Beginners Course Lesson 4

Review 1. Basic Terminology 2. Getting Connected 3. Browser Intro 4. programs

Lesson 1: Terminology Keyboard Mouse/ Touchpad Windows

Lesson 2 Getting Connected to the Internet Wi-Fi

Lesson 2 – Wi-Fi Connection

Lesson 2

Hover Right Click

Internet Explorer Firefox (by Mozilla) Chrome (by Google) Avanti / Safari / others Browsers

Explorer

Browser windows URL Input (Go To) Tabs Favorites Search Tool Bars Home Page “Clickable” fields

Lesson 3 – Browsers, cont’d SEARCH FIELDS Google Yahoo Bing AVG AOL

Search Fields Auto suggestions Inclusions and Exclusions

Tool Bars Where do they come from? How can you get rid of them? View Menu F11 key

Home Page Normally 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 Fields How 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.

programs Two fundamental types of 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 options Hotmail Yahoo Google (g-mail)

Lesson 4 – - Hotmail

Lesson 4 – G-mail

Lesson 4 – Yahoo

A typical account Inbox 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 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 address for recovery Prove you're not a robot Select your location

Using your account Composing & sending a letter Address(es) Subject Content

Using your account Adding contact information Creating Groups Phone & Chat Calendar Photos

Forthcoming Topics Photo management Spreadsheets Movies Sound Editing

Here Endeth the Lesson