The following tutorial lists specific
instructions for administering the ClassWeb program. If you need additional
help, please contact your site administrator using the feedback form.
If you're unsure of how your ClassWeb
site will be affected by a change, or unsure of the use of an
administration function, go ahead and try out one of the ClassWeb
Demo sites available from http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ClassWeb.
Tutorial Instructions
Getting Started
- How
to get into the ClassWeb Administration
- At the very bottom of the page,
click on the Administration link.
- A small window labeled Username and Password
Required will pop up. Click the mouse in the first
field, Username,
and enter in your 9-digit ID number issued by your site administrator.
- Next, click on the Password field and type the password you received
from your site administrator. If you do not have a password, please
contact your
departmental web technician.
- When your username and password
are entered correctly, hit the Enter key or click OK.
- What you will see is the ClassWeb
Administration Page shown below. If you do not see this page, then chances
are you entered your user info incorrectly. Hit the Reload or
Back button on your browser and try again.
Common Tasks
- Taking
a word processing document and putting it on the web
- In your usual word processing
program open the document you wish to put on your ClassWeb site.
- Check its File / Save As
function
to see if it has a Save
As HTML option. If not,
you can save it as Plain
Text with Line Breaks,
but you may lose footnotes or end notes.
- HTML stands for HyperText Markup
Language and is what most web documents are made of.
- It has variable fonts, bolding,
italics, underlining, and much more.
- Plain Text will show up in a
mono space font without bold, italic or different font sizes,
but students won't care, as long as they can read the document.
- Note:
The two most common word processors, Microsoft Word (for Office
95, 97, 2000 and 98 for MAC) and Corel Word Perfect (versions
7, 8 and 9) both have the Save
As HTML capability.
- If you are using an older version
of Word or Word Perfect save the document as Text Only with
line breaks by using the Save As command and selecting
that option in the File Type box.
- Now you are ready to proceed
with the Syllabus Upload. To continue, see the How
to use the Syllabus Upload Utility.
- How to Download your class
roster into a spreadsheet (e.g. Excel).
- How to remove messages from
the class discussion board.
- How to add a password to the
Discussion Board.
- What
to do when the Instructor is missing/wrong on your ClassWeb site
Note:
Only the Registrar can change the Instructor(s), meeting time
and place for a course. Also, the registrar's office must
be informed about changes in the course instructor(s), meeting
time and place from your department's scheduler. Follow
these steps below to contact your department scheduler:
- Within Main Page Edit (see How
to get into the ClassWeb Administration above), click on the
Change
Instructor(s) Information
link.
- Above the table of Instructor(s)
information, click on The
Dept Scheduler link.
- Contact the person shown to
change/remove Instructor(s).
- What
to do when the T.A. is missing/wrong on your ClassWeb site
Note:
Only the Registrar can change the T.A.(s), meeting time and place
for a course.
- Within Main Page Edit (see How
to get into the ClassWeb Administration above), click on the
Change
Teaching Assistant(s) Information
link.
- Above the table of Teaching
Assistant(s) information, click on The Dept Scheduler
link.
- Contact the person shown to
change/remove T.A.(s).
Main Page Edit Instructions
- How
to change course info (title, description, exam code) or add
special notice
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
pages, click on the link Main
Page Edit.
- Then, click on the link titled
Change
Course Information.
- What you will see is a screen
with four fields titled: Course
Title, Course Description, Exam Code, Special Notice.
- If you need to change the text
in a field, highlight the text and hit delete or use the backspace
key. Then type in the new text.
- If you've made any errors while
inputting information, you can click on the Reset
button to clear the contents of all four fields and start over
(only works before hitting Submit).
- When everything is finished,
click on the Submit button at the bottom.
- After hitting Submit, you will see the new page, updated
with your changes. If you would like to go back and make further
changes, click on the link Main
Page Edit, then the link
Change
Course Information.
- Note:
Any changes you make will have an asterisk (*) by them to signal
the change.
- How
to change instructor info (name, phone, email, office location
and hours)
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
pages, click on the link Main
Page Edit.
- Next, click on the link Change Instructor(s)
Information.
