IC3/Internet Fundamentals

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The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to serve several billion users worldwide.^[1]

This lesson introduces Internet fundamentals and helps learners prepare for the IC³ Living Online certification exam.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the Internet fundamentals portion of IC³ certification include:

Objectives^[2]

Identity information about the Internet, the World Wide Web and Web sites and be able to use a Web browsing application
Understand how content is created, located and evaluated on the World Wide Web

Skills^[3]

Internet vs. Browsers vs. WWW: Concepts about each, differences between each, uses of each
Navigation: Domains, hyperlinks, home page, back, forward, refresh, favorites/bookmarks, plugins, history, search, tabs, downloading/uploading
Using Search Engines: Acquire knowledge, solve problems, evaluate search results, forums, ads, sponsored links, knowledge bases, validity of sources, articles
Using advanced features of search engines: Search types

Readings

Multimedia

Activities

Complete the tutorial Navigating a Website.
Complete the tutorial Internet 101.
Complete the tutorial How to Read a Webpage.
Complete one or more of the following tutorials:
Complete the tutorial Finding Your Downloads.
Review WHOIS Search for Domain Registration Information. Search WHOIS records for the domain name wikiversity.org.
Complete the tutorial Basic Search.
Complete the tutorial Google Search Tips.
Complete the tutorial Search Better.

References

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