Transcript 3.Using the Internet

Living Online Lesson 3
Using the Internet
IC3 Basics
Internet and Computing Core Certification
Ambrose, Bergerud, Buscge, Morrison, Wells-Pusins
What Is A Browser?
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A browser is a software program that you
use to retrieve documents from the World
Wide Web and to display them in a readable
format.
The web is the graphical portion of the
Internet.
The browser functions as an interface
between you and the Internet.
What Is A Browser?
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The browser sends a message to the web
server to retrieve your requested web page.
Then, the browser renders the HTML code to
display the image.
HTML (hypertext markup language) is the
language used to create documents for the
WWW.
Two popular browsers are Internet Explorer and
Netscape Navigator. Opera, Mozilla, and Safari
are other examples of browsers.
Browser Basics
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To connect to the Internet, you must first launch
your web browser . You can double-click the
browser icon located on your computer’s desktop or
open the browser from the start menu.
When your browser is installed, a default home
page is selected. The home page is the first page
that is displayed when you launch your browser.
You can easily change your home page. Most
people choose a home page they want to view
frequently.
The Address Bar
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The address bar is located near the top of the
browser window. The bar contains the address or
URL (uniform resource locator) of the current page.
The URL tells the browser where to locate the
page. There is a different URL for each web page.
If you want to visit a specific web site, you need to
know the address. Type the address in the address
bar and then press enter to go to the web site.
Once you are at a web site you can use a variety of
navigation tools to get the information you want.
Favorites and Bookmarks
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The web has so much to offer that it’s very likely you are
going to find some sites that you really like and wish to
return to often.
It is easy to keep these sites just a mouse click away by
adding them to your Favorites ( in Internet Explorer).
To add a site to your list of sites in Internet Explorer:
– Go to the site you want to add
– Click on “Favorites” menu and click “Add to Favorites”
To revisit a site in your favorites, just click the favorites
button and then select the shortcut to the site
As your list continues to grow you can organize your sites in
Internet Security
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Not all web sites use security
measures. One way to identify a
secure site is to check the status bar
at the bottom of your Web browser.
There you will see a small icon—
usually a lock. When the lock is closed,
it indicates the site is using security
technology.
Working with Web Pages
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As you view web pages on the web, you’ll find a lot of
things you would like to save on a computer disk so that you
can open them later without having to connect to the
Internet.
You can save the contents of an entire web page to a disk.
Most browsers give you options for saving, such as saving
the entire web site, saving it in html format or as a text file.
Once you have saved the site, you can open it from the disk.
The application in which you open it depends on the save
options you chose. For example, if you saved it as a text file,
you would open it in your word-processing program.
E-Mail
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E-mail or electronic mail is one of the most popular
services on the Internet.
E-mail is very similar to regular mail. You have a
message, an address, and a carrier that figures out
how to get if from one location to another.
E-mail travels much faster than regular mail and
for that reason, regular mail is sometimes referred
to as “snail mail.”
E-mail Addresses
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You send and receive e-mail through an e-mail address.
Every user has a unique e-mail address.
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An e-mail address consists of the user name, followed by
the @ symbol, followed by the user’s domain name.
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Examples of domain names include .com for commercial
institutions or businesses, .edu for educational institutions,
.gov for government offices, .net for network gateways,
and .org for organizations
The domain name can help you identify the affiliation of an
e-mail addressee. For example, the president of the United
States is [email protected].
Creating a Message
Regardless of the e-mail program used, all e-mail messages contain the following
standard elements:
–The header-contains information on the addresses of the receiver. It also has
CC and BCC fields, where you can send messages to individuals who you want to
receive a carbon copy or blind copy of the message.
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can manually key in e-mail addresses or you can insert them from your address book.
An address book is an electronic list of your contacts.
–The subject field-contains a brief description of the content of the message
–The body-contains the text of the message
If you send a file attached to your e-mail message, you should also see a field or
icon in the header section to indicate that the message has an attachment. You
can attach just about any kind of file to an e-mail message, such as word
processing documents, pictures or graphics files, sound files, and video files.
Sending files as attachments is any easy way to transfer data from one computer
to another.
Writing Professional E-Mail
Messages
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E-mail has become a prevalent form of communication
for both personal and business users.
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E-mail communication should be courteous and
professional, especially among business users.
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E-mail messages can be saved and printed so they can
serve as written proof of what has transpired.
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Proofread and spell check your messages before sending
them.
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Be careful about using humor or jokes in your messages
because they can be misunderstood or misinterpreted.
Working with Messages You
Receive
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When you receive a message, you can respond to it in either of
the following ways:
– Reply to it- Click the “Reply” or “Reply All” button, key your
response, and click the “send” button to send the message.
– Forward it-Click the “Forward button”, type in the address of
the recipient, key your response, and send the message.
– Save it- File it away in a folder to be used later. E-mail
messages can be saved in various formats, including text and
html formats.
– Delete it-Select the message and then press the “Delete key”
or click the “Delete button”. In some e-mail programs deleting
the message moves it into a deleted mail storage area. To
delete if permanently, you must delete it from this location.
Organizing and Managing
E-mail
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Most e-mail programs give you a number of
options for managing and organizing e-mail
messages.
– You can sort e-mail according to the name of the
sender, by subject, or by the date received.
– You can use the search feature to find e-mail
messages from a certain person or received on a
certain date.
– You can organize mail into different folders that
you create within your e-mail program.
The End!!!