To provide the employee with an understanding of the Internet and its capabilities.

• To explain how the Internet works and describe various Internet services
• To introduce the World Wide Web
• To describe how web content is created
• To define intranets, discuss how they work, and identify management and security issues arising from intranet and Internet use
• To demonstrate how to perform web searches using search engines
• To describe the attributes of HTML and to demonstrate its use

Course Length:  300 minutes

Information Technology
Intranets and the Internet

• How the Internet Works
• Accessing the Internet
• Internet Services
• TOPIC TEST

• Defining the World Wide Web
• Business Uses of the Web
• Browsing and Searching
• TOPIC TEST
• Developing Web Content
• Technical Considerations
• Creating a Web Page
• Java
• TOPIC TEST

• Defining Intranets
• Management Issues
• Security Issues
• TOPIC TEST

• Introducing Search Engines
• Performing Searches
• Hands-on: Performing a Search
• TOPIC TEST

• Defining HTML
• TOPIC TEST

• 500MHz Pentium or faster with 512MB Ram (1GB recommended)
• 1024 x 768 minimum monitor screen resolution with 16-bit video card
• Windows 2000, XP or later MAC Compatible
• Broadband connection (256 kbps or greater) connection recommended
• Internet Explorer 6.0+ or Firefox 2.0+
• Flash Player 9.0+ required for most courses
• Sound card with speakers or headphones for audio playback
• Browser JavaScript must be enable