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PC Passport INTERNET — Beginner Exercise Booklet

Date: March 2004 Publication Code: DB2308C ISBN for this pack: 1 85969 469 1 ISBN for set of three Internet packs: 1 85969 483 7 ISBN for complete Beginner level pack: 1 85969 498 5 This guide makes up part of a suite of three documents designed to deliver the PC Passport course at Beginner level for Internet Published by the Scottish Qualifications Authority Hanover House, 24 Douglas Street, Glasgow, G2 7NQ, and Ironmills Road, Dalkeith, Midlothian EH22 1LE

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Welcome Welcome to the Internet Beginner Student Exercise Booklet. Here you’ll find practical exercises that you can complete to help you learn the topics covered in the Student Workbook. In the workbook, you’ll find references that tell you when to do each exercise.

Summary Tasks The booklet also contains Summary Tasks that should be completed at the end of each Learning Outcome. An instruction in the workbook will tell you when you should complete these tasks.

Contents Internet Exercise Booklet — Beginner 1

Exercise 1.1 1 Exercise 1.2 2 Exercise 1.3 6 Exercise 1.4 14 Exercise 1.5 16 Exercise 1.6 19

Summary Tasks for Learning Outcome 1 22 Exercise 2.1 27 Exercise 2.2 29 Exercise 2.3 31 Exercise 2.4 34

Summary Tasks for Learning Outcome 2 37 Exercise 3.1a 39 Exercise 3.1b 41 Exercise 3.1c 43 Exercise 3.2 45 Exercise 3.3 50 Exercise 3.4 56

Summary Tasks for Learning Outcome 3 59

PC Passport Support Materials

Internet Exercise Booklet — Beginner 1

Internet Exercise Booklet — Beginner Exercise 1.1 1. Label the diagram below.

2. Switch on your computer by pressing the power button, usually found on the front of the system unit.

3 If necessary, switch on the monitor by pressing the power button, again usually found on the front of the monitor. A green light will indicate that the monitor is on.

4 If there is a printer attached to your system, make sure this is also switched on.

5. Take a moment to look at the hardware attached to your system, noting the buttons and lights on each.



Exercise 1.2 1. Complete these statements.

a) Microsoft Internet Explorer is an example of ___________________ software,

and it allows you to

b) Microsoft Excel is _________________ software and its purpose is

c) is an example of Word Processing software.

2. Look at what’s on your computer’s desktop. This will vary with each computer, depending on the programs on it and how it’s been used in the past. All desktops, though, have a taskbar, usually along the bottom of the desktop. This taskbar contains the Start button, which can be used to access all the settings and programs on your computer.

3. Follow the instructions below to practise using the mouse and keyboard. ♦ First, move your mouse across the desktop until the arrow is pointing to the button

that reads Start, usually found at the bottom left corner of the desktop. ♦ Click the left mouse button once to display the Start menu. ♦ Depending on the version of Windows you use, move your mouse so that the arrow is

pointing to either All Programs or Programs on this menu and then click the left button once to show the next menu. Alternatively, rest the mouse pointer on this option for a moment and the menu will pop out by itself.

♦ Find the Accessories option on the menu that pops out and move the mouse pointer to it and click or rest once again.



♦ Now move the pointer to Notepad and click once.

This opens the Notepad program, which is a simple text editing program. You’ll find out more about programs in the next part of the manual, but now you’ll use this program to practise using the keyboard.

When you click the Accessories option on the All Programs menu or rest your mouse pointer on it, this list of options appears. Click Notepad on this menu to start this program.

This is the Start button. Clicking it displays the Start menu, which lets you access all the programs and folders on your computer.

This is the list that’s shown when you click or rest on All Programs on the Start menu and it lists all the programs that are installed on your computer.



4. Type the text shown here. Remember to: ♦ press the [SPACEBAR] when you want to type a space between words or after a

punctuation mark, for example, a comma or a full stop ♦ hold down one of the [SHIFT] keys when you want a capital letter or the top symbol

from one of the keys with two characters on it, or switch on [CAPS LOCK] to type block capitals (switching it off when you finish)

♦ press [ENTER] when you want to move to a new line or leave a blank line ♦ press [BACKSPACE] when you want to correct a mistake you’ve just made

5. Now that you’ve finished with the Notepad program, you should close it, so move the mouse so that the arrow is pointing to the word File (called the File menu), and click once.

6. Move the arrow down to the Exit option and click.

7. As you’ve asked to close the program but you haven’t saved the file you typed, Notepad asks you if you want to save it.



8. Point to the No button and click the left mouse button to discard what you’ve typed and close the program.

9. Now you’ll practise various techniques using the mouse. Follow these instructions to play a game of FreeCell, if it is installed on your computer. ♦ If you use Windows XP, click the Start button then All Programs then Games and

then FreeCell. Otherwise, click the Start button then Programs then Accessories then Games and finally FreeCell.

♦ Press the [F2] function key to deal the game. If you prefer to use the mouse to start a new game, click the Game menu and then New Game.

♦ Following the instructions in the workbook, play a game or two of FreeCell. ♦ When you’ve finished playing, close FreeCell by clicking the Game menu and then

Exit.



