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Introduction to the Internet, World Wide Web, and Internet Explorer.Objectives

Define the terms Internet and World Wide Web Describe the purpose of a web browser Identify the parts of a URL Use a web browser to:

o navigate the webo create bookmarks or favoriteso access browser historyo utilize tabbed browsingo change the browser’s home pageo manage search settingso use print and print previewo get help

Requirements

You will a computer with access to the Internet and headphones or speakers. If you are working in the lab, you can sign out a pair of headphones for temporary use.

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Introduction to the Internet, World Wide Web, and Internet Explorer.

The skills and concepts you learn in this unit will be used in the next lesson and throughout the rest of the semester. If needed, you can repeat any of these exercises as often as needed. If you have questions, be sure to contact your instructor. Computer lab personnel in FOH 305 may also be able to help with this tutorial.

Getting Started1. Logon to a computer and click on the Internet Explorer

tile on the start screen to start Internet Explorer (IE). If needed, maximize the IE window.

2. Click in the address box (see Figure 1), type www.worwic.edu, and press Enter.

3. On the Wor-Wic home page, point to Quick Links (upper right portion of page) and click Learning Resources (see Figure 2).

4. Click the CMP 101 Resources link in the middle of the page.

5. Click Handouts on the menu and scroll to the Internet section.

6. If needed, connect speakers or headphones to your computer and click the Video: Introduction to the Internet link. A short video will appear. Watch the video and then continue to the next page. NOTE: The video may refer to Internet Explorer 9 but the material is the same for Internet Explorer 9 and 11.

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NOTE: These instructions are based on the Internet Explorer installation on campus computers. If you are using a different computer, your screen may be different.


Display SettingsSince all installations of software can differ slightly from computer to computer, this section will walk you through some of the display options to make sure your screen matches these instructions.

1. Right click a blank area of the title bar at the very top of the window, above the address bar (see Figure 3).A menu appears with several display options. These are toggle options in that you click to turn on and click again to turn off.

2. Click Menu bar.The menu appears just below the address bar. You can also temporarily show the menu bar by pressing the ALT key on the keyboard.

3. Experiment with the other options by right clicking on a blank area of the title bar and making a selection. You may have more or fewer items than the ones shown here.

4. When finished, make sure the following options are turned on or checked (see Figure 4):

Favorites bar Status bar Lock the toolbars

5. Make sure the other options are off or unchecked.

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View and Navigate Web PagesMoving between web pages can be accomplished easily with hyperlinks. Hyperlinks allow you to jump to another location on a page, another page in a site, or another website altogether. You can also use the address bar to go directly to a web site if you know the URL.

1. Click anywhere in the Address box.The current address becomes highlighted (see Figure 5)

2. Type www.loc.govThe highlighted address is replaced with the new address you type.

3. Press Enter on the keyboard. The home page for the Library of Congress web site loads. Note that while the full URL for this page includes the protocol, you do not have to type the "http://" as part of the web site address.

4. If needed, close messages appearing in a yellow/gold bar at the bottom of the screen (the notification bar).

5. Scroll down until the Visit the Library section is visible on the left side of the page.

6. Point to the Visit the Library link (don't click it yet!). The mouse cursor changes to a hand icon and the URL for the link displays in the status bar (see Figure 6).

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NOTE: Web pages change often. If you cannot find the link specified in these instructions, choose a similar link.


View and Navigate Web Pages

1. Click the Visit the Library link. The new page loads. You have now navigated to a new page within the Library of Congress site.

2. Under the Quick Links section on the right of the page, click the Event Calendar link.This may take a moment to load. Notice the status indicator in the tab at the top of the window (see Figure 7).

3. Under the View by Category section on the left of the page, click on any category.Instead of moving to a different page, this link moves to another location on the same page. See how the scroll box moves in relation to your position on the page.

4. Click the Back button (see Figure 8).The screen scrolls back to the top of the page - the last visited location.

5. Click the Back button again. The Visiting the Library page reloads.

6. Click the Forward button. The Event Calendar page reloads.

7. Click the Home button. The browser's home page loads. The home page can be configured on each computer and each browser – we’ll see how later.

