Web-Browsing
Basics
Presented by Taylor Howell,
Librarian
Lesson Plan
Parts of a Computer
Features of your desktop
Browsers
Searching on the internet
Parts of a website
Saving, downloading, printing
Shortcut commands
BEFORE GETTING STARTED:
Gather your passwords and
notes
If you have a smart phone,
have that with you
Have a clear plan of what
you need to accomplish on
the computer
PARTS OF THE DESKTOP COMPUTER
Computer Tower
Mouse
Holds motherboard, graphics
card, etc. The main tool you use to
All other parts must be navigate applications by
connected to tower "clicking" with the left button
Has on/off switch and ports Right clicking with the right
button brings up other options
Monitor Keyboard
What you use to type words
A screen that displays the
and commands into the
functions of the computer,
computer
the main interface
Has many keys that make the
Some are touch screens,
computer do certain actions.
others are not
Right Click
brings up menu
for more
PARTS OF THE
options
COMPUTER: MOUSE
Center Mouse
wheel
Used to scroll up and
down a webpage
Mouse Cursor Cursor Icons
corresponds to your when you hover your
mouse's movements mouse cursor over a
Left Click and clicks clickable hyperlink, it
main button for the icon changes to
navigating the web look like this
COMMON MOUSE
USES
Double left click on desktop icons
Highlight text by left
clicking and dragging
Right click for copy and
paste options
PARTS OF THE COMPUTER: KEYBOARD
Commonly used buttons
Backspace
delete typed
text
Enter Key
Shift Key go to website,
hold down execute
this button function
while typing to
capitalize
words and Space bar
secondary adds a space
functions like ! in typed text
instead of 1
NAVIGATING THE DESKTOP
Applications
for easy
access
(double click)
Notification
Windows
area
Icon shows computer
For settings & statuses
turning off
computer
Search bar Task bar
For applications on the computer or on the internet For opened applications and bookmarks
INTERNET
Google Chrome
BROWSERS
Your portal to accessing
information on the web
Microsoft Edge
Each browser has
its pros and cons,
Firefox but every browser
functions the same
way: allowing you
to search from
Duckduckgo millions of
websites
Features of internet browsers
Managing "windows" and "tabs"
You can have many internet websites open at once. For example, you can go back and forth
to your email inbox and a job application page
Tabs within windows
tabs are easier to manage than
multiple windows. just click on the
top of the webpage to go back and
forth bewtween tabs
Windows
Each window could have multiple
tabs on it. Hover over the google icon
at the bottom of the task bar to see
your open windows.
Features of Browsers
Using the top ribbon
Directional Arrows Tabs Minimize & Exit
Back arrow takes you to click back and forth between ___ minimize page into task bar
previous page open tabs maximize or window view
Refresh Page click on + to open new tab X close google window
Gmail login
Search bar
google using any search term Settings
google using website addresses
Google searching
Type in keyword to get list of
Seminole County Library website results
or
seminolelibrary.org Type in URL directly to go
straight to the website
After typing, press the ENTER key
Navigating Search results
The top ribbon has options to
search maps, images, news,
etc. related to your search
term. Also shows how many
search results
Specific, short phrases best for
keyword searches. Avoid typing
in long questions
First few results may be Ads,
watch out
Right hand side may have more
info like basic definitions,
reviews, maps, etc. related to
your search
Navigating Search results
URL Address
Text highlighted in blue is clickable and will take
you to websites
There are usually text samples from the website
below the blue link
Sometimes there are links to
subpages within the main website
listed above.
Right clicking to access options
Right-click on a website, a
picture, a hyperlink, or a
downloadable file to access
various options
Highlight text and right click
to copy
Right click
Copy
Save/download
Print
Open link in a new tab
Elements of a webpage
Search bar will show
URL of the page you
Logo goes to are viewing
homepage
Top ribbon will show
different categories of
subpages on the site
Menu of
Search bar for
frequently
searching within site
visited
subpages
Text underlined in
blue are hyperlinks
When in doubt, click
about!
Common Icons on Webpages and PDFs
Download from website to computer files
You can find these
Upload from computer files to website icons usually
somewhere at the top
corner of the webpage
Save progress or save file to computer or pdf file view.
Print file. clicking this will pull up printing options
Go back to previous page
OR Options or settings
Saving files to the computer
Every computer has a
File Explorer
application which
contains all of the
saved drives, files,
and other bits of
information on the
computer.
When you download
a file, it saves it to the
file explorer
downloads section in
USB drives will appear somewhere a particular format
beneath the other file locations
Types of File Formats
.pdf
.doc
.html
Text documents .txt
.ppt (power point)
.xls (spread sheet)
.jpeg
Image documents
.png
.mp4
Video documents .mp3 (Audio file)
.mkv
Other storage methods
Cloud storage External hardware
Saves files to external servers that You can buy memory storage
can be accessed from any device devices that come in a number of
and will save any progress as long formats.
as you are connected to the internet.
OneDrive from Microsoft
USB drive
Google Drive
SD card
You sign in with an email and
password
You can also save docs to your email
Uploading Files from Computer to Website
To upload a file, such as a resume, Google "test upload file".
you may see a button indicating Click on first result
that you can attach a file from the (https://ps.uci.edu/~franklin/doc/file_upload.html)
file explorer Practice uploading a file!
This button may look like... or... or...
Ctrl + C = copy Need to highlight text
Ctrl + V = paste first before copying,
Ctrl + X = delete pasting, or deleting
KEYBOARD Ctrl + F = Find text
Typing these commands
will open pop-up
SHORTCUTS Ctrl + P = Print
windows to perform the
Type these keys at the function
same time to execute a
command Ctrl + T = open new tab
Alt + Tab = move to other open tab
Check out more computer
tutorials at
Linked-in Learning through
seminolelibrary.org
gcfglobal.org
digitallearn.org
Thanks!
