Computer Tuition for Over 50s

• What is the Internet?
• How do we communicate?
• Common terminology
• Finding your way around
• How you can benefit
• Connecting to the Internet via your internet provider

Navigation

• Understanding your Browser
  • Address Bar
  • Menu Bar
  • Toolbars
  • Search Bar
• Drop down boxes
• Scroll bars
• Changing the shape of a window
• Dialogue boxes
• Maximising and Minimising
• Running more than one window - using the Taskbar

Useful skills

• Using your Web Browser efficiently
• Storing and organising pages in Favorites
• Using History
• Creating a Home page
• Internet security

About searching

• What is a Search Engine?
• Type of Search Engines
• More about searching - advanced techniques

Other issues

• Online safety
• Avoiding viruses
• Running a virus scan
• Programme updates
• Error messages
• Downloading files & music
• Online shopping
• Creating a PayPal account
• Introduction to eBay