Hi Michael and welcome,
Like Liz said, you must make sure your viewing location is set to your latitude and longitude so you see the correct objects on your screen
. It would help if you could take the computer outside with you when you observe so you can cross reference whats on the screen with the night sky.
There is nothing you *should* be looking at, just have a play with it, scroll through the menus on the bottom left and left sides of the screen to look at the various settings. there are north, south, east and west indicators on the stellarium screen so you know which way you are looking relevent to the real sceene. zoom in and out by using the page up and page down keyboard buttons, If yo want to know more about an object or to identify an abject you see on the screen, just click on it - the info will apperar in the top left of the screen.
do some research on what the equatorial grid is then use it in stellarium (button down bottom left), this will help you locate objects in the night sky using the Right ascention and declination coordinates.
Above all, enjoy it
Josh