From: gibbsm@ll.mit.edu (MargAret D. Gibbs)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: ALL: internet course
Summary: a course on navigating the internet, conducted thru email
Keywords: internet course email ftp telnet
Date: 12 Nov 92 13:55:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: ll.1992Nov12.135503.24357
Followup-To: poster
Organization: MIT Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA


I know this doesn't have anything to do with soaps, but I hope it
proves useful to people here who want to know about the internet
and how to work with it.  I get a lot of technical questions from
people who read this newsgroup; this message is for them, and anyone 
else with a curious mind.


Navigating the Internet: An Interactive Workshop
------------------------------------------------
 
16-Nov-92 through 11-Dec-92
  "Navigating the Internet: An Interactive Workshop" is intended for
  new or infrequent users of the network of networks called the
  Internet. It is designed to give an overview of several operating
  systems used on the Internet and to give examples of the resources
  available over the Internet.
 
  The only requirements are that the user have access to the
  Internet and can read basic email. Unix, VMS, and VM will be the
  primary operating systems covered in the workshop.
 
  Participants will be sent instructions by email.
 
  A BITNET LISTSERV provided by the University at Buffalo will be
  used for interactive answering of questions and solving problems
  with additional help by email.
 
    Instructor Richard J. Smith
    Assistant Director of Technical Services
    University of Southwestern Louisiana
 
    VMS & VM adaptation by Jim Gerland
    Systems Consultant
    University at Buffalo
 
    Guest lecturer Dr. Chris Tomer
    University of Pittsburgh
 
    Contributions by Peter Scott, Charles W. Bailey Jr.,
    and others will be included.
 
 
Week 1
 
* Internet Mail -- Instructions on how to use basic email
 
* Unix, VMS, VM basics -- How to create, read, edit, copy, and move
  files in Unix, VMS, VM.
 
* User information -- How to find addresses with WHOIS, how to
  finger users, finding files with Archie, and printing basics.
 
 
    --------------------
    Thanksgiving Break (USA) November 25-29, 1992
    --------------------
 
 
Week 2
 
* FTP -- File Transfer Protocol will be explained with instructions
  on how to FTP a document.
 
* FTP -- Explanation and instructions on how to FTP pertinent
  Requests for Comments (RFC). Reading a file in FTP.
 
* FTP -- Instructions on how and where to get Internet reference
  guides, an electronic book, a Supreme Court decision, and several
  PC games.
 
* Instructions on how to subscribe to electronic journals.
  Instructions on FTPing a directory of electronic journals. Reading
  news.
 
 
Week 3
 
* Telnet -- Telnet will be explained with instructions on how to get
  to several OPACs. Capturing a file.
 
* Telnet -- Explanation and instructions on getting to and exploring
  CARL.
 
* Telnet -- Explanation and instructions on getting to and exploring
  Freenet.
 
* Telnet -- Using the ERIC database.
 
* Evaluation
 
 
Registration Fee: free
 
 
AUTOMATED REGISTRATION (preferred)
  To register for "Navigating the Internet: An Interactive Workshop"
  send the following email message (no subject heading) to:
 
    listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
 
  In the body of the email message write:
 
    sub navigate yourfirstname yourlastname
 
  (If the above instructions are unfamiliar to you, ask for
  assistance from your computer center.)
 
 
EMAIL REGISTRATION
 
  Send email requesting registration to:
 
    rs@usl.edu
 
 
U.S. POST REGISTRATION
 
    Richard J. Smith
    Dupre Library
    302 St. Mary Blvd.
    University of Southwestern Louisiana
    Lafayette, LA 70503
 
    Include your name and email address
 
 
PHONE REGISTRATION
 
  Richard J. Smith -- 318/231-6399
 
 
-- 
Margaret D. Gibbs              "Practice random kindness and 
Assistant Staff	                 senseless acts of beauty"
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
gibbsm@ll.mit.edu
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