Internet Help and Tutorials Page

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    Upgrading Your Online Skill

    Internet skills need work??

      First apologies....web pages come and go without warning. I maintain hundreds of pages with thousands of links, so some of these are probably dead. I run an e-bot to check links when I have time. When you're part of the cyperspace community, do a better job that your predecessors!!
    1. Is Distance Ed for me?
    2. Distance Education at NCSU
    3. Rules of Thumb For Online Research by Diana Robert Wienbroer. Good tips on search strategies, citation forms, and more. Also available in a convenient compact print version.
    4. Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial/ UC Berkeley Library
    5. Effective Web Searching by Karen Ciccone, NCSU Libraries
    6. Refereed database of educational web sites
    7. See my Teaching Links for links to Concept Mapping Software

      Computer Software and Skills Needed for DE

      What software and computing skills do you need to take this course?
    8. NCSU Unity Account
    9. Web Browser. I recommend either the latest versions of Netscape or Internet Explorer
    10. Word processing or text editing program with a spell checker and grammar checker to write your assignments. Set the grammar checking option to "format writing." If you're not using Microsoft Word, you may need to save your work as RTF (Rich Text Files).
    11. You will need to learn how to use WebCT software for class discussions, but the actual program resides at NC State. No purchase is necessary.
    12. You must have virus-checking software on your computer. PC Trouble Practice safe computing, but do not be duped by virus hoaxes. To check whether a virus scare is real or not, go to the following sites:
    13. Urban Legends Reference Pages
    14. Expert Guide to Urban Legends
    15. NCSU Distance Learning Resources, a useful collection of online references for all fields.
    16. Information Quality WWW Virtual Library: The Internet Guide to Construction of Quality Online Resources

      Building Your Own Web Pages

    17. Elements of Good Web Design by NCSU's Lisa Fiedor
    18. Web Page Usability Testing
    19. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) "develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential"
    20. Creating Accessible Web Design
    21. Plagiarism Tutorial
    22. Web Monkey Tutorials, advice, tools, and more
    23. Mediabuilder Good online tools, fonts, banner makers, reference materials and more
    24. HTML Help from the Web Design Group, founded to promote the creation of non-browser specific, non-resolution specific, creative and informative sites that are accessible to all users worldwide.
    25. World Wide Web Consortium Lots of tools and expertise
    26. NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML National Computational Science Alliance, Indiana University
    27. The Bare Bones Guide to HTML by Kevin Werbach -- includes Netscape and Microsoft IE extensions.
    28. About.com's Extensive Tutorials on HTML
    29. Paul Lutus's HTML Primer
    30. HTML Quick Reference Guide Univ. of Kansas
    31. Guides to the Internet, HTML, & Web Design Miami University of Ohio
    32. Web Design Guide by Pat Lynch and Sarah Horton Excellent, also available in book form
    33. About-The_Web Internet Guide Help on technical matters and about working more efficiently online
    34. Most public and university libraries and bookstores have a computer section, including books on using the World Wide Web. You can also find online information and tutorials. Two skills are especially important. {1} Learning to do effective searches with search engines. Click on SEARCH at the top of your web browser screen. You will find many different software programs, such as Yahoo, AltaVista, Hotbot, Infoseek and others, that help you locate relevant Internet sites. {2} Once you locate useful sites, learn to use the FIND command (under the Edit menu at the top of the page). This allows you to find keywords within the document you are browsing. As with other areas of life, you learn by doing. Practice, practice, practice.
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