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1st Semester - 2014-2015CMP-001

PRINCESS NOURA BINT ABDUL RAHMAN UNIVERSITY

PREPARATORY YEAR

SECOND SEMESTER (2015 – 2016 / 1436– 1437)

Computer skills (CMP-001) MODU L E

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Web browsing

Prepared by:

Ms. Esraa Al Mousa Re v ie w ed and Appr ov ed by:

Ms. Azra Jabeen(Director of IT Departmen

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Table of Contents

WHAT IS INTERNET? .................................................................................................... 3

USES OF INTERNET ............................................................................................................ 3APPLICATIONS OF INTERNET: ............................................................................................... 3

E-mail ...................................................................................................................... 3Uploading ................................................................................................................ 3Downloading ........................................................................................................... 3

WEB SITE ....................................................................................................................... 3UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR (URL)................................................................................... 4ADDRESS BAR .................................................................................................................. 4GOOGLE CHROME MENU .................................................................................................... 5HOME PAGE .................................................................................................................... 5

How to set Homepage ............................................................................................. 5USING THE BOOKMARKS CENTER .......................................................................................... 6

Favorites list (bookmarks)........................................................................................ 6Adding 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 ................................................................................................................... 11

HOW TO SIGN UP WITH GMAIL ACCOUNT ON ONEDRIVE ............................................................ 11CREATE A FOLDER IN ONEDRIVE ........................................................................................... 12HOW TO DOWNLOAD A FOLDER IN ONEDRIVE ......................................................................... 13HOW TO SEND THE FOLDER BY YOUR GMAIL E-MAIL .................................................................. 14

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Wha t is in tern et?

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.

Us es o f internet

Appli ca ti ons o f internet:

There are a large number of applications of internet for various purposes.

Example: (E-mail, uploading, downloading)

E- m ai l Provides a fast and efficient alternative to traditional mail by sending and receiving electronic documents.

U p l o a d i n g The process of transferring a file from your local computer to a network computer is called uploading.

Do w n l o a d i n g 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.

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Uni fo rm Reso urc e Lo ca to r (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

h t t p: // www . m i cr os o f t .com and press “Enter”.

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Goo gl e chro me men u

Menu

Button

Ho me pag e

The first web page you see when you launch Google chrome

H o w to s et H o m ep a g e

1. Visit any website, Click on “ ” menu.Click on “setting” button

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2. On startup, click on set pages

3. You can either enter theURL or

4. Use current Pages

5. Click ok

Usi ng the Boo kma rks center

F a v o r i tes l i s t ( b o o km a r k s ) Google chrome bookmarks are used to save links to sites that you want to visit again

A dd i ng i te m s to the b oo km a r k s 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.

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Use Eng lish Uni te d S tates (US ) key boa rd only on chr o mebo o k

1- Click on menu button on Google chrome2- Click on show advance option3- Click on language and input settings

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4- Remove all other keyboards.

Del ete (cl ea r brow sing his to ry )

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.

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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 blo c ker

D i s a b l i n g the G o ogl e C hr o m e P op -up B l o c k e r :

1- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu ( )

2- Click Settings

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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.

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OneD riv e

How to s ig n up wi th Gmai l a cco unt o n OneDriv e

1- Enter h tt p s : / / www .oned r iv e . c o m in the address bar2- Click on sign up

3- Choose sign up for free

4- Enter your information and your Gmail account5- After you finish, Click on create account

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Crea te a fol der i n OneDriv e

1- Click on create then choose Folder

2- You can name the folderEx: Windows

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3- To open the folder Double-click on the folder shown below

How to dow nloa d a fo lder in OneDriv e

1- select the folder that you want to download2- Then click on Download3- You will find the folder in “Files” app on your Chromebook

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How to s end the folder by yo ur Gmai l E -mai l

1- Open your Gmail E-mail2- Click on compose

3- Write the E-mail that you want to send the folder to4- Write the subject for the E-mail5- Click on the attachment icon to add the folder6- After uploading click on send

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