- You will see a table with six
fields. They are used as follows:
- Name: Enter your name here by clicking on
the field and typing. Use the delete key or backspace to change
a mistake. This field is not required.
- Phone: Enter your phone number if you want
students to be able to reach you. This field is not required.
- Email: Your email address is required, even
if you don't want students to see it.
- Hide Email?: Here you can choose to keep your email
address private or public to your students. Click on the down
arrow and a pull down menu will appear with the options Yes
and No.
- Office Location: Enter in the location of your office.
This field is required.
- Office Hours for this
Course: Enter in
hours in which students can stop by to see you. This field is
required.
- As usual, you can enter in as
much text as you'd like in each field. You also have the option
of HTML tags, but they are not required.
- If you've made any errors while
inputting information, you can click on the Reset
button to clear the contents of all four fields and start over
(only works before hitting Submit).
- When everything is finished,
click on the Submit button at the bottom.
- After hitting Submit, you will see the new page, updated
with your changes. If you would like to go back and make further
changes, click on the link Main
Page Edit, then the link
Change
Instructor(s) Information.
- How
to change teaching assistant(s) information
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
pages, click on the link Main Page Edit.
- Next, click on the link Change Teaching Assistant(s)
Information.
- If there are no TA's assigned
to this course, you cannot add them using ClassWeb's Administration
utility. You will see the message No TA assigned to this course,
and there will be a link to the Protected Course Information Page. Upon clicking on the link, you will
see contact information of the people who can help.
- If you do have TA's already
assigned to the course, you will see a table with six fields,
one for each TA. They are used as follows:
- Name: Enter TA's name here by clicking on
the field and typing. Use the delete key or backspace to change
a mistake. This field is not required.
- Phone: Enter in TA's phone number so that students
can reach them. This field is not required.
- Email: The TA's email address is required,
even if the TA doesn't want students to see it. This field is
required.
- Hide Email?: Here you can choose to keep the TA's
email address private or public to the students. Click on the
down arrow and a pull down menu will appear with the options
Yes and No.
- Office Location: Enter in the location of the TA's office.
This field is required.
- Office Hours for this
Course: Enter in
hours in which students can stop by to see the TA. This field
is required.
- As usual, you can enter in as
much text as you'd like in each field. You also have the option
of HTML tags, but they are not required.
- If you've made any errors while
inputting information, you can click on the Reset button
to clear the contents of all four fields and start over (only
works before hitting Submit).
- When everything is finished,
click on the Submit button at the bottom.
- What you will see is the new
page, updated with your changes. If you would like to go back
and make further changes, click on the link Main Page Edit,
then the link Change
Teaching Assistant(s) Information.
- How
to add links to the Main page
Note:
this option adds links to the first page students will see when
entering the ClassWeb site. It should be used for important links
and for any additions you make to your site. If you have several
general information links that relate to the class, those should
be added to the List of Links page instead.
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
pages, click on the link Main
Page Edit.
- Next, click on the link Add links to the Main
Page menu.
- You will see two blank fields.
In the field labeled Link Name or Web Address:, input
the address of the link you would like to include. In the field
labeled Name For Link on Class Web Page:, input a name
to refer to the address you entered in the previous field.
- Note:
The student will not see the address, only the name you give
it. If the address is a separate site, don't forget to prefix
it with http://. (i.e. http://www.cnn.com)
- When both fields have been finished.
Click on the Add
Link button at the bottom.
What you will see next is the class web page, complete with the
updated link in the yellow bar at the top. If you would like
to go back and add another link, click on the link Main Page Edit, then the link Add links to the Main Page menu.
- If you made a mistake and need
to remove the link you just created, then see our next help section:
How to Remove links from the Main Page.
- How
to remove links from the Main page
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
pages, click on the link Main
Page Edit.
- Then, click on the link Remove links from the
Main Page.
- You will see a series of gray
boxes, each with a link and a small white check box in them.
If you would like to remove a link, click within the small white
box. A check will appear, marking that link for deletion from
your page.
- When you have marked all the
links that you would like to remove, click on the gray button
Delete
Link(s) at the bottom.
