Course Wayne State University College of Lifelong Learning Interdisciplinary Studies Program Wed.Edu: How Internet Courses Work, GIS 1600, 1 cr     Section 981. Ten face-to-face meetings Thursdays 6:00 -7:00     PM in 113 Rackham	Instructor
	David R. Bowen 2311 A/AB Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 Schedule (link not working yet)	Daytime tel: (313) 577-1498 Evening tel: (248) 549-8518 At Ford: 313-390-2155 FAX: (313) 577-8585 Home Page:     http://www.cll.wayne.edu/isp/drbowen Email: d.r.bowen@wayne.edu

Policies, Assignments, Course Meetings

Online Tools

Information about the class and participants

Lectures and further information from other sources

General information

Last updated: 4/18/02
Welcome to the web site for...

Web.Edu: How Internet Courses Work
Winter 2002

This web site will be updated continuously during the semester. If you are taking this course, you should return to this web site regularly.

Overview of this course web site (Use the links below to jump to sections within this page, or alternatively, scroll down):

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

Policies, assignments, course meetings

• Course Syllabus
• Final Exam questions
• Agenda 1 for class on January 10
• Agenda 2 for class on January 17
• Agenda 3 for class on January 24
• Agenda 4 for class on January 31
• Agenda 5 for class on February 7 (updated February 9 to show what actually happened in class)
• Agenda 6 for class on February 21
  • How the Internet Works
• Agenda 7 for class on March 7
  • Outline for talk on Web.Edu course at March 7 conference
• Course Updates while we are not meeting
• Agenda 8 for class on April 11
• Agenda 9 for class on April 18

Online tools

• Web Hub: a file for your computer desktop. See the note about saving this to your computer desktop at the bottom of this page.
• Blackboard
• Class Signin
• Class Registration (information form)
• Online Grade Report
• Weekly Progress Report
• Course computer conference
  • Online Guide for CLL Computer Conferencing System
• File Test - download this file, save it to your hard drive, open it in your word processor and follow the directions in it. This will test that our word processors are compatible. I am using MS Word 97.

Information about the class and participants

• Course overview
• Class photo album

Lectures and further information from other sources

• Taking an online course (added a lot more material on 3/6)
• Can an Online Course be Right for You?
• Attaching and sending a file using Hotmail

General ISP and WSU information

• Link to WSU Web Email
• WSU Computer Help Desk: (313) 577-4778

Web Hub note for Windows users: To save the Web Hub to your computer desktop, where it will do you the most good:

1. Click on the Web Hub link so that the Web Hub page is displayed on your computer screen.
2. Click on the "File" menu item, then "Save As..."
3. In the Save As dialog box shown below, set the "Save in:" box to "Desktop" as shown by (see steps below picture)
   
   1. Click on the down-pointing arrowhead at the right of the "Save in:" box
   2. "Desktop" is at the top of the list; if there are more choices you may have to scroll up
4. With "Desktop" showing in the "Save in:" line, click "Save."