WELCOME TO MODULE 3: NIHSeniorHealth Quizzes and Videos

Helping Older Adults Search for Health Information Online:

A Toolkit for Trainers from the National Institute on Aging

In this module, you will find

To teach the module, you will need

To get started, you should

Questions or comments about the Toolkit? Contact the National Institute on Aging at (301) 496-1752 or e-mail daileys@nia.nih.gov

NIHSeniorHealth Quizzes and Videos: INTRODUCTION

LESSON OVERVIEW

Lesson Goals

In this lesson, students will:
  1. Recall how to use the Home Page of the NIHSeniorHealth website.
  2. Recall how to use the All Topics A-Z page to find health topics on the NIHSeniorHealth website.
  3. Recall how to use the special features (optional).
  4. Learn how to take two types of online quizzes.
  5. Learn how to open, watch, and close a video.
  6. Learn how to open, read, and close a video transcript.
  7. Learn how to find answers to health questions of personal interest.

Lesson Materials

In this lesson, students will need:

*This glossary only includes Internet terms relevant to this lesson. An alphabetical list of all glossary terms introduced in the nine Toolkit lessons is available online at www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit.

Lesson Length

This lesson should last:

Approximately 2 hours, with an optional stopping point at 70 minutes.

LESSON PREPARATION

Before the lesson, you should:

When you arrive in the classroom, you should:

You should also

LESSON STRUCTURE – Senior Friendly, Trainer Friendly

The senior-friendly lesson structure includes:

The trainer-friendly lesson plan features:

About the Scripted Transition Boxes

[IMAGE: page with Scripted Transition box circled]

This lesson plan uses a combination of scripted and descriptive sections. The colored, scripted transition boxes which appear at the top of each page of the lesson plan are designed as “anchor points,” marking the end of one part of the lesson and the start of another. It is important to convey the content in these transition boxes, although you may use your own wording as you become more familiar with the material. The steps that follow each scripted box are descriptive. Move through them according to your personal training style.

This approach is useful in maintaining lesson focus and keeping trainers and students on track. It also makes the lesson plan easy to use.

Important Note

In the discussions of health issues that may occur during class, refrain from offering medical advice or advocating specific treatments, physicians, hospitals, insurance plans, etc. Also, discourage this type of activity among students. Always emphasize that students should consult their health care providers about any medical information they may hear about in class or find on the Internet.

Icons Used in the Lesson Plan

REACHING THE OLDER STUDENT

To help your students grasp, apply, and retain the skills and information they are taught, be sure to:

These training techniques from the lesson can also help you be successful:

NIHSeniorHealth Quizzes and Videos: LESSON PLAN

OPENING COMMENTS (5 Minutes)

“Welcome to Lesson 3: NIHSeniorHealth Quizzes and Videos. (Pronounced N-I-H Senior Health.) My name is _________. (This is our classroom assistant_________.) Before we start the class, I’d like to review a few general points.”

Tell students the following:

  1. This Lesson…
    • Is intended for beginning students.
    • Is the third in a series of nine lessons developed by the National Institute on Aging to help older adults learn to find accurate online health information on their own.
  2. The NIHSeniorHealth website they will visit…
    • Is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine, both part of the National Institutes of Health, or NIH.
    • NIH is part of the U.S. Government’s Department of Health and Human Services.
  3. Please be aware that…
    • Online health information is in no way meant to substitute for medical advice from a doctor.
    • In class discussions, students should not attempt to provide medical advice to classmates, however well-intentioned it may be.
  4. Housekeeping Issues…
    • Class will last about __minutes with stretch break(s) lasting ___minutes.
    • Bathroom breaks can be taken anytime. Restrooms are located______.
  5. Ask students if they have any questions.

INTRODUCTIONS (3 Minutes)

“Before we get started, let’s introduce ourselves.”

  1. Introduce yourself, giving your name and your experience teaching computers and the Internet. If you have a classroom assistant or peer coach, introduce that person.
  2. Ask students to give their names and tell whether they are at a beginning, intermediate, or advanced level with regard to their Internet experience.
  3. If time permits, ask each student to tell something about his or her background (family, work, travels, education…), why they decided to take this class, and what they hope to learn.

