CS 006: Effective Use of the
World Wide Web
Course Website: http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~bradyj/cs6/
Instructor: Jill Brady
Office: ENGR2 110
Office Hours: by appointment.
Email: bradyj@cs.ucr.edu
Teaching Assistant: Shashwati Kasetty
Office: ENGR2 110
Office Hours: TBA
Email: kasettys@cs.ucr.edu
Lecture: M, W, F 10:10 – 11:00 am, BOYHL 1471
Lab: M, 11:10 – 2:00 pm or 2:10 – 5:00 pm in ENGR2 127, or 6:10 – 9:00 pm in ENGR2 135
Course Overview:
A detailed, non-technical introduction to the Internet, covering Web tools, e-communities, e-commerce, power searching, and verification of information, privacy, and other legal and societal issues.
Lecture Topics: (subject to change)
Week 0: Course Overview, Basic Terminology
Week 1: History of the Internet, Internet Structure, Securing your computer
Week 2: Securing your home network, Encryption, Discussion: Security
Week 3: Search Engines, Credibility of Information on the Internet, RSS feeds and USEnet
Week 4: Internet and the News, Virtual Communities, Discussion: Online Privacy
Week 5: Business and the Internet, E-Commerce
Week 6: Peer to Peer Networks, File sharing, DRM and History of Copyright, Discussion: Digital Rights Management
Week 7: Email, Internet Software
Week 8: Internet Services, Presenting Presentations, Discussion: Future of Online Services
Week 9: Group Presentations
Week 10: VOIP, Web 2.0, Discussion: Future of the Internet
Lab Policy:
Lab is held on Mondays. Attendance is required, with one allowed absence. Each lab will begin with a lecture on the material for the lab, followed by a quiz on that material. An assignment will be due in each lab, either checked off by your TA or submitted electronically. Material covered in the labs may be included in the general course quizzes and exams.
Presentation:
In groups of six, you will research a relatively new Internet technology, and give a business presentation describing its strengths, weaknesses, application to the business world, and recommendation for your company to aggressively pursue, further study, or ignore the technology. The in-class presentation should be 10 - 15 minutes in length, using PowerPoint slides.
Five times during the quarter, online articles will be assigned to the groups. There will most likely be 3 articles assigned over all groups, but you are only responsible for reading your own. On the specified Fridays, we will have a short ‘Reading Check’ quiz, and then discuss the articles and our opinions. Participation in the discussions is mandatory.
Web Page Project:
By the end of the quarter, you will be an html master! You must construct a web page, as interesting and unique as possible on the (appropriate) topic of your choice. The page will consist of a main page, as well as five ‘sub-pages.’
Exams:
The order of exams is as follows: Quiz 1, MT, Quiz 2, Final. The first three will be in lecture, and the Final will be given at the scheduled Final Exam time and place. Information covered in the exams will be from lecture, lab, and cursory material from the readings and presentations that all participating students should know. Quiz 1 will cover information from the first quarter, the Midterm will cover information from the first half, Quiz 2 will cover information from the third quarter, and the Final will cover the entire quarter.
Grading: (subject to modification)
(8) Lab attendance/participation 0.5% for each lab quiz, 1% for each lab assignment. (12%)
Presentation: 10%
(5) Reading Checks and Discussion: 2% each (10%)
Web page project: 20%
(2) Quizzes 6.5% each (13%)
Midterm 15%
Final 20%
Holidays:
There will be no class or lab on Monday, January 15 or Monday, February 19th.
Academic Honesty:
Don’t cheat. List any and all outside sources where you find information, including website addresses. Properly identify any directly-quoted statements, and remember that rearranging someone else’s sentences does not count as independent thought. Plagiarism is taken very seriously, and will result in an F in the class.