Class Topics and Reading Assignments*

Future class topics, reading, and assignments are subject to change. Check past classes for additional links and resources.

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Week 1

Thursday, 9/10/2009

Introduction to the Class

Syllabus Review
Overview of semester assignments and class policies

Introduction to the Internet and Social Media

Activity: Activate and sign in to your account on the Aii email system
See MIS (window at the end of the hall - across from the faculty office) if you are unable to sign in, or if you cannot reset your password.
Activate and configure your Aii email account, even if you plan to use another account.
Complete the Email Assignment within 48 hours, using the email account that you check regularly (this does not have to your Aii account).
Complete the Twitter assignment Twitter Assignment within 48 hours of the first class.

Read for Next Week

How the Internet Infrastructure Works
How the Old Napster Worked
Read for Next Week: About Modems
The Internet: Section 1 (text book)

Week 2

Thursday, 9/17/2009

How the Internet Works

Physical Layer: DSL, Cable, Fiber Optic, Wireless, Modems
Read for Next Week: Connecting to the Internet
TCP/IP
Packet Switching
Dynamic Routing
The OSI model for networks
Internet Applications: The World Wide Web, Email, IM FTP, Telnet
Net Neutrality
Video: The Internet: Behind the Web (available at the Library)
Read for Next Week: Wikipedia: TCP / IP model (for reference)
Read for Next Week: The Internet: Section 2
Read for Next Week: The Internet: Appendix A

Twitter and Email Setup Review, Blog Setup

Assignment: Set up your class Blog using either Blogger or Wordpress (due next week)

Week 3

Thursday, 9/24/2009

History of the Arpanet / Internet

The World Wide Web

Read for Next Week:How Web Servers Work
HyperText and Linking Documents
World Wide Web
HTTP
HTML
Client / Server
Peer to Peer
Web Browsers: Lynx, Mosaic, Netscape, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari
The Mobile Web
Web Browsers and Web Servers
The New World Wide Web FAQ

Blog Assignment Overview

Overview of Blog Assignment
5 paragraph paper, 3 part thesis structure
Adding in text citations in blogs using hyperlinks
Blog etiquette using "via"

Week 4

Thursday, 10/1/2009

Blogs, RSS, NewsReaders, and Twitter Clients

RSS and Newsreaders (see resources for software)
APIs and Client Software
Twitter client software (see resources for software)
Advanced Twitter: mentions, favorites, and hashtags

IP Addresses and Routing

IP Addresses
whatismyip.com
Traceroute
DHCP
Home Routers and Wi-Fi
NAT, UPnP, Port Forwarding
ISPs and the 2nd class Internet: Dynamic IPs and Asymmetric Bandwidth

Week 5

Thursday, 10/8/2009

DNS - The Domain Name System

DNS - The Domain Name System
ICANN
Registering a Domain Name

Understanding URLS

URLs
Breaking down URLS (protocol, computer address, file path
Ports

Week 6

Thursday, 10/15/2009

Blog Review and Critique

Internet Security

Cookies, Cache, HTTP error codes
Phishing scams, "Man-in-the-Middle" Attacks, and wireless security
Ports, Firewalls, and Filtering
Read for Next Week :Firewall (Wikipedia)

Week 7

Thursday, 10/22/2009

Social Media Case Study: Save Scooters

presentation

Domain Names: Understanding URLs and DNS

Registering a Domain Name
www.GoDaddy.com
Registrars and the WHOIS Database
Web Hosting Options
Dynamic DNS and running your own server
Online branding strategy (leveraging services, owning your traffic)
Using Subdomains

Week 8

Thursday, 10/29/2009

Practical Online Presence

Domain Registration (GoDaddy, Google, Hosting Companies)
Googles Apps
Dreamhost Console
Feedburner and Google Analytics
The WHOIS Database

Week 9

Thursday, 11/5/2009

Social Media Sharing Services and Communities

Photo Services: Picasa, Flickr
Video Services: YouTube, Vimeo, Blip.tv
Lightweight Blogging Services: Tumblr, Posterous

Week 10

Thursday, 11/12/2009

Building and Uploading a Basic Web Page

Basic HTML tags and concepts
Aii Web Hosting
Using a Text Editor (see resources for software)
File Structure and Naming
A basic web page
Setting DOCTYPE and Character Set
- For HTML 4.01 Transitional documents (Unicode / UTF-8) use:
  - <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
  - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
- For HTML 5 Experimental documents (Unicode / UTF-8) use:
  - <!DOCTYPE html>
  - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
Sample web page from class (you can copy this code)
- page from class is at http://sf412.aisites.com
- Choose View -> View Source in Safari to view the source code for the page as an example.
Validating Your Page
- You must use file upload (below) to validate offline pages.
- If you want to validate without the HTML 5 Experimental warnings replace the HTML 5 DOCTYPE line with the HTML 4.01 DOCTYPE line above. This will validate as HTML 4.01 Transitional.
- W3C Validator (Fire Upload, Extra Options)

Week 11

Thursday, 11/19/2009

Creating and Linking Multiple Pages

Container Tags vs Stand-alone Tags
Tags, Attribuites, and Values
Basic Formatting
Lists <ol>, <ul>, <li>
Links
Relative and Absolute Linking

Final Web Site Project Overview

Final Web Site Project
Final Web Site Topics Due by Sunday Night via email

Basic CSS

External, Internal, and Inline CSS
Basic CSS

FTP

Using an FTP Client with the Aii Web Space
Cyberduck
FTP Settings (this will be a link)

Web Page Due at the end of class

Week 12

Web Graphics

Thursday, 12/3/2009

Basic image editing with Preview or Picasa
Compressing and resizing Images
The IMG tag

Creating a Master Page Template

File naming and management
Duplicating multiple pages
Relative links
Validation
Strategies for file structure and FTP