Week 5 · Instructor notes
Slide 1
Keep your accounts and messages safe.
Welcome learners by name. Tonight the class works together: you show each step on the projector and everyone does it at their own computer. F toggles fullscreen; N shows notes.
Slide 2
Start with what you know.
Two or three answers. Listen for hurry, a strange sender or a request that did not fit. Tonight teaches how to check, and how to set up an account that is hard to break into.
Slide 3
Tonight's goals
Read each goal aloud. There are three goals in three parts: each part teaches one. Learners check the goals off on their worksheet at the end of class. The post-test is next week.
Slide 4
How tonight works.
Each part starts with a slide that names the program. Wait for every screen to match before you move on.
Slide 5
Find the taskbar
Point to the taskbar on the projector. Every screen should show the same bar along the bottom. If stuck: Cannot see the taskbar? Move the mouse pointer to the very bottom of the screen. The bar appears.
Slide 6
Open Microsoft Edge
Wait until every screen shows the Edge window. If stuck: No Edge icon on the taskbar? Press the Windows key, type Edge and press Enter.
Slide 7
Go to the course website
If the browser opens to another page, the address bar is still the long box at the top. If stuck: 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.
Slide 8
Open the course
Walk the room until every screen shows the course page. If stuck: Cannot find the card? Roll the mouse wheel toward you to scroll down. The cards are in a row.
Slide 9
Open your Week 5 worksheet
The worksheet tab stays open all night. It holds the links to the practice pages and your result page. If stuck: Cannot find Week 5? The weeks are in order. Keep rolling the wheel toward you.
Slide 10
Now working in: Microsoft Excel
Part 1 of 3. Say the program name out loud. Everyone opens Excel in a moment.
Slide 11
Do not let color do all the work.
Ask: has anyone had trouble reading something because of its colors? About one man in twelve cannot tell red from green. A printed copy loses color too. Tonight we color a sheet, then fix it. The same fix works on charts.
Slide 12
Watch: instructions that do not rely on color
Plays 1:06 to 1:19 of the Week 5 video and stops on its own. It ends before the Pause and choose prompt. Press Play; it never starts by itself. Captions are on.
Slide 13
Open Excel
Say the keys aloud: Windows key, type Excel, Enter. Wait until every screen shows Excel. If stuck: Excel did not open? Click Start, scroll the list of apps to Excel, and click it.
Slide 14
Start a blank workbook
Walk the room. Everyone should see an empty blank workbook. If stuck: Already looking at an empty page? Your computer skips the start screen. Go on to the next step. A sign-in box? Close it with its X; no account is needed.
Slide 15
Find your way around Excel
Point to each part on the projector. The cells are the boxes below the ribbon. Fill Color is the paint-bucket button; its small arrow opens the list of colors.
Slide 16
Type the headings
Tab moves right. Enter goes down to the start of the next row. If stuck: Typed in the wrong cell? Click that cell and press Delete. Then click the right cell and type again.
Slide 17
Type the four names
These are made-up names. Ana and Ben will be done; Cal and Dee will not. If stuck: A name went in the wrong row? Click it, type the right name, and press Enter. The new name replaces the old one.
Slide 18
Check your sheet
Everyone should have the same sheet before the colors start.
Slide 19
Select the two done cells
Ana and Ben are done, so their cells will be green. Dragging was practiced in Weeks 3 and 4. If stuck: Lost the shading? Click anywhere else and try the drag again, slowly.
Slide 20
Open the Fill Color list
The bucket paints the last color used. The small arrow beside it opens the list. If stuck: Painted the cells yellow right away? You clicked the bucket, not the arrow. Press Ctrl and Z, then click the small arrow beside the bucket.
Slide 21
Choose green
Green is the sixth square, between light green and light blue. Name the color aloud as you click it. If stuck: Picked the wrong color? Press Ctrl and Z, then open the list and choose the sixth square in the Standard Colors row, not the big block above it.
Slide 22
Select the two not-done cells
Cal and Dee are not done yet, so their cells will be red.
Slide 23
Open the Fill Color list again
Same list as before.
Slide 24
Choose red
Red is the second square. Dark red is the first. If stuck: The cells are dark red? You picked the first square. Press Ctrl and Z, then choose the second.
Slide 25
Look at your colors
Ask: if you could not tell red from green, could you tell who is done? No. The words come next.
