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"Internet Access and Infrastructure Development
for research, educational and civil society
development purposes" project
United Nations Development Program / AzerbaijanMinistry of Communications and Information TechnologyOpen Society Institute - Assistance Foundation / AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Research and Educational Networking Association

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702 Drogal lane,
Post Delivery Office,
3rd floor
Baku AZ1010 Azerbaijan
Tel: (+99412) 5963741
Fax: (+99412) 5963742
office@noc.aznet.org

Internet Essentials curriculum

Internet Essentials curriculum has been developed for those having basic computer skills and whishing to learn the use of Internet resources more effeciently. 8-hour training is a prerequisite for new registered users of AzNET's Internet Access Center. Curriculum is divided to 4 two-hour sessions. Topics covered are shown below.

Title: Internet basics
Level: basic
Prerequisite: basic computer skills
Hours: 2
Maximum enrollment: 20
Contents:

  • Introduction to computer networks
  • Local Area and Wide Area Networks
  • Distributed and global networks
  • Internet definition and components
  • Internet history
  • Sources of information in Internet
  • Addressing in Internet
  • Domain names
  • URL names
  • Basic indexes\domains
  • Basic services of Internet (WWW, FTP, E-Mail)
  • Advices on buying a PC
  • Computer components
  • Operating Systems
  • Internet connection
  • What is ISP
  • Browser software - Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator
  • Working with web files
  • Data formats
  • Saving documents
  • Why Internet is so popular.

Title: Search Engines
Level: basic
Prerequisite: basic computer skills
Hours: 2
Maximum enrollment: 20
Contents:

  • Sources of information
  • Problems when searching the Net
  • Search tools and methods
  • Different types of search systems
  • Overview and operation principles of directories
  • Overview and operation principles of search robots
  • Overview and operation principles of meta-search engines
  • Search syntax and query language
  • Search technique and switches AND, OR and NOT
  • Advanced search with Yahoo, Altavista and Google
  • Search systems popularity chart
  • Search agent software Copernic, WebFerret
  • Conclusion

Title: E-Mail basics
Level: basic
Prerequisite: basic computer skills
Hours: 2
Maximum enrollment: 20
Contents:

  • Electronic vs. usual mail
  • Benefits
  • Operation principles of E-Mail
  • E-Mail message components
  • E-Mail protocols (SMTP and POP3)
  • Conclusions
  • Electronic addresses
  • Operation principles of Microsoft Exchange, as an intranet e-mail client
  • Net etiquette.

Title: Online E-Mail services
Level: basic
Prerequisite: basic computer skills
Hours: 2
Maximum enrollment: 20
Contents:

  • POP3 protocol overview
  • IMAP protocol overview
  • Web based e-mail servers
  • Pros and cons of Web based e-mail
  • SMTP, POP3 and IMAP mail servers
  • Pros and cons of POP3 and IMAP mail
  • Configuring Outlook Express
  • Working with AzNET's web based mail server http://webmail.aznet.org
  • Free SMTP/POP3 mail servers
  • Free web based mail servers
  • Free “forwarding” mail servers

   



"Internet Access and Infrastructure Development for research, educational and civil society development purposes" project