Internet Tutorial

Electronic mail (e-mail) software tools are designed to make sending and receiving e-mail with or without attached files the most common method of communication for people around the world. The two most popular E-mail programs are "Pegasus" and "Eudora." Now, it is also possible to use a web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, to send e-mail.

A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email Kaitlin Duck Sherwood wrote this document to try to help people to write better email. This is not a document on the mechanics of sending email.

A Guide To The Eudora Mail Package This guide explains all of the functions available under Eudora. The guide can be used as a quick reference by clicking on a particular section of interest listed below or it can be read like a book by advancing through chapters (clicking the next chapter link at the top and bottom of each page). The guide is generic and applies to both Windows and Apple Macintosh implementations, although all the screen shots are of the Windows implementation.

Electronic Mail (Email) Tutorial. Electronic Mail (Email or E-mail) is similar to regular postal mail (Snail Mail). You write a message, address it, and send it through a mail system that delivers it to the recipient's mail box. The recipient can open and read the message (or throw it away unread if it is junk mail!) at anytime. This Internet Tutorial is from the Portland Community College.

E-Mail Tutorial by University of Toronto A six-part tutorial on e-mail. Very brief and direct.

Netscape 2.0 E-mail Feature A basic guide for using the E-mail feature on Netscape™.

Stroud's E-Mail Clients Stroud provides a website that has links to the most popular e-mail programs that you can download on your computer. At this site are the latest versions of Pegasus and Eudora for Windows95. I prefer Pegasus and it is free!

Using Netscape E-mail Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology has a very useful tutorial with screenshots of using Netscape's E-mail capability.

Web browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, allow you to click words (hypertext) or pictures and be transported to that place on the Net. With the browser, you can read newsgroups, access Gopher (databases), send and retrieve files, surf the web, and even send e-mail.

An Internet Tutorial by Microsoft Corporation Microsoft has a modest tutorial for the World Wide Web.

Introduction to the Internet for Teachers The "Introduction to the Internet for Teachers" tutorial is a set of lecture notes that covers the following topics:•Jargon•Themes•Communicating with Electronic Mail•Browsing the World Wide Web•Searching the World Wide Web•Integrating the Internet into the Curriculum•Reality vs. Hype.

University of Sydney WWW Tutorial. A tutorial course from the University of Sydney on the WWW. The course assumes no familiarity with the World Wide Web. As such you will automatically be taken to Module 1 where basic terms, concepts and actions are explained. After completing Module 1 you will then have enough WWW skills to choose which modules you wish to do next. Alternatively you may then wish to strike out into the Web on your own.

Welcome to the World Wide Web!Tutorial slides by Mark Maimone Mark Maimone, Carnegie Mellon Computer Science, originally presented at the Carnegie Mellon University VASC '94 Retreat on 9 August 1994.

Finding things on the Web can be a challenge. Thousands of web pages are created each day! Search Engines permit you to perform keyword searches. There are numerous search engines and they are not alike. Your web browser will present you with limited options, but you may want to explore METACRAWLER, a parallel search engine.

HotBot I use either Metacrawler or HotBot for all the searches I perform with CSRnet. HotBot can be very useful once you experiment with its Boolean search strings.

METACRAWLER. by Erik Selberg, Greg Lauckhart and Prof. Oren Etzioni is a parallel search engine that goes out to nine different search engines and returns the results on one list. This is my choice of search engines. What would you like to find? Click on the underlined text and key in your search words and click on the "comprehensive search" box. You can then visit the recommended sites and "bookmark" in Netscape or "Add to Favorites" in Explorer. Be sure to use the "back" until you return to this page. Good hunting!

Yahooligans Yahooligans is the "Web Guide for Kids." This is one search engine that was designed for children.

FTP (file transfer protocol) programs are tools that enable you to send (upload) and retrieve (download) programs, pictures, sounds, and even movies from remote computers. Two of the most popular FTP programs are WS-FTP (Winsock File Transfer Client) and Fetch (Mac). Caution: have a virus checker installed and active on your computer before downloading files, especially those with graphics.

Anonymous FTP: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows a person to transfer files between two computers, generally connected via the Internet. This site will give you the information on how to downloard immense amounts of files, software, graphics, etc. if you are unable to download them from the WWW. Sites that allow you to do this are called "FTP Sites." Most of what you can download will be zipped (compressed) and you will need to "unzip" the file before you can read it. FTP is the phrase you will see on IBM compatible computers. On a Macintosh, the most popular software for transferring files is called "Fetch."