Exercise 1.3 1. Follow the steps below to open the Windows Explorer program and investigate the

contents of your system. Remember that as each disk is unique, the contents and the way they are shown in the illustrations here will most likely differ from those on your computer. However the Windows Explorer program will work the way it’s described here. ♦ Start Windows Explorer by clicking the Start button then All Programs (or

Programs) then Accessories then Windows Explorer. The My Documents folder is expanded so that you can see its contents. Notice that the four folders that are within My Documents are shown in both the folders list at the left and the contents pane at the right.

♦ Click the plus sign to the left of My Computer in the folders list to see the drives

that are part of your computer. Remember that your setup might be different from the one shown here.

Click this plus sign to show the drives that make up your system.

Folders list Contents pane



Important! On many systems you might not be allowed to access the C drive and you may be instructed to save folders and files on another drive, e.g. a network drive. Do not go any further in this exercise until you know which drive your work is to be saved to.

♦ If you have access to the C drive, follow these steps:

— Click the C drive (your hard disk) in the folders list. Windows XP’s security measures might warn you about the importance of the files on this disk and show a link that you have to click if you want to see them. If you see this message, click the link so that you can see the contents of this drive.

— The folders that are part of your C drive are listed in the folders list. They are also listed in the contents pane along with any files that are stored on the drive, but not inside a folder.

— Click the plus shown to the left of the Program Files folder to expand it. This displays a list of the subfolders within the Program Files folder, each representing an application that’s installed on your computer. Since you haven’t selected (by clicking) a folder or another drive in the folders list, the contents of the hard disk are still displayed in the contents pane.

Drives that are part of ‘My Computer’



— Click the minus to the left of the Program Files folder to collapse it, hiding its subfolders.

2. Using these techniques look around the other disks and folders on your system, taking care not to make any changes.

A group of files and folders that you will use to complete the exercises in this course will have been placed on the drive where you’ve been told you can save your files. They’ll be in a folder called Internet – Int 1.

3. Following the instructions below, create a new subfolder in the Internet – Int 1 folder. ♦ List the contents of the drive where you’ve been told you can save your files and

make sure that the Internet – Int 1 folder is selected in the folders list so that you can see its contents. Remember that your Windows Explorer window may appear different from this illustration. However, the Internet – Int 1 folder contains the folders shown here, even if they are listed in a different way.

♦ Click the Documents folder in the folders list to display its contents in the contents pane.



— Click the File menu and then point to New.

— Click Folder on this pop-out menu.

A new folder is created within the Internet – Int 1 folder and is ready for you to rename it.



♦ Type Employee then press [ENTER].

Notice that your new folder appears in both the folders list and the contents pane. You’ll use this folder later in the activity.

4. Follow the instructions below to copy and move some files. ♦ Click the Letters and Memos folder in the folders list so that its contents are shown

in the contents pane.

♦ First you’ll move the Office Automation Conference document into the Meetings folder, so point to this file and click once to select it.

♦ Click the Edit menu and then the Cut option. Although this file isn’t removed from the Letters and Memos folder yet, it appears dimmer to indicate that it has been cut.

♦ In the folders list, click the Meetings folder to open it and then select the Edit, Paste menu option to place the cut document here.

The Office Automation Conference document is removed from its original folder and placed in the Meetings folder.

New folder, ready to be named. If the folder name doesn’t appear like this, press [F2] to edit the name.



♦ Click the Letters and Memos folder in the folders list to see its contents and notice that the Office Automation Conference document is no longer in this folder.

♦ Next you’ll copy the Audit document from the Reports folder to the Employee folder.

♦ Click the Reports folder in the folders list.

♦ Select the Audit document in the Reports folder by clicking it once. ♦ Select the Edit, Copy menu option. ♦ Click the Employee folder then select the Edit, Paste menu option. ♦ The Audit document is now in both the Reports folder and the Employee folder. ♦ Check that this is the case.

5. Follow these instructions to rename the Employee folder that’s a subfolder in the Documents folder. ♦ Click the Documents folder in the folders list. ♦ Right-click the Employee folder and choose Rename from the shortcut menu.



♦ Change the folder name to Employee Documents then press [ENTER].

6. Move the following files from the Documents folder to the Employee Documents folder. ♦ Car Policy ♦ Company Car Entitlement ♦ Employ

7. Move the Employee Documents folder to the Internet – Int 1 folder by cutting it from

the Documents folder and pasting it there.



8. Follow the instructions below to move the Mileage spreadsheet from the Meetings folder within the Documents folder. ♦ Display the contents of the Meetings folder in the Documents folder. ♦ Cut the Mileage spreadsheet from this folder. ♦ Display the contents of the Financial folder in the Spreadsheets folder and paste the

Mileage file here.

9. Delete the P&L file in the Financial folder by clicking it once to select it and then pressing [DELETE] on your keyboard. Click Yes to confirm the deletion. Remember that, if this file was on your hard disk, it’s not permanently removed from the disk yet; it is moved to the Recycle Bin. If the file was on another drive, eg a network drive, it will be deleted permanently.