Purpose of Activity

CLASS PROCEDURES (3 Minutes)

“Let’s talk for a moment about how the class will proceed. You will be learning new ways to use technology, and in order for everyone to be successful, here are some things we need to do.”

Tell students the following:

  1. To make sure everyone grasps the information and learns the skills…
    • We will proceed in a step-by-step manner and at a slow-to-moderate pace.
    • I (or my assistant) will circulate frequently during class to make sure everyone is keeping up with the lesson.
    • There will be plenty of hands-on practice activities to let you apply the skills that you learn.
    • There will be plenty of handouts to help you learn the skills while in class and to use as a reference once you leave class.
  2. As students, you should…
    • Feel free to raise your hand and ask a question if you do not understand something.
    • Feel free to ask me to repeat anything I’ve said.
    • Not worry about hurting the equipment because it is very sturdy.
    • Not worry about making mistakes because that is to be expected when learning a new technology.
    • Have a binder or folder to store the handouts you will receive.
  3. Ask students if they have any questions about class procedures.

Purpose of Activity

To communicate expectations, put students at ease, and facilitate learning.

TAKE-HOME ASSIGNMENT (5 Minutes)

“Before we get started with the new material, let’s go over the take-home assignment from the last class.”

  1. Restate the take-home assignment from Module 2.
    • Searching a health topic on NIHSeniorHealth and finding two new pieces of information about the topic.
  2. Ask students to share their results with the class.
  3. Ask students to share any problems they had navigating NIHSeniorHealth or finding the information they were searching for. Respond to their questions.

Note

Purpose of Activity

LESSON GOALS (2 Minutes)

“In this lesson we will learn how to take online quizzes and watch videos on the NIHSeniorHealth website. We’ll also explore health issues of interest to you. Let’s take a look at the specific goals for today’s lesson.”

Pass out Handout 3A: Lesson Goals.

  1. Go over the handout with students.

Purpose of Activity

INTERNET TERMS (5 Minutes)

“Before we actually get into the heart of the lesson, let’s review a few basic Internet terms.”

Pass out Handout 3B: Glossary

  1. Knowing the meaning of these Internet terms will help students understand the lesson. In addition to reviewing new terms (marked with ***), you may wish to go over the terms from this list that were introduced in the previous lesson to help students recall their meaning.
  2. You may want to demonstrate the terms for students from your computer projector.


INTERNET TERMS

  1. back arrow
  2. browse
  3. dialog box***
  4. home page
  5. link (or hyperlink)
  6. menu
  7. navigate
  8. scroll
  9. scroll bar
  10. window

Tips for Glossary review

REVIEW: THE HOME PAGE (5 Minutes)

“Let’s start with Goal 1 – reviewing parts of the NIHSeniorHealth website we learned about last time, beginning with the Home Page.”

  1. Students' screens should be set on the Home Page of NIHSeniorHealth at www.nihseniorhealth.gov.
  2. Familiarize students with the main features of the page:
    • The purpose of the site (for adults 60 and older)
    • The Health Topics which can be found using the alphabet or the health categories
    • The Exercise Stories
    • The Health Videos
  3. Point out the Home, Site Index and Contact Us buttons, located at the top of every page
  4. At the bottom, point out the Read more about NIHSeniorHealth link.
  5. Under the Category section, ask students to clink on All Topics A-Z

REVIEW: THE All Topics A-Z PAGE (5 Minutes)

"This is the All Topics A-Z page, with a list of the health topics on the website."

  1. Point out the alphabet as a way to go directly to a topic on the page.
  2. Ask students to scroll down the page to see the available health topics.
  3. Point out the Home and Site Index buttons available at the top of the page.

REVIEW: SPECIAL FEATURES (optional) (5 Minutes)

“Now, for Goal 3. You will recall that NIHSeniorHealth has special features to make the information on the website easier for older adults to grasp. These features let you change the size of the text, change the color of the page, and hear the text read aloud. The buttons for these features are found at the top of each page.”

