CTP 110 - Internet Fundamentals

3 credit hours - Three hours of lecture weekly; one term.
(formerly CSI 127 - Internet Fundamentals)

Learn concepts, tools, and resources available on the Internet through lectures, classroom demonstrations and supervised lab experiences. Identify characteristics of the Internet, Web browser configuration and operations, Web-based application software, and current and emerging tools for searching and acquiring information from the Internet. Learn website design and construction in HTML. Lab fee $25.

Note: It is highly recommended that students who do not have a working knowledge of computers complete CTA 103 before enrolling in CTP 110 .

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Explore the Internet Technology, tools and resources available
- Difference between various kinds of connections to Internet
- Select a suitable connection for business, home user
- Accessing Internet on phones and mobile devices
- How the Internet works
- Difference between various types of IP addresses
- Function of voice over IP
- Find internet connection speed
- Set up Internet email
- Subscribe to listserv and newsgroup
- Search people by name, telephone, address
Design and implement HTML program
- Create a web site with inter-connected web pages using HTML
- Insert hyperlinks in web pages to resources on the Internet (URLs)
- Insert graphics and links to resources on a storage device
- Make use of cascading style sheet (CSS) while developing web pages
- HTML standards specified by W3C coding standards
- embed image as a background
- use text of various sizes
- Use bulleted lists
- Insert table to organize information
- Create navigation bar
Evaluate web pages
- Determine author credentials
- Determine author’s knowledge on the subject
- Figure out domain type
- Published by entity that makes sense
- Evidence of bias
- Date created
Browse the Internet
- Difference between directories, search engines/meta-search engines
- Examine strengths/weaknesses of various browser
- Boolean operators
- Advanced searches
- Explore grid and cloud computing
Create documents using Web-based software
- Create a Word compatible document
- Create Excel compatible worksheet
- Create PowerPoint compatible presentation
- Use photo-editing software

Core Competencies
Core 1 Communication Core 2 Technology Fluency Core 3 Information Literacy Core 8 Social and Civic Responsibility Core 10 Innovative and Critical Thinking