10. If you are working on the hard drive, follow the instructions below to return the deleted file to its original location. ♦ At the bottom of the folders list, click the Recycle Bin. ♦ Right-click the P&L file shown in the Recycle Bin and select Restore. ♦ Check that this file has been returned to its original location (the Financial folder in

the Spreadsheets folder in the Internet – Int 1 folder).

11. Close Windows Explorer by clicking the small X at the top right of the window. This X is called the Close button.



Exercise 1.4 1. Answer the following questions:

a) What three items do you need to connect to the Internet?

1.

2.

3.

b) What does ISP stand for?

c) What does an ISP do?

d) What is the speed of the fastest modem?

e) What does kbps stand for and what is it used to measure?

2. Imagine that you use a 56 kbps modem. Explain what costs will be involved in its use to connect to the internet.

3. Explain the difference between the internet and the World Wide Web.

4. Other than the Web, what facilities make up the internet?

5. What does the term ‘real-time’ mean?



6. Which of the following parts of the internet work in real-time?

E-mail Yes/No

Newsgroups Yes/No

Chat Yes/No

The web Yes/No



Exercise 1.5 1. Open Microsoft Internet Explorer using whichever method is in use on your PC. For

example, you might click the Start button and then Internet, or you may have to use a different method.

Internet Explorer is opened and your home page is displayed. Since the home page is set by the user, you’ll find that the actual page displayed when you start the program differs from that shown below. However, the screen elements will be the same as those shown.

Click here to start Internet Explorer.

Alternatively, click here.



2. Examine the screen to familiarise yourself with the elements described on previous pages.

3. Take a look at the address shown in the Address box.

This means that it’s a Web page called welcome that’s written in the HTML language, it belongs to the commercial site on the Web called www.altavista.com and the HTTP protocol has been used to transfer this page to your browser from the server it’s stored on.

4. Click in the Address box to highlight the address that’s already there.

5. Now type www.bbc.co.uk and press [ENTER]. The address you type here replaces the original address because you’d highlighted it first.

The BBC home page (the main page of the BBC site) is now displayed. On this screen, there are hyperlinks to take you to whatever part of the BBC Web site you’re interested in. These include News, Sport, TV and Radio. When you point to these headings, the pointer changes to a small hand to show that you can click these parts of the screen to jump to the related area of the site.

6. Move the mouse pointer around the BBC home page and watch as it changes to a small hand when you point to the hyperlinks.

7. Click one of the hyperlinks to jump to an area of your choice and then explore that part of the Web site for a short while. Watch the Address box to see that the address changes as you move from page to page.

A typical web address.

When the address that’s in the Address box is highlighted, it will look like this.

When you press [ENTER] after typing an address, “HTTP://” is added at the start if you didn’t type it.

This is the address of the TV page that you can visit from the BBC home page.



For example, the BBC site has a series of pages relating to the schools’ education system and exams. The illustration below shows the address for the BBC’s Scottish Higher exam page.

8. When you have finished exploring, select the File, Close menu option. This means click the File menu and then the Close option.

The Internet Explorer window closes.



Exercise 1.6 1. Open Internet Explorer again and go to the BBC’s Web site home page. Its address is

www.bbc.co.uk. When you start typing the address in the Address box, the drop-down list opens to display addresses that you’ve previously visited that match what you’ve typed. You can finish typing the address yourself or, since you visited this page earlier, click it in the drop-down list.

2. Click the News hyperlink to take you to the News section of the Web site. Look at the Address box to see that the address of this page is news.bbc.co.uk If you wanted to visit this page in the future, you could simply type this address rather than open the home page and then click the link.

3. To print this page, click the Print button on the toolbar. This button looks like this: .

A single copy of this page is printed on your default printer.

4. Follow the instructions below to save this page on your computer so that you can view it later without going online. ♦ Select the File, Save As menu option.

As you type, addresses that you’ve previously visited that match what you’re typing are displayed in this drop-down list.



♦ If necessary, follow this procedure to save this page in the Internet – Int 1 folder: click the Save in box and choose the hard disk (marked with (C:) in the list), or your network drive where the Internet – Int 1 folder is located, and then double-click Internet – Int 1 in the main window.

♦ The Web page title BBC News Front Page has been entered as the file name, so click the Save button to accept this name and save the page.

5. Open the Windows Explorer program and display the contents of the Internet – Int 1 folder.

6. Double-click the BBC News Front Page file. Notice that this file uses the Internet Explorer icon to show it’s an HTML file. You can also see the BBC News Front Page_Files folder that was created when you saved the page.

Double-click this folder to save the page here.

This may be the name of your network drive instead.



7. Look at the Address box and notice that, although this page looks the same as when it was online, its address is the Internet – Int 1 folder on your computer.

8. Close the Internet Explorer windows and the Windows Explorer program.

The folder that was created when you saved the page

Double-click this icon to see the saved Web page.



Summary Tasks for Learning Outcome 1 In this set of tasks, you’ll use all the skills and knowledge that you’ve learned in this part of the course.

Task 1

1. Match the following pieces of hardware with their function by typing the letter of the component next to its description in the table below the diagram.

Function Letter

Produces a hard copy of the file or page you’re working with.

Allows you to move the pointer and select menu options when dragged across the desktop.