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Accessing Browser History

By default your browser is configured to save the URL for each page/site you visit. This History list allows you to return to a previously visited site. There are several different ways to access the history list.

1. To access the most recently visited pages, right click or click and hold on the Back button (see Figure 9Error: Reference source not found)A list of the web pages you have visited so far appears. You can use this list to quickly navigate to one of these pages.

2. Click Home | Library of Congress (if the link is not in the list, skip to the next step). Right click on the Back button again to open the recent pages list.

3. If you want a list of pages you have visited in the last day or week or month, click History to open the History pane in the browser window. Click a link from the list and close the pane when finished.

4. You can also access the History list using the Favorites menu. Click the Favorites button (see Figure 10).

5. Click the History tab (see Figure 10).

6. Click the Today link to see a list of sites you have visited today. Click one of the links to view a list of pages from that site, and click one of those links to jump to that page.

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Use Tabbed BrowsingYou can minimize the number of windows open on the screen by using tabbed browsing.

1. Type www.usa.gov in the address bar and press Enter. The U.S. Government home page loads.

2. Click the New Tab tab (see Figure 11). A new tab opens and a list of popular sites appears.

3. Type www.worwic.edu in the address bar and press Enter. The Wor-Wic home page loads.

4. Click the New Tab tab again and go to the Library of Congress page (www.loc.gov). Try using the History list to access this site.There are now three web sites open in one browser window (see Figure 12).

5. Activate the U.S. Government site by clicking on the tab. If the tabs become too crowded you can move them to a separate row…

6. Right click on any one of the tabs.

7. Choose Show tabs on a separate row. The tabs move below the address / search bar.

8. Right click any tab again and click the Show tabs on a separate row option to turn it off.

9. Point to the Library of Congress tab until the Close button appears (see Figure 12). Click the Close button on that tab.You should now have the USA.gov site and the Wor-Wic site open in two separate tabs.

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Tabbed home pagesThe home page is the first page that loads when you start your browser. You can have more than one home page by having each page open in a separate tab.

1. With the usa.gov tab selected, right-click on the Home button

2. Choose Add or Change Home page.

3. Choose Add this webpage to your home page tabs.Note that you can also choose to make the currently displayed page your only home page or make all the current “tab set” (all open tabs) your home page.

4. Click Yes.

5. Close the usa.gov tab (leave the Wor-Wic tab open).

6. Click the Home button.Two tabs should open as your "home tabs". .

7. Close the usa.gov tab.

8. To return to just one home page right-click the Home button, choose Add or Change Home page option and select the option to make that your only home page.

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Favorites ListFavorites (called bookmarks in some other browsers) are a good way to collect your favorite or most visited sites into a single list for easy access. For example, in this class you will be using the SAM and Blackboard websites extensively. In addition, it might be helpful to have the CMP Help & FAQ page handy. These would be good sites to add to your favorites list.

1. If needed, use the address bar to go to the Wor-Wic home page at www.worwic.edu. Hint: Try using the history list.

2. Point to Quick Links in the upper, right portion of the page.

3. When the menu appears, click Learning Resources.

4. Click CMP 101 Resources in the middle of the page, then click Help & FAQ on the menu on the left.Once the page is displayed on the screen, you can easily add it to your favorites list.

5. Click the Favorites button in the upper right corner of the window (see Figure 14). If needed, click the Favorites tab.The Favorites list appears.

6. Click Add to Favorites button (see Figure 14). Make sure the "Create in:" setting says "Favorites", and click Add.

7. To see your new Favorite, click the Favorites button again and select the Favorites tab.The CMP 101 Help & FAQ page is included in the list. Next we'll add this site to the Favorites bar.

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Favorites BarThe Favorites Bar appears at the top of the window and can make it much quicker and easier to access some of your favorite sites.

1. If needed, right click a blank area of the title bar and check to make sure the Favorites Bar option is turned on (see Figure 4).

2. With the CMP 101 Help & FAQ page still displayed on the screen, click the Add to Favorites bar button on the Favorites bar (see Figure 15). The current page is added directly to the Favorites bar. This bar can get crowded so let's rename it.

