Microsoft Internet Explorer 8

Understanding the requirements of internet connection, different types of connections, and opening, setting up and closing Internet Explorer

Get an overview of the user interface by using the command area, menu bar, explorer bar, search bar and status bar

Discover the application window by learning how to minimize, maximize, restore, and manually resize the window; differences between full screen vs. normal mode; and using zoom feature

Enabling, disabling and locking toolbars, along with customizing the command toolbar

Get help from help menu, help file, using the table of contents, searching the help file, taking internet explorer tour and online support

Learn how to use the navigation buttons, understand parts of web addresses, access your homepage, access websites using address bar and/or hyperlink, and opening page in a new window

Opening and closing tabs, switching between tabs, access tabbed help, using tabbed thumbnails and tab list

Search the web using search boxes, search engines, within a page, and get some general tips for searching and change the search options

Copying text and pictures from the web, saving pictures and web pages, and sending page, link or picture using emails

Examine the print preview, page setup, printing page or selection options

Understand Favourites; opening, pinning and closing favourites centre; and accessing favourites without Internet Explorer

Marking pages or multiple tabs, deleting, maintaining and accessing favourites

Organise your favourites by renaming them, adding folders to favourites, and saving and moving them into the folders

Understand and manage accelerators, use and get new ones

Get to know what are web slices, and how to get, use and find them

See the differences between secure and non-secure sites, learn about encryption, digital signatures, cookies, browser cache, and display options

Protect your sites using passwords, form filling, learning about the Password Manager, and CAPTCHA

Discover more about information bar, pop-up blocker, phishing filter, InPrivate browsing and filtering, and finally managing add-ons

Get safety tips and learn about antiviral software, anti-spam software, and firewalls

Import and export favourites and cookies

Understand and open dialog boxes, set up your homepage, delete temporary internet files, setup parental filtering, automatically disconnect, and set internet explorer as default browser

Manage browser history by understanding what it is, access history from address bar, manually delete history items, clear entire history, and set up history options

Discover the meaning of RSS Feed, how to view it, subscribing and using feeds, changing feed properties and unsubscribing from feeds

Explore HTML, JavaScript, and ActiveX; view and edit HTML source code, more plugins and add-ons, and reset options for internet explorer

At the end of the course, you will be required to sit for an online MCQ test. Your test will be assessed automatically and immediately. You will instantly know whether you have been successful or not.

Before sitting for your final exam you will have the opportunity to test your proficiency with a mock exam.

After completing and passing the course successfully, you will be able to obtain an Accredited Certificate of Achievement.

Certificates can be obtained either in hard copy at a cost of £39 or in PDF format at a cost of £24.