Shows what’s happening on your computer.

Broadcast the sounds that your computer makes.

Allows you to enter and edit information as well as to interact with the computer.

Contains the motherboard and other vital components.

A. B.

C.

D. E.

F.



2. Identify whether each of these items is an input device or an output device by writing each under the appropriate heading: Mouse, Monitor, Speakers, Keyboard, Printer, Scanner, Multimedia projector

Input Output

3. Identify whether each of these programs is system software or application software.

Microsoft FrontPage

Lotus 1-2-3

Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft Calculator

MAC OS X

Microsoft Internet Explorer

4. Label the diagram on the next page using the letter from the table below that matches the key’s function.

A. A set of keys with pre-defined functions. For example, one of these is used as the main help key in a lot of programs.

B. This key allows you to type capital letters as well as the top symbol on the keys that have two symbols on them.

C. You use this key to type a space between words.

D. These keys can be used either to type numbers or to move the cursor on the screen.

E. This key is used at the end of paragraphs when typing and also to select the highlighted button in a dialog box. It is one of the main keys on the keyboard.

F. These keys are used to move the cursor on the screen.

G. This is a modifier key that can be used with other keys as shortcuts to many software tasks. For example, when you hold down this key and press O, many programs will allow you to open one of their files.

H. Using this key you can correct mistakes as you type.



Label this diagram with the letters defined on the previous page.

5. Explain each of these words and phrases.

Operating system

Plotter

File

ISP

Scanner

Internet Explorer

FTP



6. Answer the questions below about these electronic filing systems.

a. In which folder is the Urban Development Project folder stored?

b. How many folders are in the Current Projects folder?

c. What are they called?

d. In what folder is the budget document stored?

e. In what folder is the David Walker folder?

f. Is the Eastwood Project current or completed?

Task 2

Describe here the steps you would take to view the BBC main website and save the page in the Internet – Int 1 folder on your hard drive or network drive.



Task 3

Carry out the steps you described in Task 2 to check that they’re correct. Make notes here of any mistakes you had made in Task 2.



Exercise 2.1 During this exercise, if any page you visit appears to be taking a long time to load, click the Stop button on the browser’s toolbar and then click the Refresh button to try to reload it. You may have to type the page address again or click the link again.

Print or save any pages that you’re particularly interested in.

1. Open Internet Explorer.

2. Visit the Museum of Scotland website by typing its address into the Address box and pressing [ENTER].

Its address is http://www.museum.scotland.net

3. Follow the instructions below to investigate this site using the links supplied on the site. ♦ Click the Galleries link at the right of this page. ♦ Click the Beginnings link on the Galleries page. ♦ Read through this page and then click The Kingdom of the Scots. ♦ Now click the Back button on the browser’s toolbar to return to the Beginnings page. ♦ Click Back again to return to the Galleries page.

The Forward button is now available, giving you the option to return to the Beginnings and The Kingdom of the Scots pages you already viewed. ♦ Click the arrow next to the Forward button to see this list of pages. There are two

pages on the list and, because of the way the pages have been created, they’re both listed as The Museum of Scotland rather than Beginnings and The Kingdom of the Scots, although these are the pages that this list refers to.

♦ In the panel at the left of the Galleries page, click the The Building link. ♦ Look at the View from the top using the link on this page. Experiment with the

visuals on this page — instructions are included on the page. ♦ Using the Back button, return to the Beginnings page. You may have to click this a

number of times, depending on what you did on the View from the top page.

4. Visit and explore the FBI website — the FBI Reading Room makes interesting reading!

Its address is www.fbi.gov



5. Visit and explore the Disney website.

Its address is www.disney.com

6. Return to your home page by clicking the Home button on your browser’s toolbar.

7. Go to the www.dictionary.com site and find out what incorrigible means.

8. Visit www.amazon.co.uk and find out what science fiction DVDs they have, how much they cost, and how long they will take to be delivered.

9. Use the Back and Forward buttons on the toolbar to return to some of the pages you’ve visited during this session.



Exercise 2.2 During this exercise, if any page you visit appears to be taking a long time to load, click the Stop button on the browser’s toolbar and then click the Refresh button to try to reload it. You may have to type the page address again or click the link again.

1. Ensure that Internet Explorer is running then click the History button. This button looks like this: .

When the History bar is displayed, the amount of information and the actual information shown will depend entirely on how your computer has been set up and how it’s been used recently. You’ll find, therefore, that although some of the pages that appear on your list are the same pages as those in the illustrations in this exercise, you shouldn’t expect yours to look exactly the same.

The History bar shows the pages you’ve visited today, although you could go back through any of the days or weeks shown on your list. You might have to click Today to see these pages.



2. Follow the instructions below to re-visit some of the pages you saw earlier. ♦ Click the FBI entry in the History bar to see a list of the pages you visited on that

site. ♦ This part of your History list will look something like this, but remember, since you

visited pages of your choice on this site, it won’t be exactly the same.

♦ Click any one of the pages to view it again. ♦ View one or two of the other pages you saw at the FBI site. ♦ Now re-visit some of the Disney pages you saw earlier. ♦ View any of the pages you’re interested in seeing again.