What you will see next is the new class web page, with the link(s)
having been removed. If you would like to go back and delete
more links, click on the link Main Page Edit,
then the link Remove
links from the Main Page menu.
- If you made a mistake and need
to add a link back to the list, see our help section: How to
add links to the main page.
- How
to insert customized content into the Main page
- By uploading a special file
named custom.htm to your ClassWeb site directory, you
can easily insert text (with different color font) and links
to the middle of your main class page. The content
of your custom.htm file will appear below gold bar of main
page links.
- An example of this is Anthro
135B - Fiske - 98F. To grab the student's attention, this
professor wrote an important announcement in red text (some of
it in a larger font). Here's the file for this
example: custom.htm. To
see how this file is written in HTML, select View > Source in your browser.
Notice where the custom.htm file resides in the ClassWeb address.
- This custom.htm
page can be created in any web page
editor (such as Netscape Composer), saved on your hard drive,
and then uplaoded to your ClassWeb site using the Administration > Other/Advanced
options > Syllabus Upload Utility.
In order to work, the file must be saved on your ClassWeb site
as "custom.htm".
- How
to correct errors in Main page information
Announcements Edit Instructions
- How
to add/change/delete an announcement
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
page, click on the link Announcements
Edit.
- Blank fields labeled New
are ready to be filled with your announcements. Fields labeled
Old are previous announcements which may be changed or
deleted. The order in which they are listed in the Administration
page will be identical to the order they will display on the
page. So, if you'd like the newest messages on the top, always
put new messages above the older ones, and vice versa.
- To add an announcement, click
anywhere within the field. Then type your message. You may type
as much as you would like; the field will scroll. If needed,
navigate through the message with the home, end, and arrow keys.
- Note:
If you are an advanced user and would like to add text formatting
(bold, italics, underline) or a hypertext
link, you can add your HTML tags into these fields. For
more information on learning HTML, visit our HTML
Tag Quick Reference.
- To delete an announcement, highlight
the text with your mouse and press the delete key. Or, use the
arrow keys and backspace key to delete parts of the message.
- When you are finished, click
on the gray box labeled Update at the bottom.
- What you will see is the new
page, updated with your changes. If you would like to go back
and make further changes, click on the link Announcements Edit.
- How to format the text
of your announcements with HTML
Here is a short list of HTML
tags you can add to accent your text when posting on your ClassWeb
announcements page. It's simply a matter of adding opening and
closing bracketed tags to the text of your announcement.
- To bold text, add <B>text</B> and it will look like this: text
- To italicize text, add <I>text</I> and it will look like this: text
- To underline text, add <U>text</U> and it will look like this: text
- To add a link to another website
in the text add these special tags: Go
to <A
HREF="http://www.ucla.edu">UCLA</A> and it will look like this: Go to UCLA
- HTML stands for Hyper-Text Mark-up
Language, and is the primary computer language that your computer's
browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.) reads when displaying
the various web sites you visit. For a more thorough introduction
to HTML tags and authoring, here are some additional
HTML resources.
List
of Links Page Edit Instructions
Your List of Links Page is divided
into three columns: Class Links, (Your Department) Links,
and College Links. You can modify the left column
(which is blank at the beginning of the quarter), adding any
Internet links useful for your class. These links can be
to web pages residing in your ClassWeb site, elsewhere in UCLA,
or to anywhere in the world. As for the other two columns,
the right column of College Links is a standard set
and common to all course web pages throughout the social sciences. The
middle column of (Your Department) Links is a list
shared by all of the class web sites in your department. Talk
to your Departmental
Webtech to modify this departmental list.
Rules of thumb to keep in mind
for editing your List of Links page:
- Everything sorts alphabetically, within sections.
- Any list item can be moved under another item, edited or
deleted.
- Any list item automatically becomes bold when a another
link or subheading is moved under it.
- How
to add to and edit your class link page
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
pages, click on the link List
of Links page edit.
- You will see a table of three
columns, titled Link (URL), Title, and Description.
- In the Link column, you
can enter in the URL (Internet Address) of a site you would like
linked on your page. (i.e. http://www.cnn.com or quiz1.html)
- In the Title column,
you must enter in a title for the link. The student will
not see the address (URL) of the site, only the name you give
it.
