Transcript The Internet Unit PowerPoint for Information Systems at Int 2

The Internet
Information Systems,
Intermediate 2
Intermediate 2
Two sets of notes
• Notes on the Internet
• Notes on creating a website
Notes on the Internet
Notes on the Internet deal with
• Internet services
• Communication hardware
• Protocols
• Internet operations
• Browser facilities
• Using the Internet
Internet services
List of Internet services:
• World Wide Web (WWW)
• E-mail
• Conferencing and newsgroups
• File transfer and file updating
• Chat/instant message
Communications hardware
Server-side hardware consists of:
• Computers
• Disk drives
• Communication links
• Multiplexor
• Hubs
• Switches
• Routers
• Gateways
• Bridges
Protocols
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Protocols
Internet transmission protocols
TCP/IP
IP addresses
Internet service protocols
HTTP
FTP
POP/SMTP
Internet operations
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Bandwidth
Packets
TCP/IP
IP address
Routing
Bandwidth
Browser facilities
Browser software has a number of navigation tools to help
the user move through the Internet:
• Address bar
• Home button
• Forward and back buttons
• Favourites folder
• History folder
Using the Internet
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Browser software
Search engines
Advanced search
Boolean and domain searches
Virus protection
Notes on creating a website
• Authoring and browsing
• Main web-authoring tools
• Use Microsoft Word to create web
page/site
• Student exercise
• Use any web-authoring software
• Outcome 2 and checklist
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Icon based
Web tools
Hyperlink tool
Scripting tools
Save as web page
Website map
My Home Page
My Interests
My Favourite TV
• Hyper linking
• Create a web page
Web page features
• Colour
• Background colour
• Hyperlinking
• WWW hyperlinks
• Add graphics
• Headings styles
• Tables
• Need for tables
Web page referencing
• Absolute
• Relative
• Problems with absolute referencing
Graphic compression
• Bit-mapped graphic
• jpeg
• Need for compression
Use of tables
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Create table with menu
Create airline database
Change rows and columns
Change borders
UK website
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
• Create UK website
• Add graphics and text
Wales
Outcome 2
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Decide upon a title for your home page.
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Decide upon the titles of all the other web pages.
3.
Draw a site map of your intended website.
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Create a new directory which will allow you to store your website.
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Create a sub-directory called Files, which will be used to save downloaded images
and text.
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Use the Internet to gather resources such as the graphics, sound and music. Store
these resources in the Files directory.
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Create the website.
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Use Heading styles.
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Use Table structures.
10. Obtain a hardcopy printout or screenshot of your website.
This will be used as evidence for Outcome 2.