Today's Objectives:

1. Identify and understand hyperlinks.

2. Recognize and use the web browser navigational icons

Directions: Read through the following information and follow the hyperlinks to clarify any definitions.

HYPERLINKS

A web page can provide easy access to related pages using hyperlinks--text or graphics that can be clicked with the mouse to make the browser move to a new web page or computer file. This ability to interconnect pages gave the web its name. Hyperlinks usually appear on a web page as underlined or highlighted text or graphics. It can also be determined that you are sitting on a hyperlink when your cursor turns into a small glove.

Hyperlinks are used in browsers, which allow you to view the Internet. A browser is software that allows you to navigate through the Internet. Currently, the two common browsers are Internet Explorer and Firefox, and there are many others.   IE and FF are both good browsers and operate similarly. We will be using Internet Explorer in class.

Internet Explorer is a package of tools. It contains the Internet browser software called Internet Explorer.                                                 

There are several features that I will be showing you in class, but not all.   You can learn more about Internet Explorer's features by going to the toolbar and clicking on the word HELP.

Moving backward and forward between visited pages

Web browsers allow you to return to web pages you've visited during your current web browsing session without having to re-enter the pages' web addresses or URLs.

The BACK button sends the browser back to the previously viewed page. If you continue pressing the Back button, it will take you progressively back through each visited web page.

The FORWARD button can be used after you have used the Back button. It returns the browser to the pages you visited before going backward.

The BACK and FORWARD buttons move you through the list of web pages you have visited during your current session.

Viewing a list of pages you've visited

You can view a list of the pages that you recently visited by clicking the arrow next to the back and forward buttons on your Internet Explorer toolbar.

Returning to your default location

Clicking on the button labeled HOME in the toolbar immediately takes you to the browser's default home page--the first page that loads when you start the browser.

Stopping a web page from loading

Sometimes you will want to stop your browser while it's loading or trying to load a web page. This will be true if you've:

• clicked a hyperlink inadvertently.
• changed your mind about where you want to go on the web.
• waited long enough for a page to load and want to give up.

Any time you want to make the browser stop what it's doing, simply click the STOP button on the toolbar. Any outstanding work the browser is doing, such as downloading graphics files, will be terminated immediately.

Refresh

Your computer works faster by saving web pages it shows you by storing them in a temporary memory.  If you are on the Internet for a period of time and return to that page, you see the page you downloaded earlier.  If you want updated information, e.g., stock quotes, click the refresh button.  This will update any data that has changed.

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