Selecting and Organizing Links in the Favorites Menu

Aimee Chanhatasilpa

SLM 521 Spring 05

Course Module

GOALS

Students will be able to effectively and efficiently utilize the Favorites folders and features of their Microsoft Explorer web browser to select and organize a range of different website address links.

ACTIVITY

Students will use the Favorites feature on their Internet Explorer menu bar to save and organize links to important or favorite web sites. When finished students will create a web page listing some of the folder names they created with hyper links underneath to show the sites they chose to save and how they organized them.

ASSIGNMENT

Selecting Favorites:

Open your Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser program.

Locate and click the word “Favorites” on the menu bar.

To learn how the functions of this feature work, click on, “Add to Favorites.”

A box will appear offering you choices to select and organize links to favorite web sites you select.

Notice that you can choose the make the site available when not on-line, off line.

You can also choose change the name of the link if desired.

By clicking, “OK” you will now have a saved web site link to the site currently on your web browser.

Organizing Favorites:

After selecting a number of sites you’ll likely need to organize them to make them easier to find.

Open your Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser program.

Locate and click the word “Favorites” on the menu bar.

Next, click on “Organize Favorites.”

Notice that you have four function buttons: create folder, rename, move folder, delete.

Click on “Create Folder” and choose a name or title that a number of your links fit under conceptually.

Now click on the “Move to Folder” button and with the mouse, drag site links to your new folder.

Continue creating, naming, and filling new folders until all or nearly all of your site links are organized into folders.

Create – in Function:

After organizing your favorite links into folders, you can now save a favorite web link directly to anyone of your current folders or create a new folder for the new link.

Now when you find a new site whose link you want to save to an existing folder, you can click on “Favorites” and “Add to Favorites.”

Next, click on “Create in”

You have the option of clicking on and highlighting a folder for the link to be saved under or creating a new folder.

Renaming Folders:

If you find after a round of organizing that a folder name is no longer appropriate, follow the steps above to “Organize Favorites” and to the function buttons.

Click on the folder you would like rename and then the “Rename” button. You should now see the folder name highlighted and a cursor blinking.

Begin typing the new folder name.

Deleting Folders:

As you continue organizing and adding to your favorites, you may need to delete some folders that are no longer useful. Follow the above steps to “Organize Favorites” and to the function buttons.

Next, open the folder you would like delete. Check that there is not any information in the folder that you would like to save. Now, click on the folder you would like to delete in order to highlight it and click on the delete button.

SUBMISSION

Open a web page word document. Type up to five of the folder names you created in your Favorites menu and create one or two hyper links for each folder name to show how you organized your links and what links you found. Link your completed assignment to your index page and send your instructor an e-mail notification.

RUBRIC: As apparent from submitted web page document

	Minimal	Satisfactory	Excellent
Selecting Favorites	Only one or no hyperlinks under folder names	2-3 hyperlinks under folder names	4 or more hyperlinks under folder names
Organizing Favorites	Relationship between folder names and links very unclear	Folder name and most links are somewhat related	Very clear relationship between folder names and links

BIBLIOGRAPHY

International Society for Technology in Education: http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_stands.html

Resources

Microsoft Help and Support http://support.microsoft.com

ISTE STANDARDS:

I. TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS.
Teachers demonstrate a sound understanding of technology operations and concepts. Teachers:

A. demonstrate introductory knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts related to technology

V. PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
Teachers use technology to enhance their productivity and professional practice. Teachers:

C. apply technology to increase productivity.