Microsoft expressions website correction

Webpage Project

I. Purpose

a. This project is designed to give you exposure to the internet, various tools

and to begin your journey creating your own website...

b. You will be given server space to complete this assignment and will use

this web space for the remainder of your program. You will create pages

on your computer and then upload to the server.

i. This assignment has multiple parts and requirements. As the

semester progresses, more will be added to this project so that by

the end of the semester you will have developed a useable website.

c. You will learn proper design for creating said materials

d. You will use Microsoft Expressions Web to create and post your pages

i. You will be given instructions in class on how to do this

II. You will create a “map” of what your structure will look like

a. Using Inspiration, you will develop a web of your site and the various

areas. Any major changes in your website, should be reflected in this web

as the semester progresses

III. The project will consist of some basic areas for development

a. Homepage

i. The homepage should consist of your name, some basic

information and links to: Parent, Student, Homework, Lesson Plans,

Acceptable Use Policy

ii. Picture of yourself

iii. Link to your philosophy

iv. Link to school mission

v. Link to your digital story about yourself (see activity)

b. Parent

i. In this area, your focus will be to aid parents and to communicate

with parents. You will include pages for:

1. A newsletter

a. This page will consist of links that when a parent

clicks on the appropriate newsletter link, the

newsletter will come up

b. See Newsletter activity for more information

2. Announcements

a. Add at least 3 announcements

3. At least 10 Links to sites that are appropriate for parents that

will either give them information about issues or important

organizations, or sites that can help them help their children

become educated and productive individuals

4. Plus Sites Instructor gives you (These sites do not count in

your numbers)

ii. You will also need to have links to Homework, Lesson Plans,

Educational Software, Acceptable Use Policy, as well as the pages

listed above

c. Student Websites

i. Students will use this area to aid in their educational adventure

ii. Subject Areas

1. Math Page – 10 sites 2. Social Studies – 10 sites 3. Science – 10 sites 4. Language Arts – 10 sites 5. References – 5 Sites

a. This can include such areas as Ask, Dictionaries, etc. iii. Specialty subject (Art, Music, PE) – 10 sites

iv. Plus Sites Instructor gives you (These sites do not count in your

numbers)

v. You will need additional links to Homework, Additional Student

Materials, Acceptable Use Policy, and Educational Software

d. Homework

i. This area needs to be organized so that both parents and students

to easily access the homework they are looking for. A straight list of

assignments for the year is not acceptable.

1. You may organize by subjects and months. You may need to

organize by months. It will depend on your specific grade

and class.

2. Create 3 pretend homework assignments that are

appropriate for your class and post them on this web

e. Additional Student Materials

i. This page can and will consist of additional information ranging

from Podcasts to a representation of some kind of Web to helpful

hints

f. Lessons

i. Included in this area are links to 10 lesson plans sites

ii. This area will also have a page for you to post your lesson plans. It

will need to be organized so that it is easily accessible, like the

Homework area.

g. Educational Software

i. This page should consist of on-line software that the students can

use (See Educational Software assignment for minimum number of

software).

ii. Included on this page should be links to Commercial educational

software that you recommend if your parents are so inclined to

purchase.

h. Acceptable Use Policy

i. This will include what is appropriate use for hardware, software,

etc. It will include copyright, fair use and plagiarism information.

(See Activity for more information.)

IV. Navigation

a. You will need to include a form of navigation so that your site is easily

manageable.

i. Various options will be discussed in class on how to achieve this;

However, it should be easy to navigate easily to the Homepage in

through the various areas.

V. See provided Web for minimum pages

a. You will create a Projects page that will have everything in this class, but

by Checkpoint 3, each item will be located in an appropriate place in your

site as well

b. The Homepage – will go to the following areas/pages (at least)

i. Advocacy, Student, Parent, Teacher/Personal, Technology

projects, Homework, School Information, Announcements

c. Teacher and Personal will go to the following pages (at least)

i. Lesson Plans (Your lesson plans), References and resources (5

sites minimum – these are for you not for students), Teacher

Websites (10 minimum – again for you not students), Lesson plan

Sites (15 minimum)

ii. Plus any sites that I give you that are appropriate

d. Student will go to the following pages (at least)

i. Homework, Announcements, AUP, Websites

1. Websites will go to:

a. Language Arts (10 sites), Social Studies (10 Sites),

Science (10 Sites), Specialty Areas (10 Sites),

References and Resources (5 Sites – for the

Students)

b. Plus any sites that I give you that are appropriate

2. Homework

a. Must be organized based on your audience. If this

page would eventually be one that scrolls a great

deal, you will lose points

b. May be broken down into Months then Curriculum or

Curriculum then Months or weeks, Pre-K may have

just months

i. Must be easy to add to as the year progresses

e. Parent will go to the following pages (at least)

i. FAQ with at LEAST 5 questions and answers, Lunch Schedule,

Homework, School Information, Websites for Parents (at least 10

specifically for Parents and maybe a link to Student Website pages

+ any appropriate website that instructor gives you),

Announcements, AUP

f. Announcements must go to

i. a page for Newsletters, A school Calendar, and Additional

Announcements

g. School Information must go to

i. School Mission, Your Basic Educational Philosophy, School

Calendar, Lunch Menu

VI. Note: several areas go to the same page Like Announcements. This means a

link goes to the page from that Area. Several Areas may be linked to that

same page

VII. Start with One Area at a time

VIII. Order of Things

1. Create Web (which may get altered several times during this process)

2. Create Site

3. Create Folders

4. Create blank pages that you know you will need and put them in the

correct folder (do not add anything to these pages yet)

5. Go find some graphics and background images that you might want to use

and place them in your image folder (I put backgrounds inside a

backgrounds folder that is inside of the image folder)

6. Work on Homepage

7. Link Homepage to Main Areas

8. Create All templates for each area

9. Connect Templates to pages

10. Add some information on pages

11. Create Style Sheets and Connect to Templates

12. Go to pages and make styles

13. Note when adding links

i. If link goes to your page, do a hyperlink

ii. If link goes to another site, have it open in another window (see

class notes)

iii. Any document that is linked, needs to be inside your WWW folder –

if it is a project, make a copy of it and place that copy inside your

WWW

14. Upload ALL files.

15. Check pages and links on actual web