Internet Training
... at the Riverside Library
I work with a group of volunteers in the Internet Training Center at the Riverside
Drive Branch Library. We provide free Internet training to the community.
Here are the materials I use for my classes.
- Introduction to the Internet and the World
Wide Web
- This is a great class! We've had people ranging from "never
touched a computer before" to "used the Web, but want
to learn more" attend and find it useful. This class (or
equivalent experience) is the prerequisite for all our other
classes.
- Internet Email for Beginners
- This class is a follow-on to the intro. It too is pretty popular.
This class focuses just on email. We teach students how to read
and send email, and how to work with features like folders and
the address book. We try to teach them not to spam MMF
chain letters. :-) We do hands-on work with one of the
free web-based email services.
- Music and the Net
- A special topic that discusses how to play music on your computers.
It focuses on three forms: CDs, audio files, and streaming media.
It discusses the hardware and software required for each, plus
related resources on the Internet. Includes a brief mention
of fair use rights.
Older FAQs
Here are some FAQs that I once wrote or edited, and no longer
maintain.
- The austin.jobs
Newsgroup Guidelines
- The comp.unix.xenix.sco FAQ
- The gn Gopher/HTTP Server FAQ
- The (defunct) Pubnet
mailing list FAQ
Here are some FAQs that I once edited, but have since passed
on to somebody else.
- List of austin.*
Newsgroups and Related Information
- The
austin.announce Newsgroup Guidelines
- Also the comp.newprod guidelines,
but those aren't posted to the web.