Syllabus
LIS 199
INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Fall, 1996
Taught by Marsha Woodbury, Ph.D.
Assisted by Loring Prest,
Administrator of the LRL
Go to the GSLIS Version of the Class Pages.
Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays
Venue: 289 Undergraduate Library
Tentative syllabus for the new course:
** LIS199: INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Monday, Sept. 9
- Introduction, Windows '95, Course Software.
- - Virtual Classroom Interface
- - Room 289 and Windows '95
- - Class Communication
Monday, Sept. 16
- Introduction to Computers, Fundamental UNIX concepts
- - Hardware overview
- - Command structure and syntax
- - File manipulation
- - Getting help
- Email
- - Use of PINE
- - Introduction to other email systems, including Eudora
- - Basic concepts of saving email to files & folders,
printing, etc.
Monday, Sept. 23
- Internet communication
- - Mailing lists
- - Network news
- - talk, IRC and other interactive forums
Monday, Sept. 30 Taught by Loring Prest
- Web browsing and use
- - Use of Mosaic, Netscape, Internet Explorer, and Lynx
- - The URL
- - Useful network searching sites
- - Search Engines
Monday, Oct. 7
- HTML authoring
- - Basic format and syntax of HTML tags
- - Use of HTML authoring programs such as Pagemill and HTMLedit
- - Creation of personal HTML pages (including Unix file
- permissions and subdirectories)
Monday, Oct. 14
- Finish HTML session; Internet utilities
- - Use of Gopher
- - Use of FTP
- - Use of WAIS and other databases
Monday, Oct. 21 Taught by Loring Prest
- Database creation/use
- - Database concepts: flat, hierarchical, relational
- - Database creation using MS Access
- - Database queries using MS Access
Monday, Oct. 28
- Spreadsheet use
- - Spreadsheet concepts
- - Spreadsheet creation using MS Excel
- - Graphs and statistics generated through Excel
Monday, Nov. 4
- Library OPACs
- - Brief history and background
- - Database functionality
- - Searching strategies
Monday, Nov. 11
- UIDIRECT
- - Syntax and structure
- Care of the Beast:
- - Our top 10 trouble-shooting tips for fixing computers
that don't work
- - Finding deleted files and using aids such as Norton Utilities
Monday, Nov. 18
- Graphics
- - Overview
- - Simple graphics
Monday, Nov. 23
- Private vendors, CD ROMS, other search utilities
Monday, Nov. 30
- Wide-area networking
- - Pre-Internet, BITNET, FIDOnet, and UUNET
- - Internet history
- - Internet protocols
Monday, Dec. 2
- LANs
- - LAN description
- - LAN hardware and software
- - Fundamentals of Windows NT and Novell LAN software
- - Ethernet and other transport mechanisms
Monday Dec. 9
- Microcomputer configuration and purchase
- - Hardware standards and evaluation
- - Microprocessor types
- - Costs and compatibility
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Last modified: Aug. 13, 1996, by Marsha Woodbury
