I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Survey of Web-Based Tools

2. Course Prefix & Number:
COMP 1140

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 3

4. Course Description:

This course focuses on using current technology tools for collaboration, entertainment, professional development, system security, and networking on the Internet. Innovative technologies that will be explored include many of the following: social networking sites (MySpace, Friendster, Facebook, LinkedIn), virtual technologies (virtual environments, 3D chat, avatars, and online meetings), social network integration tools (RSS feeds, wikis, blogs, mashups, podcasts), voice and video collaboration tools and file sharing services (VoIP, TokBox, Skype, Twitter, Facetime, SnapChat, Instagram, Pinterest Windows Live Mesh, Live Meeting, Animoto), security and personal safety (firewall technology, anti-spyware, anti-virus, anti-spam, phishing and identity theft, netiquette and ethnics), marketing and business tools (Flickr and E-bay), Web 3.0 application design strategies, and career opportunities on today's Web.

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

3. Prior Learning - the following prior learning methods are acceptable for this course:

• Written
• Oral
• Demonstration
• Portfolio

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

Emerging Digital Technologies, Certificate

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Install and use web-based apps and client based apps following a sequence of installation tasks and use the apps following a sequence of required tasks.
Utilize appropriate technology	Use current software applications and internet services to complete assignments.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Understand the evolution of the Internet and its impact.
• Develop online content in the form of blogs and wiki entries.
• Utilize RSS feeds to stay informed.
• Organize information online and understand licensing on the Internet.
• Develop social networks of people; both professional and personal.
• Understand cloud computing and its impact on business.
• Utilize the Internet to obtain college level course content.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding data security in an online environment.
• Effectively use 2.0 and 3.0 Web applications and utilities

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. The Web Becomes 2.0
• How the Web has changed
• Social and technical developments
• The Web browser
• Features of Web 2.0 applications
• Culture of participation
• Web as a platform for running applications
• Database-backed Web
• Software accessible on many devices
• Rich user experience
2. Publishing Online
• Structure of Web-based applications           
• Exploring the blogosphere
• Frequently updated Web content
• Web-based blogging applications
• Interacting with a bloggers blog
• Posting a blog
• Configuring a blog’s settings
• Specifying a blog’s layout
• Blogging with multimedia
• Including images
• Embedding multimedia
• Video blogging
• Finding value in blogging
• Publicizing your blog
• Making money from a blog
3. Understanding Wikis
• Web-based Wiki applications
• Interacting with a Wiki
• Wikipedia
• Study of Wiki use in education
4. Syndicating content
• Exploring Web feeds
• Subscribing to and reading feeds
• Subscribing and reading feeds using a Web browser
• Features of Web-based and client  feed readers
• Embedding feed content in blogs and websites
• Publishing Web feeds
• Web feeds incorporated into  applications
• Formats for Web feeds
• Finding your blogs RSS and Atom feeds
• Representing Web feeds in XML
• The structure of RSS and Atom feeds
• Exploring podcasts
• Features of podcast readers
• Anatomy of a podcast feed
• Creating podcasts
• Configuring Blogger to support podcasts
5. Organizing information
• Organizing digital information
• Organizing information on your computer
• Tagging information on the Web
• Tagging as a means of collective organization
• Using tagged data
• Sharing and tagging photos on Flickr
• Interacting with Flickr
• Advanced Flickr features
• Social bookmarking with Delicious
6. Connecting People
• Common features of social networking  applications
• Connecting with friends on Facebook
• Connecting with Facebook
• Extending Facebook with applications
• Privacy concerns
• Business and professional networking
• Connecting people with special interests
• Adding social networking features to your blog or website
• Special purpose social networks
• Non-profit organizations and social networking
• Creating niche social networks
• Twitter
• Using Twitter
• Finding and following people on Twitter
• Twitter applications
• URL Shorteners
• Business uses of social networking
• Fan pages on Facebook
• Corporate social networks
• Social customer relationship management
7. Linking Data
• Computing in the Cloud
• Infrastructure as a service
• Platform as a Service
• Software as a Service
• Understanding distributed Web applications
• Understanding application programming interfaces
• The structure of distributed applications
• Examining data from Web services
• Computing  in the Cloud with Google Docs
• Linking data between Web applications
• Creating new applications from data in the Cloud
• Linking data in context: A prelude to Web 3.0
8. Security on the social Web
• Facebook security and privacy
• Cloud security
• Doing business online
9. Using the Web as a tool for learning
• Online tutorials
• Focused learning resources
• College courses online
• College degrees online
10. New and emerging technologies on the internet
• A look ahead
• Startups and new ideas
• How new ideas get funded