1. Using your PSU personal Web Space Ron Costello Instructional Design Specialist rjc35@psu.edu www.personal.psu.edu/rjc35 X-7374

2. Applying for personal web space Personal Webspace is available to faculty students and staff at www.personal.psu.edu Personal Webspace is available to faculty students and staff at www.personal.psu.eduwww.personal.psu.edu You can get up to 1gig of storage space You can get up to 1gig of storage space You must complete a short but simple quiz in order to receive your personal web space You must complete a short but simple quiz in order to receive your personal web space

3. What You Need To Know PSU Web space is for university business, not for personal monetary gain PSU Web space is for university business, not for personal monetary gain Never share your login / password with anyone…for any reason! Never share your login / password with anyone…for any reason! Each person authoring a site must use their own individual login / password Each person authoring a site must use their own individual login / password Copyright Law! Copyright Law! You may not use any images, audio, video, text, or any other media from another site without written permission (if written permission is obtained, the contents must be credited) You may not use any images, audio, video, text, or any other media from another site without written permission (if written permission is obtained, the contents must be credited)

4. Getting Graphics For Your Page Penn State makes University related graphics and images available for web users Penn State makes University related graphics and images available for web users http://publications.psu.edu/im age_collection/index.html http://publications.psu.edu/im age_collection/index.html http://publications.psu.edu/im age_collection/index.html http://publications.psu.edu/im age_collection/index.html

5. Ways to Create Your Web Space Make a Psu Blog Make a Psu Blog Create Your own Wiki Create Your own Wiki Design your own page from scratch Design your own page from scratch Iweb for Mac users Iweb for Mac users Dreamweaver for PC or Mac Dreamweaver for PC or Mac

6. Creating a PSU Blog Once you have applied for & received PSU webspace, you can create your own PSU blog Once you have applied for & received PSU webspace, you can create your own PSU blog https://blogs.psu.edu https://blogs.psu.edu https://blogs.psu.edu Begin by selecting the style you want (under the design tab) Begin by selecting the style you want (under the design tab) http://blogger.psu.edu/files/ps ublogs/MoveBlog.swf http://blogger.psu.edu/files/ps ublogs/MoveBlog.swf http://blogger.psu.edu/files/ps ublogs/MoveBlog.swf http://blogger.psu.edu/files/ps ublogs/MoveBlog.swf

7. Creating a New Blog To create a new blog, choose "Create a new blog" from the blog selection menu. To create a new blog, choose "Create a new blog" from the blog selection menu. This will display the Create Blog screen. This will display the Create Blog screen.

8. Creating Entries For each separate section of your blog…you must create a new section For each separate section of your blog…you must create a new section Click on Create Click on Create Then On New Entry Then On New Entry From there you can title your entry and write any desired text From there you can title your entry and write any desired text

9. Create Your Own Wikis There are many sites designed for educators to create an interactive Wiki There are many sites designed for educators to create an interactive Wiki Tiddlewiki (http://www.tiddlywiki.com/ ) Tiddlewiki (http://www.tiddlywiki.com/ )http://www.tiddlywiki.com/ Tiddlewiki will generate an html page that you can add to you PSU webspace Tiddlewiki will generate an html page that you can add to you PSU webspace PB Wiki is very easy to use and is specifically designed for educators PB Wiki is very easy to use and is specifically designed for educators http://pbwiki.com/ http://pbwiki.com/ http://pbwiki.com/

10. IWEB EASY WEB AUTHORING FOR MAC USERS EASY WEB AUTHORING FOR MAC USERS EASY TO USE PREMADE TEMPLATES TO CHOOSE FROM EASY TO USE PREMADE TEMPLATES TO CHOOSE FROM THE LAYOUT IS DONE FOR YOU, JUST SUBTITUTE YOUR OWN TEXT AND GRAPHICS THE LAYOUT IS DONE FOR YOU, JUST SUBTITUTE YOUR OWN TEXT AND GRAPHICS

11. Weebly Weebly is a free to use web based web authoring tool Weebly is a free to use web based web authoring tool Very user friendly Very user friendly Compatible with your domain or theirs Compatible with your domain or theirs Sign up and get started at www.weebly.com Sign up and get started at www.weebly.com www.weebly.com

12. PSU Page Template Penn State Provides a Page Template that you can use Penn State Provides a Page Template that you can use http://portfolio.psu.edu/files/e portfolio/template1.zip http://portfolio.psu.edu/files/e portfolio/template1.zip http://portfolio.psu.edu/files/e portfolio/template1.zip http://portfolio.psu.edu/files/e portfolio/template1.zip You can open these pages in dreamweaver or iWeb and start customizing them from there You can open these pages in dreamweaver or iWeb and start customizing them from there

13. Important Notes! When building your site (no matter which way you choose to go about it)… When building your site (no matter which way you choose to go about it)… You must save everything you are going to use for your site (photos, audio clips, Powerpoint, Word, and other files) to one folder You must save everything you are going to use for your site (photos, audio clips, Powerpoint, Word, and other files) to one folder You must transfer all of these files together to your PSU web storage in order to publish You must transfer all of these files together to your PSU web storage in order to publish

14. Publishing 2 ways 2 ways The Easy Way… The Easy Way… Go to https://explorer.pass.psu.edu/ Go to https://explorer.pass.psu.edu/ https://explorer.pass.psu.edu/ Choose upload and upload to your www folder Choose upload and upload to your www folder Download the SSH secure shell application from ITS Download the SSH secure shell application from ITS https://downloads.its.psu.edu/ https://downloads.its.psu.edu/ https://downloads.its.psu.edu/ Look under file transfer Look under file transfer

15. Info for Connecting Via Secure Shell Host Name: splogin.cac.psu.edu Host Name: splogin.cac.psu.edu User Name: (your PSU login) User Name: (your PSU login) Port Number: 22 (should be filled in automatically) Port Number: 22 (should be filled in automatically) Authentication Method: Password Authentication Method: Password User your PSU login password when prompted User your PSU login password when prompted