PRINCESS NOURA BINT ABDUL RAHMAN UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY YEAR SECOND SEMESTER

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1 PRINCESS NOURA BINT ABDUL RAHMAN UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY YEAR SECOND SEMESTER ( / ) Computer skills () MODULE :2 Web browsing Prepared by: Ms. Esraa Al Mousa Reviewed and Approved by: Ms. Azra Jabeen 1 1 st Semester

2 Table of Contents WHAT IS INTERNET?... 3 USES OF INTERNET... 3 APPLICATIONS OF INTERNET: Uploading... 3 Downloading... 3 WEB SITE... 3 UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR (URL)... 4 ADDRESS BAR... 4 GOOGLE CHROME MENU... 5 HOME PAGE... 5 How to set Homepage... 5 USING THE BOOKMARKS CENTER... 6 Favorites list (bookmarks)... 6 Adding items to the bookmarks list... 6 USE ENGLISH UNITED STATES (US) KEYBOARD ONLY ON CHROMEBOOK... 7 DELETE (CLEAR BROWSING HISTORY)... 8 POP UP BLOCKER... 9 DISABLING THE GOOGLE CHROME POP-UP BLOCKER:... 9 ONEDRIVE HOW TO SIGN UP WITH GMAIL ACCOUNT ON ONEDRIVE CREATE A FOLDER IN ONEDRIVE HOW TO DOWNLOAD A FOLDER IN ONEDRIVE HOW TO SEND THE FOLDER BY YOUR GMAIL

3 What is internet? The word internet is derived from the word inter-networking which means connecting different network together. Thus the internet can be termed as network of networks. Uses of internet Applications of internet: There are a large number of applications of internet for various purposes. Example: ( , uploading, downloading) Provides a fast and efficient alternative to traditional mail by sending and receiving electronic documents. Uploading The process of transferring a file from your local computer to a network computer is called uploading. Downloading The process of transferring a file from a network computer to your local computer is called downloading. Web Site A computer storage area that contains one or more web pages. 3

4 Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Every page has its own unique address known as URL. The different parts of an URL are illustrated below: Address Bar At the top, you see along rectangular box called the Address Bar. When you want to visit a website, type the website address or URL in the Address Bar, For Example and press Enter. 4

5 Google chrome menu Menu Button Home page The first web page you see when you launch Google chrome How to set Homepage 1. Visit any website, Click on menu. Click on setting button 5

6 2. On startup, click on set pages 3. You can either enter the URL or 4. Use current Pages 5. Click ok Using the Bookmarks center Favorites list (bookmarks) Google chrome bookmarks are used to save links to sites that you want to visit again Adding items to the bookmarks list If you re on a site that you want to make a favorite (bookmark), click the setting button, and then click bookmark, and click bookmark this page. You can rename the bookmark and choose a folder to save it in, and then click Done. 6

7 Use English United States (US) keyboard only on chromebook 1- Click on menu button on Google chrome 2- Click on show advance option 3- Click on language and input settings 7

8 4- Remove all other keyboards. Delete (clear browsing history) 1- Close all Chrome windows. 2- Open a new Chrome session and click the Chrome menu ( ) on the browser toolbar 3- Click Tools. 4- Click Clear browsing data. Or (Shift+Ctrl+Backspace) shortcut. 8

9 5- In the dialog that appears, select the following checkboxes: Browsing history Download history Cookies and other sites and plug-in data Cached image and files 6- Use the menu at the top, select "beginning of time". 7- Click Clear browsing data. Note: This may take a few minutes to process. Please wait for the files to delete before you continue. 8- Click the "x" to the right of the Settings tab to close it. Pop up blocker Disabling the Google Chrome Pop-up Blocker: 1- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu ( ) 2- Click Settings 9

10 3- Scroll down to the Privacy heading (you may need to click Show advanced settings 4- In the Privacy section, Click Content settings 5- In the Pop-ups section, Select "Allow all sites to show popups 6- Click Done. 10

11 OneDrive How to sign up with Gmail account on OneDrive 1- Enter in the address bar 2- Click on sign up 3- Choose sign up for free 4- Enter your information and your Gmail account 5- After you finish, Click on create account 11

12 Create a folder in OneDrive 1- Click on create then choose Folder 2- You can name the folder Ex: Windows 12

13 3- To open the folder Double-click on the folder shown below How to download a folder in OneDrive 1- select the folder that you want to download 2- Then click on Download 3- You will find the folder in Files app on your Chromebook 13

14 How to send the folder by your Gmail 1- Open your Gmail 2- Click on compose 3- Write the that you want to send the folder to 4- Write the subject for the 5- Click on the attachment icon to add the folder 6- After uploading click on send 15