Topics and other material for dates in the future should be taken as tentative and subject to change. Links will generally be completed only slightly before they are to be used.
| Date | Topics | Labs | Assignments |
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| 28 Jan. | Course goals; Course outline; Network connections; Network throughput | Quiz 0 | Readings: sections 1.1-1.6, 1.7, and pp. 65-76 (Above and Beyond) |
| 30 Jan. | History of the Internet; Internet protocols & routing |
ping traceroute |
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| 4 Feb. | Protocols: TCP, DNS, ASCII | nslookup | Readings in Web 101 (3rd ed.): Sections 2.4-2.6, 3.3-3.6, and pp. 218-224 (Above and Beyond). You may also wish to skim 2.1-2.3 and 3.1-3.2. |
| 6 Feb. | Protocols: SMTP, MIME, Unicode; Email hazards (Spam, Fraud, & Viruses) | Email hazards | |
| 11 Feb. | World Wide Web (WWW): History; client-server model | Readings in Web 101 (3rd ed.): Sections 1.8-1.11; all of chapter 5. | |
| 13 Feb. | URL format; Browser management; Web searches | Web searches Google Image Labeler |
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| 18Feb. | HTML: Basic page structure; text formatting; links; images | Introduction to HTML | Readings in Web 101 (3rd ed.): All of Chapter 9 |
| 20 Feb. | More HTML | Beowulf account management More HTML |
Readings in Web 101 (3rd ed.): Sections 10.1-10.2 |
| 25 Feb. | HTML Tables | HTML tables Color picker |
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| 27 Feb. |
Image formats |
Photoshop Scanning Photos |
Readings in Web 101 (3rd ed.): Section 10.4; sections 2.6-2.16 |
| 3 Mar. |
Image maps Scripting teaser |
Image maps | |
| 5 Mar. | Security Privacy Web 2.0 |
Further explorations | Readings in Web 101 (3rd ed.): All of chapter 4; skim chapter 8. |
| 10 Mar. | T.B.A. | ||
| 12 Mar. | T.B.A. |