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Creating Web Pages in FirstClass Prepare FirstClass To begin your WPS classroom or course web site, ask your Instructional Technology Specialist (ITS) to create a web space conference. Once the web conference is created, the icon will appear on your FirstClass (FC) Desktop. ➩ You should also ask your ITS what the web address of your home page will be. ➩ All of your web page work will be done inside your web conference. Double-click the icon to open it. Create a New Page 1. Click the down arrow on the New tool and chose New Document Special > Department Home Page. 2. In the page header fill in these Link Name and Subject/Title fields. Link Name is the file name that your page will be saved under. Use index as the name for your home page. Subject/Title is the phrase that will appear at the top of your page. ➩ You may also choose to fill in the Keywords field with words related to the content of your page. This will help those using a search engine to find your page. 3. Click on the small arrow (▲) at the bottom of the window to view the body of your web page. 4. When you are finished working on your page, click the Save and Close tool. View Your Web Page Online You will want to go online to review a web page after you have created it. Many web pages look slightly different in different browsers (e.g. Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer) and on different platforms. It is a good idea to review your pages in different browsers and, if possible, on both a Mac and PC. To view a page you have created in a browser: Use the home page web address your ITS gave you. For pages other than the index page, substitute the link name you gave the page in place of “index.” Insert a Text Link You can simplify creating a link to a web page if you have (1) the web document you are working on open in FirstClass, and (2) the page you want to link to open in a browser window at the same time. Note: The technical name for a web page address is Universal Resource Locator (URL). 1. In the browser window, copy the web address of the page you wish to link to. 2. In the FirstClass web document, select (highlight) the text that you wish to link. 3. Click the Make Link tool. Creating Web Pages in FirstClass • Lisa Sanderson & Ron Koehler (2008) Page 1 Insert an Image Link When making an image a link, follow the same procedure as for creating a text link. Instead of selecting the text, select the image by clicking on it. To make an image a link: Click on the image, then click the Make Link tool. 4. In the Format Link window, paste the copied address into the Target URL. 5. Click OK. ➩ When linking to outside web pages (those that are not a part of the WPS web site), follow the convention of choosing Use New Window from the Window menu. Links to other school and district pages should be set to Use Same Window. To make changes to a link: Doubleclick on the red marker in front of the linked text. Insert an Image 1. Copy the image from it’s original location. 2. Open your web page in FirstClass. 3. Click the location on the page where you wish to image to appear. 4. Paste the image. Resize an Image 1. Click on the image. 2. Position the mouse pointer over the image handle in the lower right corner. 3. When the mouse pointer becomes a double-headed arrow, drag to shrink or enlarge the image proportionally. Insert Tables Tables are a tool for presenting tabular data and can also be used for laying out text and graphics on a web page. A table consists of one or more rows; each row consists of one or more cells. Cells can contain text or images. To insert a table: 1. Click on the page at the place you want the table to appear. 2. From the Insert Object menu (in the toolbar), choose Table. 3. Enter new values as desired, then click OK. To change the appearance of the entire table: Click on the table, then choose Format Table from the Format men (on the toolbar). To change the appearance of one or more cells in a table: Click the cell (or drag to select a group of cells), then choose Format Cells from the Format menu (on the toolbar). To insert or delete rows or columns of cells: Click or drag to select the row or column, then choose from the Table menu (on the toolbar). ➩ Tables can be used to control the alignment of text and images: use no borders or background colors. Tables may also be nested. ➩ Dragging the image by the handle on the bottom or right side will stretch the graphic in a non-proportional way. Creating Web Pages in FirstClass • Lisa Sanderson & Ron Koehler (2008) Page 2