Internet Skills - An Introduction

If you're feeling left behind by the internet community, don't worry! This introductory internet course was designed just for you.
As long as you can use a mouse and know how to use Windows, you'll get a lot out of this course (If you're not familiar with Windows, try our PC Basics course).
In only 8 hours at Pitman Training, you'll learn everything you need to know to find your way around the world wide web and how to communicate by email at work and with friends and family. What Is Covered.

• Lesson One - Understanding the background of the Internet, using Internet Explorer to connect to the Internet, using links in the Pitman Training Web Site, using the Back, Forward and Home toolbar buttons.
• Lesson Two - Recognising the structure of Internet Addresses (URLs), entering a URL and load the corresponding web page, editing a URL, understanding the use of search engines to find information, performing simple searches using a variety of search engines, using the internal search facility on the BBC web site, using Edit/Find command to find a specific item on a web page.
• Lesson Three - Using the Favourites feature, creating a folder in Favourites, using the History feature, saving a Web page, saving a Web Picture, printing a web page, understanding the benefits of shopping online, knowing how to shop securely on the Internet.
• Lesson Four - Including: identifying the main items on the Outlook Express screen, using the four main folders: Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items and Deleted Items, composing and printing messages, sending and receiving messages, organising messages by creating a new folder, attaching a file to a message, saving an attached file, copying a URL into an e-mail message, using the Address Book, using Spell Check.