I took Dr. Thiry's online Internet Basics & Beginning HTML class (CNIT 131) and found him to be an accessible and encouraging instructor. Some of the assignments in the course were a bit difficult, but generally the workload was manageable. The discussion board in this online class was very active, and other students contributed a lot of useful information. Note that despite the title of the course, only two weeks of the semester are dedicated to HTML coding. Some students indicated in postings that they were disappointed by this. CNIT 131 is more of a survey of the Internet, covering topics such as the history of the Internet, browsers, ftp, rss, and electronic commerce.