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Online Course CIS 37
Fundamental Internet Techniques and Strategies for College

Please note that this course is a Classroom based course.

So, What Is This Class?

our most basic Internet course
designed to build your confidence and prepare you for further learning
will help you to learn how the Internet functions and how to use some
of the basic features of the Internet:
use a Web browser to locate, navigate, print and save educational Web resources;
prepare for taking an online course, including discussions, assignments, downloads, forms, and email;
conduct basic Web searches using various basic options such as, address line keywords, search button, search engines and web directories, and provide a written evaluation of the quality of the web information obtained
use Web-based email to send and receive messages, open and send attachments, and organize saved messages and addresses using folders and the address book.

Course Description:

Hands-on introduction to the Internet and computer skills for practical application in online courses or college courses with a computer component. Locating educational websites, evaluating and citing web resources, saving and organizing research results. Strategies for online learning: online discussions download and upload course materials, attachments. Basic Internet security precautions.
Along with C.I.S. 50, prepares for C.I.S. 67.

What Methods Will Be Used In This Class?

the instructor lectures, demonstrates, encourages and facilitates discussion online via the Blackboard system
the students participate in weekly discussions via the discussion board, learning activities, accessing Web-based instruction, writing on assigned topics, quizzes, and computer work.