Jan's Working with the Web

Open Browser & Connect to Internet

• Start browser
• Connect to the Internet

Interface: Options

• Open a second browser window
• View options or settings for the browser
• Change the Home page
• Delete Temporary Internet files
• View Plug-ins/Add-ons/Extensions

Interface: Address Bar

• Type in an address
• Type an incomplete address to get a search list

Interface: Favorites/Bookmarks Bar

• Show/hide the Favorites/Bookmarks bar
• Add a shortcut to the Favorites/Bookmarks bar
• Rename a shortcut
• Delete a shortcut

Interface: Status Bar

• View destination of a link
• View messages on the Status Bar

Navigating: Techniques

• Open a new browser window with a key combo
• Switch between windows
• Use text and image links
• Download a file from a link
• Navigate a form
• Navigate between pages
• Open a link in a new tab or a new window

Navigating: Back/Forward

• Use the Back and Forward buttons
• Use the drop lists of sites for Back and Forward

Navigating: History

• Open the complete History list
• Sort a History list
• Return to a page you visited earlier
• Delete a History item

Navigating: Errors

• What to do about missing pages 
• What a 404 error means 
• What to do about a scripting error

Navigating: Forms

•  Complete and submit a form

Navigating: Favorites/Bookmarks

• View list of favorites/bookmarks
• Add an item to the list

Navigating: Organize

• Create a new favorite/bookmark
• Create a folder for favorites/bookmarks
• Create a favorite using the right click menu
• Organize your Favorites into folders

Navigating: Address Bar

• Clear browser cache
• Enter a web address 
• Stop a page from loading 
• Zoom a page
• Use the Address Bar drop list
• Practice methods for getting to a web page

Print

• Change the page setup
• Use Print Preview
• Use Print dialog
• View a printer's properties
• Print a page, a range of pages, or a selection

Save a Web Page

• Save a page as Web Page, complete
• Save a page as HTML only
• What a transparent image is used for
•  to save a page as Web Archive, single file
• Save an image
• Save a background image

Search Engine

  Simulation:

• Search using one or more words
• Require a word or words be on the page
• Require that a word not be on the page
• Search with a phrase

  On the Web

• Search with Google
• Search with Bing

Web Directory

  Simulation:

• Choose a category and subcategories
• Search categories with keywords

  On the Web

• Search with DMOZ

Exercise Web 1-1

• Surf the Web
• Find examples of different navigation techniques

Exercise Web 1-2

• Wander around some more!
• Find different kinds of sites on the Web

Exercise Web 1-3

• Create Favorites/Bookmarks
• Capture screen shot and print
• Copy shortcuts and paste elsewhere
• Delete Favorite/Bookmark

Exercise Web 1-4

• Surf some more!
• Use the browser History
• Capture a screen shot and print

Exercise Web 1-5

• Use the same search words on several search services
• Compare the results
• Make a recommendation about the search services