Holiday Greetings
Courtesy of Angela W. Pokemon@canada.com

Last updated: 12/18/99
Instructor's home page (David R. Bowen)

Welcome to the web site for...

AGS 3360
eCommerce: Using the Web to Find and Service Customers

and

AGS 3340
Computers, the Internet and Society

for the

Fall 1999 Semester

Announcements:

• Online grade reports working as of 11/25/99. Check with David Bowen if you need to be reminded of your password for this system.
• See eCommerce Agenda for sixth class for information on viruses, virus protection and anti-virus web sites

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

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

• AGS 3340: Computers, the Internet, and Society
  • Syllabus for AGS 3340
  • Assignment Schedule for AGS 3340
  • Quiz 1 description (last updated on 9/30/99)
  • Quiz 2 (last updated on 11/13/99)
  • Topics for Final Exam
• AGS 3360: eCommerce: Using the Web to Find and Service Customers
  • Syllabus for AGS 3360
  • Assignment Schedule for AGS 3360

Online tools

• Class signin
• Weekly Report Form
• Turning in homework electronically (link back to Bowen web site, for those who have trouble with email attachments early in the semester)
• 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.
• Link to the computer conference
• Using the computer conferencing system. Last updated: 3/7/99. This can take a long time to download because of all the screenshots, but it will show you what to do.
• Online grade report (working as of 11/25/99)
• David Bowen's Fall 1999 calendar (link back to Bowen web site)
• Upload your personal or team web page
• Art gallery (Link back through David Bowen's web site)

Information about the class and participants

• Class Pictures
• Personal and Team Web Pages
• Making computers and the Internet available -- low cost / no cost

Lectures and further information from other sources

• for both classes...
• The Internet in the news October (last updated 10/25/99)
  • Late August and September
• Agenda for class 1 (September 8) Updated on 9/14 to show what was actually covered.
  
  
• for Computers, the Internet, and Society...
  • Agenda for second class on 9/22 (Computers, the Internet, and Society only)
    • Forms of computer information
    • Windows common elements
    • Word Processing
    • The Internet
  • Social issues for Essays
    • Standards for Essays
    • Essay 2: This essay should have the same length and form as Essay 1 (five pages with header, title, introduction, body and conclusion). For the topic, pick either The Lexus and the Olive Tree or Release 2.1, and choose any two of the topics for Quiz 1, topics for Quiz 2 and Topics for Final Exam (see links above under Course Policies). Integrate these two topics into a single subject for your essay. Be sure to tell me in the header at the beginning of your essay, which book and which topics you are writing on.
  • Agenda for third class on 10/13 (Computers, the Internet, and Society only)
    • Internet trends
  • Agenda for fourth class on 11/3 (Computers, the Internet, and Society only)
    • Handout for Microsoft Access
    • Handout for WS_FTP
    • Internet trends
  • Agenda for fifth class on 12/1 (Computers, the Internet, and Society only)
    • Database download for in-class work on Access on 12/1 (WebLog.mdb)
      If you get a dialog for opening Access from this link, Cancel. You should then get the Save As... dialog. Remember where you saved it to, so you can open it later. If your Browser tries to change the file extension, make sure that it remains .mdb
      
      
• for eCommerce: Using the Web to Find and Service Customers...
  • Agenda for second class  on 9/15 (eCommerce only)
    • Getting your Team started: Officers and the Business Plan
  • Agenda for third class on 10/6 (eCommerce only)
    • iHTML
  • Agenda for fourth class on 10/27 (eCommerce only)
    • iHTML 2
  • eCommerce iHTML demonstration (11/21)
  • Agenda for fifth class on 11/17 (eCommerce only)
  • Agenda for sixth class on 12/15 contains information on viruses, virus hoaxes and anti-virus web sites

Course descriptions

• Computers, the Internet, and Society
• eCommerce: Using the Web to Find and Service Customers

General ISP and WSU information

• http://www.ugl.wayne.edu/cgi-bin/mailman.cgi - GUI email client via Adamany UnderGraduate Library (but anyone can use it, from anywhere
• Fall 1999 Tutoring and Rackham Lab Schedule
• WSU computer help: http://support.wayne.edu (web), helpdesk@wayne.edu (email) or (313) 577-4778
• South End article about online courses at WSU (9/18/97)
• South End article about online courses at WSU (11/9/99)