Intro to the Internet
Become net-savvy in six short weeks! Learn where the Internet came from, what makes it tick, and where it's headed. Learn five secrets about e-mail that you'll wish you knew long ago. Learn how MIME will allow you to attach programs, documents and pictures to simple e-mail messages. Learn how to put File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to work for you. Learn advanced search techniques so that you'll be able to find virtually anything on the World Wide Web. Get answers to virtually any question you could imagine asking in the Newsgroups. Conduct live conferences over the Internet with chat and Internet Telephony. Explore the uncharted wilderness of Gopherspace. Take control of remote computers with Telnet.
Creating Web Pages
Create and post your very own Web site on the Internet in this extensive, hands-on, six week workshop. First, you'll learn about the capabilities of the World Wide Web and the fundamentals of web design. Then, with your instructor's patient guidance, you'll plan the content, structure and layout of your Web site, create pages full of neatly formatted text, build links between the pages and to the outside world, and add color, backgrounds, graphics, tables, hot buttons, and animation.
You'll also learn critical and timely information on securing the best possible location in search engine listings, and powerful no-cost or low-cost web marketing strategies.
Finally, you'll learn how to save time with an HTML authoring program, how to select a server for your Web site, and how to upload your web site to the server.
Advanced Web Pages
Improve your web site by learning all the HTML you'll need to organize text and graphics into columns; enhance site navigation and appearance with frames; add interactive communication capabilities to your site with order forms and comment boxes; jazz up your web pages with background music and sound effects; add scrolling text and buttons that respond to mouse movement with Javascript; and turn a graphic into an imagemap. You'll also learn where you can go to obtain and incorporate low or no-cost third party visitor counters, search engine front ends, chat rooms, shopping carts, cooperative ads, and digital cash capabilities into your web site.
Creating Web Graphics
Learn how to create stunning titles, banners, icons, buttons, rules, borders, backgrounds, animated images, text effects, drop shadows, 3-d effects, and more! You'll also learn the difference between the .gif and .jpeg formats and how to work effectively with both. You'll learn about interlacing, transparent backgrounds, color palettes, animation and imagemaps. Finally, you'll learn several exciting tips that will help you keep your image sizes small and your web pages loading fast!
Microsoft FrontPage
No time to learn HTML? Find out how FrontPage makes it easy to create professional web sites without programming. In this six-week online workshop, you'll learn how to format text on your web page, work with graphics, generate hyperlinks and bookmarks, build tables and forms, create hotspots, and use the WebBot to build search tools and a table of contents for your web site. When your site is complete, you'll learn how to select a web host, how to upload the site to your web server, and how to publicize the site.
JavaScript Programming for the Web
Want to spiff up your web pages with animated buttons, flashy rollovers, scrolling marquees, interactive forms, cookies, and awe-inspiring graphic effects? JavaScript is an easy-to-use HTML programming tool that enables you to add dynamic elements to your HTML code. In this course, you will learn how to improve your web pages by adding animation, interactivity, style sheets, site navigation, and other JavaScript enhancements.
Java Programming for the Web
If you're ready to add animated presentations, interactive tutorials, computer-based simulations, or games to your web site, then it's time to learn Sun's hot new Web language, Java. In this hands-on course, you'll learn the fundamentals of Web programming with Java, you'll create several simple stand-alone Java applets, and you'll learn how to integrate Java applets into your overall Web site design.
CGI Programming for the Web
Learn how to take your web site to the next level with CGI! Without CGI, your web site can only display static documents and links to other pages. With CGI, your web site becomes fun, interactive, and informative. If you're serious about doing business on the Internet, you need to know CGI. In this hands-on series of online classes, you'll learn how to use CGI and the Perl programming language to work with cookies and forms, and you'll get to build your own searchable database, bulletin board, and e-mail autoresponder. HTML experience or completion of the Creating Web Pages class is required.
Understanding America Online
America Online is without a doubt one of the most visible and popular online services on
the market today. Learn how to make AOL work for you and not against you. Learn how to
install or upgrade, customize, work with e-mail and navigate the web, chat, and use
message boards with AOL.