Web skills

Online courses are mostly delivered through the World Wide Web (often called the "Web" for short). This means that the content of the course (like this interactive guide) exists as Web pages which sit on a Web server (like a big central computer). You view these Web pages through a Web browser (like Internet Explorer).

Studying online also means that your learning facilitator may expect you to find information on the Web, just like you would in a library.

Therefore, in order to study online you will need certain Web skills, such as using a Web browser and searching for information on the Web. This section provides information about these topics. Click on the links below to go to either section.

• using the web
  • introduction
  • using a browser
  • plugins
  • downloading files
  • printing
    
• searching the web
  • introduction
  • search engines
  • subject directories
  • broken links