Published lesson · 25 minutes

Using your device and browser

Objective: Use a device and browser to find information, move between pages and recognise common controls.

Understand the idea

This lesson focuses on using your device and browser. Use a device and browser to find information, move between pages and recognise common controls. We will use a familiar community situation to make the idea concrete, then break it into decisions you can explain. You do not need special equipment or previous experience beyond the course prerequisites.

A learner comparing public transport options can open two trusted pages, use headings to scan them and return to the results without losing the first page. Start by naming the information or action involved, then consider what a visitor or learner needs to understand. This small planning step makes the example easier to follow and helps you notice assumptions before they become confusing.

A browser is the app that requests and displays pages; the address bar identifies where you are going. The example is synthetic and contains no real organisation, personal details or promises about services. Treat it as a learning model: adapt the structure to your own situation, and check details with the people responsible before publishing anything publicly.

Notice the difference between a browser tab, a website and an individual page. Use back and forward deliberately, and check the address before entering information. Try changing one detail at a time and describe what changed. When something behaves differently from what you expected, return to the goal and inspect the relevant part instead of changing several things at once.

Practice on a familiar device first, and ask before changing settings that affect other people. A useful review asks whether the result is clear, usable and appropriate for the intended audience. Invite another person to try it when possible, and make improvements based on what they can actually understand or do.

Worked examples

Using your device and browser: a small example

See how using your device and browser can help communicate or solve a practical community task.

Practice tasks

  1. Explore using your device and browser

    Use the worked example for “Using your device and browser”. Change one small detail to suit a different synthetic community situation, then explain what you expected and how you checked whether the change still met the lesson objective.

  2. Build a Digital Foundations practice example

    Create a small practice result that demonstrates this objective: Use a device and browser to find information, move between pages and recognise common controls. Use only synthetic information, keep the first version focused, and write down one limitation that a later version should address.

  3. Review and explain the result

    Review your “Using your device and browser” result as if another learner will use it without your explanation. Identify one strength, one exact point that may be unclear, and a revision that would make the result easier to understand or use.

Using your device and browser becomes easier when you start with a clear purpose, try one small step and check the result from the learner or community member's point of view.

Course overview