Advanced Internet Course
Course Syllabus
The object of the course is to develop
advanced search techniques and also to assess and make use of
the many new search sites becoming available all the time. These
search facilities are mainly being developed by existing search
engines such as Google and Yahoo.
Because the Internet is continually changing
and developing, this syllabus will have to change accordingly.
The course will use current advanced searches
as practical examples.
The course will continually evaluate search
success rates against the claim that 90% of failed searches are
due either to incorrect techniques or lack of perseverance.
Advanced Searches
- Satellite Imaging. This will include
Google Earth and various other sites including aerial
mapping.
- Internet on your mobile. This is
advancing rapidly.
- Scholar. A new Google facility to search
for scholarly papers.
- Search Microsoft related sites. A new
Google feature.
- Desktop search. A Google feature for
searching for information in your own computer.
- Googlebot. Special techniques for
searching by URL.
- Google site map. A very revealing site of
all that Google offers.
- Index Category Search. This is a highly
underrated search technique which warrants development.
- Computerised books on the internet. This
is a recently added section of Google.
- Blogging. This is a sometimes abused but
useful method of quick and informal communication.
- Picasa. This is a relatively new feature
in Google which is a useful method of dealing with
photographs and graphics.
- How to search on Google. There is a vast
amount of skill available in this section of Google which
warrants investigation. The development of techniques is
fundamental in successful searching.
- Google Zeitgeist. This is an example of a
facility now provided by Google and, in showing how it works
and what it does, you will see a number of other new
features in Google. Zeitgeist is a reliable measure of top
sites accessed on Google in Australia.
Other Internet Sites
- Internet banking.
- Share transactions and portfolio
management. This will be a basic introduction to what you
can do.
- Buying and selling on the internet.
- Elements of web construction.
- Group emailing.
Prerequisites:
Students must be connected to the Internet
and should have completed the Basic Internet Course.
