BEGINNERS INTERNET TRAINING
Perth Western Australia

Week

TARGET CONTENT

1

Room Procedures and shutting down a PC

What is the Internet? Overview

• Email

• World Wide Web. Defined, how to access it.

• 
  News Groups

• ftp

• IRC

2

Internet Service Providers and Web Hosting Service Providers.

• Choosing

• How to dial up or

• Permanent high speed account - ADSL

3

Browsers 
(eg MS Internet Explorer,  Netscape,  Opera, Amaya ) 

• Help
• Page Title
• Dropdown menu.
• Standard buttons  Navigation, home, history, etc.
• Address Line
• Surf’n
• Bookmarks (Favourites)
• Copying text, pictures, pages, etc
• Web based mail.
  • Pros and cons
      Try:
  • http://www.operamail.com/
  • www.hotmail.com
  • www.yahoo.com
  • www.excite.com
  •  
• Clearing History from  c:\windows\temporary internet folder.
• Viewing source code.
• Setting your homepage (not available for TAFE students)

4

Web Addresses (Uniform Resource Locators - URL)

• (URL wvvw.something.com )
• Types: Country codes , organisations, etc.
• Home pages (index.htm or index.html)
• Sites eg: free music, stock exchange, educational, sport, government, recreational, free software, pictures, web designer resources, etc.
• Web based email
• Online calendars
• Organizing Bookmarks.
• Domain names and Trademarks

5&6

Search Engines

• Search techniques:  Phrasing keywords, Boolean expressions, etc.
• Which SE and when
• Avoiding junk
• Submission of your site to: free and paid express.

7

Email

• eg  MS Outlook,  Eudora,  Communicator
• Composing
• Attachments
• Formatting or Plain text  (When and why)
• Inserting a picture
• Setting up an email account
• Stationery "signature" design, setup and automatic insertion
• Address Book
• Organising Outlook folder shortcuts  eg inbox, contacts, etc.

8

Making money from home with the internet.

• Web Marketing
• Affiliate programs
• Opt-in Email marketing.
• Marketing Manuals

9

Newsgroups

(Not available for my TAFE students at Subiaco )

• Selecting a Group to subscribe to.

• Replying to a message

• Posting a message

10

Printing forms

Graduation / Certificate presentation

Creating your own web page. Quick introduction.