IST 553: Information Networking

Class Sessions


 
Date Topics for Today’s Class Assignments for Today’s Class Due Today
Mon. 

May 19

Introduction and overview of the course 

 

 

The Internet/intranet as communication and publishing medium

 

Locating Internet resources for this course and beyond

  

 

[At break: fill out personal profile on background, interests, 

and goals]

  

 

 

 

[Profile]

Wed. 

May 21

Network and Internet fundamentals 

The TCP/IP stack

Clients and servers

 

 

 

Readings: 

Chapter 4 (first!)

Chapter 3 pp. 57-69

 

Other: Get SUnix account; explore Web!

 

 
Wed. May 28 Lab (Link 102) 

[Basic HTML; telnet; FTP; basic Unix file management]

Readings: 

Chapter 8

 

Other: Continue exploring Web with consideration of critiques

 

 
Friday 

May 30

Standards, browsers, HTML 

 

 

Organizational and design goals

 

 

Preview on images and production tools

 

Readings: 

Chapters 6 and 7

 

Other: Finish initial personal course page; work on critique of Web sites 

 

Initial course page 

 

Mon. 

June 2

More on design goals 

Discussion of Web sites

 

 

Production tools: Photoshop, editors, converters, etc.; non-HTML document formats

 

Readings: 

Chapters 1 and 2

Chapter 12

 

Other: Write brief idea for Web site; finish critique of Web sites

Idea for prototype Web site 

 

Critique of Web sites

Wed. 

June 4

Lab (Link 102) 

[More HTML; images and other media; ]

also:

Lab (IST)[scanning and Photoshop for those unable to get help at other times]

 

 

Readings: 

Chapter 16

 

 

 

 
 

 
Mon. 

June 9

Site management issues 

Guest: Lesli LaRocco, Webmaster, LakeNet (http://www.lakenet.org/)

Site management and policy issues

Readings: 

Chapter 15
Chapter 13

Appendix A

 

Other: Finish augmented course page; work on design goals for Web site

 

Augmented course page 
Wed. 

June 11

Servers 

Server-side applications

Interactivity

 

Management and maintenance issues

Management tools

 

 

Readings: 

Chapters 9 and 10

[Chapter 11]

 

 

 

Finish design goals for Web site

Design goals for Web site
Mon. 

June 16

Web as tool for collaboration and communication; more interactivity 

 

 

Management

Readings: 

Chapter 17

 

 

Other: Work on policy and management issues for Web site

 
Wed. 

June 18

Internet/intranet marketplace issues 

Guest speaker: Mary Fran Yafchak, NYSERNet/AppliedTheory

 

Lab (2nd half of session)

(Link 102 and IST) [Questions on Web site, esp. for those unable to get help at other times]

 

Readings: 

Chapter 18

Chapter 5

 

 

Other: Finish policy and management issues for Web site

Policy and management issues for Web site
Mon. 

June 23

New technologies and developments 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 23 

 

 

 

 

Other: Work on Web site

 

 
Wed. 

June 25

Discussion of class Web sites 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other: Finish Web site; brief note on tools used

 

Prototype Web site; 

note on tools

 

 

 


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