Unit 13-2 Web Publishing

After completing this unit, you will be able to:

• Understand what happens when you choose the PowerPoint option to Save as Web Page.
• Know how to set the Web Page publishing options so the browsers your users have will be able to view your presentation over the Internet.
• Understand what kinds of links and objects get published to the Web, and which ones don’t work over the Web.
• FTP your published presentation to the Web.
• Rehearse the presentation over the Web.

Reading

Read chapter 40 of the Internet Literacy textbook to study the concepts covered by this unit.

Online Activities

The Multilit Web site links to the download sites for WS_FTP for Windows or Fetch for the Macintosh. If you do not yet have a place on the Web to publish your PowerPoint application, there are places where you can sign up for free Web space. The author offers you his recommendations of the free places that work best for publishing to the Web with PowerPoint.  In addition, the following movies on the Multilit CD provide assistance in areas where some students have needed extra help; to watch one or more of these movies, open the file index.htm on the Multilit CD, go to chapter 40, and follow these instructions:

• When you choose the option to save a presentation as a Web page, PowerPoint goes through your presentation and creates a separate HTML file for each one of your slides. The filename of your first slide is the name of your presentation followed by the .htm file extension. If you publish the History of Flight application as a Web page, for example, the first slide will be named flight.htm. The HTML files for the rest of your slides get placed into a folder that the Save as Web Page tool creates in the same place as the flight.htm file. This folder is also the place where any sounds and graphics used in your presentation get placed. To see how this works, watch the movie entitled "Saving a Presentation as a Web Page."
• FTP programs are available in Windows and Macintosh versions that are free to users affiliated with educational or charitable institutions. For Windows users, the program to use is called WS_FTP. Macintosh owners use a program called Fetch. Both programs have a graphical user interface that makes it easy to upload and download files, inspect the contents of the folders at your Web site, delete and rename files, and create new folders. To learn how to download and install the FTP software, watch either the Windows or Macintosh version of the movie entitled "Installing the FTP Software."
• The first time you use your FTP software, you will need to configure a new connection for your Web site. The new connection configuration identifies the domain name of your Web server and your user ID on that server. To learn how to configure a new connection, watch either the Windows or Macintosh version of the movie entitled "Configuring an FTP Connection."
• The WS_FTP program has graphical controls that make it very easy for Windows users to FTP a file to your Web site. Fetch has graphical controls that enable Macintosh users to do likewise. To learn how to use them, watch either the Windows or Macintosh version of the movie entitled "How to FTP Files to the Web."

Assignment

This unit is part of the last module in this course. As you work to complete this module, you will need to submit your term paper and your multimedia application, which are the largest determiners of your grade in this course:

• This assignment calls for you to submit the term paper that you will have written in this course. Please make sure the title of the paper, your name, and the date appear on the first page of the paper. Use your word processor's Save As Web Page or Save As HTML feature to save your paper as a Web page. Then use WS_FTP or Fetch to transfer your term paper to your Web site. Use your browser to go to the URL (that is, http:// Web address) of your paper, and make sure everything works properly. Correct any problems you may find, transfer the corrections to your Web site, and test it again. Repeat this process until you are ready to submit your paper for a grade. Then submit to your instructor the URL (that is, the http:// Web address) of your term paper. Your instructor will read your paper via the Web. After a week or so, check back here to find out your grade on the paper and any feedback from your instructor.
• This final assignment requires you to submit your multimedia application to be graded by your instructor. Following the steps you learned in Chapter 40, use PowerPoint's Save As Web Page or Save As HTML feature to save your application as a Web page. Then use WS_FTP or Fetch to transfer your application to your Web site. Make sure you transfer the folder of supporting files along with your application's startup page. Use your browser to go to the URL (that is, the http:// Web address) of your application, and make sure everything works properly. Correct any problems you may find, transfer the corrections to your Web site, and test it again. Repeat this process until you are ready to submit the application for a grade. Then, submit to your instructor the URL (that is, the http:// Web address) of your application. Then your instructor will run your application from the Web. After a week or so, check back here to find out your grade and to receive any comments from your instructor. At any time, you can check the status of your assignments by clicking the option to Inspect Assignments in the control panel at the bottom of the screen.