Schedule

Schedule

* Please see the "About LIS312 Online" (linked from the menu on the left of this window) for the current syllabus, readings, and grading criteria. This is a web-based course. You can work at your own pace. However, there are deadlines by which assignments need to be turned in, certain meetings you need to attend, and proctored quizzes that will be scheduled in the GSLIS lab.
TENTATIVE Schedule:

Weeks 1-2

Set up class accounts

1: Email: use of email, basic Eudora, listservs, spam, chain letters, etc.

Mandatory orientation session: Thursday, August 31. 6:30 to 9:30 PM. Room SZB 546.

Week 3

2: Interactive Services : chat, discussion boards, MUDs, ICQ, online privacy, etc.

All assignments for Modules 1 & 2 are due on September 14 (Thursday) by midnight

Weeks 4-5

3: Webpage Design: HTML, design, FTP, intellectual property issues

All assignments for Module 3 are due on September 28 (Thursday) by midnight

Week 6

4: Mouseless in Cyberspace : telnet, unix, pico, pine, htaccess for webpage password-protection, server security

Project VTSHIRT

Quiz #1. HTML (hands-on, timed, open-book) on Thursday, October 5. 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Room SZB 546
Project assignment #1 is due October 5 by midnight.
All assignments for Module 4 are due on October 5 (Thursday) by midnight

Weeks 7-8

5: Searching/Evaluating Information: using search engines, directories, evaluating information found on the web, team competition

Project VTSHIRT

All assignments for Module 5 are due on October 19 (Thursday) by midnight
Project assignment #2 is due October 19 by midnight.

Week 9

6: Forms and CGI Scripts

Quiz #2. Searching (hands-on, timed, open-book) on Thursday, October 26. 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Room SZB 546
All assignments for Module 6 are due on October 26 (Thursday) by midnight.

Week 10

Project VTSHIRT : select final task (Assignment 3, part 2)

7: Internet History and Protocols : TCP/IP, network commands, history of the Internet, Internet in other countries.

Email lis312g with proposal for final VTSHIRT project task.

Week 11

7: Internet History and Protocols

All assignments for Module 7 are due on November 9 (Thursday) by midnight.

Week 12 Quiz #3. Internet (written, timed, closed book) on Thursday, November 16, 7:00 to 9:00 PM, Room SZB 546

Week 13 Thanksgiving.

Weeks 14-15

Project VTSHIRT wrap-up

Final class meeting: Thursday, December 7, 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Room SZB 556.
Project assignment #3 is due at the latest on December 6.

Weeks 1-2	Set up class accounts 1: Email: use of email, basic Eudora, listservs, spam, chain letters, etc.	Mandatory orientation session: Thursday, August 31. 6:30 to 9:30 PM. Room SZB 546.
Week 3	2: Interactive Services : chat, discussion boards, MUDs, ICQ, online privacy, etc.	All assignments for Modules 1 & 2 are due on September 14 (Thursday) by midnight
Weeks 4-5	3: Webpage Design: HTML, design, FTP, intellectual property issues	All assignments for Module 3 are due on September 28 (Thursday) by midnight
Week 6	4: Mouseless in Cyberspace : telnet, unix, pico, pine, htaccess for webpage password-protection, server security Project VTSHIRT	Quiz #1. HTML (hands-on, timed, open-book) on Thursday, October 5. 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Room SZB 546 Project assignment #1 is due October 5 by midnight. All assignments for Module 4 are due on October 5 (Thursday) by midnight
Weeks 7-8	5: Searching/Evaluating Information: using search engines, directories, evaluating information found on the web, team competition Project VTSHIRT	All assignments for Module 5 are due on October 19 (Thursday) by midnight Project assignment #2 is due October 19 by midnight.
Week 9	6: Forms and CGI Scripts	Quiz #2. Searching (hands-on, timed, open-book) on Thursday, October 26. 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Room SZB 546 All assignments for Module 6 are due on October 26 (Thursday) by midnight.
Week 10	Project VTSHIRT : select final task (Assignment 3, part 2) 7: Internet History and Protocols : TCP/IP, network commands, history of the Internet, Internet in other countries.	Email lis312g with proposal for final VTSHIRT project task.
Week 11	7: Internet History and Protocols	All assignments for Module 7 are due on November 9 (Thursday) by midnight.
Week 12		Quiz #3. Internet (written, timed, closed book) on Thursday, November 16, 7:00 to 9:00 PM, Room SZB 546
Week 13	Thanksgiving.
Weeks 14-15	Project VTSHIRT wrap-up	Final class meeting: Thursday, December 7, 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Room SZB 556. Project assignment #3 is due at the latest on December 6.