Internet Explorer 8 Foundation Training Materials
Courseware Training Materials
Foundation / Intermediate level computer training materials for delivering training to your students, staff or clients. A courseware site licence allows you to train an unlimited number of people, at your training center using these teaching resources.
Training Course Outlines
INTERNET TERMINOLOGY AND CONCEPTS
- The Internet
- World Wide Web (WWW) vs. the Internet
- URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
- Hyperlinks
- ISP (Internet Service Provider)
- Web sites and URLs
- Structure of a Web Address
- Web Browser
- Podcasts
USING INTERNET EXPLORER
- Opening the Microsoft Internet Explorer program
- Entering a URL into the Address Bar
- Minimizing, maximizing, restoring and closing icons
- Zoom
- Hyperlinks
- Navigating through Web sites
- Back and Forward buttons
- Forcing a Web page to display within a new window
- Forcing a Web page to display within a new tab
- Switching between tabs
- Quick Tabs
- Tab List
- Closing a tab
- Stop button
- Refreshing Web pages
- Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds
- Internet Explorer icons
- Copying a picture from a Web site page
- Saving a picture on a Web page as a picture file
- Copying a Web address link (URL) from a web page to a document
- Copying a URL from a non linked area, such as the Address Bar
- Saving a Web page
- Downloading files from a Web page
- Adobe Acrobat files
SEARCHING THE WEB
- Search Engines
- Searching using Instant Search
- Searching using the Address Bar
- Adding new search engines
- Temporarily changing the search engine
- Changing the default search engine
- Search Engine Web sites
- Using keywords and phrases
- Don’t use a single search word!
- Searching using specific words
- Searching using an exact phrase
- Searching by excluding a word(s)
- Searching by date
- Searching by file format
- Online encyclopedias
- Online dictionaries
GETTING HELP WITHIN INTERNET EXPLORER
- Displaying Help
- Help Demos
- Browsing for Help
- Asking for Help
- Printing Help sheets
CUSTOMIZING INTERNET EXPLORER
- Setting your Home Page (stating page)
- Visiting the Home Page
- Setting multiple Home Pages
- Revisiting Web pages via the address bar
- Displaying your viewing history
- Deleting a history item
- Deleting the entire browsing history and temporary files
- Customizing history options
- Internet cache
- Emptying the cache and deleting temporary Internet files
- Adding a Web page to your favorites
- Opening a favorite (bookmark)
- Creating a new favorites folder
- Moving a favorite to a folder
- Renaming a bookmark
- Deleting a bookmark
- Adding a Web page to a bookmark folder
- Deleting a favorites folder
- Toolbars
- Disabling picture display
- Setting your default browser
- Installing Add-ons
FEEDS
- What are feeds?
- Viewing Web pages containing feeds
- Subscribing to feeds
- Viewing subscribed feeds
- Unsubscribing from Feeds
SECURITY ISSUES
- Internet security & password logons
- Risks associated with online activity
- Parental control options
- Submitting & resetting Web based forms
- Practice using a fill-in form
- Protected sites
- Digital certificates
- Encryption
- Secure web sites and https
- Viruses
- Virus checkers
- Malware
- Spyware
- Worms
- Trojans
- Spam
- Fraud
- Firewall
- Pop-Up blocking
- Turning off popup blocking
- Cookies
- Information Bar
- Phishing Filter
- Parental Filtering
- Windows Update
INTERNET EXPLORER – PRINTING ISSUES
- Previewing Web pages
- Page Setup – Orientation, paper size and page margins
- Printing the entire Web page
- Printing a selected area on a Web page
- Printing specific page(s)
- Printing a number of copies