What is RoadMap? 

           WELCOME TO THE FOURTH ROADMAP FOR THE INFORMATION
                SUPERHIGHWAY INTERNET TRAINING WORKSHOP

WHAT IS ROADMAP?

Roadmap is an Internet training workshop designed to teach new "Net travelers" how to travel around the rapidly expanding (and often times confusing) "Information Superhighway" without getting lost.

Using the latest information available coupled with guest lectures from some of today's most respected Internet leaders, Roadmap is one of the most talked-about Internet training workshops in history.

HOW MUCH DOES THE WORKSHOP COST?

Nothing ... it's absolutely FREE!!!!!

WHAT SORT OF INTERNET ACCESS DO I NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN ROADMAP?

All you need is e-mail (although it would be nice if you also had telnet access). Since a substantial number of Roadmap participants only have e-mail access, the Roadmap workshop sessions will teach you how to use the tools of the Internet directly and also how to use these same tools using nothing but e-mail.

HOW DOES THE WORKSHOP ACTUALLY WORK?

The workshop lessons are actually e-mail letters that I will e-mail you once a day for a couple of weeks. Each lesson will teach you about a particular Internet tool, and you can read the lessons at your own pace.

WILL THERE BE ANY HOMEWORK?

Yes and no. Some of the lessons ask you to go out an do something on the Internet, but you will never have to do anything that you will have to "turn in" to someone.

So, rest easy ... you won't be graded.

HOW LONG WILL ROADMAP LAST?

The Roadmap for the Information Superhighway workshop will last about six weeks. However, the workshop is entirely self-paced so you can go through the workshop in as little or as much time as you want!

WHEN DOES THE WORKSHOP BEGIN?

Thursday, February 9th, 1995!

Starting on Thursday, February 9th, I will e-mail you one lesson each week day for five weeks (ending on St. Patrick's Day (March 17)).

EEEK! I'M GOING ON A VACATION DURING THAT TIME! WHAT SHOULD I DO?

Enjoy your vacation. The lessons will be sitting in your mailbox when you return, and you can then go through the workshop at your own pace.

HOW DO I SUBSCRIBE?

Easy! Just send an e-mail letter to

LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU

(that's "you-aye-won-vee-em") which says

SUBSCRIBE ROADMAP YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME

in the body of your e-mail letter, replacing YOURFIRSTNAME and YOURLASTNAME with your first and last names (NOTE: simply replying to this letter will NOT work ... you must send a NEW letter to LISTSERV@UA1VM.UA.EDU to subscribe to the Roadmap workshop).

To go to the Syllabus for RoadMap, click on the arrow

The Roadmap workshop is the individual effort of Patrick Crispen, who is solely responsible for its content (including all of the typos). Additional support is provided by the University of Alabama's College of Arts and Sciences, and by the squirrels who keep eating the power lines leading to the University of Alabama's mainframe. 

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