Digital 4: Online Basics: Internet and Email

About Course

Course 4 in the Digital series. Take after: Digital 3: Computer Basics: First Steps. Get online with confidence. Connect to Wi-Fi, use a browser, search safely, make your first Google account and Gmail address, send emails with attachments, keep files in Google Drive, and use WhatsApp on a computer. Small steps, a picture for every step, and notes for shared computers.

Course Content

Part 4: Getting online and using a browser

Welcome: How This Course Works
4.1 Am I online?
4.2 Connecting to Wi-Fi
4.3 Using a phone’s internet (hotspot)
4.4 Saving data on a computer
4.5 Opening the browser
4.6 The address bar
4.7 Clicking links
4.8 Back, forward and reload
4.9 Opening and switching tabs
4.10 Closing and reopening tabs
4.11 Making a page bigger or smaller
4.12 Finding a word on a page
4.13 Your first search
4.14 Choosing good search words
4.15 Adverts and real results
4.16 Can I trust this website?
4.17 Saving a website with a bookmark
4.18 Downloading a file
4.19 History, and clearing it
4.20 Watching a video on YouTube
4.21 YouTube settings: captions, speed and quality
4.22 Translating text and pages

Part 5: Your first accounts

5.1 Why we make a Google account
5.2 Getting ready: what you need
5.3 Choosing your email address
5.4 Starting sign-up
5.5 Typing your name
5.6 Birthday and gender
5.7 Choosing your Gmail address on screen
5.8 Creating your password
5.9 Phone number and recovery email
5.10 Agreeing to the terms
5.11 First look at your account
5.12 Signing out
5.13 Signing back in
5.14 Forgot your password
5.15 2-Step Verification
5.16 Safe use on shared computers
5.17 Checking where you are signed in

Part 6: Email with Gmail

6.1 A tour of Gmail
6.2 Reading an email
6.3 Writing to someone: the To box
6.4 Subject, message and Send
6.5 Checking sent emails
6.6 Replying
6.7 Reply all
6.8 Forwarding
6.9 Attaching a file
6.10 Opening and downloading attachments
6.11 Making a signature
6.12 Labels
6.13 Archive and delete
6.14 Spam and blocking
6.15 Searching your email

Part 7: Drive, sharing, WhatsApp and your phone

7.1 What Google Drive is
7.2 Opening Drive
7.3 Uploading a file
7.4 Uploading by dragging
7.5 Folders in Drive
7.6 Downloading from Drive
7.7 Sharing a file with a person
7.8 Sharing with a link
7.9 Phone to computer with Drive
7.10 Phone to computer with a cable
7.11 WhatsApp on a computer: what you need
7.12 Linking WhatsApp to the computer
7.13 Sending messages and files
7.14 Logging out of WhatsApp Web
Finish: Your Skills Checklist

About Course

Course Content

Part 4: Getting online and using a browser

Welcome: How This Course Works

4.1 Am I online?

4.2 Connecting to Wi-Fi

4.3 Using a phone’s internet (hotspot)

4.4 Saving data on a computer

4.5 Opening the browser

4.6 The address bar

4.7 Clicking links

4.8 Back, forward and reload

4.9 Opening and switching tabs

4.10 Closing and reopening tabs

4.11 Making a page bigger or smaller

4.12 Finding a word on a page

4.13 Your first search

4.14 Choosing good search words

4.15 Adverts and real results

4.16 Can I trust this website?

4.17 Saving a website with a bookmark

4.18 Downloading a file

4.19 History, and clearing it

4.20 Watching a video on YouTube

4.21 YouTube settings: captions, speed and quality

4.22 Translating text and pages

Part 5: Your first accounts

5.1 Why we make a Google account

5.2 Getting ready: what you need

5.3 Choosing your email address

5.4 Starting sign-up

5.5 Typing your name

5.6 Birthday and gender

5.7 Choosing your Gmail address on screen

5.8 Creating your password

5.9 Phone number and recovery email

5.10 Agreeing to the terms

5.11 First look at your account

5.12 Signing out

5.13 Signing back in

5.14 Forgot your password

5.15 2-Step Verification

5.16 Safe use on shared computers

5.17 Checking where you are signed in

Part 6: Email with Gmail

6.1 A tour of Gmail

6.2 Reading an email

6.3 Writing to someone: the To box

6.4 Subject, message and Send

6.5 Checking sent emails

6.6 Replying

6.7 Reply all

6.8 Forwarding

6.9 Attaching a file

6.10 Opening and downloading attachments

6.11 Making a signature

6.12 Labels

6.13 Archive and delete

6.14 Spam and blocking

6.15 Searching your email

Part 7: Drive, sharing, WhatsApp and your phone

7.1 What Google Drive is

7.2 Opening Drive

7.3 Uploading a file

7.4 Uploading by dragging

7.5 Folders in Drive

7.6 Downloading from Drive

7.7 Sharing a file with a person

7.8 Sharing with a link

7.9 Phone to computer with Drive

7.10 Phone to computer with a cable

7.11 WhatsApp on a computer: what you need

7.12 Linking WhatsApp to the computer

7.13 Sending messages and files

7.14 Logging out of WhatsApp Web

Finish: Your Skills Checklist

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