  1. Text Size
    • Demonstrate as students navigate with you.
    • Enlarge the text using the text size button. Let students set the text at the size they prefer. They can switch back to the normal (default) text size if they like.
  2. Contrast
    • Demonstrate as students navigate with you.
    • Change the contrast using the contrast button. Students can switch back to the normal (default) colors if they like.
  3. Speech
    • Demonstrate as students navigate with you.
    • Click on the speech button to hear the text read aloud. After hearing some text read aloud, ask students to switch back to the silent mode to keep the sound from disrupting the class.

SUMMARIZING (3 Minutes)

“Now let’s take a look at the Lesson Goals to see what we’ve covered so far.”

Refer to Handout 3A: Lesson Goals.

  1. Demonstrate and summarize the following learning objectives from Goals 1, 2, and 3:
    • Using the Home Page
    • Using the All Topics A-Z page to find health topics
    • Using the special features (if presented)
  2. Ask students if they have any questions.
  3. Ask students to check off Goals 1, 2, and 3 on their handout.

TIME CHECK 40 minutes elapsed; 1 hour, 25 minutes left.

Purpose of Activity

CORE ACTIVITY

NAVIGATING A HEALTH TOPIC (10 Minutes)

“Let’s move on to Goal 4 – learning to take an online quiz. Online quizzes are popular features on many websites. To learn how to take a quiz, we will be exploring the Low Vision topic.”

  1. Demonstrate as students navigate with you. From the All Topics A-Z page, ask students to click on Low Vision. This will take them to the Table of Contents for the Low Vision topic.
  2. Ask them to click on the first link: Causes and Risk Factors. Read the content on the page aloud. Ask students to click on Next Page to move through the next several pages. Pause at each page to have a student read the content aloud.
  3. STOP at the quiz page.

Don’t Forget...

Purpose of Activity

TAKING A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ (10 Minutes)

“Let’s take this short, multiple choice quiz together to check our understanding of the information we just read.”

  1. Demonstrate as students navigate with you. Ask students to click on Quiz. Read the directions aloud to the class.
  2. Take the quiz, answering the first question as a group and then letting students answer the remaining three questions on their own.
  3. When they have finished with all four questions, ask students to click on Click for score to get their scores.
  4. Ask students what they learned about low vision.

Teaching Tips

REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITY

SUMMARIZING (3 Minutes)

“Now let’s take a look at the Lesson Goals to see what we’ve covered so far.”

Refer to Handout 3A: Lesson Goals.

  1. Demonstrate and summarize the following learning objective for Goal 4:
    • Taking a multiple choice quiz
  2. Ask students if they have any questions.
  3. Ask students to check off Goal 4 on their handout.

OPTIONAL STOPPING POINT
1 hour, 10 minutes elapsed; about 55 minutes left.

(If you choose to stop here, you may teach the remaining material in the next class.)

Purpose of Activity

CORE ACTIVITY

OPENING A VIDEO AND A TRANSCRIPT (10 Minutes)

“Now let’s look at Goals 5 and 6 – opening, watching, and closing a video and opening, reading, and closing a transcript of that video. There are many videos on NIHSeniorHealth and once you learn how to watch one, you will know how to watch others.”

  1. Demonstrate as students navigate with you. Ask students to click on Rehabilitation on the left menu. Ask them to read through the first two pages, giving them time to read each one. They should STOP when they come to a video.
  2. Point out these features of the video:
    • The title – Coping with Everyday Activities
    • The length – 2 minutes, 13 seconds
    • How to watch it – Click on the image or on Click to watch this video
    • How to view the transcript – Click on Transcript
  3. Ask students to click on the video to watch it. OR, click on the video from your computer projector so the class can watch it together.
  4. Ask students to click on Transcript and to briefly scan the information there.

Teaching Tips

REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITY: SUMMARIZING (3 Minutes)

“Now let’s take a look at the Goals again to see where we are.”

Refer to Handout 3A: Lesson Goals.

  1. Demonstrate and summarize the following learning objectives from Goals 5 and 6:
    • Opening, watching, and closing a video
    • Opening, reading, and closing the video transcript
  2. Ask students if they have any questions.
  3. Ask students to check off Goals 5 and 6 on their handout.

Purpose of Activity

PRACTICE ACTIVITY: INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ACTIVITY (15 Minutes)

“Now let’s see if you can apply what you’ve learned to another health topic. Choose ONE of the following topics to work on.”

