The purpose of this lesson is to help trainees to download and
install plug-ins, as well as to understand the various categories of
content which may require a plug-in.
Enabling Objectives
During this lesson, trainees will be shown screen captures of the
missing plug-ins alert as well as the download window. They will also
be given a short explanation of what a plug-in is and some specific
examples of widely used plug-ins. Trainees will be directed to the
Nettrain plug-in checker for more detailed information as well as
help downloading and installing plug-ins.
Terminal Objectives
Upon completing this lesson, several terminal objectives will be
attainable:
Trainees will be able to name several browser plug-ins such as
Quicktime, Acrobat Reader, and Flash Player, and explain their
purpose in extending the capabilities of the browser.
Trainees will be able to download a plug-in to a named folder,
navigate to that folder and launch the plug-in.
Trainees will be able to locate the NETtrain plug-ins checker and
use it to determine which plug-ins are present in their own
browsers.
Trainees will be able to describe the sorts of web content which
may require a plug-in.
