Online Computer Literacy Tutorials and Webpage Design Sites
Selected by Karen Cole, September 2006
Some online tutorials are free and some have a nominal fee. Here is a list of free online
tutorials and information pages for various technology skills and webpage design. There are lots
more out there, but this is a good start in finding something that fits your learning style, skill
level, and goal.
Basic Microsoft Office Skills
Jan’s Illustrated Computer Literacy; basic computer skills, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, web
browsers, and HTML for creating webpages
http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/index.html
Florida Gulf Coast University; tutorials for Microsoft Office 2000 and 2007 programs
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/
Word
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/word/index.html (2000)
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/Word/index.asp (2007)
Excel
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/excel/index.html (2000)
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/Excel/index.asp (2007)
PowerPoint
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/ppt/index.html (2000)
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/ppt/index.asp (2007)
Access
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/access/index.html (2000)
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/access/index.asp (2007)
FrontPage
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/frontpage/index.html (2000)
PowerPoint in the Classroom
http://www.actden.com/pp/
PowerPoint tips, tricks, and facts from A Bit Better Corporation
http://www.bitbetter.com/powertips.htm
Keyboard Shortcuts
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/word/shortcuts.html (Word)
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/ppt/shortcuts.html (PowerPoint)
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/excel/shortcuts.html (Excel)
Web Searching
Tutorial for Searching the Web more effectively
http://www.learnwebskills.com/search/main.html
Great chart from UC Berkeley comparing Search Engine Features (Yahoo, Ask, Google)
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html
Google
Google is the world’s largest web search engine, as well as the world’s most popular. It
lets you find other sites on the web based on keyword searches, and provides specialized
searches through blogs, printed materials, catalogs, news items and more. Google provides
a lot of tools and services, and is one of the top five most popular websites in the world.
http://www.googleguide.com/ (Google’s own interactive tutorial)
Google Basics
http://google.about.com/od/googlebasics/p/whatisgoogle.htm
Tips for Searching with Google
http://google.about.com/od/searchingtheweb/ss/useefectivesbs.htm
More Google Options
http://google.about.com/od/searchingtheweb/ss/optionssbs.htm
http://google.about.com/od/experimentalgoogletools/tp/hiddengoogletp.htm
http://www.learnwebskills.com/search/google.html
Webpage Design
These two webpage tutorials are very basic and simple. They use Notepad, which we
have on our computers. (Start menu, Programs, Accessories, Notepad)
http://www.pagetutor.com/html_tutor/index.html#backtotutorial
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/
Creating a Webpage for the Beginner
http://webdesign.about.com/od/beginningtutorials/a/aa033103a.htm
The next step
http://webdesign.about.com/c/ec/9.htm
Create a webpage with Front Page
http://www.actden.com/fp2000/java/
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/frontpage/index.html
Create a webpage using Webpage Wizard in Microsoft WORD 2000
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/word/webwizard.html
Creating a webpage using Dreamweaver
http://webdesign.about.com/cs/dreamweaver/a/aadwbuildsite.htm
Learn HTML with this free 10-week course through email and the Web. Take this selfguided course, and at the end of ten weeks, if you pass the test, receive a
certificate. http://webdesign.about.com/c/ec/9.htm
Free Webpage hosts (where to put your webpage so people can access it)
Google Page Creator (requires one to set-up a free Google account)
http://pages.google.com/-/about.html
http://personalweb.about.com/od/easyblogsandwebpages/ss/googlecreator_3.htm
http://paul.maunders.googlepages.com/
Create and host your webpage with Scholastic (requires a free Scholastic account)
http://homepage.scholastic.com/CHBuilderWeb/jsp/TeachersLogin.jsp
Angelfire
http://angelfire.lycos.com
http://personalweb.about.com/cs/homepagehosting/fr/angelfire.htm
Yahoo Geocities
http://geocities.yahoo.com/home/
http://personalweb.about.com/cs/homepagehosting/fr/geocities.htm
Web Quests (these are tutorials for creating a webquest, not a list of ready-made webquests)
http://webquest.org/
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-a.shtml
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_quest.htm
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/Process/WebQuestDesignProcess.html
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/webquests/index.html
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/travel/index.htm
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/%7Edlyoung/webquest/wq_index.html
http://www.mapacourse.com/webquesthtml/
http://bestwebquests.com/default.asp
Keyboarding
Dance Mat Typing (from BBC UK Schools for elementary students; amusing and easy, it
instructs, corrects, praises, and keeps things moving; video and audio)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Power Typing (straight-forward and basic typing lessons, games, and speedtests)
http://www.powertyping.com/
Touch Typing (more sophisticated; gives choice of keyboards and languages)
http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/
Tammy’s Technology Tips for Teachers, from Instructional Technology Specialist Tammy
Worchester, is a website with many resources and a tip of the week.
http://www.tammyworcester.com
The Sacramento County Office of Education and CTAP 3 offers free, live online computer and
technology classes using BREEZE technology. More information, a list of classes, and
registration can be found at:
http://www.edtechnetwork.org/view_events.cfm