Innovations in Educational Technology What you can find to get the job done here at U.T. Dallas.

S outhern A ssociation of C olleges and S chools Recommendations: l All course syllabi must be on WWW l Minimum syllabus contents: – Course Prerequisites – Educational Goals – Intellectual Content – Evaluation & Grading Methods – Examination Schedule – Major Assignments & Readings

Course WebPage Flowchart

Resources l NETSCAPE 4 Browser (or IE ) l HTML Editing – MS FrontPage free but uneditable code – MS Office 2000 WORD export to HTML – Quest & Designer’s Edge authorware – Or Any Text Editor: work without a net l GRAPHICS Editing – MS Office PhotoEditor – Digital Camera, Scanner & OCR ( optional )

Presentation Managers l Course Applications –Editable Slide Show –Audience Notes –Modest Multimedia –Transparencies –Student Projects l Microsoft PowerPoint –Run-time Module free – Deliverable by WWW

Networked Communications l Mandate Student Sign-On! –3 Accounts : INFOSERV, UNIX, RNA l Asynchronous –ELECTRONIC MAIL –USENET GROUP (no more Listservers) l Synchronous –MOO, MUD (text) –Internet Teleconferencing (whiteboards, et al.)

Electronic Mail (Infoserv) l 24 Hour Office l Focused Inquiry l Broadcast Response l Homework by Attachment ( MIME ) l Distance Education –“Anytime, Anyplace”

UseNet Group Discussions l Threaded Chat l Not -based l Responses to All l 24 hr asynchrony l Text-based – “binaries” by UUcode attachment l Setup via

Authorware l Presentation & Tutorials l Adaptive Testing and Branching l Free runtime distribution (web or CD) l Student Project Tutorials l Designer’s Edge –Prompts outline development l QUEST

Quest l University License l Sneakernet install anywhere on campus l Product is viewable anywhere with free player l

Quest Programming l Modular Design –for projects l Creation of Frames –like individual webpages l Coding for events –Visual metaphor but still C underneath –Not a casual undertaking.

INSTEAD... Borrow successful designs from the semi-infinite source: The World Wide Web

HTML Outline l – » Window dressing – » ALL YOU EVER WANTED TO SAY – l

? ? Not only titles the Window (and its bookmark!) but also gets high points from Keyword Searchers.

? ? l Reiterate TITLE as page heading l Concise, unambiguous information l Clear progress & backtrack devices – Site MAP if navigation is COMPLEX l Dated and signed development l Contact facility ( MAILTO: )

HTML Navigation link HTML Navigation link l stuff? – “ – “file.htm” » if page is local – “file.htm#label” » target on local page l link is clicked to trigger a new page (can be an image too)

HTML Contents l TEXT PARAGRAPHS l TEXT LISTS » ORDERED or BULLETTED (unordered). l s l MEDIA » IMAGES, SOUND, and VIDEOS l “HELPER” APPLICATION LINKS e.g. – “

HTML Formatting l As Written: – Hello – Goodbye – Hello – Goodbye – ad naseum l As Displayed: – HelloGoodbye – Hello – Goodbye – ad naseum

HTML Tables

HTML Images l JPEG (.JPG or.JPE) – compressed photos – Properties will show size in pixels. – MS PhotoEditor File/SaveAs/More permits quality setting for tradeoff with file size (page appearance time).

HTML Images l GIF (.GIF) – non -photo images » < IMG » SRC=“mad_duck.gif” » ALT=“Hit any key” » ALIGN=right » WIDTH=250 » HEIGHT=200 » BORDER=0 > – Properties gives width & height (in pixels)

HTML Image Map (client-side) l l Shapes: rect, circle, poly l Origin is upper left. l Earliest defined overlap wins. l Pixel coords from MS PE cursor.

Graceful Conclusions l Provide Quick Access to Entry Point: – Home Page l Provide instant contact: – – Send me – or telephone (972) Date Last modified 11/9/99 & Sign your work: © Chris Parr (UTDallas)

Follow-On HTML Training & webpage installation notes l Mark Mitchell –Training Specialist in Telecommunications Services l Will offer hands-on if we evidence interest.

WWW Tutorials on Web Pages l A Beginner’s Guide to HTML Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html l HTML Quick Reference other/ HTML_quick.shtml l Principles of Web Page Design

Posting WebPages at UTD l START RUN telnet apache OK l Login with valid UNIX ID & password – mkdir public_html – chmod 755 public_html – chmod o+x $HOME l Use FTP Explorer to copy “index.html” file to public_html directory – cd public_html – chmod 755 index.html

Fill-in-the-blanks Syllabus Template? If there is interest, UTD will supply an example course webpage with replaceable text modules that you could FILE SAVE AS and modify.

Free Microsoft Software Licenses l Licenses: $0 for home use (forever) – HighEd 1365 Glenville Road l Installation media (CD): $ 6-30 (trivial) l MS Office 2000 Professional Suite WORD, PowerPoint, EXCEL, ACCESS l MS Windows 98 or NT workstation l MS FrontPage, HTML site scripting l MS Visual Studio Pro C++,J++,VisualBasic

Y2K Millennium Bug Fixes l Win 95 & 98 – Settings/Control/ Regional/Date reset short-form year format to yyyy l Win 3.x & DOS – Before 2000 in DOS, DATE 1/1/2000 – When returning 1/4, DATE 1/4/2000 – Never DATE 1/4/00

And if all else fails... Chris Parr (972)