Unit01 Course Overview

Overview

The course syllabus for this unit is soooooo long that I put it into its own page called "Course Syllabus"

Vocabulary

Patent: Protects an invention
Copyright: Protects an original artistic or literary work
Trademark: Protects a brand name
Fair Use: Fair use is using something that another person has created without breaking the law.
Acceptable Use Policy: A set of rules created by a school or business that regulates how you can use the network or online services.
CBE: Competency Based Education is an approach which allows students to progress through a course at their own speed based on their demonstrated mastry of predefined skills.
Internet: The internet is a connection between computers and other devices from around the world that form a huge network of systems.
WWW: The world Wide Web is a collection of webpages which are published on the Internet and read by millions of its users
URL: The Uniform Resource Locator is a full path to any document on the web.
Top Level Domain: The right side of your domain name like .com or .edu.
Domain Name: The address where Internet users can access your website.
Subdomain: A child of the primary domain and can be used to organize different sections of your website.
Protocol: A standardized way of communicating between two or more devices so they can understand each other.
Server: A computer that provides resources, data, services, or programs over a network to clients.
DNS: The Domain Name System is the phonebook of the Internet and converts names to IP numbers.
WI-FI: Wi-Fi, is the technology that allows devices to connect to the internet without the need for a wired connection.
Web Browser: A web browser is a software application for accessing the information on the World Wide Web.
ISP: An Internet Service Provider provides you direct access to the internet from home or work.

Tools

Download Visual Studio Code

Objectives

At the end of this module, you should be able to...

Identify important events in the history of the internet.
Pass the syllabus quiz.
Pass the HTML history quiz.
Pass a quiz on how the web works.
Download and install the VS Code text editor.

Tasks

Download the assignment home page for GitHub
Signup for a free account on GitHub
Create a "dwdd1600" repository for this course
Modify and upload the assignment home page,
Activate GitHub Pages
Read a History of HTML by Longman
Read a Brief History of Markup by Jeremy Keith
Read How the Web Works - In One Easy Lesson
Read where the web was born by CERN
Read Home Page

Watch

Unit Introduction
Watch 1a-How the Web Works
Watch 1b-Copyright & Fair Use
Watch 1c-New Github Account
Watch 1d-New Repository (with default index file)
Watch 1e-Upload an Assignment (01test folder)
Watch 1f-Submit to Canvas
Watch 1g-Fixing Foldername Mistakes
Watch Laura Boyd talk about long term memory (from 3:36 to 4:46)

Assignment Example

No example for this assignment

Assignment Checklist

Unit01 Course Overview (10 pts)

For this class, we will be using a popular cloud-based service called GitHub to host and publish your assignments for this course. It has a free option and will allow you to create a website using a feature called "Pages".

Please follow along with the step by step instructional videos above (1c-New Github Account through 1f-Submit to Canvas).

Sign up for a free account

Create a free account on GitHub
Use a personal email for your account so you can keep your account after you graduate.
Upload a cool photo of yourself

Create a new repository for this class

Create a new resository called "dwdd1600" (all lowercase letters)
Modify and upload an index file to access all your assignments.

Practice uploading a test assignment

Create a new folder called "01test" and create a very basic html file inside called "index.html"
Upload it to your repository and test to make sure it works

Submit to Canvas

Submit your GitHub URl to Canvas for a grade.

Grade

In order to receive a grade for this assignment you must earn 90% of the points listed above.

Pass
Fail