  1. Return students’ computers to the Home page by having them click on the Home button.

Pass out Handout 3C:
Find Out About Alzheimer’s Disease
Find Out About Shingles
Find Out About Prostate Cancer
Find Out About Breast Cancer

  1. Select one of the exercises and read each of the steps aloud to the class to show students what the practice activity involves. Then ask each student to choose ONE of the four exercises and do the practice activity independently.

Purpose of Priming

REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITY: CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING (10 Minutes)

“Let’s see what you found out about the health topic you chose.”

  1. Ask students to share with the class:
    • the health topic they researched
    • the answers they found
  2. Once students have completed the exercise, ask them what searching tasks were easy and what tasks may have caused them difficulty.
  3. Clear up any questions students may have about getting from one point to another.

Purpose of Activity

CORE ACTIVITY: BROWSING ALL VIDEOS (optional) (10 Minutes)

“Here’s where you can find all the videos on the NIHSeniorHealth website in one place.”

  1. If time permits, (and if your technical set-up allows for several videos to play at one time), ask students to click on the Home Page and click on Health Videos. At the top of the All Videos page, students can click on health topics that will take them to videos for that topic.
  2. Demonstrate as students navigate with you. Scroll down the All Videos page, and ask them to click on a video they would like to watch. Or, ask them to click on the transcript to see what the video contains.
  3. Give students time to watch one or two videos (or read one or two transcripts).
  4. Ask what new information they learned.

REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITY: WRAPPING UP (3 Minutes)

“Let’s briefly review what we’ve covered in this lesson. You have

  1. Recalled how to use the Home Page.
  2. Recalled how to use the All Topics A-Z page to find health topics
  3. Recalled how to use the special features (optional)
  4. Taken a true-false and multiple choice quiz
  5. Opened, watched, and closed an online video
  6. Opened, read, and closed a video transcript
  7. Succeeded in doing online research on health issues of interest to you

Here is a handout to help you recall what you learned.”

Pass out Handout 3D: Lesson review with Screen Shots.

  1. Read the cover description, How to Use This Handout, to students.
  2. Go over each screen shot, reading the captions to remind students of the navigation steps they learned on each page. (You do not need to refer back to the computer screen at this point.)
  3. Encourage students to use this handout as a reference when practicing the skills they learned in this lesson.

Purpose of Activity

WRAPPING UP (continued) (5 Minutes)

“The NIHSeniorHealth website has many more features that we will explore in a future lesson.

Remember, always check with your doctor about health information you find on the Internet.

Here’s your take-home assignment, which will give you more practice with the skills you’ve learned today.”

Refer students back to Handout 3C: Find Out About…

  1. As a take-home assignment, ask students to select one of the other topics from Handout 3C and do the practice activity.
  2. Ask students the address of the NIHSeniorHealth website. Answer: www.nihseniorhealth.gov.
  3. Remind them that the address of the website can be found at the bottom of their handouts.

Teaching Tip

You may wish to write the take-home assignment and URL for NIHSeniorHealth on the board.

END OF LESSON 3

NIHSeniorHealth Quizzes and Videos: HANDOUTS

HANDOUT 3A: Lesson Goals

During this lesson, you will:

  1. ___ Recall how to use the Home Page of the NIHSeniorHealth website.
  2. ___ Recall how to use the All Topics A-Z page to find health topics on the NIHSeniorHealth website.
  3. ___ Recall how to use the special features (optional).
  4. ___ Learn how to take two types of online quizzes.
  5. ___ Learn how to open, watch, and close a video.
  6. ___ Learn how to open, read, and close a video transcript.
  7. ___ Learn how to find answers to health questions of personal interest.

