LgTT 5611
Spring 2003

Survey on Web Browsing Skills:
Searching, Evaluating, Saving and Citing

Use numbers 1--4 to indicate whether you are very comfortable, fairly comfortable, not comfortable, or do not know how to do the following activities.

1 = very comfortable; 2 = fairly comfortable; 3 = not comfortable, 4 = do not know how to do.

 
 Browser Basics:
  open a new browser window
 

open a second browser window and switch between the two

  use all the buttons and menus of the browsers (Netscapte & Internet Explorer)
  go to a web page URL (address) that someone has sent or given me
  go back quickly to a page I've already seen
  work with frames and print a specific frame
  recover from and work through error messages
  change the font size/type you're seeing onscreen
  set my own start page (the one that comes up when your browser first opens)
  change the caracter set for Japanese, Chinese, etc.
 

set the "NetWatch" (N) / "content rating" (IE) protection levels

Searching for Web Resources
  use a search engine 
  narrow my search with "Search Engine Math" 
  find help or advanced tips for my favorite search engine
  do a search using a target language search engine
  use a meta search engine
  use the "Find" to search for something within one page 
  tell the difference between a search engine and a directory
  use specialized search engines for specific purposes
Evaluating Web Pages
  tell where a webpage is coming from by looking at the URL
  help my students evaluate the content of a webpage
Saving What I Find - Bookmarks/Favorites and more
  make a Bookmark (N) / Favorite (IE)
  organize your Bookmarks/Favorites in folders and dividers 
  save your Bookmarks/Favorites to diskette
  import Bookmarks/Favorites
  email the URL and page info to myself or others
  share my Bookmarks/Favorites with others - as a file or on the Web
  drag-and-drop a Bookmark/Favorite to my word processor
  copy-and-paste a section of a webpage to my word processor
  save a graphic
Citing Resources and Copyright Considerations
  format my web-based resouces for a bibliography
  tell my students about ethical uses of web resources (Copyright Issues)