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Web Page Design and Creation
- Creating Web Pages With Netscape Composer ~ A tutorial for the complete beginner.
- Quick and Dirty Web Pages ~ This shows you how to get started with web pages using Netscape Composer. A good place to start if you're just starting to learn about web pages and how to create them.
- Refining Quick and Dirty Web Pages ~ More advanced web page design with Netscape Composer.
- If you don't have Netscape (which includes Netscape Composer) on your computer...download it from the Netscape site.
Learning About HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
HTML
is the language that all web pages are written in. When you use
Netscape Composer or any other graphical web design software (like
Microsoft FrontPage or Dreamweaver), the program is creating the HTML
behind the scenes. It can sometimes be helpful to know how the HTML
works even though you're using one of the graphical software
packages.
- A Beginner's Guide to HTML
- HTML for the Conceptually Challenged
- Browse the library's reference desk collection for HTML guides.
Uploading Your Web Pages to the campus server.
- Setting Up Your User_html Directory ~ You need to do this (or get help to do it) so that you can upload pages to the campus server. You only need to do this once.
- Uploading Pages Using WS_FTP LE ~ How to move your pages from your disk to the campus server, where they can be accessed by the public on the Internet. This is a Microsoft Windows application.
- If you don't have WS_FTP LE on your computer...you can download a free version for educators at CNET. (If you need ftp software for a Macintosh, browse this list of Macintosh ftp software at Tucows.)
Microsoft Office Applications
- Tutorials from Microsoft in Education on all Office applications.
- Windows XP
- Windows XP Support Center from Microsoft
- PowerPoint
- Using PowerPoint in the Classroom ~ A PowerPoint presentation that's been converted to HTML so that it's viewable on the web.
- PowerPoint Tutorial ~ An easy way to learn PowerPoint.
- Ask at the library reference desk for more assistance and for user manuals on PowerPoint and all Microsoft Office 2000 and Windows XP applications.
Smart Classrooms
SmartRooms have internet and projection capabilities. More on SmartRooms.
Elmhurst College Computer Accounts (email accounts)
- Your Elmhurst College login (e.g., samsond) and password allow you to access library resources from off campus as well to use the college intranet.
Technology and Pedagogy
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Bobby ~ Checks the accessibility of web pages for people with disabilities.
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The TLT Group ~ "the teaching, learning, and technology affiliate of the American Association for Higher Education"
- MERLOT ~ the Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching
- Web Page Graphics ~ Elmhurst College
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Teaching, Learning, and Technology ~ Elmhurst College Retreat, August 21, 2000.
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines ~ Guidelines for ensuring that your web pages are accessible to people with disabilities.
Faculty Support
Faculty should call 617-3173 (Library).
The library is also building a reference collection of computer application manuals. Ask for these at the Reference Desk.
Staff should continue to call the Help Desk (x3767) for assistance. On-campus students should call x5678. Off-campus students should call (630) 617-3543 or (630) 617-3793.
Teaching, Learning, and Technology ~ Elmhurst College Retreat, August 21, 2000
This page was last modified 10 January, 2006 by Ayanna Gaines.