Navigation skills using a browser

Based on NZQA 18758

People credited with this unit standard are able to: launch and close a web browser and use browser controls; use search engines; and use webpage hyperlinks.


 * Library of resources
 * Learning activities

Courses that use this topic

 * Digital information literacy

Launch and close a web browser and use browser controls
Range: may include but is not limited to - forward and back, home, stop, search, favourites/bookmarks, history. Evidence of five is required. Range: content is printed, content is saved to file
 * Browser is launched allowing access to the web.
 * URL is entered and the webpage is opened.
 * Browser controls are used to navigate between webpages.
 * Webpage content is saved.
 * Browser is closed.

Use search engines
Range: may include but is not limited to - local search engines, global search engines. Range: simple search query - single word, phrase; advanced search - search engine advanced searching options, use of the Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT. Range: at least three hits opened.
 * Search engines appropriate to the search topic are selected and opened.
 * Query is formulated and entered.
 * Hits relevant to the search query are determined and opened.

Use webpage hyperlinks
Range: highlighted text, pictures, email addresses. Range: hyperlink linking within a website or webpage, hyperlink linking between websites.
 * Hyperlinks are identified on a webpage.
 * Hyperlink is opened.