Customizing Your Browser · B5 Computing

Lesson notes

Indicator: B5.6.6.1.3 - Show how to make Browser apps, add-ons, plug-ins, and extensions.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define browser apps, add-ons, plug-ins, and extensions in their own words.
Distinguish between the four types of browser customisations with clear examples of each.
Demonstrate how to locate the extensions or add-ons store in a common browser and search for a specific tool.
Install a simple, safe browser extension or add-on following the teacher’s step-by-step guidance.
Explain the purpose of a plug-in and identify at least one plug-in they have encountered while browsing, such as for playing videos.

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Strand: Internet and Social Media (Strand 6)
Sub-strand: Customizing Your Browser (6.6)
Content standard: B5.6.6.1 - Show how to Customize a Browser
Indicator: B5.6.6.1.3 - Show how to make Browser apps, add-ons, plug-ins, and extensions.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 5 (Week 29 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Computing Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 25
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Guide learners to make Browser apps, add-ons, plug-ins, and extensions.