Week 6 · Instructor notes
Slide 1
Guide an agent. Test its work.
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 checking the old things as well as the new one. Tonight teaches exactly that, with a practice web page.
Slide 3
Tonight's goals
Read each goal aloud. There are four goals in four parts. Learners check the goals off on their worksheet at the end of the wrap-up. After the wrap-up we review weeks 1 to 5 together, and then everyone takes the post-test.
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 6 worksheet
The worksheet tab stays open all night. It holds the links to the three versions of the page, your test tables and your result page. If stuck: Cannot find Week 6? The weeks are in order. Keep rolling the wheel toward you.
Slide 10
Now working in: Microsoft Edge
Part 1 of 4. Say the program name out loud. Everyone opens the practice page from the worksheet in a moment. No AI account is needed tonight.
Slide 11
Write the checks. Then test.
Ask: how do you check that a repair worked, like a fixed faucet? You turn it on. A check is the same idea. Tonight the checks are four searches.
Slide 12
Watch: write checks before asking for code
Plays 2:12 to 2:48 and stops on its own. It ends before the video asks learners to pause and write three checks of their own. Press Play; it never starts by itself. Captions are on.
Slide 13
Find Part 1 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 6 · Worksheet has the links.
Slide 14
Open version 1
The worksheet stays open in its own tab. The finder opens beside it. The tab name starts with Version 1. Each version opens in its own tab, so always check the version in the tab name. If stuck: Nothing happened? Look at the tabs along the top of Edge. The new tab may be on the right. Click it.
Slide 15
Find your way around the page
Point to each part on the projector. Every entry on this page is made up. The page sends nothing anywhere and has no sign-in.
Slide 16
Read the list
With nothing typed, the page shows every entry.
Slide 17
Click the search box
Click first, then type. The blinking line shows where typing goes. If stuck: Cannot find the search box? It is the long white box under the words Search fictional resources.
Slide 18
Search for library
Version 1 searches the name and the description of each entry. If stuck: The old word is still there? Click Reset filters first. It clears the box and puts the blinking line back in it.
Slide 19
Write the library result
Short notes are fine: 1 found, none found. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Cannot find the test table? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. The table is near the top of the part.
Slide 20
Search for learning
Learning is a category. Version 1 does not search categories, so it finds nothing. This is what we will ask to change. If stuck: The old word is still there? Click Reset filters first. It clears the box and puts the blinking line back in it.
Slide 21
Write the learning result
Short notes are fine: 1 found, none found. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Cannot find the test table? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. The table is near the top of the part.
Slide 22
Search for zzz
A good page says clearly when nothing matches. It does not look broken. If stuck: The old word is still there? Click Reset filters first. It clears the box and puts the blinking line back in it.
Slide 23
Write the zzz result
Short notes are fine: 1 found, none found. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Cannot find the test table? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. The table is near the top of the part.
Slide 24
Search for LIBRARY
Capital letters work in version 1. Remember this: it matters in Part 3. If stuck: The old word is still there? Click Reset filters first. It clears the box and puts the blinking line back in it.
Slide 25
Write the LIBRARY result
Short notes are fine: 1 found, none found. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Cannot find the test table? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. The table is near the top of the part.
Slide 26
Which check can a partner run without guessing?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Type zzz. The page says no entries match. It says what to type and what you expect to see.
Slide 27
Still working in: Microsoft Edge
Part 2 of 4. Say the program name out loud. We stay in Edge. The AI agent’s work is already prepared, so nobody needs an AI account.
Slide 28
One change. Say what must stay the same.
Ask: if you asked a contractor to fix one door, what would you say about the rest of the house? The same care applies to an AI agent.
Slide 29
Watch: give the AI a bounded, useful request
Plays 3:01 to 3:47 and stops on its own. It includes the video’s one-line reminder not to put passwords into a prompt. Press Play; it never starts by itself. Captions are on.
Slide 30
Find Part 2 on your worksheet
Everyone should see the My request box before you move on. If stuck: Cannot find Part 2? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. Part 2 comes after the Part 1 test table.
Slide 31
Read the request
Point out each line. Line 1 says where. Line 2 is the one change. Lines 3 and 4 are what must stay the same.
Slide 32
Type the request
Learners type the same four lines. Spelling does not need to be perfect. If stuck: Made a typing mistake? Press Backspace to erase the letter before the blinking line, then type it again.
Slide 33
Guess: library
Take a few guesses aloud before moving on. In the pre-built version 2, library finds 1 entry.
Slide 34
Guess: learning
Take a few guesses aloud before moving on. In the pre-built version 2, learning finds 2 entries.