3. Click the History button again to hide the History bar.



Exercise 2.3 During this exercise, if any page you visit appears to be taking a long time to load, click the Stop button on the browser’s toolbar and then click the Refresh button to try to reload it.

1. Ensure that Internet Explorer is running then click the Favorites button.

2. Visit the BBC Radio 1 Web site. Its address is www.bbc.co.uk/radio1

3. In the Favorites list, click the Add button.

4. Click OK to add this to your Favorites list with the name BBC – Radio 1 – Home.

5. Add the BBC 1 page to your Favorites list. Its address is www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone

Radio 1 page added to the Favorites list



6. Follow these instructions to add another site and make it available offline. ♦ Add the Scottish Parliament site to your Favorites list. Its address is

www.scottish.parliament.uk ♦ Choose to make this page available offline then click the Customize button. ♦ In the first dialog box that describes the function of this wizard, click Next to move

on. ♦ The second dialog box controls the level of links that should also be made available

offline. Make sure the No option is selected to specify that only this page, not its links are available offline then click Next.

♦ The next box deals with synchronisation. Since you want to use the Tools menu to synchronise the pages, and this is the option selected in the box, click Next to continue.

♦ You don’t need a password to access this site, so click Finish to return to the Add Favorite dialog box.

♦ Click OK to add the page to the Favorite list.

When you next go offline, use the Favorites list to access the Scottish Parliament site without connecting again to the internet. Because you chose to make pages one level deep available offline too, you will be able to view links from the main page but not the pages that are linked to the linked pages.

7. Go to the BBC website and find the Bitesize page for Standard Grade revision and add this page to your Favorites.

8. View the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? TV programme page and add it to your Favorites list.

Hint: View the www.itv.com site and use the links there to find the ‘mini-site’ for this programme. There’s a drop-down list on the ITV main page that will take you directly to the page you need.

9. Follow the instructions below to rename and delete some of the pages you’ve added to the Favorites list. ♦ The names given to the BBC pages are a little long, so now you’ll rename them.

First, click the BBC Sites folder so that you can see the pages in it. ♦ Select the first of these, the BBC 1 page, then click the Rename button. ♦ Edit the page name so that it reads BBC 1 and then press [ENTER] ♦ Rename the others as Bitesize - Standard Grade and Radio 1. ♦ Rename the Scottish Parliament entry as Scottish Parliament.



♦ Close the Organize Favorites box.

10. In the Favorites list, click the BBC Sites folder to see the contents then visit the Radio 1 site.

11. Now visit the Scottish Parliament site using the Favorites list.

12. View the Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? site using the Favorites list.

13. Rename this Favorites entry with the full name of the programme.

14. Close the Favorites list.



Exercise 2.4 1. Ensure that Internet Explorer is running then type www.altavista.co.uk in the Address

box and then click Go.

The home page for the AltaVista search engine is displayed.

Note: When you do this exercise you may find that the visual appearance of the site has changed from that shown in the activity’s illustrations, as websites are constantly updated and improved. You may also find that the sites returned by your search are different from those shown here.

2. Enter web auctions into the search box, then press [ENTER] or click Search.

A list of sites that match your search enquiry is displayed. These may be called documents, hits or matches. As the sites on the web are constantly changing, the list you get may vary from that illustrated here.

3. Click one of the hits to view the website. These sites all contain the word web and the word auctions.

4. Click the Back button on the toolbar to return to the page of search results.

Click here to go to this site.



5. Display the next page of search results — there will be link to other pages at the bottom of the current list:

6. Go to one of the sites listed on this page and then return to the search results page using

the Back button.

7. Search for bargain holidays and investigate one or two of the sites that are listed.

8. Return to AltaVista’s main page.

9. Try searching for each of the phrases below and compare the search results.

“web auctions” Only sites that contain this complete phrase are listed.

web NEAR auctions Sites that contain both words within 10 words of each other.

auctions -web Sites that contain auctions but not if they contain the word web.

10. Use the www.google.co.uk search engine to find information on your favourite pastimes.

11. Investigate some of the other search engines listed on the preceding pages.

12. Follow the instructions below to search Google for various images. ♦ Display the Google home page at www.google.co.uk ♦ Click Images above the box and type edinburgh castle in the search box.

♦ Press [ENTER] to perform the search. A number of images are returned. Remember that the images that are returned may not be the same images shown here.



♦ Search for images of the White House.

13. Search for information about the most recent Scottish Census and find the census information for your area.

14. When you’ve finished, close Internet Explorer.



Summary Tasks for Learning Outcome 2

Task 1

1. Visit the Times newspaper website. Its address is www.timesonline.co.uk.

2. Go to the weather section of the paper and find the weather forecast for your area for the rest of today. Summarise this forecast here.

3. Use the Back button on your browser toolbar to return to the main weather page.

4. Find out the general weather situation in Europe for today and summarise it here.

5. Visit the MTV site, address www.mtv.com and find the Music Main page. Write the headline from today’s main feature here.

6. Close your browser.

Task 2

1. Add the Times weather site to your Favorites list. You might want to use the History facility on your browser to return to this page as you visited earlier in this Summary Task.

