Google Chrome course

Chrome Lesson 1

Chrome Layout, Address Bar, and Basic Navigation

First-time setup and success checks

Lesson goal in plain language: Navigate Chrome’s main controls, enter a web address, and move safely through page history.

Prepare before step 1

  1. Open the correct application, website, or device screen and wait for its name to be announced.
  2. Open Chrome manual and review the matching procedure if any command or term is unfamiliar.
  3. Use only fictional, public, disposable, or instructor-provided practice information. Make a copy before changing an important file.
  4. Read all numbered instructions once before performing them so you know the intended final result.

Commands used or referenced

Ctrl+L, Enter, Alt+Left, Alt+Right, Alt+Home, Ctrl+R, Esc, F6, Insert+T, Insert+Tab, Insert+1

For a plus-sign command, hold the modifier key, press and release the final key, then release the modifier. For a sequence, press and release each key in order. Stop after every command and listen for the result.

Work and verify

  1. Perform one numbered instruction and stop. Identify the active window, focused control, selected item, cell, slide, message, field, or device area before continuing.
  2. Compare the result with the lesson goal. A sound alone is not enough; verify the name, state, value, location, permission, or content.
  3. If the result is wrong, press Escape once to leave an unexpected menu, identify focus again, and use Undo only when the change is safely reversible.
  4. Save or synchronize at natural stopping points. Confirm the filename and location before closing.
  5. Complete the “Before submitting” checklist from top to bottom. Correct missing items before marking the lesson complete.
  6. Close and reopen the practice item, or return to it from the product’s main screen, to prove you can locate and verify the result independently.

Success standard: Explain what each major command did, show the finished result, and recover from one harmless focus or navigation error without another person naming the next key.

Goal

Navigate Chrome’s main controls, enter a web address, and move safely through page history.

Step-by-step instructions

  1. Open Chrome and press Ctrl+L to focus the address bar.
  2. Type https://accessiblelearning.github.io/accessible-learning-center/ and press Enter.
  3. Press Alt+Left Arrow to go back and Alt+Right Arrow to go forward.
  4. Press Alt+Home to open the configured home page, then return to the learning site.
  5. Press Ctrl+R to reload the current page.
  6. Press Esc to stop a page that is still loading or dismiss an open browser control.
  7. Press F6 repeatedly to move among the webpage, address bar, toolbar, and tab strip.
  8. With JAWS, press Insert+T to confirm the window and Insert+Tab to identify focus.
  9. Record each command and the browser area it controls.
  10. Save as Chrome-Lesson-1.txt.

Screen-reader help: With JAWS, press Insert+T for the window title, Insert+Tab for focused-control information, and Insert+1 for Keyboard Help. Chrome controls and labels can change after browser updates.

Your assignment

Create the report described above using fictional or public information only.

Save it as Chrome-Lesson-1.txt. DOCX, PDF, and BRF versions are also accepted.

Before submitting