Surfing The Galaxy

Course title	Surfing The Galaxy - using the internet
Lecturer	Garfield Lucas BA
Venue	Dental Informatics Suite, Highcroft
Learning objectives	Delegates on this course discover… History of the Internet Overview of how the Internet works Understanding of web addresses Difference between Email and World Wide Web addresses Frequently answered questions about the Internet In addition we cover some of the difficulties with our Ten Minute Guide to getting connected, which looks at... Choosing an Internet Service Provider (and what this provider does for his money!) Internal versus external modems Costs and telephone line requirements
Practical	Surf the World Wide Web using our high-speed connection to the Internet. In the process you learn about… Using a Web Browser Searching the Web Discussion of quality of information found on the Web Reading Web-type files from a local source
Total session duration	approx. 2½ hours
Number of delegates	5 people, one PC each
Skills assumed of delegate	Beginner/intermediate None assumed. Ideally, you already know your way round one of the following Windows versions reasonably well: 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000 or XP.