2. Add the Glasgow Herald site to your Favorites list with the name The Herald. Its address is www.theherald.co.uk

3. Rename the Times Online – Weather item on your Favorites list as Times Weather. 4. Add the MTV site to your Favorites list, making this page available offline. Choose to

synchronise using the Tools menu and download links 1 level deep.



Task 3

1. Use the Google website to find information about one of your hobbies or interests. List here the first five sites that Google returns.

2. Use the Lycos website to find information about the same hobby or interest. List here the

first five sites that Lycos returns. Are any of these the same as Google returned?

3. Search for information about another of your interests using the AltaVista search engine.

4. Use the Google website to find information about bargain holidays in France, but not in

Paris or Lyon. Use search operators to help you refine the search so that you find only this specific information. Write the search terms you used here:

5. Use any search engine to find information about your favourite singers and pop/rock groups. Experiment with search terms until you find out about concerts in your local area. Write the search terms you use here.



Exercise 3.1a Carry out the following steps if your tutor asks you to set up an internet e-mail account using account details supplied by the tutor. The activity suggests that you use the Freeserve provider, so the illustrations are taken from Freeserve. If you choose to use a different provider, the illustrations may differ from the screens that you see here.

1. Follow the instructions below to sign up for a Freeserve internet e-mail account. ♦ Open Internet Explorer and display the Web page www.freeserve.co.uk ♦ Click the link Sign up for free email!

When you click the link, another screen is displayed. Click the link Sign up for free email… A form for collecting your details is displayed.

♦ Complete the form with the details supplied by your tutor. ♦ When you have completed the form, click the Submit button. ♦ On the data protection screen choose the options that suit you then click Submit. ♦ Accept the terms of use and click Submit. ♦ A screen showing your e-mail address and password is displayed.

2. Click the link at the bottom of these details to Go to Inbox.

Click this link.



You have one message, a welcome message, from Freeserve.

3. Open this message by clicking any underlined part. Part of the message is shown below.

4. Read the message to find out about the features offered by Freeserve internet e-mail.

5. Click the Back to Inbox link to close the message.

Welcome message from Freeserve

Click here to close the message.

The person the e-mail was sent to (the recipient)

The address or display name of the person who sent the message.

A few words about the content of the e-mail



Exercise 3.1b Carry out the following steps if you already have a non-internet based e-mail account. The illustrations shown in this exercise are taken from the Microsoft Outlook e-mail program, so they will differ from the screens that you see in your own e-mail program if you use something else, however, the e-mail messages shown here have the same subjects and contents as those you will work with.

1. Open your e-mail program.

3. Double-click the message headed Quarterly Meeting to open it. The message will usually be opened in a new, separate window, leaving the main program window open in the background.

Double-click any of these to open them.

Click this button to check for new messages.



4. Close this message to return to your Inbox.

5. Next read the Monthly Sales Sheet message.

6. Close the message and return to the Inbox.

You would click here to close the message.

Information about this message — the address or display name of who sent it, who it was sent to and copied to (the recipients) and a few words about the content of the message (the subject)

Date and time the message was sent

Message text



Exercise 3.1c Carry out the following steps if your tutor does not supply you with account details. The activity suggests that you use the Freeserve provider, so the illustrations are taken from Freeserve. If you choose to use a different provider, the illustrations may differ from the screens that you see here.

1. Follow the instructions below to sign up for a Freeserve internet e-mail account. ♦ Open Internet Explorer and display the Web page www.freeserve.co.uk ♦ Click the link Sign up for free email!

When you click the link, another screen is displayed. Click the link Sign up for free e-mail…

A form for collecting your details is displayed.

♦ Complete the form with your details. ♦ When you have completed the form, click the Submit button. ♦ On the data protection screen choose the options that suit you then click Submit. ♦ Accept the terms of use and click Submit. ♦ A screen showing your e-mail address and password is displayed.

2. Click the link at the bottom of these details to Go to Inbox.

Click this link.



You have one message, a welcome message, from Freeserve.

3. Open this message by clicking any underlined part. Part of the message is shown below.

4. Read the message to find out about the features offered by Freeserve Internet e-mail.

5. Click the Back to Inbox link to close the message.

Welcome message from Freeserve

Click here to close the message.



Exercise 3.2 Important! If you are working alone, send and forward the messages as indicated in the steps of this activity but address them to your own e-mail account. If you are not working alone, identify a work partner and address the e-mails to them.

Again, the illustrations shown in this activity use the Freeserve e-mail facilities, so the appearance of the screens may differ slightly if you use a different provider or if you use non-internet e-mail.

1. Follow the instructions below to send your first e-mail message. ♦ Make sure that you are logged into your e-mail and that the Inbox is displayed.

Alternatively, if you are using non-internet e-mail, open your e-mail program. ♦ Choose to create a new e-mail message. If you are using Freeserve, you do this by

clicking the Write Mail tab at the top of the page. If you are using Yahoo!, you click the Compose button. Other providers will have similar methods of creating a new e-mail message.

♦ Click in the To box and type the address of the person you’re sending the e-mail to. Remember this address has to be typed exactly as it should be or the message won’t reach your intended recipient.

