Basic+Web+Skills

__**Browser Window - Internet Explorer**__
 * Title Bar**
 * 3 Buttons** - Minimize, Maximize/Restore, Close
 * Menu Bar** - functions and commands that help you navigate
 * Icon Bar** - help make functions a bit easier
 * Address Bar** - can type in the specific URL (web address) and hit go/enter
 * Web view** - scroll bars (can be at the right and the bottom)
 * Status bar** - can view to see if page is done loading - it will say Done

__**Setting your Homepage**__ This will be the page that will come up every time you open your browser. Make sure you have the URL of the site you want to enter as your homepage. You can go to that site, copy the URL, or click current when we get to that option.

On the Menu Bar - Go to Tools Select Internet Options - The first tab is general and the first section of that tab is Homepage Either paste/type in the URL or click Use Current - this will select the page you have chosen To reset - you'd go back to Internet Options and Use Default

__**Surfing - Moving from page to page on the Internet**__ Typing in the address bar - You don't have to erase what is there - if you select and highlight, whatever you type will replace the address that was there If you begin typing an address you've already visited, you'll notice it will show up below - you can click on the address with your mouse.

Once you've opened a new website, notice the Back button - this will take you back to a previously viewed page.

Another way to surf is using links - we've talked about how your mouse pointer turns into a hand when held over text/an object that is a link.

__**Favorites**__ A web utility that enables you to "save" sites you'd like to return to/remember for later use. There are two ways to access Favorites - click on Favorites on the Menu Bar or click on Favorites on the Icon Bar. If you select the Icon Bar - you will get a sub window to open up on the left-hand side of your browser window with a list of your Favorites. You can click on the add button to add a new Favorite - click OK. You can click on Organize to organize your Favorite links. It will open up an "Organize" dialog box. Here you can create and name new folders, move your links into created folders, rename links (some need to be changed to help remember what they are), and delete links or folders. When finished - close. When you click on the X in the Favorites sub-window, it closes your Favorites.

__**Important Icons for surfing:**__ Back Forward Stop - will stop a page from loading Refresh - will reload a page your looking at Home - takes you to your homepage Search Favorites History - opens a sub-window similar to Favorites; all the pages you looked at in the past - by date and day (click to revisit the pages) Mail - opens your default email program Print - prints the page your viewing

__**Searching the Web Using Search Engines**__

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 What's in a URL?
Domain Names: Component One: Owner Component Two: TLD Country Codes Component Three: Subdomain Each / (forward slash) represents a deeper level - like a folder within a folder Truncating a URL Activity  Activity 2  Decide whether these two sites are related: The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus  Bureau of Sasquatch Affairs

 Types of Search Engines
Compare some search results with different search engine types. Choose one search tool from each type and compare it with tools from the other types: Search Engine: [|Lycos], [|Google] , or [|Altavista] Meta Search Engine: [|Dogpile] or [|WebCrawler] Directory Search Engine: [|Yahoo Directory] [|Open Directory Project], or [|Education World] Multimedia Search: [|Podscope] or [|Creative Commons]

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