- In the Description column,
you can optionally add notes or a description to the site. As
always, you may type beyond the size of the field box.
- If you would like to change
any information in the table, click with your mouse on the field
you would like to change, highlight the text and hit the delete
key. Re-enter any text that you would like.
- When you have finished entering
in the link information, click on the gray button Submit Changes at the bottom. What you will see next
is the new class links page, with the link(s) having been added
in the leftmost column Class Links. If you would like
to go back and make more changes, click on the link List of Links page edit at
the bottom of the page and begin editing the table again.
- How to delete an existing
link
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
pages, click on the link List
of Links page edit.
- In the gray area titled Links
As They Currently Appear, find the item you wish to delete
and click on the DELETE
Link next to it.
- This brings you to a Delete
Warning confirmation page - are you sure you want to delete
this link? If so, click on the large DELETE Link.
- How to group your Class
Links into sections with subheadings and indentations
You may add so many links to
your List of Links page that they need to be separated into sections
with distinct subheadings and indentations. For an example
of what can be done to organize your links, visit the GEOG
163: Field Analysis in Biogeography List of Links page.
- In order to arrange your links
into sections with distinct subheadings and indentations, you
have to add items and click Submit
Changes first.
- To make a non-hyperlinked (plain
text) subheading, add the title of the subheading in the Item
Name field and leave the URL and Description
fields can be blank. Complete this step by clicking on the
gray button Submit
Changes.
- To move an item under another
item on your list of links page (and thereby indenting it), click
on the link List
of Links page edit
at the bottom of the List
of Links page or from the Administration page. In the gray
area titled Links As They Currently Appear, find the item
you wish to move and click on EDIT Link Info
next to it. This brings you to the Link Edit Utility,
where you view the pull down menu for that link titled Place
Under. Once you've selected which item from the pull
down menu under which to place the item you're currently editing,
click Submit
Changes.
- If you would like to go back
and move more items that appear on your List of Links page, click
on the link List
of Links page edit, then
the link EDIT
Link Info for whichever
link you wish to move.
- Rules of thumb for the List
of Links page:
- Everything sorts alphabetically,
within sections.
- Any item can be moved under
another item, edited or deleted.
- Any item with a link or subheading
under it automatically becomes bold.
- How
to make your Class Links into a Submenu
- If you want the Class Links
section of your List of Links Page to be broken down under different
headings (e.g. Specific Class Information, Class Related Topic
Sites, etc.), as the College Links section is (i.e. into Academic,
Libraries, Computing, News and UCLA), you will need to create
a simple HTML page.
- There are several ways to do
so:
- You can download
Netscape Communicator for free. Within Communicator
you can use Netscape Composer to create simple HTML pages.
- You can also use Microsoft
Word 97 to create simple HTML pages by saving the normal
text you create in Word as HTML
- A third alternative is to download
one of the many HTML editors that are available for free from
tucows or elsewhere
on the internet; this can be especially useful since tucows allows
you to make selections based on platform type, operating system,
and more. They also provide reviews of the products and their
features.
- Step
by Step Class Links Submenu Page Creation For Netscape Composer
- After you have downloaded Netscape,
follow the setup instructions they provide to install it.
- Start Netscape Composer.
You can do so in Windows 95 or 98 by clicking on the Start button, selecting Programs,
Netscape, and Composer.
- On the blank new page that appears,
type a title, e.g. Class Links Submenu Page. Highlight the text
and click on the down arrow at the right side of the box (the
format box) at the top left that shows Normal. Slide down
the list that appears and select Heading 1.
- You are now ready to start adding
the link headings you would like. Hit return/enter
from the title you entered to clear space between the title and
the first heading. Type the first heading, e.g. Specific Class
Information, highlight it and return to the same box as above,
sliding down to List
Item and
click.
- You will want the links to be
separate items, distinct from the headings which are part of
a list, so you must first hit return/enter after
the heading, click on the same down arrow as above and slide
back up to Normal (the arrow at the side of the format
box at upper left, now displaying List Item). You may
now enter as many links as you would like for this heading. The
best way to do that is to enter the title of the link, e.g. Professor
X's personal website, highlight the text and clink on the toolbar
button labeled Link.
