Last updated: 12/9/03
Welcome to the web site for...

IST 3715
Computers, the Internet and Society

and

IST 3720
eCommerce: Using the Web to Find and Service Customers

for the

Fall 2003 Semester

Comments?

Announcements:

• IST 3715 see new material at Agenda 13 below.

• Next week (12/9) is the last class for eCommerce.

• 12/16 is the Final Exam for Computers, the Internet and Society

This is the "jump page" for these courses. A "jump page" mainly contains links to other topics.

Link to preliminary web page

Here are the major topics on this page:

• Policies, assignments, course meetings
• Online tools
• Information about the class and participants
• Lectures and further information from other sources
• Course descriptions
• General information

Policies, assignments, course meetings

• IST 3715: Computers, the Internet, and Society
  • Syllabus for IST 3715
• IST 3720: eCommerce: Using the Web to Find and Service Customers
  • Syllabus for IST 3720
  • Business Plan assignment
• Agenda for class 1 (September 2)
• Agenda for class 2 (September 9, eCommerce)
• Agenda for class 3 (September 16: Computers, the Internet, and Society)
  • Common elements in Windows
  • Word processing overview
  • Topics for Quiz 1 (preliminary)
• Agenda for class 4 (September 23, eCommerce)
  • Project1.txt for Project 1
  • eCommerce site information
• Agenda for class 5 (September 30: Computers, the Internet, and Society)
• Agenda for class 6 (October 7, for eCommerce only)
  • Using Active Server Pages, Installment 1 (handout)
• Agenda for class 7 (October 14, for Computers, the Internet, and Society)
  • Brief History of the Internet
• Agenda for class 8 (October 21, for eCommerce)
  • Javascript Demo (client-side processing for addition, multiplication and concatenation)
    • Javascript HTML file as a text file (.txt instead of htm)
    • Generic processor as a text file (txt instead of asp)
  • Active Server Pages Demo (server-side processing for addition, multiplication and concatenation)
    • ASP processor as a text file (.txt instead of asp)
  • Email Demo (sending an email in ASP)
    • ASP processor as a text file (.txt instead of asp)
  • Building a table while traversing a table in ASP (.txt instead of asp)
• Agenda for Class 9 (Computers, the Internet, and Society)
  • PowerPoint
  • Topics for Quiz 2
• Agenda for Class 10 (eCommerce only)
  • eCommerce Database guide
  • Process Order ASP page as a text file
• Agenda for Class 11 (Computers, the Internet, and Society)
  • Using Microsoft Access
    • IST 2710 web site (get WebLog.mdb from here)
  • Internet trends
  • Final Exam Topics (Updated for Agenda 13 Item I.C)
• Agenda for Class 12 (eCommerce only)
  • Using DOS Edit
  • Using WS_FTP
  • New ASP Demo
• Agenda for Class 13 (Computers, the Internet, and Society) Updated after class on 12/4 to include new material
  • Globalization: FreeTrade Vs Protectionism New Handout
• Agenda for Class 14 (eCommerce)

Online tools

• Weekly Class Report
• Class signin/signout
• Information form Please fill out this information form at your early convenience. The form will ask you about the name and version of your Web software and your email software. For any Windows program, you can get this information by choosing the program's "Help" menu, and then the "About" item on the drop-down menu list.
• Online grade reports. Before these will work for you, you must first have used the Information form to change GradeReports from No to Yes
• Link to the computer conference
  • Safely managing your list of new messages
  • Using the computer conferencing system. This can take a long time to download because of all the screenshots, but it will show you what to do.
• Art gallery (Link back through David Bowen's web site)
• Web hub - downloads to your desktop, reminds you about course, has necessary course links
• WSU Server Monitor - is it you or the server?

Information about the class and participants

• Personal web pages
• eCommerce web sites
• Class photo album

Lectures and further information from other sources

• for both classes...
  • News about Computers and the Internet, 12/9/03
  • Making Your Own Web Page
  • Protecting Yourself Online
    
• for Computers, the Internet, and Society...
  • Social Issues for Essays
     
• for eCommerce: Using the Web to Find and Service Customers...

Course descriptions

• Original course descriptions

General ISP and WSU information

• Online life at WSU
• Link to WSU online directory