Beginners Course

Lesson 4

Review1. Basic Terminology

2. Getting Connected

3. Browser Intro

4. E-mail programs

Lesson 1: TerminologyKeyboard

Mouse/ Touchpad

Windows

Lesson 2Getting Connected to the Internet

Wi-Fi

Lesson 2 – Wi-Fi Connection

Lesson 2

Lesson 2

Hover

Right Click

Internet Explorer

Firefox (by Mozilla)

Chrome (by Google)

Avanti / Safari / others

Browsers

Explorer

Browser windowsURL Input (Go To)

Tabs

Favorites

Search

Tool Bars

Home Page

“Clickable” fields

Lesson 3 – Browsers, cont’d

SEARCH FIELDSGoogle

Yahoo

Bing

AVG

AOL

Search Fields

Auto suggestions

Inclusions and Exclusions

Tool BarsWhere do they come from?

How can you get rid of them?

View Menu

F11 key

Home PageNormally a default home page is set up

You can change it to anything you want

Navigate to the page you want to be “home”

Click on the down-arrow to the right of the “Home” icon (or press Ctrl-M)

Click on “Add or Change Home Page”

Chose whether you want one or more home pages

Click “Yes” to save your changes

Clickable FieldsHow do you tell what you can click on?

If the pointer changes to a pointing hand, the item is “clickable”

Note the new address on the bottom line of the Explorer window.

E-mail programsTwo fundamental types of e-mail program:

1. “Resident” – programs that reside on your hard drive

Mail is downloaded to your computer whenever you connect.

2. “Web-based” – ones that reside on a remote server

All your mail stays on the remote server

Web-based E-mail options

Hotmail

Yahoo

Google (g-mail)

Lesson 4 – e-mail - Hotmail

Lesson 4 – e-mail: G-mail

Lesson 4 – e-mail: Yahoo

A typical e-mail accountInbox

Sent mail

Other folders

Contacts

Composing & sending a letter

Address(es)

Subject

Content

Creating your own g-mail account

Go to

Select G-mail

Click on Create an account

Enter your first and last names

Enter your preferred e-mail address

Enter your password

Re-enter your password

Creating your own g-mail account

Enter your birth date

Select gender

Enter your cell phone number

Enter your other e-mail address for recovery

Prove you're not a robot

Select your location

Using your e-mail accountComposing & sending a letter

Address(es)

Subject

Content

Using your e-mail accountAdding contact information

Creating Groups

Phone & Chat

Calendar

Photos

Forthcoming TopicsPhoto management

Spreadsheets

Movies

Sound Editing

Here Endeth the Lesson