3. Right click the CMP 101 button on the Favorites bar.

4. Click Rename.

5. Type CMP Help & FAQ and press Enter.

Practice with Favorites6. Add the SAM web site and the Blackboard login page to the

Favorites List and Favorites Bar:

a. Go to the URL you wish to add (e.g. sam.cengage.com).

b. Use the Favorites button to add to the Favorites list.

c. Use the Add to Favorites Bar button to add to the Favorites bar.

d. If you wish to rename any of these items, right click on the item either on the Favorites bar or in the Favorites list and choose Rename.

e. Repeat steps a-d for the Blackboard Login page (blackboard.worwic.edu). You should end up with all three sites on the Favorites list and the Favorites bar.

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Deleting and organizing favorites

If you wish to delete a link from the Favorites list or bar, right click on the link and choose delete.

If you wish to organize your favorites by creating folders and moving the links, click the Favorites button, and then click the dropdown arrow next to the Add to Favorites button. Choose Organize favorites. Use the buttons at the bottom of the Organize Favorites window to create folders and move, delete, or rename links.


Pin to TaskbarIf you have one or two web sites that you use frequently, you can “pin” those web sites to the taskbar making them quicker to access.

1. Click in the address bar and type google.com (in most cases, you do not have to type in the ‘www’). Google is another popular search site, so we will pin this page to the taskbar for easy access.

2. Click and drag the Google tab (Figure 16) down to the taskbar. When you see a Pin to Taskbar screen tip (Figure 17), release the mouse button.

3. Close all Internet Explorer windows. A button for Google still appears on the taskbar. Now, when you want to search for something, you can click the Google button on the taskbar. If you no longer need the icon on the taskbar, you can remove it.

4. Close all Internet Explorer windows. Right-click on the Google button on the taskbar and choose Unpin this program from the taskbar. The Google button is removed.

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Jump ListsJump Lists are lists of recently opened items, such as files, folders, or websites, organized by the program that you use to open them. You can use a Jump List to open items, and you can also pin favorites to a Jump List, so you can quickly get to the items that you use every day. To access a jump list, right click on the program icon on the task bar.

1. Right click on the Internet Explorer (IE) icon on the taskbar. The IE jump list appears. Point to any item under Frequent and click the thumbtack icon to pin the page to the jump list. If a page is not on the frequent list, you can add it by visiting the site.

2. Go to the YouTube web site (youtube.com). Point to the icon next to the URL in the address bar (Figure 18). Hold down the shift key and drag the icon to the IE icon in the taskbar (Figure 19). When you see a screen tip that says Open with Internet Explorer, then let go of the Shift key so the tip changes to Pin to Internet Explorer, let go of the mouse button.The YouTube site is now added to the Internet Explorer jump list.

3. To test it out, close all internet Explorer windows, right click on the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar and click YouTube in the list. IE opens and goes directly to the YouTube site.If you no longer need an item on the jump list, you can remove it.

4. Right-click on the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar. Point to the YouTube item in the list, and then click the Unpin from this list button.

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Figure 19 (Hold Shift while dragging) Figure 20 (Lift Shift at destination)

NOTE: Many Windows programs will have jump lists. Try right clicking on other taskbar buttons to see what lists are available.

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Previewing a Web Page1. Use the History list to return to the Library of Congress home

page (if it’s not in the History list the URL is www.loc.gov). Maximize the browser window if needed.

2. Click the Tools button (see Figure 21), click Print, and then click Print Preview. Use the arrow buttons at the bottom of the preview to navigate to the end and then back to page 1.

3. The Print Preview window allows you to make adjustments to print settings.

a. Click the Landscape button. The orientation of the pages is changed so that the paper is wider than it is taller.

b. Click the Page Setup button and review the available options such as Headers, Footers, and Margins. Under Header, change the –Empty- setting to Time.

c. Click the OK button. The print preview changes to add the time in the header.

d. Click the Turn Headers and Footers On or Off button to remove the headers and footers. Click it again to return the headers and footers.

e. Click the View Full Width button to zoom in.

f. Click the View Full Page button to zoom back out.

g. Click the Show Multiple Pages drop down arrow and choose 3 Page view.

h. Modify the Change Print Size setting as needed until the content fits on two pages (see Figure 22).

