Professional Growth
Web Publishing Module

	Module Description Objectives Materials and Resources Module Activities

Module Description

    Many teachers and students decide to publish their own work on the World Wide Web. In order to put your documents out onto the Web, you need to create hypertext markup language (HTML) files and place them onto a Web server. This module describes how to produce HTML files, including a discussion of the trade-offs to different approaches to doing so, where to learn more about HTML, and how to set up your own Web server, including where to find shareware server software.
Objectives

• Learn about HTML and the basic HTML commands.
• Learn about different ways of creating and maintaining HTML files.
• Learn about generating HTML from your word processor.
• Learn how to set up your own Web server.

    In developing our lessons and activities, we made some assumptions about the hardware and software that would be available in the classroom for teachers who visit the LETSNet Website. We assume that teachers using our Internet-based lessons or activities have a computer with the necessary hardware components (mouse, keyboard, and monitor) as well as a World Wide Web browser. In the section below, we specify any "special" hardware or software requirements for a lesson or activity (in addition to those described above) and the level of Internet access required to do the activity.

1. Special hardware requirements: none.
2. Special software requirements: none.
3. Internet access: Medium-speed (28,000 BPS via modem) or higher.

1. Activity One: Options for Creating and Maintaining Web Documents. This activity describes the options available for creating and managing Web pages, along with advantages and disadvantages to these approaches.

2. Activity Two: Learning HTML. In this activity, you will learn about basic HTML commands, as well as places on the Web where you can learn more about HTML. There are many resources available for learning to write HTML, and this activity gets you started developing your own HTML pages.

3. Activity Three: Generating HTML in Your Word Processor. If you choose to use your word processing program for creating and maintaining your HTML files, this activity describes how two popular word processing programs - Claris Works and MS Word - provide this facility. Included are links to places where you can learn more about using your word processor for HTML documents.

4. Activity Four: Setting up a Web Server. If you decide to set up your own web server, this activity describes the basic decisions you must make, available software, and help finding additional information on HTTP servers.