Boolean Searching Task

Completed & saved: Monday 25 December 2006
Boolean Tuitorial: http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.html

With Boolean searching task, I used the words “advanced internet users AND university” to Google search and the results were 46,800,000 which took 0.14 seconds. The top five saved as follows from http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=advanced+internet+users+AND+university&btnG=Search&meta

Advanced Internet Users, School of Continuing Education ...
Email Webmaster, University Outreach ... Advanced Internet Users. Nearly everyone knows how to use the Internet, but are you an expert? ...www3.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=6835 - 13k –
Internet2 - Home
A consortium led by universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, ...http://www.internet2.edu/ / - 22k
FAQs About Internet2
What is the relationship between the Next Generation Internet (NGI) Internet2, and other advanced networking initiatives? The university-led Internet2 and ...www.internet2.edu/about/faq.html - 21k

nsf.gov - News - NSF Funds Advanced Internet Research Projects ...
NSF Funds Advanced Internet Research Projects. November 20, 1998 ... NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 1700 universities and ...www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=102945 - 33k –

November 10, 1999 Ken Klingenstein University Corporation for ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLUniversity Corporation for Advanced Internet Development ... performing well as the number of users and types of use increase. And while we are proud of our ...www.itcom.itd.umich.edu/i2/EarlyAdopters.pdf

To compare, I searched Yahoo again by using the words “advanced internet users AND university” and the search results were 7,150,000 taking 0.26 seconds to complete the search. Again Google is fantastic! The first five hits are shown below from: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=advanced+internet+users+AND+university&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&vc=&fp_ip=AU

Advanced Internet Users, School of Continuing Education, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Advanced Internet Users. Nearly everyone knows how to use the Internet, but are you an expert? ... You pick the time, dates and class. ...www3.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=6835

Search Strategies: Search with Peripheral Vision Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial ... UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops ... Think about possible databases and look for them. ...www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html -

Internet2 at George Mason University ... through the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) to ... Internet users who require high bandwidth for some applications are ...www.gmu.edu/highlights/advnet/internet2.htm

Thursday, February 8, 2001 from 2:45 – 4:15 p.m. (PDF) CPMRA - Miami University. Internet for Intermediate and. Advanced Users ... of computers and the Internet at work. CPMRA - Miami University. Townships in Ohio ...cpmra.muohio.edu/Internet for Advanced.pdf

UTK LIBRARIES Internet Access Policy\ University Libraries is creating a technologically advanced and challenging environment. ... the rights of library users, the University and its employees without ...www.lib.utk.edu/plan/inetpol.html

To retrieve the biggest number of hits relating to 'advanced internet users', I used the logic OR to Google Search ‘advanced OR internet OR users’ and results 2,820,000,000 at 0.12 seconds from http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=advanced+OR+internet+OR+users&meta

In fact Yahoo search has retrieved the biggest number of hits compared to Google. The results: 3,070,000,000 at 1.29 seconds for ‘advanced OR internet OR users’ from http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=advanced+OR+internet+OR+users&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&vc=&fp_ip=AU

To search sources relating to skills-based information on 'advanced internet users' the results are shown below:

YAHOO search: 5,630,000 for skills AND advanced internet users - 0.22 sec http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=skills+AND+advanced+internet+users+&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&vc=&fp_ip=AU

Google search: 6,090,000 for skills AND advanced internet users . (0.12 seconds) http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=skills+AND+advanced+internet+users+&btnG=Search&meta

Search Engine Tasks

Completed: Monday 25 December 2006
It’s Christmas Day, and here I am doing my assignment before heading to our family Xmas Party at 3pm. I Google searched on the words “Advanced Internet Users” and it took 0.05 seconds to retrieve 121,000,000 results and the first five are shown below from: http://www.google.com.au/search?l=en&q=Advanced+Internet+Users&btnG=Google+Search&meta

Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
Information about using your internet browser's Help Menu is available and linked ... Choose what web page will be shown when you start Internet Explorer. ...www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/ - 16k

Advanced User's Internet Training Resources
VICNET Internet Training - More Advanced Users. Been connected to the Internet for a while? Want to get more out of the services it offers? ...
www.vicnet.net.au/training/advance.html - 16k

Advanced Internet Users, School of Continuing Education ...
Advanced Internet Users. Nearly everyone knows how to use the Internet, but are you an expert? Can you find the number of people currently living in the ...www3.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=6835 - 13k

http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_09-21.html
Professor Li Xing, deputy director, of the CERNET Network Center said, "With the increase in the number of Internet users and the development of advanced ...newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_09-21.html - 48k –

StatCounter Free invisible Web tracker, Hit counter and Web stats
Detailed visitor stats and a choice of graphical counters. An invisible counter is also available.www.statcounter.com/ - 20k -

Using the same word, I again searched Yahoo to see the difference and it was only 51,500,000 results that took 0.28 seconds to retrieve. So I think Google is more dynamically efficient! Top five results from http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGkkyebJJFOSYBr1FXNyoA?p=Advanced+Internet+Users&prssweb=Search&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501&fp_ip=AU&x=wrt&meta=0

Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE ... web page that describes a specific procedure or aspect of browsing the internet. ... Information about using your internet browser's Help Menu is available and ...www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced

.Windows 98 Using Windows 98: Exploring the Internet-Tips and Tricks for Advanced Users ... tips for advanced users to learn more about exploring the Internet with Windows 98. ... Maintaining Your Computer. Having Fun. Tips & Tricks. For advanced users ...microsoft.com/windows98/usingwindows/internet/.../2advanced_list.asp

Designing For Advanced Users (PDF) Preschoolers Are On the Internet. Andrew Hinkelman: Designing for Advanced Users Page ... Most users have access to a high-speed Internet connection for at ...eserver.org/courses/w01/tc510/orange/advanced_users.pdf

SEO Book Offers a SEO ebook and free daily search engine news.http://www.seobook.com/
Internet Guidebooks ... but there are a some that even advanced users would find helpfull. ... Internet Help Desk is a free service for both beginner and advanced Internet users. ...www.cln.org/guidebooks.html

Next, I used Copernic Agent Basic, the program I downloaded from http://www.copernic.com/index.html to search for the same words; and it took 0.41 seconds to show up just 19 results. Not that impressive! Here is a screen shot of the search with the first five results.

Readings and Updating Tasks

Completed: Saturday 23 December 2006

Last night, I was reading and writing module 2 of my resource project and I was having a bit of problem but then sorted out after checking the course resources. I updated my learning log tonight with appropriate links for all the downloading tasks. After that, I continued with module 2 of my resource project for assignment one.

Module 4: Tasks

Yes, it was yesterday morning, I responded to Rachael's posts and I'm glad that I was able to help out a little :-) I tried to do the search engine tasks again tonight.

Completed & saved: Sunday, 17 December 2007

Today, I performed the following:
Downloading tools / plug-ins Task



Adobe's pdf reader:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Flash/Shockwave Players
Tested and found installation successfully completed

Media Players
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/player/win.html
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspxSearch

Manager/Combiners

http://www.glooton.com/
http://www.copernic.com/index.html

Bookmark Manager
http://www.urlorg.com/

Offline Browser/Copier:
http://www.maximumsoft.com/

Module 3

Tonight I edited my blog with tasks completed in the past few days.

Completed and saved: Friday 15 December 2006
Legal Issues
Have you used images or words on your web page or website that contravene copyright laws?
No, I haven’t used images or words on my web page or website that contravene copyright laws.

Would you be in breach of copyright if you put the Curtin logo at the top of your web page for an assignment?
Yes, I would be in breach of copyright if I put the Curtin logo at the top of my web page for an assignment. Curtin log is IP of Curtin University.

My Blog



My top five tips for new bloggers :

1. Find a template that suit your purpose
2. Choose the color of your blog appropriately
3. Think before you write
4. Provide links that are still current
5. Keep it simple

Completed and saved: Thursday 14 December 2006

Module 3: Tasks
HTML Tag

Tonight I read the course content and HTML Tutorials and some other links relating to this module. I am glad I have just learned and finished the Web Site assignment of the last unit with RMIT before commencing this unit. I have never written HTML and everything was new to me. We were not allowed to use any program such as Dreamweaver. I have come across load of difficulties when creating my first website from scratch by hand. However with persistence, I tried again and again going through the W3C website on How to…..etc... And the examples helped made my website to completion. Thank God…I received full mark for my first website!!

WWW Standards
Summary of 5 most important ‘rules’ for writing online:

1. Important issues on top of page
2. Make use of sub-headings and bullet points and bold keywords
3. Easy to navigate with consistent look and feel
4. Simple design for quick download
5. Provide useful and meaningful links

Think about any differences between the articles: for example, is the advice in Nielsen’s paper -- written in 1997 – still current?
I think all the articles are good advice of similar concept of usability and Nielsen’s paper written in 1997 is still current.

FTP
I have uploaded my Webspace using the Ipswitch WS_FTP Client program I downloaded before from http://www.ipswitch.com/ to my ISP the URL is ftp://members.iinet.net.au/



Completed and saved: Wednesday 13 December 2006
I read all discussions posted, updating my learning log in words and backing up all my work. Also as I prepared myself for Module 3, I read the course contents and tasks required. With that in mind I explored some of the students’ work.

Completed and saved: Tuesday, 12 December 2006
Well, last night I edited my blog, updated some of the completed tasks in Module 1 and 2. This morning I have a chance to help answer one of the posts (Message 847 in Module 1). I did some research on Internet Detective trying to refresh my memory. I had actually studied and done this before in one of my completed OUA units at Swinburne University. I have included the links for other students’ quick reference:

http://www.mmsd.org/tnl/detectives/evaluation.htm
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/

I tested myself and answered most of the detective work. I then moved on to do my module one second website summary and evaluation. I checked and read again the discussion posted before going to bed at 11:50pm. Feeling exhausted! Luckily I can sleep in tomorrow morning my day off. :-D

Optional ‘standards’ task 2:
As mentioned before in Module, I have tested my webpage usingW3C Validator.