Slide 35
Guess: zzz
Take a few guesses aloud before moving on. In the pre-built version 2, zzz finds none.
Slide 36
Guess: LIBRARY
Take a few guesses aloud before moving on. In the pre-built version 2, LIBRARY finds none: the agent dropped a step. Do not say so yet.
Slide 37
Which line of the request keeps the page from losing something it already does?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Keep searches working in any letter case. It names a behavior that must stay the same, and you can test it.
Slide 38
Still working in: Microsoft Edge
Part 3 of 4. Say the program name out loud. We stay in Edge. Version 2 opens in a new tab.
Slide 39
A change can break what used to work.
Ask: has an update ever changed something you did not ask it to change? The page looked fine, and the harm was in what it did.
Slide 40
Watch: test the happy path and the missing result
Plays 4:37 to 5:03 and stops on its own: library, zzz and LIBRARY, the three searches we test. It ends before the video adds a category filter, which we do not test tonight. Press Play; it never starts by itself. Captions are on.
Slide 41
Find Part 3 on your worksheet
Everyone should be looking at the gold button before you move on. If stuck: Cannot find Part 3? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. Part 3 comes after Part 2.
Slide 42
Open version 2
Version 2 is the pre-built result of the request. Its tab name starts with Version 2. Testing in the Version 1 tab by mistake would hide the bug. If stuck: Nothing happened? Look at the tabs along the top of Edge. The new tab may be on the right. Click it.
Slide 43
See the change you asked for
These lines come from the real pages. Nobody has to read code. Point to the added word, category, and the plus sign.
Slide 44
See the change nobody asked for
The agent also removed a step. Ask: what do you predict will happen with capital letters? Take a few guesses before testing.
Slide 45
Click the search box
Click first, then type. If stuck: Cannot find the search box? It is the long white box under the words Search fictional resources.
Slide 46
Search for library
The happy path: the search that worked before still works. If stuck: The old word is still there? Click Reset filters first. It clears the box and puts the blinking line back in it.
Slide 47
Write the library result
Short notes are fine: 1 found, none found. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Cannot find the test table? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. The table is near the top of the part.
Slide 48
Search for learning
This is the change you asked for. Learning is a category, and now it is searched. If stuck: The old word is still there? Click Reset filters first. It clears the box and puts the blinking line back in it.
Slide 49
Write the learning result
Short notes are fine: 1 found, none found. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Cannot find the test table? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. The table is near the top of the part.
Slide 50
Search for zzz
The no-match message still works. If stuck: The old word is still there? Click Reset filters first. It clears the box and puts the blinking line back in it.
Slide 51
Write the zzz result
Short notes are fine: 1 found, none found. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Cannot find the test table? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. The table is near the top of the part.
Slide 52
Search for LIBRARY
The bug. Version 1 found Community library for LIBRARY. Version 2 finds nothing. Ask who predicted it. If stuck: The old word is still there? Click Reset filters first. It clears the box and puts the blinking line back in it.
Slide 53
Write the LIBRARY result
Short notes are fine: 1 found, none found. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Cannot find the test table? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. The table is near the top of the part.
Slide 54
Bug report: the steps
Walk the room. A good report lets someone else see the same thing.
Slide 55
Bug report: what you typed
Walk the room. A good report lets someone else see the same thing.
Slide 56
Bug report: what you expected
Walk the room. A good report lets someone else see the same thing.
Slide 57
Bug report: what happened
Walk the room. A good report lets someone else see the same thing.
Slide 58
The agent added category search, and the page looks the same. What next?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Test the old searches too, not only the new one. A page can look the same and behave differently. Run the old checks as well as the new one.
Slide 59
Still working in: Microsoft Edge
Part 4 of 4. Say the program name out loud. We stay in Edge. Version 3 opens in a new tab.
Slide 60
Ask for one repair. Then retest everything.
Ask: when a mechanic fixes one thing, what else do you check on the drive home? Fixing one bug can break something else.
Slide 61
Watch: request one repair and retest what worked
Plays 6:05 to 6:36 and stops on its own, right after the word regression. Version 3 is the revised version under its own name. Press Play; it never starts by itself. Captions are on.
Slide 62
Read the repair request
Point out the four parts: the problem, the expected result, what to keep, and the limit.
Slide 63
See the repair
This is the real one-line difference between version 2 and version 3.
Slide 64
Find Part 4 on your worksheet
Everyone should be looking at the gold button before you move on. If stuck: Cannot find Part 4? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. Part 4 comes after Part 3.
Slide 65
Open version 3
Its tab name starts with Version 3. Check that every screen is on the Version 3 tab. If stuck: Nothing happened? Look at the tabs along the top of Edge. The new tab may be on the right. Click it.
