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Training Phase 3 - Web and Multimedia

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  1. Web Page Skills
    1. Create Web Pages
    2. Post Web Pages
  2. Multimedia

Web Page Skills

Steps

Creating a Web page, like your online portfolio, is a multi-step process.

  1. The first step is to create the pages, including all images.
  2. After the pages are made, they must be posted to a Web space such as your Penn State Personal Home Page

Web Page Creation Tools

There are a variety of Web tools available and training opportunities to use them. Here is a list of a few of them.

Tool Benefits Training
Create a Blog with Static Portfolio Pages

Robust WYSIWYG editing and links are automatically added to the sidebar
Adobe Dreamweaver

This is a professional grade tool available in the labs and at an educational discount from the Penn State Computer Store.

Learn HTML

Once you learn the HTML tags, you can hand build pages and take advantage of all HTML capabilities

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Posting your Web Pages

If you would like to: Here are some ways to learn
Activate your Penn State Personal Home Page
Create a Blog with Static Portfolio Pages
Use PASS Space/Penn State Portal to post your files onto your Personal Home Page
Include special punctuation, foreign characters and some math symbols

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Multimedia Skills

There are a wide variety of multimedia skills that can be used. Pick the ones that are the most appropriate for your courses and discipline.

If you would like to: Here are some ways to learn
Take a screen capture of what's on your computer screen
Scan images, take digital photos or create graphics
Create Charts and Graphs
Use Adobe Connect to connect with students online...live
Learn to use audio and video on the Web (including podcasts)
Learn to follow copyright law

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