♦ Click in the Subject box and type Staff Meeting. ♦ Click in the message box and type the following message:

It is important that you attend this meeting, so I'd be grateful if you'd ensure you can be there. There will be a short break around 11am to allow you to pick up any urgent messages, and the meeting will continue until around 12:30pm.



♦ Read over your subject and message to make sure you haven’t made any mistakes and then click Send.

♦ If you’re using Freeserve and the address that you sent the message to hasn’t been added to your Address Book, you’ll be given the chance to add it now. If you want to add the address so that you can use it again later without having to remember or type it, click Save Address(es) and then click the address then the Save button.

In future, when you want to add this address to a message, you would click the Address Book link on the new message screen.

♦ If necessary, click OK to return to the Inbox.

2. Following the instructions below, reply to the e-mail that you’ve just received. ♦ In your Inbox, open the message with the subject Staff Meeting that you’ve just

received. If you haven’t received this message yet, click the Check Mail button or link.

♦ Click the Reply button or link.

Click the Reply button.



A new message is displayed, addressed to the sender of the original. It may also contain the text from the original message.

♦ Type your reply I’ll be there and then send the message. ♦ Return to your Inbox and notice that the subject of the reply you received is the

original preceded by Re to show that it’s a reply to another message.

3. Follow the instructions below to see copies of the messages you’ve sent. ♦ In the Folders list (usually found at the left side of the screen), click Sent Mail.

Remember that, depending on your e-mail provider, this may have a slightly different name.

The message and the reply that you sent earlier are listed in this folder, along with any other messages that have been sent from this e-mail account.

♦ Return to the Inbox.

Start of the original message.



4. Following these instructions, forward an e-mail to another user. ♦ Choose a message from your Inbox and open it. ♦ Click the Forward button or link.

A new message containing the original text (and any attachments that were part of the original message) is displayed. Because you’re forwarding it to another user rather than replying to the sender of the original message, the address fields haven’t been filled in.

♦ Address the message to the same person as before, this time using the Address Book link if you added them to it.

♦ Add the text Could you deal with this for me, please? ♦ Send the message. ♦ Open and read the forwarded message that you receive. Notice that the original

subject has been preceded by Fw (or perhaps Fwd) to show you that the message originally came from someone else.

5. Follow the instructions below to delete a message from your Inbox and then empty your Deleted Items folder. ♦ In your Inbox, select a message. In Freeserve and Yahoo! you would do this by

clicking in the box to the left of the message. Other providers will have a similar method of selecting individual messages.

♦ Click the Delete button to move the message to the Deleted Mail folder (this folder is called Trash in Yahoo!). You may have to confirm this deletion.

♦ Click the Deleted Mail folder to see the messages that have been deleted from any folder in your mailbox.

♦ Empty the Deleted Mail folder by clicking the Empty link next to it. You may have to confirm this.

6. Following the instructions below, send an e-mail with an attachment. ♦ Create a new message and address it as before. ♦ Type the subject Document for Review ♦ Type the message text Could you have a look over this and let me have your

comments please. ♦ Click the Attach button or link. ♦ Follow your provider’s process to attach the file Company Car Entitlement that’s

stored in the Employee Documents folder in the Internet – Int 1 folder on your computer.

♦ Send the message.



7. Follow the instructions below to read the message and open the attachment. The file that was attached to the message is a Microsoft Word document, so you will have to have Microsoft Word installed on your computer. ♦ Return to the Inbox and notice that the message you received is shown with a

paperclip to show that it has a file attached. ♦ Open the message.

♦ Click the attached file’s name to open it in a suitable program. In some e-mail systems, you click a paperclip next to the attachment name rather than the name itself.

♦ If you’re using Yahoo! Mail, choose to Scan and Download Attachment and then Download Attachment once Yahoo! has checked the message for signs of a virus.

You may have to confirm whether you want to open or save this file. If so, choose to open it.

Note: Some e-mail providers, such as Yahoo! have built in a virus scanning system to protect your own and your recipients’ computer from virus damage.

♦ Close the attachment by clicking the Close button in its top right corner and return to your message.

♦ Return to the Inbox.

8. Sign out of your e-mail.

Click to open.



Exercise 3.3 In this exercise you’ll use the Freeserve and Yahoo! chat facilities, creating accounts if necessary for each.

1. Open the web page www.freeserve.co.uk

2. Follow the instructions below to go to the Freeserve Chat home page. ♦ Click the Chat & Forums link on the Freeserve home page. Remember that forum is

another name for newsgroup.

♦ Click Chat in the new list that appears.

Click this link on the Freeserve home page.



3. At the bottom of the Chat home page, click the Rules of Chat link and look through the rules to get an idea of them. When you’ve finished, click the Back to chat link at the bottom of the page.

4. Using the orange links at the right of this screen, find a chat room that interests you. Use the links that appear at each step until you reach the room that you want.

5. If you have a Freeserve chat account, skip this step. Otherwise, follow the instructions below to create a chat account. ♦ When the sign-in page is displayed, click the Register button under the New Users

section.



♦ Choose a nickname and type a valid e-mail address twice, the second time just to confirm the address.

♦ Click the Register button to continue.

