This document provides instructions for students on using email. It includes 10 activities that teach students how to: 1. Register for a Yahoo email account 2. Send and receive emails, including attaching files 3. Reply to emails and download attachments 4. Delete emails and save draft emails 5. Sign out of their email account The overall aim is for students to be able to create an email account and communicate using emails at the end of completing this module.

1. KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN MALAYSIA
Self Access Learning Module
IICCT LLiitterraccy fforr
SSeccondarry SScchooll
Prrogrrammee
INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS
E-MAIL
BAHAGIAN PEMBANGUNAN KURIKULUM
KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN MALAYSIA

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MODULE 5
E-MAIL
Curriculum Development Division
Ministry of Education
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1. Name of Module: E-Mail
2. Learning Outcomes: Students should be able to:
a. register an e-mail account
b. send messages
c. attach files to messages
d. receive/retrieve messages
e. reply messages
f. download attached files
g. delete messages
h. save messages
i. sign out
j. open an existing e-mail
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3. Knowledge and Skills
a. E-mail definition
b. Recognize peripherals used for communications
c. Netiquette
4. Module Summary:
At the end of the module, students should be able to create an e-mail account
and communicate using e-mails.
Notes:
There are lot of free e-mail on the Internet but this module will show you how
to create an e-mail account using Yahoo mail.

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Activity 1: Register an e-mail account
1. Launch Internet Explorer and type in URL: www.yahoo.com and
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Figure 1 will appear.
Figure 1
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2. To sign up for free e-mail click on the Sign Up link (Figure 3) or double click on Mail
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icon and figure 4 will appear .
.
Figure 3
Figure 4 Click on the
Sign Up link to
register
double
click
Mail

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3. After clicking on the Sign Up link, a registration form will be shown as below.
Figure 5
4. Then, fill in all the information needed as shown in the example below.
Figure 6
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Use your own
details to fill in the
form

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5. After completing the form click Create My Account button as shown in Figure 7 to send
Figure 7
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in the registration.
6. After completing, the dialog box will appear, then click Continue button to start using the
e-mail.
Figure 8
Click to register
Notes: If registration fails it
maybe because of
• ID already exist or
• the form is not complete
or
• the code didn’t match
to continue change your ID
to complete the form or
follow the instructions that
appear

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7. Figure 9 and Figure 10 will pop up.
8. Follow the steps below.
Click Continue button
Click
Next
button
Figure 9
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Figure 10

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9. New message will appear from Yahoo in your Inbox.
Click Inbox icon or click Check Mail icon to check messages.
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Click
Next
button
Click
Next
button
Click
Get
Started
button
Double click to read
the message
Figure 13
Figure 12
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Type in subject or topic of
the message
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10. Figure 16 will appear.
Activity 2: Send Messages
1. To send or compose messages, click New icon
2. Type in e-mail address, subject and the messages.
Figure 16
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Type in e-mail address to send
Figure 18
Type in your message
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Congratulation for your excellent result in the final
examination

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3. After writing down the messages, click Send icon to send the message.
Congratulation for your excellent result in the final examination
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4. The dialog box below will appear
Figure 19
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Activity 3: Attach files to messages
1. To attach a file in message, click Attach icon
2. Choose the attachment file from its location.
Figure 22
Click Open
to attach
the file

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3. Click the Send icon to send the message with attachment.
Figure 23
4. If the message is successfully sent, figure 24 will be shown.
Figure 24
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file attachment will
be shown here
Hello, I’m sending you an attachment, please check
thank you
muiz

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Activity 4: Receive/retrieve messages
1. To check messages that you have received you may
Figure 25
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• click on Inbox icon or
• click on Check Mail icon or
• click on Inbox tab
2. All the messages received are listed in the Inbox
Double click to
read the message
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Activity 5: Reply messages
1. To reply messages, double click messages in Inbox, then click Reply icon.
Figure 27
2. Type the message then click Send icon to send the reply message
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This original
message can
be deleted
before you
type in your
reply
subject can
be change
address will be
automatically filled
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Attachment
link
Figure 29
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Activity 6: Download attached files
1. If the message received has an attachment file, click on the attachment link to
download the file.
2. The attachment file will be scanned for viruses.
3. If no viruses are detected, click on Download Attachment button.
click on button
Download
Attachment
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3. Dialog box in figure 32 will pop out. Click on Open button to read or click Save button to
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download.
4. After download is completed, the dialog box will appear. To check file click Open or
Open Folder button
Click Save
button
Choose
your
Click Save
button
Figure 32
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Figure 35
click Delete
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Activity 7: Delete messages
1. To delete messages, click Inbox icon
2. Next, check message that you need to delete. Then click Delete icon to delete
the message
3.. The message will be removed from the Inbox into the Trash in Figure 37.
click Trash
icon to
open/retrieve
message
Figure 37

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Activity 8: Save messages
1. To save messages that are not finished click Save Draft icon.
Figure 38
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2. The message will be stored in Drafts.
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Activity 9: Sign Out
1. To sign out, click on Sign Out link.
Activity 10: Open an existing E-mail
1. To open an existing e-mail refer to Step1 and 2
in Activity 1.
2. Type Yahoo ID and password correctly.
3. Next, click Sign In button then you may
proceed with your e-mail.
Acknowledgement
http://www.yahoo.com
http://images.search.yahoo.com
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