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Course Outline for
JoMC 050
Electronic Information Sources
M-F, 8:00-9:30 a.m.
Brian Carroll, instructor

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Questions? Concerns? Tasty chololate-chip cookie recipe? email Brian here

Topics
Reading assignments
(for the next class session)
Projects, resources, deadlines

May 20: Tuesday
>> Map of the Internet

>> How much information? 
>>
Library of Congress
subject headings

>>Library searching

>>Read DTE: 7-32 (Info Age)
33-58 (I Hate Computers!)
77-98 (What are key words?)

>>Read Computer Quiz: Computer Concepts and As We May Think (or at least its brief overview)

E-citation guide and Turabian style

If you don't have an email account, create one at any UNC computer lab, the ATN (Academic Technology and Networks) Help Desk at 300 Wilson Library, or go to the ATN's UserID Services.

>>JoMC 50 Exemption Test

May 21: Wednesday
>> Evolution of the computer
>> Internet pioneers
>>John Walker on "As We May Think"
>> Internet 101
>>More on Treasure Hunts

>> Read DTE, 99-1112 (GPO Access), 113-152 (databases and e-indexes)

>>Read
Credibility on the Net  and Evaluating Web sites
>>
See charts and read sound bytes
>> Read: Searching for Information at UNC Libraries
>> Read: Searching for Books at UNC Libraries
>> Read: Finding Articles at UNC Libraries

Buy a 100meg ZIP disk. You will need at least one disk to store your work for this course. The best kind to buy is an IBM-formatted disk. See About Computer Disks.

Must have new, updated Dead Tree Edition
AND Dreamweaver MX Hands-On Training
Both available in UNC Student Stores

May 22: Thursday
>> Race against the clock (for the Patty)
>> General Web searching
[iLOR, Google, AltaVista]
>> Portals v. directories v. search v. metasearch
>>Search engine links

>>Digital v. analog

>Read
>>Government Information on the Web
>>Electronic Government Information
>>Quick Reference - Government Information


>
>Finding business information
>>UNC Library help
>>E-business reporter's resource center

Work on J-50 Treasure Hunt (due 6/4)
(parts I-V, pages 258-265 of DTE)


Remember to use Turabian style
(also see USM Library's reference guide to Turabian)

Need help? UNC has a tutorial

May 23: Friday
>> Databases:
Lexis-Nexis, InfoTrac, WorldCat

>>Government information
>>Business information
>> Database concepts & shortcuts
>>Credibility of information on the Web

>>For Tuesday, read DTE, pages 153-216 (Web page of your own)

>>Read Case Western University's
Introduction to HTML, part 1 and
>>Dave's interactive tutorial for beginners (minichapters 0-5)

Monday (5/26) is Memorial Day:
no class


Resource sites:
www.dreamweaver.com
www.werbach.com/barebones
www.webmonkey.com

May 26: Monday
>>Memorial Day
>>No class

>>For Tuesday, read DTE, pages 153-216 (Web page of your own)

>>Read Case Western University's
Introduction to HTML, part 1 and
>>Dave's interactive tutorial for beginners (minichapters 0-5)
>Storyboard your Web site

>>Spring '03 student Web sites for J50
>>
Fall '02 student Web sites

>>Please take the Netiquette quiz and create your own signature file

May 27: Tuesday
>> Introduction to HTML 
>> HTML tags 

>> WWW storyboards

>>Read Personal Home Pages and general guidelines

Work on J-50 Treasure Hunt

Powerpoint on storyboarding
Powerpoint on HTML

May 28: Wednesday
>> Brian's epiphany
>> More HTML tags
>> Test Preparation

Practice Test#1
Practice Test#2

Computer quiz and the answers

>>Read practice exam in
DTE, pages 245-255

Work on J-50 Treasure Hunt

Study guide for First Exam

Emoticons

May 29: Thursday

First test

>> Web site critiques
>> Web design resources

>> Read DTE, pages 218-243 (graphics, scanning, Photoshop)

>> WebDesign101
>> Web Design Tips and Tricks

May 30: Friday
>> Web site critiques
>>Introduction to Photoshop
>>Scanning
>>Image manipulation


>>Froogle
>>elgoog
>>Sree's Web graphics center
 

Check out:
>> ibiblio.org/hmake/color
>> ibiblio.org/hmake/links.html
>> Poynter Institute on color
>> interface design

>> Introduction to blogs
>> Photo blogs (fotologs)

>>Bring photo to scan
>>Scan your picture(s)


>>Yale Style Guide


Picture tips:
>>Creating Transparent GIFs
>>Changing Image Size
>>Working with Web Graphics
>>Cropping an Image

June 2: Monday

>>color, interface design, and blogs, blogs, blogs
>> moblogging

>Read DreamweaverMX Hands-on Training: Introduction, chapters 1 and 2 (background, interface)

Work on your Web pages

Work on J-50 Treasure Hunt
Due Wednesday

Remember to use Turabian style

June 3: Tuesday

>>Introduction to DreamweaverMX
(interface, toolbars, property inspector)

>> Read DreamweaverMX Hands-on Training
Chapters 3-4
(site control, basics)

>>Note that all DreamweaverMX Hands-on Training content (chapters covered) is fair game for exams.