4. Leave the Print Preview window open.

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Printing a Web Page1. Click the Print Document button.

2. In the Page Range section, click the option button next to Pages.

3. Enter the number 1 in the box next to the Pages option.

4. Click Print. Retrieve your printout before continuing.

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Search for InformationIf you don’t know an exact URL or you just want to look up some information, the Address/Search bar can help. Simply type in what you are looking for and press Enter.

1. Click in the Address Bar and type pizza styles.Depending on your browsers settings, you may see a list of choices as you type. Ignore these for now.

2. Press Enter.The browser will perform a search of the Internet using the default search engine. We’ll learn more about search engines later in the course.

3. Scroll down the results list and notice that some links listed at the top are advertisements or sponsored links. Click on any link to visit that page. Use the Back button to return to the results list.

4. From the search results list, right click on another link and choose Open in a new tab. Click on the tab to view the page.Now you can review the page while your search results remain available in another tab.

5. Close the current tab to return to the search results. To find out if any of the search results mention Chicago pizza, use the Find on this Page command (press CTRL+F).This command is also on the Tools menu; Point to File and then Find on this page (see Figure 25).

6. Type Chicago in the find box and IE automatically jumps to the first instance of the word and highlights the other instances on the page (see Figure 26).

7. On the back of your printout, describe, in your own words, the difference between using the address bar to search and the Find command (CTRL+F).

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Manage Search OptionsBy default your browser may be configured to use one or more search engines. You can add or remove search engines.

1. Click the Tools button and choose Manage Add-ons.

2. In the Add-on Types list on the left side of the window, choose Search Providers.

3. In the lower left corner of the window, click Find more search providers….The Internet Explorer Gallery opens.

4. Scroll down if needed and click on the Add button next to Yahoo! Search in the grid (see Figure 27).

5. Review the options in the Add Search Provider dialog box and then click the Add button without making any changes. You will not see anything different on the screen. This just modifies how the browser’s search feature functions for future searches. Let’s try it…

6. Close the Internet Explorer Gallery window and Close the Manage Add-ons window.

7. Click in the address bar and type adventure travel.Notice that your search list now has a Yahoo! icon at the bottom (see Figure 28).

8. Click the Yahoo! button in the search list and press Enter to perform the search using the Yahoo! search engine.If you wish to change your default search engine, return to the Manage Add-ons window (under the Tools button) and under Search Providers, select the search engine you wish to make the default and click the Set as default button.

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Getting and Printing Help ArticlesInternet Explorer provides many help articles with information and instructions on various features and commands.

1. Press the F1 key on the keyboard to open the Internet Explorer help window. Click in the search box near the top, type keyboard shortcuts and press Enter.

2. Under the Top result section and the Windows keyboard shortcuts link, click the topic Internet Explorer 11 keyboard shortcuts (see Figure 29).

3. Scroll down to locate the section titled Shortcuts for Internet Explorer for the desktop. A list of categories will appear.

4. Choose three shortcut keys from three different categories. On the back of the printout created earlier in this exercise, CLEARLY write down the shortcut key, category, and a brief description of the function of each shortcut key.

5. Scroll back to the Shortcuts for Internet Explorer for the desktop heading and if needed, click the Show All link (see Figure 30). NOTE: If the link says “Hide all” you do not need to click it.

6. Use the Find on this Page command (CTRL+F) to find the shortcut key that will “Select all items on the current webpage”. Write down that shortcut key under the ones you selected in step 4.

7. Use the Find command again (CTRL+F) to find and click the Hide All link to collapse all of the categories. Use print preview to add your name to the center section of the footer. Verify that the document will print on 2 pages and print it.

8. Retrieve your printout, staple printouts together, write your name on them, submit as instructed.

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Introduction to the Internet, World Wide Web, and Internet ... Web viewComputer lab personnel in FOH 305 may also be able to help with this tutorial. ... For example, in this class