Using computers to enhance the lives of those with aphasia
Booklet 6
The Internet – when you don’t know the web address

Acknowledgements
This project was funded by the Long Term Conditions Alliance Scotland
(LTCAS). These materials were created and developed by Dr. Helen
Kelly ( helen.kelly@ucc.ie
) for Speakability Edinburgh.
Special thanks belongs to the people with communication difficulties who volunteered to be part of this research project and who gave valuable feedback about the training materials. This feedback has encouraged us to provide the materials on the Internet to be freely downloaded as a resource. Thank you to Michelle Gardner and Rachel Reid for their help in developing the materials for the Internet.
There are some practice exercises as part of this booklet which requires you to have Internet access. Please also be aware that pages on websites change frequently so when you access a website the pictures on the website may look different to those in this booklet.
Trademarks
Any Trademark names and symbols that appear in the booklets are used solely as an image to represent how to use the particular tool.
There is no intention to infringe any trademark.
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Open the Internet
1. Click on the Internet Explorer symbol near the Start button
If you cannot see the Internet Explorer symbol near the Start button
1. Click the Start button
The start button is at the bottom left side of your
computer screen
2. Click Internet Explorer
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Searching the Internet
If you don’t know the web address you can find webpages using a Search
Engine, for example, Google
1. Click on the address bar and type www.google.co.uk
2. Press Enter on your keyboard
You will see a page like this
This is the Google Search Engine
Sometimes Google put pictures on their webpage instead of the word
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To search for websites type words onto the white address bar on Google
( not the Internet address bar )
We will use the
“weather”
to show you how to do this
1. Type the word „weather‟ into the Google address bar.
The page changes as you type. Google is trying to guess what you are looking for and gives a list of options.
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2. Click
3. Click BBC Weather
To see the weather in your city type the name of your city in the white address bar on the BBC Website ( not the address bar on the Internet )
Click on these hyperlinks to find more weather news
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Tips for using Google
You don’t have to use CAPITAL letters
You don’t have to use full stops, commas etc.
You can make some spelling mistakes
– Google will try to guess what you are typing
Be specific - I f you type the word ‘holiday’ into Google, you will get millions of results. Type the name of the country or hotel you want to visit.
Google guesses what you are looking for and gives you a list. If you see what you want just click on the item on the list and the webpage will open.
Use the Back and Forward keys to move between the webpages
The back and forward buttons are useful when you are looking at lots of webpages.
Back – opens the last webpage that you looked at
Forward
– opens the next webpage
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Make the words BIGGER on your computer screen
Sometimes the words on Internet websites are small
To make the words BIGGER use the zoom button
1. Click the arrow on the right side
at the bottom of the computer screen
2. Click 125%
3. The text on the screen will now be 25% bigger.
4. Find the size that’s best for you.
Now search the Internet for something that you like.
Have fun!
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