Slide 66
Click the search box
Click first, then type. If stuck: Cannot find the search box? It is the long white box under the words Search fictional resources.
Slide 67
Search for library
A check that passed before. It still passes. If stuck: The old word is still there? Click Reset filters first. It clears the box and puts the blinking line back in it.
Slide 68
Write the library result
Short notes are fine: 1 found, none found. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Cannot find the test table? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. The table is near the top of the part.
Slide 69
Search for learning
The new feature survived the repair. If stuck: The old word is still there? Click Reset filters first. It clears the box and puts the blinking line back in it.
Slide 70
Write the learning result
Short notes are fine: 1 found, none found. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Cannot find the test table? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. The table is near the top of the part.
Slide 71
Search for zzz
The no-match message survived too. If stuck: The old word is still there? Click Reset filters first. It clears the box and puts the blinking line back in it.
Slide 72
Write the zzz result
Short notes are fine: 1 found, none found. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Cannot find the test table? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. The table is near the top of the part.
Slide 73
Search for LIBRARY
The check that failed now passes. If stuck: The old word is still there? Click Reset filters first. It clears the box and puts the blinking line back in it.
Slide 74
Write the LIBRARY result
Short notes are fine: 1 found, none found. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Cannot find the test table? Roll the mouse wheel toward you. The table is near the top of the part.
Slide 75
Press Tab: first stop
Do not press {Enter} on the first stop: it is a link that leaves this page. The thick outline shows which control the keyboard is on. If stuck: The ring is hard to find? Look for the thick outline around one control. It moves each time you press Tab.
Slide 76
Press Tab: second stop
Do not press {Enter} on the first stop: it is a link that leaves this page. The thick outline shows which control the keyboard is on. If stuck: The ring is hard to find? Look for the thick outline around one control. It moves each time you press Tab.
Slide 77
Press Tab: third stop
Do not press {Enter} on the first stop: it is a link that leaves this page. The thick outline shows which control the keyboard is on. If stuck: The ring is hard to find? Look for the thick outline around one control. It moves each time you press Tab.
Slide 78
Press Tab: fourth stop
Do not press {Enter} on the first stop: it is a link that leaves this page. The thick outline shows which control the keyboard is on. If stuck: The ring is hard to find? Look for the thick outline around one control. It moves each time you press Tab.
Slide 79
Zoom in
Zooming in to 300% is the same test as a small screen. Nothing important should be cut off, and the page should not need sideways scrolling. If stuck: Cannot find the plus key? It is the + key near the top right of the main keyboard. You may need to hold Shift.
Slide 80
Put the zoom back
Make sure every screen is back to normal before the next part. If stuck: The page is still big? Press Ctrl and 0 again. That is the zero key, not the letter O.
Slide 81
A practice page is not a real service.
Keep it short. Tonight’s page has no account, no private information and no payments. A real service with those needs people with the right skills to build and test it.
Slide 82
The repaired page finds LIBRARY. What else do you test?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: The searches that already worked. Fixing one thing can break another, so run the old checks again too.
Slide 83
Fill in your result page
Learners copy what they found into their own words. Walk the room and read a few. If stuck: Not sure what to write? Look back at your test tables and your bug report on the worksheet. Copy what you wrote into your own words.
Slide 84
Show your instructor.
Walk the room with the roster. Mark Independent, With prompt or Needs practice for each of the four goals. Re-show only the missing step. Read the My result page as the evidence.
Slide 85
I can…
Celebrate one concrete result per learner. Anything unchecked is the first thing to practice next week.
Slide 86
Week 1: make the computer fit you.
Two minutes. Ask what the class made in Week 1: readable text, a clean printed page, a weekly event and a clear help request. Then the four questions, one at a time.
Slide 87
Menus, the clock and file names are too small to read. Which Windows Settings page fixes all of them?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Display: pick a larger Scale. Scale on the Display page resizes text and other items in every program.
Slide 88
One line of your flyer spills onto page 2. What do you try first?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Narrow margins, then look at the preview. Narrow margins make room. The preview then shows it fits.
Slide 89
Your weekly Thursday class moves to Wednesdays for good. What do you change?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Change the whole series, then look at next week. The series fixes every week. Next week shows it worked.
Slide 90
You are writing a help request about a problem in Word. Which detail should you leave out?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Your password. Helpers never need your password. The other details help them find the cause.
Slide 91
Week 2: find it, check it, keep it.
Two minutes. Ask what the class made in Week 2: a checked answer with a source note, a clearly named file, and sharing roles. Then the four questions.