HANDOUT 3B: Glossary

  1. Back Arrow
    This arrow, often green, is found at the top of most browsers. When you click on the back arrow, it takes you back – in order – through all of the web pages you’ve seen. (Sometimes called the back button.)
    [IMAGE: Back button on browser]
  2. Browse
    To explore a website or a number of websites by scanning and reading the information.
    [IMAGE: dialog box]
  3. Dialog Box
    A special box that appears when the computer needs additional information in order to carry out a task. This dialog box appears in a quiz on the NIHSeniorHealth website whenever you try to advance to the next quiz question without answering the current one. (You must click on “ok” to have a dialog box disappear.)
  4. Home Page
    The first thing you see when you come to a website, or the opening page of a website. It provides information about the site and directs you to other pages on the site.
    [IMAGE: screen shots of home pages]
  5. Link (or hyperlink)
    A highlighted or underlined feature on a web page that, when clicked, will take you to another web page. A link most often appears as underlined words or an image.
    One sure way to tell if something is a link or not: Whenever your cursor turns into a pointing hand, the image or word you are pointing to is a link.
    [IMAGE: screenshots with links circled]
  6. Menu
    A list of options, or topics, on a website that users can choose from.
    [IMAGE: screenshot of menu bar]
  7. Navigate
    To move through a website or through various websites.
  8. Scroll
    To move text or other information on a computer screen up, down, or sideways, with new information appearing as the old disappears.
  9. Scroll Bar
    A narrow, rectangular bar on the right edge and bottom edge of a web page that lets you move the page to see more of the information it contains. The scroll bar on the right moves the web page up and down, and the scroll bar on the bottom moves the web page right and left.
    [IMAGE: screenshot of scroll bars]
  10. Window
    A framed area of a computer screen that appears in front of the web page. Sometimes the appearance of a window means that you have entered another website. At other times, it means you may still be on the same website.
    [IMAGE: screenshot of overlapping windows]

HANDOUT 3C: Find Out About Alzheimer’s

Directions: Follow the steps and answer any questions you find.

  1. On the Home Page, click on All Topics A-Z.
  2. Find the topic on Alzheimer’s Disease and click on it.
  3. You should now be on the Table of Contents page for Alzheimer’s Disease.
  4. Click on the link that says Alzheimer’s Disease Defined.
  5. Read the information on the page you come to.
  6. Click on Next Page and read the following page.
  7. Read through the pages by clicking Next Page until you come to a video.
  8. What is the name of the video?
  9. How long is it?
  10. Click on the video and watch it. (Or, if you cannot open the video because of equipment issues, click on Transcript.)
  11. When the video is over, click on the Close Video button at the bottom of the video screen
  12. What is one piece of new information you learned from the video or the transcript?

HANDOUT 3C: Find Out About Shingles

Directions: Follow the steps and answer any questions you find.

  1. On the Home Page, click on All Topics A-Z.
  2. Find the Shingles topic and click on it.
  3. You should now be on the Table of Contents page for Shingles.
  4. Click on the link that says About Shingles.
  5. Read the information on the page you come to.
  6. Click on Next Page and read the information on this page.
  7. On this same page, you will see a video.
  8. What is the name of the video?
  9. How long is it?
  10. Click on the video and watch it. (Or, if you cannot open the video because of equipment issues, click on Transcript.)
  11. When the video is over, click on the Close Video button at the bottom of the video screen.
  12. What is one piece of new information you learned from the video or the transcript?
  13. Click on Next Page, reading each page carefully until you come to the end of the chapter.
  14. To take the quiz about the information you’ve just read, click on the word Quiz.
  15. Take the 4-question quiz. To answer each question, click on the circle next to the correct answer, and then click on Click for answer.
  16. Once you have read the answer, click on Click for next question.
  17. When you reach the end of the quiz, click on Click for score to see how you did.
  18. What is one piece of new information you learned from reading about shingles?

HANDOUT 3C: Find Out About Prostate Cancer

Directions: Follow the steps and answer any questions you find.

  1. On the Home Page, click on All Topics A-Z.
  2. Find the topic on Prostate Cancer and click on it.
  3. You should now be on the Table of Contents page for Prostate Cancer.
  4. Click on the link that says Prostate Cancer Defined.
  5. Read the information on the page you come to.
  6. Click on Next Page and read the following page.
  7. Read through the pages by clicking Next Page until you come to a video.
  8. What is the name of the video?
  9. How long is it?
  10. Click on the video and watch it. (Or, if you cannot open the video because of equipment issues, click on Transcript.)
  11. When the video is over, click on the Close Video button at the bottom of the video screen.
  12. What is one piece of new information you learned from the video or the transcript?
  13. Read through the pages by clicking on Next Page until you come to the end of the chapter.
  14. To take the quiz about the information you’ve just read, click on the word Quiz.
  15. Take the 4-question quiz. To answer each question, click on the circle next to the correct answer, and then click on Click for answer.
  16. Once you have read the answer, click on Click for next question.
  17. When you reach the end of the quiz, click on Click for score to see how you did.
  18. What is one piece of new information you learned from reading about prostate cancer?