The password that you’ll use to log in to the chat facility is now sent to the e-mail account you specified. This is a security measure so that only users with valid e-mail accounts can use the system.

♦ Open another Internet Explorer window and log into your e-mail to find your password.

♦ Return to the chat window and click the Login button.

6. Log in using your nickname and password.

You enter the chat room and can take part in the conversation by typing your message and pressing [ENTER]. For more information on how the chat room window works, click the ? button at the top right corner of the chat window.

Once you’ve opened your e-mail and found your password, click this button to log into chat.



7. Take part in the conversation or, if you prefer, watch how the conversation goes for a few minutes.

8. Log out of chat by clicking the Quit button in the top right corner of the chat window.

Since you’ve logged out of chat altogether, you’re returned to the Chat & Forums page.

Now you’ll tour the Yahoo! chat service.

9. Open the web page www.yahoo.co.uk

10. Follow the instructions below to go to the Yahoo! Chat home page. ♦ Click the Chat link on the Yahoo! home page.

Quit

Help

Members online

Type your message then press [ENTER] or click Send.

Standard messages from the service provider.



You are asked to log in or sign up.

11. If you already have a Yahoo! Chat! or e-mail account, skip this step. Otherwise, follow these instructions to sign up for Yahoo! Chat. ♦ Click the Sign Up For Yahoo! Chat! link. ♦ The Terms of Service are displayed. ♦ Read through these terms and then click I accept. ♦ Next, complete the form with your details and choices. Make sure that the option to

create an e-mail account is selected. ♦ Click Submit This Form when you’ve finished. ♦ A screen showing your Yahoo! ID (which you’ll use to log into Chat) is displayed. ♦ Click Continue to Yahoo!. ♦ The Yahoo! Chat home page is displayed and you are signed in. In this case, you are

signed in to the US chat rooms, so you’ll sign out then sign in again to the UK & Ireland rooms.

♦ Click the Sign Out link then open the www.yahoo.co.uk web page again. ♦ Click Chat on the home page again.

Click this link on the Yahoo! home page.



12. Now you’ll sign in to Yahoo! Chat. ♦ Enter your Yahoo! ID and password. ♦ Click Sign In.

The Chat home room is displayed.

13. Investigate the Yahoo! chat pages using the links provided. Use the Get the Most from Yahoo! Chat link to see some help information, and enter a chat room or two, taking part in the conversation if you feel comfortable enough.

14. When you have finished investigating, sign out of Yahoo!



Exercise 3.4 1. First, you’ll visit the Yahoo! groups, so display www.yahoo.co.uk

2. Click Groups on the Yahoo! home page.

3. Sign in to Yahoo! using the Sign In link and the nickname and password you used in the Yahoo! Chat activity.

4. Choose the type of group that interests you by clicking it once.

5. Using the links that appear on each screen, find a newsgroup that interests you. When you click the category’s name, a list of groups in that category are displayed.

Group categories — click to see a list of groups or group types.



6. Explore some of the newsgroups you find.

7. If you find a group that interests you, click the Join This Group button, providing your details as requested.

Note: If you choose a moderated group, you will have to wait for the moderator to approve your request before you can enter the members’ area for the group.

8. Sign out of Yahoo! when you’ve finished investigating the newsgroups.

Now you’ll explore the Freeserve newsgroups, which Freeserve call forums.

9. Display the Freeserve home page at www.freeserve.co.uk

10. Click the Chat & Forums link on the home page and then the Forum link.

List of groups in the category. Click the name to see the group details.

Current category — click any heading to go back.



11. Investigate the forums available and join any that interest you. Unlike the Yahoo! groups, you can read messages on most forums without joining — you only have to join if you want to post messages of your own.

12. Sign out of Freeserve and close all open Internet Explorer windows.

Categories of forum — click one to view its options.



Summary Tasks for Learning Outcome 3

Task 1

Log in to your internet e-mail account or open your non-internet e-mail program and send this message to someone you’re working with. If you’re working alone, send the message to yourself.

Subject Summary Task 1

Message Hi,

You have now nearly completed the Internet (Intermediate 1) course. Congratulations!

Task 2

Open and read the message you received from Task 1 then reply with the message Thank you.

Task 3

Forward one of the messages in your Inbox to the same person you used in Task 1.

Task 4

Write another e-mail to the person you used before:

Subject Summary Task 4

Message Hi, can you review this presentation for tomorrow’s meeting and return it to me with your comments as soon as possible please? Thanks.

Attachment Attach: the presentation Business Proposal from the Presentations folder in the Internet – Int 1 folder on your computer.

Task 5

1. Open and read the message you received from Task 4 then open the attached file.

2. When you’ve had a look through this file, close it and return to your e-mail.

3. Log out of your e-mail session.



Task 6

Explore some of the Freeserve and Yahoo! chat rooms, joining in where you want to, signing in if necessary. Write the names of the rooms you visit and note which provider they belong to here.

Room Name Provider

Task 7

Explore some of the Freeserve and Yahoo! newsgroups/forums, joining where you want to, signing in if necessary. Write the names of the groups/forums you visit and note which provider they belong to here.

Room Name Provider