Netscape Home Page

Session 2

Objectives

1. To assess your current level of knowledge with Netscape.
2. To further your knowledge of Netscape features.
3. To increase your skill at navigating on the "Web."
4. To learn techniques that will help you use Netscape for your own presentations.

Keywords / Concepts

Basic

1. URL
2. WWW Page vs Netscape Software Window
3. Netscape "Home" (Starting) page VS Web site "Home" page
4. Bookmarks / Hotlist
5. Window "History"
6. WWW gives you access to WWW, Gopher, News, E-mail, WAIS, and FTP through one software application (your browser).

Intermediate/Advanced

1. Cache
2. Temporary Directory
3. Helper Applications
4. What the computer/network is doing when you click on a link
5. What the computer/network is doing when you are reading a page
6. What the computer/network is doing when you click on a link that uses a Helper Application (like a sound or movie)

Prerequisites

1. Understand basic Internet Concepts
2. Be able to use Netscape by clicking on links, Forward, Backward, and Home

Student Preparation

Lesson Plan

• Share projects ideas in small groups.
• Beginners (click here)
• Intermediate and Advanced Netscape users go to the Lesson Plan "Activity" below

• Activity
• Tutorial

Homework

References

1. The best resource is, of course, Netscape's own Handbook
2. Another good resource is Laura Mengel's tutorial

Evaluation