MyGuide.
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About MyGuide at Hackney Silver Surfers.
MyGuide is a guided journey through the Internet for beginners, exploring and explaining all the online services and opportunities available to you.
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Register.
If you do not yet have a MyGuide username and password, the first thing you should do is register as a MyGuide user.
We recommend the ‘Fast track’ procedure for people who already have email addresses.
Login.
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If you have already registered as a MyGuide user, login now to carry on with your user journey.
Enter your MyGuide username and MyGuide password, then click on the ‘Login’ button below.
Other links for beginners.
Online tutorials.
- BBC - Absolute beginners’ guide to using computers (with sound) — A very good starting point. Most learners can get to the end in a single two-hour session, and are rewarded by a certificate that they can print off.
- BBC - Absolute beginners’ guide to using computers — This version does not use sound.
- BBC - Raw - Computers — A good series of tutorials for beginners, each in two versions: Flash (interactive, practical, requiring sound) and HTML (non-interactive, all on one page). Doing both seems to work well — first the interactive Flash tutoral, reinforced by reading through the short HTML version. There is also a summary page with links to PDF copies of each tutorial.
- BBC - Computer Tutor — Very useful, requires sound. A good sequel to the BBC ‘Absolute Beginners’ guides.
- GCF computer lessons — Simple lessons for beginners.
Searching the World Wide Web.
- Google — The most widely used search engine.
- Accessible Google — This version of Google gives higher ranking to websites that are accessible — easily read, navigated and understood by people with visual and other impairments.
Security & privacy.
- Get Safe Online — comprehensive information about how to protect yourself and your computer.
Webmail.
Games.
- Dance Mat Typing — BBC Schools typing lessons.
- Our own online jigsaws.
- Jigsaw Planet.
- Crazy4JigSaws.
- Jigzone.
