Introduction to google; a course for beginners.

1. Get the most from Google [email_address]

6. The search page- your are familiar with (quick overview of this page) Google UK versus Google com- use google UK for UK results only.

13. iGoogle- personalised homepage

14. Loads of tabs and gadgets

15. Can move the sections about

16. Add new tabs

17. Tab name

18. More gadgets- Add it now

19. Added Now we will look at Google searches

21. Let’s start by typing in a search phrase e.g your name mine is“mr colin hamilton” hit the 'Enter'

22. You get a results page– lets have a look at this page next…

25. Google stores a copy of webpages and highlights where the terms are useful for in long pages!

26. Or you could follow the link as normal to the original page

43. Search quick references

49. For my staff page- only one page links to it, the staff list.

54. stocks

60. Advanced search reference

61. ADVANCED SEARCH PAGE- lets talk about this screen- No of results:

62. Search for non-english languages

63. Search for PDFs or excel only etc Do a search for expense.with file format xls to find a spreadsheet

64. Pages of specific age

65. Look for pages with the keywords in the title or the URL etc This type of search is susceptible to abuse- hackers us it to find sensitive password files.

66. Usage rights helps you find published content -- including music, photos, movies, books, and educational materials -- that you can share or modify above and beyond fair use.

67. Look for similar pages

68. See the similar page link on the results page below

69. Spend some time trying some advanced searches

71. 1. Look for a budget in excel format

72. 2. Look for a word document on recycling

75. Spell Checker

77. Such as below

79. Calculator reference

81. Currency Conversion

83. Select a refinement e.g .test/diagnosis

84. Get a more refined result Or type in your own query e.g. back pain more:sciatic nerve

85. Results as below

87. Image search – search for all types of images

88. e.g. type in your name and hit search Try it now

89. Specify size of image

90. Get large images of Glasgow

91. Click on an image to open webpage frame- see below

92. Advanced image searches e.g Search for black/white images only

93. image preferences – unfiltered search = uncensored images!

94. Spend sometime searching for interesting images.

96. Now lets look at google News

97. News section has all the latest world news- lets talk about the screen.

98. Select news from locations

99. You can customise this page layout- move types of stories up to the top of the page

100. Move the boxes around on the right and save layout. Try this now

101. As below

102. Also can add a custom news section e.g. lebanon

103. See it as below

104. See lebanon section below

105. Advanced news search available- e.g Return only articles from the CNN

106. Specify news source e.g. BBC

107. That was News- so lets look at Google shopping Now called Products

110. Google shopping results

111. Search for mp3 player Try it now

115. Sort By Price Sort your search results by price, high to low or low to high

116. Google shopping grid view

117. Google shopping advanced search

118. Advanced search- e.g. between price range

119. advanced search £50-100

120. Select a product and find out more before you buy it.

121. Then buy it from the shop..

123. Video Search

124. Video Search results

126. Video Search results

127. Ok, lets search for a video- e.g. Alex jones

128. See a host of free videos to watch online

129. Pick a thumbnail and it will open up a large video display.

130. So that was google videos now we will look at Google maps

131. Google Maps

132. Google Maps – lets talk about the screen

133. Click on glasgow or type it in

134. goes to glasgow

135. Satellite view

136. Hybrid view

137. Type in glasgow g1 1xq

138. Zoom right in

139. Get directions from here to your postcode

140. Get route to print or email

142. Google earth- look at screen

144. Type in Glasgow and watch it go!

145. Zoom right into your own house!

147. Site seeing- view grand canyon etc

149. Click directions on put in name or postcode

152. San francisco + 3d view

155. http://moon.google.com/

157. http://www.google.com/mars/

158. Picasa- quick overview of screen

161. Select Import

162. Import a folder or from a device

163. Slideshow

164. Slideshow- star rate your pictures. This slideshow you can burn to CD as well.

167. Select pictures. Menu, Picture> Batch edit> rename, etc

168. Also try out some other functions: sepia etc

169. Right click on pic: View and edit

170. Tuning- fill light.

172. Right mouse click on a picture and select add label.

174. Timeline line view of your albums

175. Create a slideshow on a CD- e.g. for wedding photos etc.