Internet Design Course

1st Quarter: How the Internet Works

Textbook:i-Net+ Study Guide by David Groth, with David Wall and Michael De Beer. Published by Sybex.

Study Modules:

• Network Hardware (pg 2-34)
• Bandwidth Technology (pg 32-43)
• Internet Basics (55-79)
• TCP/IP (pg 90-98)
• IP addressing (pg 99-109)
• Other protocols (pg 109-116)
• Servers: Web, FTP, News (pg 128-142)
• Servers: Mail, Proxy, Directory, Telnet (pg 142-153)
• Client hardware and software (pg 166-189)
• Client computer configuration (pg 200-223)
• Client browser configuration (pg 223-239)
• Client FTP, newsgroup, and mail configuration (pg 239-256)
• Client use (pg 256-285)

2nd Quarter: Graphics and Design Techniques

Textbooks:The Non-Designer's Web Book by Robin Williams and John Tollett. Published by Peachpit Press
The GIMP for Linux and Unix by Phyllis Davis. Published by PeachPit Press.

Study Modules:

• GIMP / Graphics
  • Getting around GIMP
  • Selections and Color choices
  • Layers
  • Built-in Filters
  • Image transformations
  • Animated GIFs
  • Image maps
  • Channel Masks
• Web Page Design
  • Before you begin (ch 4)
  • Print vs. Web (ch 5)
  • Design Principles (ch 6)
  • Interface and Navigation (ch 7)
  • Good and Bad Design (ch 8)
  • Color and the Web (ch 9)
  • Graphic Definitions (ch 10)
  • Prepare Image Files (ch 11)
  • Typography (ch 12)
  • Advanced Tips and Tricks (ch 13)

3rd and 4th Quarters: Web Programming

Textbook:Webmaster in a Nutshell by Stephen Spainhour and Robert Eckstein. Published by O'Reilly Books.

• HTML Basics
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Using PHP for file includes
• Adding forms
• Using PHP with forms
• Tying in an SQL database
• Client-side scripting
• Publishing on the web