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Blackboard – A Web-based course management system that serves as a “classroom” for online
classes.
Body of the Message – The main message of an email or discussion board message.
Browser - A software application used to retrieve, present, and traverse information resources on
the World Wide Web. Common web browsers are Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome,
Opera, and Safari.
Click – To tap on a button on the left hand side of your mouse, pressing it down and then
immediately releasing it-usually with your pointer finger. Right Click means to tap the button on
the right hand side of you mouse.
Cookie – A message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The browser stores the message
in a text file. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page
from the server. The main purpose of cookies is to identify users and possibly prepare customized
Web pages for them.
Discussion Board or Forum – A grouping of similar threads. Forums allow threads to be
categorized.
Drag – To move the mouse with the button held down. Dragging allows one to move
objects in a document, select sections of text, scroll, and “lasso” multiple objects together.
Email – The messages that students and instructors send and receive between their computers
using an email system. At CAC, we use Outlook.
File – Documents that you create on your computer which can be stored, attached to emails or
discussions, or uploaded to Blackboard.
Internet – A world wide communications network that provides a way for people to exchange
information with each other. This word is sometimes used synonymously with the World Wide
Web (www), though the Web is really one part of the Internet.
Outlook – The program used by CAC for email
Scroll – To move from side to side or up and down on a web page or in a document. When you
scroll down, new lines appear at the bottom of the screen and the other lines move up so that the
top lines disappear. You scroll clicking down on the scroll bar on the right side or the bottom of the
screen. Hold your finger down, and “drag” your mouse to make the bar go up, down, right, or left.
Security Software - A software application used to provide computer and internet safety, and to
maintain digital privacy. Some common security software packages include: Microsoft Security
Essentials, McAfee Total Protection, Norton Antivirus, and Super Anti-Spyware.
Subject Line – The part of an email or Discussion Board message that identifies the topic of the
message.
Thread – A conversation, or discussion. Discussion Board Forums contain one or more threads.
Also called, “Threaded Discussion.”
Word Processor – A program that allows you to create a text document, or file. Common word
processing programs are Microsoft Word, Open Office Writer, Pages (Mac), or Corel WordPerfect
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