Work on your Web pages; here's some help from UNC's help desk:
>>Dreamweaver MX: Introduction
>> Defining Sites and Advanced Design
>>Creating Interactive Websites

Work on Treasure Hunts
Due Tomorrow

June 4: Wednesday
>>DWMX Day 2
(defining site, inserting images and text, page properties)

>> Read DreamweaverMX Hands-on Training
chapters 5-6 (linking, typography)

Treasure Hunts due today!
Give them to me!

sumo dude
I will return them in one week.

>>Link To All FCC consolidation reports
>>Who owns who on the airwaves

June 5 : Thursday
>>DWMX Day 3
(Linking, typography, Flash text,)

>>Importing from Word

>> Read DreamweaverMX Hands-on Training
chapters 7, 10 (tables, rollovers)

 

>>Flash Sites

Work on your pages, second Treasure Hunts

From Melody, a different Internet timeline
June 6: Friday
>>DWMX Day 4
(tables
, rollovers)
>>Read Copyright on the Web

>>Storyboard for homepage due today
>>Get DreamweaverMX FREE for 30 days
Work on your pages, second Treasure Hunt

June 9: Monday
>>Heather (Net security)
and Melody (WiFi and education)

>>Web & 2d Thunt Work Day

>> Read DreamweaverMX Hands-on Training chapter 12 (HTML and code view)

>>UNC's Web guidelines
June 10: Tuesday
>>Ada (NBA and the Net)
>>Daniel (hackers/crackers)

>>DWMX Day 5
>>Scan DreamweaverMX HOT chapter 14 (know what behaviors are)

>> NY Times Privacy page
>> Eli Lilly and Prozac
>> Nevada universities selling student information
>> National IDs

>> Matthew Carroll's primer on Web design "elementals"
>> U.S. broadcast spectrum allocation chart
>>
STAT-USA

June 11: Wednesday
>>Rebecca (blogs)
Net topics:
>>Personal Privacy
>>Cameras in NYC
>>Airport privacy
>>DWMX Day 6

>> Anatomy of an Email and URL
>> E-commerce overview

>>Work on your pages, treasure hunts

>>for animated gifs: Animation Factory
June 12: Thursday
>> E-commerce
>> Anatomy of Email and URL
>>Jason (e-music)
>>Open Lab time
>>Test 2 study guide in Word

>> Web sites/pages due Tuesday. No exceptions. Turn in your full URL; the grade you expect to receive; any comments or notes; and a signed honor pledge. Make sure site is published in your UNC server space and that all links work.
June 13: Friday

>>Open Lab time
>>Brian in Georgia

>>Read Urban Legends
>>UrbanLegends Reference page
>>Slate on Monkeyfishing

>>Jayson Blair

>>Work on your second Treasure Hunt

>>Study for Test#2
June 16: Monday
>>Lauren ("homeland" security); Vanessa (PR online)
>>Lies, hoaxes, scams
>>Final Work Day

>>The future of the Internet

>>Your classmates' Web sites

June 17: Tuesday
>>Julea (public health ed online)
Net topics:

>>The future of the Internet
>>Wireless (WiFi)

>>All DreamweaverMX Hands-on Training content (from chapters covered) is fair game for exams

>>Online community I

>>Online community II

>>Web Sites Due Today

June 18: Wednesday
>>John (home-based biz on the Net)
Net topics:
>>Online community

>

 

>>Second Treasure Hunts Due Today

June 19: Thursday
>>Kelly (the military and GPS chips)
>>Wrapping it up; prepare for final test
>>Course evaluations


Job Resources
>>Job-Hunt.org
>>http://careers.jrn.columbia.edu/JobNews
>>http://www.monster.com
>>Editor and Publisher classifieds

>>Tips on resumes, cover letters, interviewing and networking: Click here

June 20: Friday
Second Exam
(cumulative final; heavy on DreamweaverMX)
Now you can go to the beach!
beachballs
>> Your test results here
>>Keep in touch!

>>class favorites
eBay
InsideCarolina
Weather.com
Shockwave.com
Genmay.com
ESPN
TarHeelBlue.com
Who.int



>>2d T-hunt and Test scores available on the Web: Click here


© 2003 CarrollinaWorks
Last modified: June 2003
Send comments and questions to bc@unc.edu