tools they use, and the general principles they follow when developing Web sites.

·        Name and describe some of the services provided by the Internet other than the World Wide Web.

·        Describe security hazards that go along with connecting to the Internet, and some of that tactics that can be used to minimize those hazards

 

Course content

Lesson 1: A History of the Internet

Origins and Development of the Internet

How Internet Standards are Developed

Predicting the Future of the Internet

 

Lesson 2: How Computers Communicate on the Internet

Moving Data across the Internet

Internet Protocols

Internet Addresses

Making the Connection

 

Lesson 3: The World Wide Web

A Look behind the Web

Web Pages and Other Content

Web Clients

Web Servers

Web Applications

 

Lesson 4: Web Site Development

Who Builds Web Sites

Web Content Authoring

Web Graphics Design

Web Programming

Web Server Administration

 

Lesson 5: Other Internet Services

Electronic Mail

FTP

Newsgroups

Other Internet Services

 

Lesson 6: Internet Security

Security and the Internet

Security Tools

E-commerce Security Issues Return to Web Developer