Lesson 1 offers an overview of the fundamentals of the Internet. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Describe the current status and future development trends of the Internet
- Categorize major ways in which the Internet is being used
- Describe the basic services of Internet service providers including dial-up, Web hosting, and secure socket connections
- Conduct an analysis of your needs for online service and select an Internet service provider with services that match your needs
- Select a domain name and create a unique presence on the Internet
- Describe what is meant by "client/server architecture"
- Describe and explain why you would use Telnet
- Describe the three kinds of electronic mail systems — server-side, client-side, and hybrid, and in what situations they are most useful
- Set up and use Pine (server-side e-mail software) and Eudora (client-side e-mail software) to send electronic messages and identify differences between the two kinds of e-mail services
- Distinguish between mailing lists and newsgroups
- Explain netiquette and its importance to e-mail communication on the Internet
- Describe privacy considerations you must make when sending e-mail messages on the Internet
- Use basic features of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator
- Compare the relative strengths of Internet Explorer and Communicator
- Describe the distinction between a directory service and search engine
- Conduct an information search using both a directory service and a search engine
- Utilize good searching techniques to find information on the Internet

At the end of Lesson 2 you will be able to:
- Describe how Internet Explorer and Netscape browsers display a document on the World Wide Web
- Use HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) to build a Web-ready document that includes images, internal links, and external links
- Describe and demonstrate the difference between absolute, root, relative, and internal referencing
- Build or edit a Web document using server-side scripts written in Pico
- Describe the role and parts of a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) on the World Wide Web
- Download, install, and use WS_FTP (PC) or Fetch (Mac) to upload or download files from one computer to another on a network
- Download, install, and use WinZip (PC) or ZipIt (Mac) to compress files for transfer on the Internet
- Utilize UNIX commands to move, copy, delete, and rename files or directories on a server
- Apply the UNIX chmod command to enable permissions for the site owner, network group, and other visitors to read, write, and execute files on a server
- Describe the difference between using encryption and cybercash for carrying out online Internet financial transactions
- Describe a firewall and how it protects a network from hackers

At the end of Lesson 3, you will be able to:
- Determine image file sizes on Windows and Mac computers
- Distinguish between GIF and JPEG image file formats and when to use them
- Determine image file sizes on Windows and Mac computers
- Create and manipulate GIF and JPEG images, and use them appropriately within a web document
- Describe the difference between a client-side image map and server-side image map
- Create three kinds of image maps and incorporate associated HTML, including hyperlinks, within a web page
- Describe the PNG image file format and why it is favorably considered as a graphic file format for the Internet
- Describe a Flash animation and why it is an efficient way to create animated graphics on the Web
- Use tables to position text and graphics on a Web page
- Describe and utilize nested tables
- Use cellpadding and cellspacing attributes to format cells and cell content within a table
- Use tiling to create a custom background on a Web page
- Create a transparent pixel graphic with height and weight attributes to precisely position elements on a Web page
- Build a frameset document in HTML using the frameset and frame tags, and target content to specified screen sections
- Describe a floating frame, and how it is used
- Describe the function of a Cascading Style Sheet
- Describe the difference between an Internal Style Sheet and External Style Sheet
- Articulate how interactivity can work to achieve the goals of a Web site
- Describe CGI (Common Gateway Interface), and implement a simple CGI-based form on a Web page
- Describe JavaScript, how it differs from Java, and its primary role in Web authoring
- Build a JavaScript rollover on a Web page
- Describe Java, its main features, and how it applies to Web authoring
- Implement and demonstrate how a Java applet is used on a Web page
- Describe situations where each of these technologies could be used to create interactive experiences on the Web

Enjoy!