Newer, easier ways to upload to the web

Randy Rightmire

UCSB ESL Program

November 15, 2002

 

 

Why is it easier?  No new software, no new skills.

·        web pages can be created in MS Word

·        your existing word documents can be converted to web page format

·        files can be up/downloaded with Netscape or Internet Explorer browsers

·        files can be dragged & dropped just as in Windows or Mac OS

What can you put on the web?  Anything you can put on a handout.

·        your course syllabus

·        assignments

·        exercises, exams, answer keys

·        supplementary reading

Why use the web for class materials?

·        absent students can get missed info

·        lost handouts can quickly be replaced anywhere

·        save trees!

 

 

Making a web page:  a quick tutorial

This works in newer versions of Word.

1.     Open any Word document that you want to convert.

2.     Pull down the “file” menu.

3.     Go to “save as.”

4.     Go to “save as type.”

5.     Go to “web page”.

6.     Hit “enter.”

Note:  even unconverted Word documents now can be viewed as easily as web pages at most newer PCs.

 

 

Uploading a page:  a quick tutorial

This works in newer versions of Netscape or Internet Explorer.

1.     Open the browser.

2.     Click in the “address” window.

3.     Type: ftp://

4.     Type: eslweb (this is our login name)

5.     Type: @

6.     Type: www.esl.ucsb.edu (this is our web address)

7.     Hit “enter.”

8.     You should be prompted for a password.

9.     Enter the password.

10.  Click “OK.”

11. That’s it.  Click on files and folders, drag and drop as you would in any other Windows folder.

 

 

Organizing your pages on the web:  Using folders

  1. If you plan to have a lot of web pages on your site, you will want to create folders.
  2. Go to our web site using ftp, as explained in steps 1-10 in the last section.
  3. Right-click in the window.
  4. Go to “new.”
  5. Go to “folder.”
  6. Give the folder a name, such as “Frodesen.”
  7. You can create as many folders as you like, including folders within folders, just as you would do to organize files on your own computer.

 

 

Organizing your pages on the web:  Hyperlinks

  1.  You also want to make it easy for users to find your web pages.  The best way to do this is to create hyperlinks (also called “links”) in your web pages.  Hyperlinks are places in a text where you click your mouse in order to go to another text, or another place in the text.
  2. To begin, go to a web page you have created, such as the one you created in steps 1-6 of the previous tutorial, “making a web page.”
  3. You are going to edit the page, adding a hyperlink.  A good place to put a hyperlink is under word or phrase that obviously refers to the document you would like to your users to go to.  A good example would be “click here to see my syllabus.”
  4. Use the mouse to highlight the word or phrase where you want your hyperlink to go. 
  5. Pull down the “insert” menu.
  6. Select “hyperlink.”
  7. In the insert-hyperlink dialog, there are many ways to proceed.  The easiest way is to “browse for web page.” Click there.  This takes you to your web browser, where you can surf until you find a web page you want to link to.
  8. When you return to Word, you should find that the address of the last web page you viewed is displayed in the insert-hyperlink dialog. 
  9. Click “OK.”
  10. That’s it.  You can now create hyperlinks to all your web pages.