Slide 26
Add the words
Typing in a colored cell keeps the color. B2 and B3 get Complete; B4 and B5 get Not yet. If stuck: The color disappeared? Typing does not remove it. If it did, press Ctrl and Z and start the step again.
Slide 27
Read the sheet without color
This is the post-test idea: the words carry the meaning, so the sheet works for someone who cannot tell the colors apart. The same idea fixes a chart: label the bars or give each a pattern.
Slide 28
Save: open the File menu
Everything turns into a menu when File is clicked. If stuck: Not sure you clicked File? File is the first word in the row of tabs, above the buttons.
Slide 29
Open the Save As box
The same clicks as in Weeks 3 and 4. If stuck: No Browse button? Click This PC, then look for Browse beside it.
Slide 30
Choose Documents
Documents is the folder learners used in earlier weeks.
Slide 31
Name the file
Check a few screens before the next click. If stuck: Typed the name next to the old one? Click in the box again, press Ctrl and A, and type the name again.
Slide 32
Save the file
The window title now reads Sign-in sheet.
Slide 33
A chart shows two stores as blue and orange bars. In gray they look alike. What fixes it?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Label each bar, or give one store stripes. Labels or patterns carry the meaning when color cannot.
Slide 34
Now working in: Microsoft Edge
Part 2 of 3. Say the program name out loud. We stay in Edge. Everyone opens the practice page from the worksheet.
Slide 35
Two locks are better than one.
Ask: how many sites could one reused password open? The practice passphrase is for this page only. Real passphrases are never shown on a slide, shared or written on the result page.
Slide 36
Find Part 2 on your worksheet
Everyone should be looking at the gold button before you move on. If stuck: Cannot find the worksheet tab? Look at the tabs along the top of Edge. The one named Week 5 · Worksheet has the links.
Slide 37
Open the practice sign-up page
The worksheet stays open in its own tab. The sign-up page opens beside it. If stuck: Nothing happened? Look at the tabs along the top of Edge. The new tab may be on the right. Click it.
Slide 38
Find your way around the page
Point to each part on the projector. The page shows the password as you type, so you can check it. Real sites show dots.
Slide 39
Click the Email box
Wait until every screen shows the blinking line.
Slide 40
Type a made-up email
example.com is reserved for examples. Nothing can be delivered there. If stuck: A message says the email is not allowed? The practice page only takes made-up emails that end in @example.com. Check the spelling and type it again.
Slide 41
Click the Password box
Wait until every screen shows the blinking line in the Password box.
Slide 42
Type a short password
A short password on purpose. We want to see the page say no.
Slide 43
Click Create account
The page refuses a short password and says why. If stuck: Nothing happened? Click right on the words Create account.
Slide 44
Read the reason
Length matters most. Six characters is easy to guess. Four words in a row is long and easy to remember.
Slide 45
Shade the short password
Typing over shaded words replaces them. If stuck: Nothing is shaded? Click inside the Password box first, then press Ctrl and A again.
Slide 46
Type the practice passphrase
The passphrase is printed on the slide and the worksheet so everyone matches. Say it clearly: it is for practice only. A real passphrase is never shown or shared. If stuck: Made a typing mistake? Press Ctrl and A, then type the four words again.
Slide 47
Click Create account again
The page accepts a long password. If stuck: The red message is back? Check that the passphrase has four words with a space between each one, then click Create account again.
Slide 48
Read the reminder
A password reused on two sites can open both. This is the second half of the post-test idea: long, and used nowhere else.
Slide 49
Choose a text code
Real sites send the code to your own phone. Our page draws a phone, so every screen matches the slide. If stuck: Clicked Skip for now? Click Text me a code. Skipping leaves only one lock.
Slide 50
Find the code on the phone
A real code arrives on your phone and lasts a few minutes. Never read a code to a caller or type it into a page you reached from a message.
Slide 51
Type the code
Six digits, no spaces. If stuck: A message says the code does not match? Look at the phone again. The code is 482913. Type it again.
Slide 52
Click Verify
Two locks now: a long password used nowhere else, and a code from the phone.
Slide 53
Read what you turned on
Leave the tab open. You will not need it again, and it keeps nothing.
Slide 54
A friend uses her long email password for her new bank login. What is wrong with that?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: One lost password opens both accounts. One lost password can open every account that shares it.
