Course Outline
Internet
 

Phone:717-560-3552
Fax:717-569-1135
E-Mail: Registrar@pceasy.com

Program Objectives: Students will learn how to use Internet Explorer and Outlook Express for navigating, locating information, and communicating utilizing the Internet.

• How to Start the Internet
• What is the Internet?
• How Big is the Internet?
• Local Service Providers
• Internet Service Providers
• Internet Benefits
• E-Mail
• Commercial/Retail Information/Shopping
• Information Browsing/Sharing/Transfer
• What is a "Web/Home Page"?
• Who Owns the Internet
• Where Did it Come From?
• How to Connect to the Internet
• What Do I Need to Get Started?
• What is in a Name?
• Common Errors with Internet Addresses
• What Language Do You Speak?
• Begin the Journey
• E-Mail Addresses
• E-Mail
  • Accessing E-Mail
  • Making Inbox the Default Folder
  • Understanding the Inbox Screen
  • Sorting the Messages
  • Resizing the Columns
  • Typing and Sending a Message
  • Addressing a Message
  • Adding a Contact
  • Attaching a File to a Message
  • Sending a Message
  • Reading/Handling a Message
  • Reading/Replying to a Message
• Viruses
• Trojans/Worms
• Browser Toolbar/Icon Definitions

• Favorites or Bookmarks
  • Adding a Web Site to Listing
  • How to Use
• History Folder
• Printing Information From the Internet
• Address Bar
• Links
• Searching-Surfing-Browsing
• URL Address Bar
• Pricing a Car on the Internet
• Shopping Online
• Search Engines/Web Portals
  • AOL Search
  • Alta Vista 
  • Ask
  • Excite
  • FAST Search
  • Go/Infoseek
  • Google
  • Live
  • Look Smart
  • Lycos
  • Netscape Search
  • Northern Light
  • Open Directory
  • Overture
  • WebCrawler
  • Yahoo
• Chat/Chat Rooms
• Downloading a File
• Newsgroups
• Windows Security/Windows Updates
• Spyware
• Pop-Up Blockers
• Cookies in Windows
• Internet Safety - Do's and Don'ts