Getting Started With Internet Explorer 5.0

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Overview

Students will learn how to browse and find information on the Internet.

Course Objectives

You will acquire the necessary skills needed to master searching on the Web.

Prerequisites

Windows NT Workstation 4.0: Orientation, Windows 95: Introduction, or Windows 98: Introduction, or equivalent knowledge.

Target Student

Students enrolling in this course should understand the basic concepts involved in working with a personal computer. For example, students should be familiar with such terms as computer memory, data files, and program files. No prior knowledge of browser software or the Internet is required.

Performance-Based Objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

* Describe the software and hardware required to connect to the Internet, and identify the main components of the Internet Explorer 5.0 window.
* Find Web sites that contain useful information, and use Favorites to maintain links to particularly useful sites.
* Download and unzip zipped files from the Internet, and browse and use files from an FTP site.
* Use the Internet Options dialog box to specify a home page, control History, and change settings for temporary Internet files.

Delivery Method

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

What's next

Getting Started with Internet Explorer 5.0 is a pared-down version of the first course in the Internet Explorer series. Internet Explorer 5.0: Introduction, the first full day course in this series, teaches students more about how to use basic skills in Internet Explorer.

Course duration

0.5 Day(s) Course outline

Lesson 1: Overview of Internet Explorer

Overview of the Internet and the World Wide Web
Orientation to Internet Explorer

Lesson 2: Browsing the Web

AutoComplete and Automatic Searching
Using Favorites to Return to Web Sites
Using Search Tools
Organizing Favorites
Finding People and Businesses

Lesson 3: Downloading Files

Using WinZip
Downloading Files From FTP Sites

Lesson 4: Setting Internet Options

Setting General Internet Options
Content Advisor
Using Plug-ins

Hardware/Software Requirements

To run this course

You will need 16 MB of RAM for Windows 95 or Windows 98, and a minimum of 32 MB of RAM for Windows NT Workstation 4.0. You will also need 98 MB of hard disk space for a complete installation of Internet Explorer with Outlook Express. See your reference manual for hardware considerations that apply to your specific hardware setup.

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