LIB 90: Internet Literacy
Spring 2012
Welcome to the Internet Literacy web site!
This course provides an overview of the wealth of information available through the Internet. Throughout the semester, you will have an opportunity to explore tools and techniques for effective web searching, explore web-based multimedia, participate in collaborative projects, create your own web pages, and use the Internet to perform your own research. You will also take part in dynamic, online discussions.
Course Documents
Course Textbook
The class textbook (Internet Effectively by Tyrone Adams & Sharon Scollard) is available for purchase at local bookstores, the college bookstore or may be ordered through the Internet from a variety of sources, including:
- Amazon.com
- Barnes and Noble
- Campus Books (discounted prices)
- AllBookstores.com
- Powell's Online Bookstore
Course Web Site:
About Online Instruction
Are you unfamiliar with online learning and web-based instruction? Not every student finds online learning suitable. Some of the variables that affect your success as an online learner include the following:
- Personal learning style
- Personal study habits
- Level of writing and communication skills
- Level of computer and technology skills
Visit the following web pages for more information:
You are encouraged to find a "study buddy" to work collaboratively on class assignments throughout the semester. All lectures and assignments for this class are available online through eCollege. You may use Hartnell library computers or your home computer and home Internet access to participate in the class.
Orientation
Recommended Orientation sessions will be held Tuesday, January 24, Library Information Competency Center, 4-5 p.m. or Wednesday, January 25, Library Information Competency Center, Noon - 1 p.m. You may also view an online orientation. IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND AN ORIENTATION, PLEASE BE SURE TO LOG ON TO THE COURSE NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, January 25 (the first short assignment is actually due Friday, January 27).
Once you log onto eCollege, there is also a built in Student Orientation Tutorial to acquaint you with the features built into eCollege.
BE SURE TO THOROUGHLY READ THE SYLLABUS AND THE ASSIGNMENT/DUE DATE CHART. Consider these documents my contract with you. They outline the rules and grading procedures of the class.
What Skills Should I Have to Start This Class?
| Computer | Word-processing | Internet | |
| You should understand your computer type (PC or Macintosh), be able to create, save, organize, and retrieve files and folders, name and rename files and folders, locate programs and files, open and close folders and files. | You should be able to start and operate a current word-processing program, create and format paragraphs and documents, names and save documents as files, save files in different formats such as .rtf, .doc, and .txt. |
You must have your own e-mail account and should be able to send and receive e-mail messages using your own personal e-mail account or your school e-mail account, create and organize an electronic address book, attach files to e-mail and open e-mail attachments. | You should be able to establish a dial-up or Network enabled Internet connection, start up a browser program such as Internet Explorer or Firefox, type in web addresses to navigate to specific websites, move backward and forward to visited sites, use links, scroll bars, bookmarks and refresh tools, create and organize bookmarks. |
Recommended Software Tools
| Software | Available at: | Purpose |
| Acrobat Reader | Free on the Internet at http://www.adobe.com/ . Scroll to the bottom of the page, click on the button to download free Adobe Acrobat Reader. | View, print, and move around in PDF files that appear similar to the printed version complete with page layout and graphics. |
| Internet Explorer | Free on the Internet at http://www.microsoft.com/ . See "Downloads". | Web browser software |
| Firefox | Free on the Internet at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ | Web browser software |
| Shockwave Flash Player | Free on the Internet at http://www.macromedia.com/ . See "Downloads". | Allows user to view and hear online multimedia created with Flash software. |
| Windows Media Player | Free on the Internet at www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/players.aspx . Be sure to pick the version compatible with your operating system. | Allows user to view and hear online audio and video. |
| Quicktime | Free on the Internet at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ . | Plug-in that permits web browsers to display animation, play music and video. |
Welcome to the class! If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me at jfellguth@hartnell.edu. Be sure to put LIB90 in the subject line.