Internet and Intranet Skills: Understanding and Using Newsgroups

General Information

Course Duration:
3 hours

Audience:
End-users wanting to learn about newsgroups on the Internet or corporate intranets

Prerequisites: General computer awareness and the Internet and Intranet skills: Basic Concepts course

Topics Covered

  • What is a newsgroup?
  • How newsgroups work
  • Newsgroup hierarchies
  • Newsgroup moderation
  • Subscribing and unsubscribing
  • Selecting and reading articles
  • Replying to a posting
  • Posting an article
  • Using FAQs
  • Article language, content, and style
  • Newsgroup protocol
  • Newsgroup shorthand
  • Newsgroup security and legality

Course Aim

To enable students to use newsgroups on the Internet or on corporate intranets

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, the user should be able to

  • explain what newsgroups are
  • subscribe to a newsgroup
  • select and read articles
  • reply to and post articles
  • describe newsgroup protocol and issues



Course Incorporates: Test