WinZip Homepage. If the file is zipped (.zip), it is compressed for download. You must use a program like WINZIP to expand the file. Point WINZIP to the file location and follow the instructions to extract the compressed files. WINZIP is the first file available for your download. It is self-extracting. It is also an award-winning shareware program. There are other unzip programs available, but this is the best and easiest to use in Windows 95 and Windows 3.11.

A Listserv is basically a program that maintains a mailing list and forwards all mail sent to the list to all names on the list. Newsgroups are simply a large, distributed collection of BBS-style messages. To join or subscribe to a listserv you actually have to send an email message to the service coordinating the dispensing of the messages. When your subscription has been confirmed, you will then begin automatically receiving all messages from the listserv to your personal email address. When you post a message to a listserv, it is sent to the listserv coordinator. If it passes an editing process, it is then automatically emailed to the personal addresses of all the people subscribed.

To send an email message to the listserv control site, state that you wish to subscribe to a certain list. Here is the format of a subscribe command:
SUBscribe   list-name   <full-name>

Full-name should be your full real name, not your email address.

The listserv control site will then send you a subscribe confirmation request. Once you respond "ok" to this request, you will begin receiving email messages to your personal email address.

AskEric Education Listserv Archive AskERIC archives several education related listservs in the AskERIC Virtual Library. The listservs are archived using Hypermail software, which allows sorting by subject, date, author or thread. Users may also search the archives, using PLWeb information retrieval software.

Big Six a complete library & information skills curriculum. Often referred to as a scope and sequence, the Big Six Skills offers a systematic alternative to traditional K-12 frameworks that focus on location and access skills.

EDTECH With approximately 3500 direct subscribers internationally and about 8000 readers participating through news groups, gopher and WWW sites, EDTECH plays an influential role in determining the future directions of the uses of technology in education for many universities and school districts.

ERIC/EECE Electronic Discussion Groups ERIC's Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE) currently sponsors eight electronic discussion groups (or lists) on the Internet. These groups operate on Listserv software on the University of Illinois's "postoffice" computer.

LM_NET LM_NET is a discussion group open to school library media specialists worldwide, and to people involved with the school library media field. It is not for general librarians or educators. We want to keep the activity and discussion focused on school library media. But, LM_NET can be used by library media people for many different things- to ask for input, share ideas and information, link programs that are geographically remote, make contacts, etc.

READPRO The Reading Professional's E-Mail Mailing List The ERIC Clearinghouse for Reading, English and Communication is pleased to announce a new email mailing list (or listserve) called READPRO. This online discussion forum will be devoted to the thoughtful analysis of issues facing reading professionals of all types, whether they be reading specialists, elementary or secondary classroom teachers, college professors, librarians or researchers.

Teaching and Educational Related LISTSERV Listings maintained by the University of Illinois.

The List (Internet Service Providers) According to their claims, they list 4,783 Internet Service Providers (ISP's) world-wide.

Newsgroups (also termed "Usenets") are simply a large, distributed collection of BBS-style messages. Newsgroups are the Internet equivalent of topic-centered bulletin boards. Your ability to access newsgroups depends on your Internet Provider. Andy Carvin defines Usenet as: "An Internet newsgroup' - on-line discussion groups which can be accessed through an Internet connection."

You can access any newsgroups your Internet carrier provides instantly via a newsreader such as Netscape News. No email messages will be sent to your personal email address. You can look at the message subjects for a given newsgroup and pick and choose only the ones you wish to view. Messages sent to newgroups are immediately posted and available for reading by anyone.

To join or subscribe to a listserv you actually have to send an email message to the service coordinating the dispensing of the messages. When your subscription has been confirmed, you will then begin automatically receiving all messages from the listserv to your personal email address. When you post a message to a listserv, it is sent to the listserv coordinator. If it passes an editing process, it is then automatically emailed to the personal addresses of all the people subscribed.

How to join Usenet The site explains how to join and participate in Newsgroups.

ListServ and Newsgroup Tutorial. This Internet Tutorial is from the Portland Community College. Not all information you need is easily found on the WWW. Often, you can turn to ListServs and Newsgroups to find something specific. This site explores both features.

Netscape Newsgroup Tutorial A step-by-step tutorial on how to access Newsgroups with the Netscape Browser.

Newsgroup Creation Ever wonder how to get a new Newsgroup going? This is the site that explains how to do it.

The Big Hub From this amazing site, you can choose over 2,000 searchable databases.

Tile.net/News This site advertises itself as "The complete reference to Usenet Newsgroups." There are thousands of Usenets and some are better than others.

Usenet News Tools This site is a collection of links for Usenet tools.