Slide 55
What does two-step verification add to your password?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: A second lock: a code sent to your phone. After the password, the site asks for a code that only your phone receives.
Slide 56
Now working in: Practice Mail
Part 3 of 3. Say the program name out loud. Everyone opens Practice Mail from the worksheet in a moment. We never click the link.
Slide 57
Pressure is a warning sign.
Ask: has anyone had a message or call that said hurry? Pressure is the clue, not proof. The same habit works for a phone call: hang up, then call the number you already trust.
Slide 58
Watch: recognize the pressure
Plays 1:29 to 2:12 of the Week 5 video and stops on its own. Press Play; it never starts by itself. Captions are on.
Slide 59
Watch: check a safer way
Plays 2:13 to 2:46 and stops on its own, before the Pause and choose prompt. Press Play; it never starts by itself. Captions are on.
Slide 60
Find Part 3 on your worksheet
Everyone should be looking at the gold button before you move on. Just under it is a box named A letter you already have: it stands for a real letter at home. If stuck: Cannot find the worksheet tab? Look at the tabs along the top of Edge. The one named Week 5 · Worksheet has the links.
Slide 61
Open Practice Mail
The worksheet stays open in its own tab. Practice Mail opens beside it. If stuck: Nothing happened? Look at the tabs along the top of Edge. The new tab may be on the right. Click it.
Slide 62
Open the message
Wait until every screen shows the open message. If stuck: Nothing happened? Click right on the words Maple Valley Health Plan.
Slide 63
Find your way around the message
Point to each part on the projector. This is a made-up message. Practice Mail never sends or receives anything real, and the link will not open.
Slide 64
Find the rush words in the subject
Capital letters and a deadline: both are pressure.
Slide 65
Find the rush words in the message
A real company gives you time and a way to ask questions. Pressure is the clue. It is not proof by itself. If stuck: Cannot find them? They are in the first two lines under the Subject: act now and stops today in the first, within 1 hour in the second.
Slide 66
Read the From line
Anyone can type a name that looks right. Do not trust it by itself. The next checks matter more.
Slide 67
Point at the link
Edge shows where a link really goes at the bottom left of the window. Practice Mail also writes it under the link. Never click to find out. If stuck: Nothing shows at the bottom left? Hold the pointer still on the blue words for a second. Practice Mail also shows the address under the link.
Slide 68
Read where it really goes
The words on the link said one site. The real address is another. Anyone can write one thing and link to another.
Slide 69
Find the phone number in the message
We will compare it with a number you already trust.
Slide 70
Find the number on your letter
The letter stands for a real one you already have. A number you had before the message came is a trusted route. If stuck: Cannot find the letter? It is just under the gold button in Part 3 of the worksheet.
Slide 71
Compare the numbers
Different numbers mean the message did not come from the company on your letter.
Slide 72
Report the message
Reporting tells your email program to treat messages like this with care. In real life, do not reply and do not click. If stuck: Cannot find the button? It is at the bottom of the message.
Slide 73
Write your safer route
Accept any trusted route: call the number on the letter, or open the plan’s website from a saved bookmark. Never the message’s link or number.
Slide 74
An email says: pay in 30 minutes or lose power. What is the safest first move?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Do not click. Call the number on your paper bill. A number you already had is a trusted route. The email is not.
Slide 75
A caller wants the code just texted to you, right now. What do you do?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Hang up. Call the number on your bill. Asking for a code is a warning sign. Use the number on your bill.
Slide 76
Fill in your result page
Learners write the rule for a passphrase, never the passphrase itself. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Not sure what to write? Look back at the step that made it. Your Excel sheet, the sign-up page tab and the Practice Mail message are still open.
Slide 77
Show your instructor.
Walk the room with the roster. Mark Independent, With prompt or Needs practice for each of the three. Re-show only the missing step. Read the My result page as the evidence, and check that nobody wrote a passphrase on it.
Slide 78
I can…
Celebrate one concrete result per learner. Anything unchecked is the first thing to practice next week.
Slide 79
Take it home.
Close all programs. Select Start fresh on this computer. Sign-in sheet may stay in Documents. The practice pages keep nothing when the tab closes.
Slide 80
Mission complete.
Collect evidence, not just confidence. Restore shared settings.