KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN MALAYSIA

Self Access Learning Module

ICT Literacy for

Secondary School
Programme
INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS
E-MAIL

Curriculum Development Centre

Ministry of Education
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MODULE 2

E-MAIL

Curriculum Development Centre

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

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

Figure 1 will appear.

Figure 1

Figure 2

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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
icon and figure 4 will appear .

double
click
Mail Figure 3

Figure 4 Click on the

Sign Up link to
register
.

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3. After clicking on the Sign Up link, a registration form will be shown as below.

Use your own

details to fill in the
form

Figure 5

4. Then, fill in all the information needed as shown in the example below.

Figure 6

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5. After completing the form click Create My Account button as shown in Figure 7 to send
in the registration.

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

Click to register

Figure 7

6. After completing, the dialog box will appear, then click Continue button to start using the
e-mail.

Figure 8

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7. Figure 9 and Figure 10 will pop up.

Figure 9

8. Follow the steps below.

Click Continue button

Figure 10

Click
Next
button

Figure 11

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Click
Next
button

Figure 12

Click
Next
button

Figure 13

Click
Get
Started
button

9. New message will appear from Yahoo in your Inbox.

Click Inbox icon or click Check Mail icon to check messages.

Double click to read

the message Figure 15

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10. Figure 16 will appear.

Figure 16

Activity 2: Send Messages

1. To send or compose messages, click New icon

Figure 17

2. Type in e-mail address, subject and the messages.

Type in e-mail address to send

Type in subject or topic of

the message

Congratulation for your excellent result in the final

examination Type in your message
h
Figure 18

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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

Figure 19

4. The dialog box below will appear

Figure 20

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Activity 3: Attach files to messages

1. To attach a file in message, click Attach icon

Figure 21

2. Choose the attachment file from its location.

Click Open
to attach
the file

Figure 22

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3. Click the Send icon to send the message with attachment.

file attachment will

be shown here

Hello, I’m sending you an attachment, please check

thank you

muiz

Figure 23

4. If the message is successfully sent, figure 24 will be shown.

Figure 24

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Activity 4: Receive/retrieve messages

1. To check messages that you have received you may

• click on Inbox icon or

• click on Check Mail icon or
• click on Inbox tab

Figure 25

2. All the messages received are listed in the Inbox

Double click to
read the message

Figure 26

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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

address will be
automatically filled

subject can
be change

This original
message can
be deleted
before you
type in your
reply

Figure 28

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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.

Attachment
link

Figure 29

2. The attachment file will be scanned for viruses.

Figure 30

3. If no viruses are detected, click on Download Attachment button.

click on button
Download
Attachment

Figure 31

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3. Dialog box in figure 32 will pop out. Click on Open button to read or click Save button to
download.

Click Save
button

Figure 32

Choose
your

Click Save
button

Figure 33

4. After download is completed, the dialog box will appear. To check file click Open or
Open Folder button

Figure 34

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Activity 7: Delete messages

1. To delete messages, click Inbox icon

Figure 35

2. Next, check message that you need to delete. Then click Delete icon to delete
the message

click Delete

Figure 36

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

2. The message will be stored in Drafts.

Figure 39

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Activity 9: Sign Out

1. To sign out, click on Sign Out link.

Figure 40

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.

Figure 41

Acknowledgement

http://www.yahoo.com
http://images.search.yahoo.com

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