
Week 4 · Worksheet
Follow along with the slides: each step there is a step here. Check the box when you see what You should see describes. Tonight you use two practice pages on our site. Every email address is made up and ends in example.com, so nothing is ever delivered. Practice Mail and the practice offer cannot charge you or send anything outside the page.
Tonight’s goals
Check each one at the end of class if you can do it.
Words we use tonight
- Tab
- One of the page names along the top of Edge. Click a tab to switch pages.
- Address bar
- The long box at the top of Edge where you type a website name.
- Subject
- The line people read first. It says what the message is about.
- To
- The person who needs to act on the message.
- Cc
- A visible copy for people who only need to know.
- Bcc
- A hidden copy. The other people cannot see these addresses.
- Draft
- A message you started but have not sent. Practice Mail keeps it in Drafts.
- Owner
- The person who wrote the document and decides what changes.
- Reviewer
- The person who reads the document and suggests changes.
- Comment
- A note beside a document that suggests a change.
- Reply
- Your answer, written under someone's comment.
- Resolve
- Close a comment once it is dealt with. It stays on record.
- Thread
- A comment together with the replies under it.
- Free trial
- Free for a short time. After that you may be charged.
- Recurring charge
- The same amount taken again and again, such as every month.
Open this worksheet on your computer
It has every step from tonight, a box to check for each one, links to the practice pages, and a My result page at the end. If you have a printed copy, open it on screen too.
- 1Find the taskbar. Look at the bottom of your screen. The long dark bar there is the taskbar.the taskbar, with a round Edge icon on it.
- 2Open Microsoft Edge. Click the round blue-green Edge icon on the taskbar.a window with a long address bar at the top. This is Microsoft Edge.
- 3Go to the course website. Click the long address bar at the top of Edge. Type vublessons.com and press Enter.the VUB Learning page with course cards.
- 4Open the course. On the Digital Literacy — Level 2 card, click Open course.a page that lists the weeks of the course.
- 5Open your Week 4 worksheet. Roll the mouse wheel toward you until you see Week 4. Click Worksheet in the Week 4 row.a page titled Week 4 · Worksheet. Leave it open. You will come back to it.
IF YOU GET STUCK
Cannot see the taskbar? Move the mouse pointer to the very bottom of the screen. The bar appears.
No Edge icon on the taskbar? Press the Windows key, type Edge and press Enter.
Typed it in a search box and got a list of results? Click the long bar at the very top of Edge, press Ctrl and A, and type it again.
Cannot find the card? Roll the mouse wheel toward you to scroll down. The cards are in a row.
Cannot find Week 4? The weeks are in order. Keep rolling the wheel toward you.
Write a request people can act on
Open Practice Mail It opens in a new tab. Nothing you write is sent outside the page.
- 1Find Part 1 on your worksheet. Click the Week 4 · Worksheet tab at the top of Edge. Roll the mouse wheel toward you until you see Part 1.the heading Part 1 of 4 and a gold button named Open Practice Mail.
- 2Open Practice Mail. Click the gold button Open Practice Mail.a new tab named Practice Mail with a Compose button at the top left.
- 3Start a new message. Click Compose at the top left.a box named New Message.
- 4Click the Subject line. Click the Subject line, the line under To.a blinking line in the Subject line.
- 5Type the subject. Type Reply by Friday noon: please review the handoutyour subject on the Subject line.
- 6Check your subject. Read your subject. Find the day Friday and the time noon.the day Friday and the time noon in the subject.
- 7Click the message box. Click the big white box under the Subject line.a blinking line at the top of the big white box.
- 8Type the greeting. Type Hi guys, and press Enter.Hi guys, on the first line. The blinking line moves to the second line.
- 9Type the request. Type Please review the computer-help handout and reply by Friday at noon. Press Enter.the request on the second line.
- 10Type the choice. Type Reply by email, or call 304-555-0142 if you prefer. Press Enter.the email-or-phone line on the third line.
- 11Type the closing. Type Thank you, and press Enter. Type your first name.a closing line and your name at the end of the message.
- 12Find the word to change. Double-click the word guys in your first line.the word guys shaded.
- 13Change the word. Type everyonethe first line now says Hi everyone,.
- 14Read it like your reader. Read your message from top to bottom. Find the day and the time you need an answer.Friday and noon in the subject and in the message, and Hi everyone, on the first line.
IF YOU GET STUCK
Cannot find the gold button? Click the Week 4 · Worksheet tab, then roll the mouse wheel toward you until you see Part 1.
Made a typing mistake? Press Backspace to erase the letter before the blinking line.
Clicked away from the message box? Click in the box again. Your words are still there.
CHECK YOURSELF
Which subject line is easiest to act on?
A. Hello from the learning desk · B. Reply by Thu 5 p.m.: bring the sign-in sheet? · C. Sign-in sheet
My answer:
Which invitation is the most welcoming?
A. Bring your husband or wife. · B. Bring a guest if you like. · C. Wives are welcome.
My answer:
Choose who sees which addresses
- 1Click the To line. Click the To line at the top of the message.a blinking line in the To line.
- 2Type the first address. Type desk@example.com Press Enter.a gray bubble holding desk@example.com.
- 3Find the Bcc link. Look at the right end of the To line. Find the word Bcc.two small blue words: Cc and Bcc.
- 4Open the Bcc line. Click Bcc.a new line named Bcc under the To line.
- 5Click the Bcc line. Click in the Bcc line.a blinking line in the Bcc line.
- 6Add the three volunteers. Type the first address below and press Enter. Do the same for the other two addresses.sam@example.com
pat@example.com
lee@example.comthree gray bubbles on the Bcc line. - 7Check who sees what. Look at your To line and your Bcc line.one address in To and three in Bcc.