Slide 92
You want a weekend farmers market in Lewisburg, WV that takes SNAP. Which question works best?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Which Lewisburg, WV markets open weekends and take SNAP? A place and details narrow the answer.
Slide 93
An AI answer says the senior center serves lunch on Sundays. The center’s website lists Monday to Friday. What is your next step?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Go by the center’s page, then call before you go. An AI answer is a lead. The center’s own page outranks it, and a call confirms it.
Slide 94
A sign-up form for a library class asks for your bank account number. What do you do?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Leave it out and ask why they want it. A class sign-up has no need for bank details. Ask why first.
Slide 95
You gave a friend Editor access to a file, but he only needs to read it. What do you do?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Change his access to Viewer. Give people the least access the job needs.
Slide 96
Week 3: make something people can use.
Two minutes. Ask what the class made in Week 3: a handout with headings, a PDF, a supply list that adds itself, and a one-slide flyer with a credit. Then the four questions.
Slide 97
You gave your section titles real heading styles in Word. What does the Navigation pane show?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Every heading, so you can click one to jump to it. The Navigation pane is built from heading styles.
Slide 98
Why type =SUM(B2:B4) in Excel instead of typing the total yourself?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: The total changes by itself when a cost changes. A formula recalculates. A typed number stays the same.
Slide 99
A photo’s permission says to name the photographer. Which line on the slide does that?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Photo: Dana Ruiz, used with permission. The credit names who took it and says the permission was followed.
Slide 100
How do you turn a Word handout into a PDF?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: File, Save As, then choose PDF as the type. Saving as a PDF keeps the layout the same on any computer.
Slide 101
Week 4: work together without confusion.
Two minutes. Ask what the class made in Week 4: a request with a deadline, a message with To and Bcc, a handout with a resolved comment, and four offer facts. Then the five questions.
Slide 102
Where should the deadline for a request appear in an email?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: In the subject line, and again in the message. The subject is read first, so the deadline belongs there.
Slide 103
You Bcc ten neighbors. One passes your message to a stranger. Did Bcc fail?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: No. Bcc never stops forwarding. Bcc only hides addresses from the other people who got the message.
Slide 104
Which greeting leaves nobody out of a message to a class of adults?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Hi everyone,. Words that name everyone welcome everyone.
Slide 105
In Word, what does Resolve do to a comment thread?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Closes it, and keeps it on record. A resolved comment is marked done and stays in the Comments pane. It is not deleted.
Slide 106
A page says "First month $1, then $15 every month." How much do you pay in the third month?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: $15. After the first month, the monthly price repeats until you cancel.
Slide 107
Week 5: keep your accounts and messages safe.
Two minutes. Ask what the class made in Week 5: a sign-in sheet that does not rely on color, a protected practice sign-up, and a checked message. Then the three questions.
Slide 108
In a four-color pie chart, what helps a reader who cannot tell the colors apart?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: Label each slice with its name. Words carry the meaning when color cannot.
Slide 109
On a practice sign-up page in Edge, what does two-step verification add?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: A second proof, such as a phone code. Someone with your password still needs the second proof.
Slide 110
A message claims to be from your electric company. Where do you find a safe number to call?
Ask everyone to choose before you select an answer. Correct answer: On your last paper bill. Use a number you already trust, not one the message gives you.
Slide 111
Now working in: Microsoft Edge
Walk the room as the class opens the page. Do not help with answers once the test starts.
Slide 112
Go to the course home
Wait until every screen shows the course home page. If stuck: Cannot find Course home? Click the Week 6 · Worksheet tab. The row of links is at the very top of the page.
Slide 113
Open the post-test
The post-test opens in the same tab. If stuck: Opened the pre-test? Click Back in Edge and try again.
Slide 114
Click the name box
The test is saved under the name you type.
Slide 115
Type your name
Each learner types their own full name. If stuck: Made a typing mistake? Press Backspace to erase the letter before the blinking line, then type it again.
Slide 116
Start the post-test
Stop here. The next slide tells everyone how the test works. Nobody answers until you say so.
Slide 117
Now you answer on your own.
Read it aloud. Then let the class begin. Walk the room quietly. Help only with a page that stops working, never with an answer. Plan about 20 minutes.
Slide 118
When you finish.
A saved PDF is not proof that the answers were sent. Check each learner’s page for ✓ Your results were submitted. If a page says Retry submission to instructor, click it. Collect the flash drives at the end.
Slide 119
Take it home.
Close all programs. Select Start fresh on this computer. Practice pages keep nothing on the computer. Collect the flash drives.
Slide 120
Mission complete.
Collect evidence, not just confidence. Restore shared settings.