Web page activity for Links (continued - step 2)

By executing the previous link, you went to a new Web page. Let's start the navigation process, again.

Is this where you expected to be? How do you know the right thing happen?

Orientation:

Where are you on the page? How will you get to a known spot on the page? Why is it important to know where you are on a Web page?

Purpose:

What are you doing on this page? What do you want to accomplish?

Direction:

Based on your purpose and location, what movement will you want to do?

Expectation:

When you get to another link, what is your expectation of what will happen? How will you know that you ended up where you want to go?

Continue on to the next link.

This same page link will move your focus to another spot on this page.

If you are reading this than you have gone too far. Back up to the previous link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The previous link moved you to a different spot on the same Web page.

This spot is quite a bit farther down on the page. It was not visible from the top of the page.
How do you know that your are on the same page and not on a new page?
Is this what you expected to happen?
What should you do now?

Yes, you are right. You should think about the four steps of navigation; orientation, purpose, direction, and expectation.

Below is an FTP link.

First, what is your expectation? This will be different than the other links. The following description
will help you with your initial expectation.

• File transfer links or FTP links are used to transfer files from a host computer to your computer.
  To do this, the application that will find the file and send it to you will need some information.
  
  
• You will provide this information through a dialogue box. Completing the dialogue box is all that
  you will have to do to start the process of downloading or viewing the file on your computer.
  
  
• In the dialogue box, you will be asked in the dialogue box whether you want to Save, Run, or Open the file.
  
  
• If you choose Save, the file will be copied to your hard disk after you indicate where the
  file should be saved.
  
  
• You will have to open or run the file after you download it. If you choose to Open or Run the file,
  it will open or run immediately, or at least in a few moments.
  
  
• For the purpose of this excersize, we want you to Save the file to your desktop. Now, execute
  the FTP link below.
  

FTP link.

You have completed the FTP link.

Is this where you expected to end up after downloading the file? If you didn't end up here, how would you get back to this spot on the page?
What are you going to do now?
What direction will you move?
What do you expect to happen next?

 Continue to the next page of the activity.