- 8Send the practice message. Click the blue Send button at the bottom left of the message.a page that says the message was sent in practice, with a box named Who sees what.
- 9Read who sees what. Find the box named Who sees what. Read the row for sam@example.com.sam sees To: desk@example.com only. The other Bcc addresses are hidden.
IF YOU GET STUCK
Cannot find Bcc? Look at the right end of the To line. Click in the To line first.
The address is not allowed? Practice Mail only takes addresses that end in @example.com.
Closed the message by mistake? Click Drafts on the left, then click your message. Everything you typed is still there.
CHECK YOURSELF
You email 12 neighbors who do not know each other and put them in Bcc. What does Bcc do?
A. Bcc people cannot see each other’s addresses · B. Nobody can send the email on to someone else · C. Only those 12 people can open the email
My answer:
Give feedback on one shared copy
- 1Open Word. Press the Windows key on your keyboard. (Or click Start at the bottom left.) Type Word and press Enter.the Word start screen, with a Blank document tile.
- 2Start a blank document. Click Blank document.a white page with a blinking line at the top. The blinking line is the cursor: where your typing goes.
- 3Type the title. Click the white page. Type Computer help handout and press Enter.the title at the top of the page.
- 4Type step 1. Type Step 1: Choose one task. and press Enter.a second line under the title.
- 5Type step 2. Type Step 2: Visit the learning desk. and press Enter.a third line.
- 6Type step 3. Type Step 3: Ask how to repeat it at home. Do not press Enter.four lines: the title and three steps.
- 7Be the reviewer: shade a line. Point just before the S in Step 3: Ask how to repeat it at home. Hold the left mouse button down. Drag to the end of that line. Let go.the Step 3 line shaded gray.
- 8Open the Review tab. Click the Review tab at the top of Word.new buttons along the top of Word, including New Comment.
- 9Click New Comment. Click New Comment.a comment box on the right side of the page, with a blinking line.
- 10Write a specific comment. Type Add the contact number after the steps so readers can find help.your comment in the box on the right.
- 11Post the comment. Click Post comment.your comment stays on the right side, with a Reply box under it.
- 12Be the owner: go to the end of step 3. Click at the very end of the line Step 3: Ask how to repeat it at home.a blinking line after the word home.
- 13Add the number. Press Enter. Type Help desk: 304-555-0142a new line under Step 3 that says Help desk: 304-555-0142.
- 14Click the Reply box. Click the Reply box under your comment.a blinking line in the Reply box.
- 15Write and post your reply. Type Added, thank you. Click the small arrow button next to the box.your reply under the comment.
- 16Open the comment menu. Click the three dots ··· at the top right of the comment.a small menu with Resolve thread in it. A thread is a comment and the replies under it.
- 17Resolve the comment. Click Resolve thread.the comment turns gray and says Resolved.
- 18Save: open the File menu. Click File at the top left.a menu with Save As in the list on the left.
- 19Open the Save As box. Click Save As, then click Browse.a box titled Save As.
- 20Choose Documents. On the left side of the box, click Documents.the top of the box ends in Documents.
- 21Name the file. Click in the File name box. Press Ctrl and A together to shade the old name. Type Handout with commentsHandout with comments in the File name box.
- 22Save the file. Click Save.Handout with comments at the very top of the Word window.
IF YOU GET STUCK
No New Comment button? Click the Review tab first.
Cannot find Resolve thread? Click the three dots at the top right of the comment box.
A box asks you to sign in? Close it with the X. Word works without it tonight.
CHECK YOURSELF
You added the number the comment asked for. What next?
A. Delete the comment · B. Reply "Added", then resolve the comment · C. Leave the comment as it is
My answer:
Check an offer before you agree
Open the practice offer It opens in a new tab. It is a practice page: nothing on it can charge you.
- 1Find Part 4 on your worksheet. Click the Week 4 · Worksheet tab at the top of Edge. Roll the mouse wheel toward you until you see Part 4.the heading Part 4 and a gold button named Open the practice offer.
- 2Open the practice offer. Click the gold button Open the practice offer.a new tab named MapleStream · Practice offer.
- 3Read the offer. Read the big words at the top of the page.Free for 7 days and then $12 each month.
- 4Find when the free days end. Find the line in the small print that starts with Your first charge.Your first charge is on day 8.
- 5Find the price. Find the dollar amount near the top of the page.$12 each month.
- 6Find how often you pay. Find the words that say how often $12 is charged.each month near the top, and every month until you cancel in the small print.
- 7Find how to cancel. Look at the last line of the small print.Account › Billing › Cancel plan.
- 8Write the four facts. Click the Week 4 · Worksheet tab. In Part 4, click the box and write the four facts.your four facts in the box: when it ends, the price, how often, how to cancel.
IF YOU GET STUCK
The offer did not open? Click the Week 4 · Worksheet tab. In Part 4, click Open the practice offer again.
Cannot find a fact? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. The small print is at the bottom of the page.
CHECK YOURSELF
Free for 7 days, then $12 each month. You do nothing. What happens?
A. Nothing is ever charged · B. $12 is charged every month until you cancel · C. $12 is charged once
My answer:
Check your work
- 1Fill in your result page. Turn to the last page of your worksheet, My result. Fill in every box.My subject line
Who I put in To and Bcc
What Bcc does
My comment and my reply
The four offer facts
One habit for next timeevery box on the My result page filled in.
Show your instructor:
- your Practice Mail Who sees what box
- your Word handout with the comment marked Resolved
- your My result page, every box filled in
What I made tonight
This page is your finished work. Fill in every box. Your instructor looks at it at the end of class.