HANDOUT 3C: Find Out About Breast Cancer

Directions: Follow the steps and answer any questions you find.

  1. On the Home Page, click on All Topics A-Z.
  2. Find the topic on Breast Cancer and click on it.
  3. You should now be on the Table of Contents page for Breast Cancer.
  4. Click on the link that says Breast Cancer Defined.
  5. Read the information on the page you come to.
  6. Click on Next Page and read the following page.
  7. Read through the pages by clicking Next Page until you come to a video.
  8. What is the name of the video?
  9. How long is it?
  10. Click on the video and watch it. (Or, if you cannot open the video because of equipment issues, click on Transcript.)
  11. When the video is over, click on the Close Video button at the bottom of the video screen.
  12. What is one piece of new information you learned from the video or the transcript?
  13. Read through the pages by clicking on Next Page until you come to the end of the chapter.
  14. To take the quiz about the information you’ve just read, click on the word Quiz.
  15. Take the 4-question quiz. To answer each question, click on the circle next to the correct answer, and then click on Click for answer.
  16. Once you have read the answer, click on Click for next question.
  17. When you reach the end of the quiz, click on Click for score to see how you did.
  18. What is one piece of new information you learned from reading about breast cancer?

NIHSeniorHealth Quizzes And Videos: Lesson Review With Screen Shots -- Handout 3D

How to Use this Handout

Lesson Review

  1. You went to the NIHSeniorHealth website at www.nihseniorhealth.gov.
    You learned how to go to the All Topics A-Z page.
    [IMAGE: screenshot of NIHSeniorHealth home page with "All Topics A-Z" circled]
  2. You recalled how to find and select health topics from the All Topics A-Z page by clicking on the name of a disease or condition.
    [IMAGE: screenshot of All Topics A-Z page]
  3. Optional Activity – You recalled how to use the Special Features, located at the top of each page.
    [IMAGE: screenshots of NIHSeniorHealth with special features circled]
    • To make the text larger, click once or more on the plus sign. To make it smaller, click once or more on the minus sign.
    • To increase the color contrast, click “On”. To return to the normal color, click “Off”.
    • To hear the text read aloud, click “On”. To return to silent mode, click “Off”.
  4. You recalled how to locate and click on links on the Table of Contents for a health topic.
    [IMAGE: screenshot of NIHSeniorHealth page with table of contents circled]
  5. You recalled how to read through, or navigate a chapter by clicking on Next Page at the bottom of each page.
    [IMAGE: screenshot of NIHSeniorHealth page with "Next Page" button circled]
  6. You learned how to take a quiz by reading the question, selecting an answer, and clicking on it. To see if your choice was correct, you clicked on Click for answer.
    [IMAGE: screenshot of NIHSeniorHealth page with multiple choice question and "Click for answer" button circled]
  7. After reading the correct answer, you clicked on Click for next question to continue the quiz.
    [IMAGE: screenshot of NIHSeniorHealth page with "Click for next question " button circled]
  8. You learned how to watch a video by clicking on the image of the video OR on the link that says Click to watch this video.
    [IMAGE: screenshot of NIHSeniorHealth page with link to video circled]
  9. To view a transcript of what is contained in the video, you learned to click on Transcript.
    [IMAGE: screenshot of NIHSeniorHealth page with Transcript link circled]
  10. Optional Activity – You learned how to find the place where all of the websites’ videos are located by clicking on Health Videos.
    [IMAGE: screenshot of NIHSeniorHealth page with Site Index circled]
  11. Clicking on Health Videos took you to the Videos page. You scrolled down the page and selected videos to watch by clicking on the images or on Click to watch this video.
    [IMAGE: screenshot of NIHSeniorHealth video list page]
Last reviewed: July 2008