Instructor Contact Information

Learning the Internet (CBTE 161)
Fully Online

Instructor: Wahid Hamidy
San Diego Miramar College
10440 Black Mountain Road
619-388-7702
whamidy@sdccd.edu

Textbook and Course Material Requirements

Internet Research - Illustrated, 4th Edition
Donald I. Barker |  Carol D. Terry
ISBN-10: 1423999428 | ISBN-13: 9781423999423 | 112 Pages  | © 2009  | Published

Purchase Textbooks Online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore

Hardware and Software Requirements

Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Internet Browser:
You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in WebCT, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here.

Course Description

This course is designed for students who are interested in an introduction to the Internet. Students receive hands-on practice using Internet Explorer to navigate the World Wide Web and link to Internet resources. Topics include creating and sending: email, FTP, and file downloading, locating newsgroups and other discussion tools, conducting business on the Internet, and creating Web pages using HTML.

Course Objectives

1. Identify the features and components of Netscape.
2. Navigate the Internet with Netscape.
3. Link to Internet resources including FTP, Gopher, Usenets, and E-Mail.
4. Locate information on such topics as travel reservations, tracking shipments, business resources,
employment search and resume posting
5. Create Web pages including hypertext links.

Application and Registration Information

REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services
2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.
3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system.
4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!   Fees and Tuition Information.
5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.
6. After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net and login on the first day of class as follows:
   
   Type your WebCT ID = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
   Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (your birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
   
   For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for the birthdate June 23, 1980 )
    
7.  If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist.