Designing a Classroom Website By Scott Heeke http:www'liberty'k12'mo'ussheekeee4ee4'htm

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Designing a Classroom WebsiteBy Scott
Heekehttp//www.liberty.k12.mo.us/sheeke/ee4/ee4
.htm
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Overview

• 6 Main areas
• Planning Your Web sites
• Create a Plan
• Design
• Publish to the World Wide Web
• Advertise
• Update and Maintain

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Planning Your Website

• Discover what other existing Web sites have to
  offer
• District requirements

Sample Web sites Mr. Heekes Classroom Website -
Dreamweaver Mr. Langhorsts Classroom Website -
Dreamweaver Mr. Durnins Classroom Website - MS
Publisher JH Counseling Office - MS Publisher
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District Requirements

• Website Guidelines Approval
• Website Procedures
• Website Standards

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Structuring Your Website

• A Web site typically contains 3 types of pages
• Homepage
• Topic Page
• Subsidiary Page

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First Impression

• The home page is the most important page of your
  Web presence. It should clearly convey three
  things to visitors
• The site's purpose - the who, what, when, where,
  and why.
• The kind of content on the site.
• How to access the content.

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Topic Page

• Topic pages are reached by hyperlinks from the
  home page. Try to limit each topic page to a
  single purpose.
• Examples
• Calendar of events
• Photo album
• Contact information
• Assignments

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Subsidiary Pages

• Use subsidiary pages to break down the
  information.
• Examples
• The First Day of School
• Unit 3 Study Guide
• Link to an article explaining web design.

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Design

• Select color, text, images, and layout
• Choose a Web developer program
• Netscape Composer, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft
  FrontPage, or Macromedia Dreamweaver

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Creating a Website

• Publisher offers two ways to create a Web site
• Create a new Web site using the Web Site Wizard
• Create your Web site from scratch.

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Publishing Your Website

• Once the Web page has been created, files must be
  uploaded to a Web server
• Web address will give access to your Web site
• Building Webmaster must activate your account
• Publishing to the Web server instructions

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Advertise Your Website

• Include address in class syllabus, e-mails, grade
  reports, PTA/PTO Newsletter
• Use Web site in class
• Send student to Web site for notes, assignments,
  calendar.
• Offer extra credit on Web site

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Updating Maintaining

• Update announcements calendar
• Make sure all pages load properly
• All links are updated and loading the proper Web
  site