Learnthenet.com, hosted by a privately held company in San Fransisco, contains a range of resources related to using the Internet, including some online tutorials which can be found by going to the "Try This" section on the home page and selecting a link.
I tried the Web at a Glance tutorial and found it quick, easy and simple to follow - in fact, one of the simplest "how to" guides I've seen yet. It's an ideal online tutorial for new users of the Web, or even for people who use the Web regularly but might like to brush up on Web fundamentals.
The tutorial can be completed in 30 minutes and topics include:
- What Is the Web?
- What Is the Web Made of?
- How the Web Works
- Web Pages
- Websites
- Navigating the Web
- Identifying a Hyperlink
- How Hyperlinks Work
- Using Web URLs
- Examples of URLs
- Anatomy of a URL
- Membership Websites
- Web Browsers
- Anatomy of a Web Browser: The Toolbar
- More Web Browser Anatomy
- Specifying a Home Page in Netscape Navigator
- Specifying a Home Page in Internet Explorer
- Saving an Image from the Web
- Printing a Web Page
- Multimedia on the Web
- Plug-Ins
The Search the Web tutorial is also worth a look, using simple animation to show you how search engines work.
