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“I want to make a website, but I’m not sure where to start”

Samples of a teacher sites created in sitemaker:
http://www.aaps.k12.mi.us/huron.teachers_site_sample Teacher sample
http://www.aaps.k12.mi.us/huron.calder  Jim Calder
http://www.aaps.k12.mi.us/huron.bares  Lisa Bares
http://www.aaps.k12.mi.us/huron.stockerb  Diane Stocker-Bendersky
http://www.aaps.k12.mi.us/huron.hunters  Scott Hunter
http://www.aaps.k12.mi.us/huron.holley  Gerald Holley
http://www.aaps.k12.mi.us/huron.bryantd  Dorothea Bryant

Steps:

1.      Know what your User ID and password are:  This give you access to your server space so that you may ftp or upload your site to your server space. 

2.      Understanding how to use the site maker program:  A step by step tutorial can be found on line at the Huron site.  http://www.aaps.k12.mi.us/huron.web_develop_resources/gvc._sitemaker_101

Or  GVC site maker user manual found at the District site.  http://www.aaps.k12.mi.us/aaps.gvc   You can print out the pdfs and place in binder.  High areas that you need or are interested in.

3.      Plan Your Site Content:  The success of your web site depends as much on how well you plan your content as on the content you offer on line.

The first step in designing your site is to create a list of items you want to include as content on the site.

       Course information

       Course schedule (seminars, IDB, blocks)

       Assignments at a glance- calendar showing when assignments are due.

       Required reading – a list of required readings for the course and due dates.

       Lecture notes - can be done in a PowerPoint presentation or as a word document.

       Illustrations – pictures scanned, taken digitally, video stream, shareware graphics from web

       Links – annotated list of links to all sites used during the class discussion

       Critiques – description of web site critique assignments and an area where students can post links and their written critique.

       Portfolio – links to student project, best work.

4.      Organize Your content:  The next step is to organize your content lists into an organizational architecture that will comfortably house your content.  This organization will also form the basis for your site’s navigation system.

5.      Create a Standard Look for your site:  Consider the following……

Fonts and Colors and type sizes:  Choosing a typeface/font style.  A good choice is to use a serif type such as Arial or Veranda for the text.

Colors:  Add emphasis through contrasting typeface or bold or italic text.

Type Size:  Different platforms display type sizes differently.  On a Macintosh, for example, 12-point looks about the same size on the screen as it would printed.  On a Windows machine, however,  a 12-point type looks 2-3 points larger than on a MAC – the equivalent of a -14 to 15- point printed type.  To get the equivalent of a 12-point type on a Windows machine, you would have to set your font size to 8 points, which would be illegible on a Macintosh.

Publishing Student Work:  If you use your site to post student’s work, you do need their permission.  Placing, for example a student’s essay on your course Web site constitutes making a copy, and reproduction rights are exclusive to the author of the work; the student.  It is best to obtain their permission before posting.

Additional Web Page Resources:

       http://www.soarweb.org/  Create multimedia presentations in minutes using images, sounds, and movies available in SOARWEB and from other digital sources.  Gives you lots of ideas.

       Webable http://www.webable.com Making Your Website Handicapped Accessible ….gives you more ideas to make it useful to all