Chat: ICQ Task & Quiz

Completed and saved: Sunday, 10 December 2006
As usual I explored the WebCT reading the discussions posted. Noted some important points and looked at some of the presentations. I then began to set up assignment one in a proper format as suggested by Cynthia. I have done one of module one’s resources and will continue to do them progressively.

Completed and saved: Saturday, 9 December 2006
Today I read all discussions and announcement posted by Cynthia. I updated my learning log with tasks performed during the past few days. I have also edited my blog to have links to other students. Self Evaluation – Module 1 & 2 Tonight I performed the self evaluation for module 1 and 2. I attempted the quiz twice and scored 18/20 the second time. I might try again if time permits.

Completed and saved: Friday, 8th December 2006
NEWSGROUPS

Tonight, I downloaded this newsreader software from http://www.newsrover.com/getit.htm and tried to work out how to use it but it gave me a hard time and I decided to abandon it. I finally signed up Google Groups and posted a message regarding weight loss articles. Here is the screen shot including my message:




Completed and saved: Thursday 7 December 2006
Today I downloaded and installed ICQ. I performed the tasks and answered quiz as required. Feel free to contact me, my ICQ number: 497153353. I had experienced both in MSN Messenger and WebCT Chat at Swinburne University. ICQ is new to me :-)

Email Tasks

Completed and saved: Tuesday, 5 December 2006

1. What information about a user's email, the origin of a message, and the path it took, can you glean from an email message?

An email message contains metadata that tells us who the email is address to; who the email comes from; what is the email's subject; who else is receiving copies of the email and the urgency of the message and the time when the email was sent.

2. In what cases would you find it useful to use the 'cc', 'bcc' and 'reply all functions of email?

Carbon copy (cc) is useful when you want a message to be sent to somebody who should know and do nothing about it. Blind carbon copy (bcc) is used to send a message secretly. Reply all function is useful when you want all recipients in the To Field to be informed of a response from you. The same subject is automatically copied with RE: in the subject field. Replying this way can avoid mistakes and save time and is culturally important.

3. In what ways can you ensure that an attachment you send will be easily opened by the receiver?

Email attachment preferable be sent in MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) to ensure it is easily opened by the receivers no matter what mail program or computer type they are using.

4. What sorts of filters or rules do you have set up, and for what purpose?

I have set up rules to filter emails into folders by subject for security purpose. For example, subject contains one or more FW: are filtered for quarantine into separate folder. Subject such as Hello, Be quick or Your Bank Account etc are filtered into Spam Folder and to delete emails with the word ‘porn’ These emails may contain virus infected attachment that can completely shut down your computer.

5. How have you organised the folder structure of your email and why?

I have organized the folder structure of my emails in different categories such as friends, relatives, education and others. They allow me to access them easily for future use and for reference.

Email Lists:

· What are the pros and cons of email lists versus discussion boards?

Email lists as a system is that they are unthreaded in terms of sorting, making it hard to identify the order in which posts were sent. They are also too narrowly focused overtime. Discussion Boards are similar to Newsgroups - a continuous public discussion about a particular topic. The messages are not maintained on a single server, but are replicated to servers world-wide. Discussions such as WebCT are kept and maintained by a single server at Curtin University.

· Are there certain kinds of communication or purposes more suited to one than the other?

If you need immediate answer and wish to communicate with more than one person or a small group, the following is useful: Chat room allows a group of people to type in messages with conversation seen by everyone in the “room”. Instant messages allow you to keep a list of people you wish to interact with in real time.

Reference sources:

http://computer.howstuffworks.com

http://www.internet.computertechnicalcentre.com/

Creating My Webspace

Having set up my blog for learning log, I'm ready to put everything together and be more organised. This morning I created my webspace with all 3 assessments accessible easily. I'm so thankful to all fellow students who have posted their presentations in such a way that I can view them whenever I want to gain some knowledge of what is expected.

I read all discussions posted and made notes of what are to be done. Before I upload my Webspace for presentation I checked my site validation from http://www.w3.org.





Well, next I'll do some research for Module 2 and at the same time gather some useful resources for Assessment 1.

Module 2

Today I explored the WebCT Module 2 and skimmed through the subject outline and contents. I also tried to keep myself informed of discussions and find out any tips that are of related to this topic. Due to limited time, I have to read again tomorrow to better understand what the task requirements are.

Internet Tools

Today I checked and read the discussions posted in the office. After work, I started to look at the Traceroute task and run succussfully from http://visualroute.visualware.com/ and also http://network-tool.com/

Well, it's 10:57pm I have finally worked out the FTP task from the address bar and found the readme.txt and have also self tested myself and answered them all correct. I found the following site very useful:

http://pangea.stanford.edu/computerinfo/unix/netcommands/telnetftp.html