TOC on edublogs, revisited -MNorwood October 12, 2007
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Come to a TOC after school on Thursday, October 18th, 2007, 3:15 to 4:15 pm, in room 303. You need to have an established edublogs account and a fully charged laptop. We’ll learn some new tricks and go over a few reminders.
TOC on Edublogs -M. Norwood August 28, 2007
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Come to a TOC after school on Thursday, September 6th, 2007, 3:15 to 4:15 pm, in room 303. You need to have an established edublogs account and a fully charged laptop. We’ll learn some new tricks and go over a few reminders.
Welcome back! August 6, 2007
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Welcome back to Schilling Farms! Hope you had a great summer break!
Tech coaches: Mr. Harris has stepped down as tech coach. At this time, Ms. Hunter will continue as our tech coach. We are assigned a Curriculum Technology Trainer from the board, along with a support person. I am still available to answer your technology questions and help you with technology software and hardware issues, although I am not officially a tech coach.
Power Grade: We anticipate having the Power Grade upgrade disc Thursday August 9th, so be sure to contact Mr. Jones, Ms. Hunter, or me if you didn’t attend the training sessions this past summer. Don’t worry, we’ll get you up to speed in no time!
Edublogs: please send me your edublogs address when you print out your home page, so I can get you posted on our website. Need edublogs help? I’ll post directions here in the near future, and I’ll have a TOC session after school one day in August, probably a Thursday.
Have a great school year!
Cool Add Ins for Netscape Composer December 12, 2006
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Add cool animations and buttons to your web pages. TOC session notes from December 11, 2006: Intermediate Level Netscape Composer
Editing your Webpage in Netscape Composer November 15, 2006
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1. Get the folder called Web_page2 from the server:
Log in to the X-server:
Click on the Finder on your dock, then on Network
Find schillingfarmsms at the bottom of the list, select it
Click Connect and log in
Open the Faculty Resources folder and the web_page folder
Choose Web_page2 and drag it to the desktop icon in the
folder window
The web page folder contains several html files and an image file that we will use to set up our generic pages. You can use these files or old files from last year, your choice. The information in this packet is designed be used to start from scratch.
These are the files you will need: agenda.html, index.html, rules.html, and sites.html. The stallion.gif file is a picture you can use on your index page. Grades will no longer be used, since we have PowerSchool. Instead you will find a folder called Agendas.
2. Edit your home page:
Open Netscape from the dock
Choose Window menu, then Composer to edit pages, then open index.html from your desktop. You should see something like the picture below.
Highlight and replace “Your Name” with your name, then highlight and replace “email” with the appropriate email address.
Below the title area, highlight and replace the text with your welcome message.
3. Change the page background, text color and font:
Using the format menu, you can change the background of the page, change the font style, size and color, and more, to personalize your page.
4. Change the title of your page:
To give your page a more professional look, change the page title. Choose the Format menu, and select Page Title and Properties. You can type your name in the title slot. There is nothing needed in the other slots, Author and Description.
**Click the Save button at the top of the Netscape window.**
5. Edit your Rules page, Agenda page, and Links page using the same process. The dates on the Agenda page are already set to match our current school year.
6. Add a weekly agenda page
In Netscape Composer, click the New button. You may type your agenda or place it in a table.
To insert a table, click the table button. Start off with the number of columns you want and two rows. You can easily add more rows later. If you want the table to be invisible, change the border to 0. Click OK.
If you want to center your table, select the table and click the center button. If you want the contents of a cell to be centered, click in the cell and click the center button.
Save the file by clicking the Save button.
Notice how the Save As window displays a long title. Change it to something simpler (like the date). Then choose where to save it.
Find Web_page2 by choosing Desktop, then choose web_page2, then choose the file Agendas. Click Save.
7. Create a Link
Highlight the text that you want to use for a link.
Click on the Link button and the following window will appear. I highlighted Class Rules and clicked Link:
You can TYPE the URL address in the menu bar or click Choose File to go to an existing file.
To add an email link, you must type, without spaces, exactly as I have typed below: mailto:username@domainname.
For example, if I wished to make an email link for my self, I would highlight the text where I wanted the link, choose the Link button, and type the following in the menu bar: mailto:mnorwood@scsk12.org
**Click the Save button at the top of the Netscape window.**
8. Add an Image to a page.
Decide where you want the image on your page and place the cursor there. Click on the Image button. (A new window will appear. You must have an image in order to insert an image!)
Click on Choose File and find your image. Select it, click open, and then click OK in the Location window.
9. Upload files to server
When you are finished editing your pages, you will need to upload them to the school server. This time, using the Go menu in Finder, select Connect to Server.
A window should appear like the one below. If you do not have the address shown in your server address bar, please type it exactly as shown:
Click Connect. When the connection is made, the server will ask for your user name and password. It was initially set as your first initial and last name for user name, and your last 4 digits of the SSN for password.
When you are given a list of volumes to mount, choose Faculty. A network volume named Faculty will appear on your desktop. Open it and choose your folder.
From Finder, open your Web_page2 file on your desktop in a second finder window. Select all and drag them to your Sites file on the server.
When you drag the files, they will replace all existing files. Just click OK to replace. Check your site from your browser to be sure that everything works properly.
