Virtual Classroom

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Virtual Classroom
Creating a Teacher's Website
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What you will be able to do.!
People love chopping wood.  In this activity
one immediately sees results.  Albert Einstein
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What do you want your web page to communicate?

• Professional Biography Keep it professional!
• Resource for class information
• Course description
• Long terms goals and objective
• Homework assignments
• Post Rubrics
• Student work
• Special Projects
• Class Expectations/PBS
• Study Tips

• Class calendar
• Class Schedule
• List of supplies
• Upcoming events and deadlines
• Download information
• Links to other sites
• Receive email
• Parent communication
• Keep your page current

You Decide!
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Check out some other teachers sites
http//www.meriden.k12.ct.us/teachers/
(Save this site in your VC folder)
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Lets Get Started!
Type in the address. http//www.meriden.k12.ct.us/
Intranet/Login/default.asp
Save this page in your folder, too
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Organize, now!Create a folder for your Virtual
Classroom materials in Favorites
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Lets Get Started! Log-on
Your email address
Your password
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Creating your first page!

• Log in
• Click, Add new page
• Write in a descriptor for Page Title, such as
  Mr. Seldners Homepage. This is important!
• Enter your message. There are several ways to
  present your information
• 1. Type in the provided space.
• 2. Create a table and type in the
  box.
• 3. Insert a Word document.
• 4. Insert an image
• 5. Insert a hyperlink
• Click on Save Changes button, upper left corner

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Instructions on how to insert a Word Document,
part 1 of 2

• Go to the Virtual Classroom page where you want
  to place the Word Document
• Write a brief description or synopsis on the page
• Use your mouse to highlight the text
• Go to the downloadable files button
• Click on the browse button
• Browse to, My Documents and find your document
• Click on the document
• Click the open document

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Instructions on how to insert a Word Document,
part 2 of 2

• 9 Click on upload
• 10 Click on insert.
• 11. A the Virtual Classroom page, click on the
  Update button. Very important!
• 12 A pop-up message will say, Page Updated.
• After clicking, OK the next view will be your
  Virtual Classroom page
• Go to the text you highlighted in Step 3 A
  hand should appear when your mouse goes across.
  Double click Your Word document will appear.
• 14 It is easy to make further changes to this
  page by clicking on the Edit this page, again.

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Link to Jim Seldners Web Page
http//www.meriden.k12.ct.us/teachers/pages/pageVi
ew.asp?TeacherID455
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Useful Web PagesSave to your, Favorites, file.
Log in page for Virtual Classroom http//www.merid
en.k12.ct.us/Intranet/Login/default.asp
Images from the internet available at
LMS http//www.picsearch.com/
View Meriden teachers web sites. http//www.merid
en.k12.ct.us/teachers/
Meriden email https//mail.meriden.k12.ct.us/