- A window will appear, showing
the text you just entered, and asking you for a URL (the address
you want this link to point to). Enter the URL of the site you
want linked (e.g. http://www.whateverlink.com/ (not a real link)).
- Repeat the process for as many
links as you have for that particular heading.
- You may now enter another heading,
e.g. Class-related sites. Hit return/enter
after the last link of the previous heading, click on the down
arrow of the format box, and slide to List Item.
A bullet before each heading (and none in front of the links
themselves) will confirm that you have added another item to
the list, as will the List Item that shows in the format
box.
- Repeat the link process. Don't
forget to reset the format box to Normal for the links,
so that they don't become part of the list of headings.
- Repeat for as many headings
and links as you want for your site.
- You will notice that the links
are justified all the way to the left, while the headings are
indented the space of the bullet. If you want to indent just
the links, so that the headings stand out more prominently, just
highlight the first set of links and click on the Increase Indent toolbar button (a right arrow beside
a column of text, at the bottom right of the toolbar). Repeat
for each set of links. Save the file when finished.
- There are many other stylistic
changes you could make to the page, e.g. background color, font,
etc., but they are not necessary. Read the help files within
Netscape Composer for more information.
- You are now ready to upload
your Class Links Submenu Page to your ClassWeb site. Follow the
instructions for How to use the
Syllabus Upload Utility. Do not add a link from the Main Page.
- After you have uploaded your
page, you need to add it to your List of Links Page. Follow the
instructions for How to edit your
class link page. Since your new page is in the same directory
as your site (via the Syllabus Upload), you can enter it's URL as
your class site/your filename.htm or /./yourfilename.htm
in the Link (URL) column. You can give it any
title you want, but it's usually a good idea to be consistent,
e.g. Class Links Submenu Page. You could give a description,
e.g. This is a separate page of links useful to the course,
but it's not necessary.
- Step
by Step Class Links Submenu Page Creation for Microsoft Word
97
- Start Microsoft Word 97.
- On the blank new page that appears,
type a title, e.g. Class Links Submenu Page.
- Hit return/enter
to clear some space for the title, then start typing in the first
heading, e.g. Specific Class Sites.
- Hit return/enter
and type the text of the first link under that heading; repeat
until finished with this heading. The text of the link can be
the site's name (i.e. Yahoo for www.yahoo.com), or whatever text
you deem pertinent.
- Enter a new heading and repeat
the process until all headings and links have been added.
- Save the document as a web page
by clicking on the File
Menu and sliding down
to Save
as HTML.
- You will be asked about losing
formatting; continue with saving. Name the document appropriately,
e.g. classlinks.htm.
- Now you are ready to add the
appropriate formatting. Highlight the title and click on the
box at the left side of the toolbar which displays Normal (The formatting box). Slide down to
H1 and click again.
- Highlight the first heading
and click on the Bullets toolbar button, located on the
right side of the lower toolbar. (It looks like three small squares
and three adjacent lines). Repeat for each heading.
- Highlight the first link, click
on the formatting box and slide up to Normal.
While the link text is still highlighted, click on the Insert Hyperlink toolbar button (a globe with two chain
links on it) and enter the appropriate URL (e.g. http://www.whateverlink.com
(not a real link)). Repeat for each link, under each heading.
- You will notice that each link
stands out from the heading, which is indented. You can indent
the links underneath the headings by highlighting all the links
of a given heading and clicking on the Increase Indent
toolbar button (next to Bullets button) until it meets
your satisfaction. Repeat for each set of links.
- There are more stylistic options
within Microsoft Word 97 that you may wish to explore. Take a
look at the help files for more information.
- You are now ready to upload
your Class Links Submenu Page to your ClassWeb site. Follow the
instructions for How to use the
Syllabus Upload Utility. Do not add a link from the Main Page.
- After you have uploaded your
page, you need to add it to your List of Links Page. Follow the
instructions for How to edit your
class link page. Since your new page is in the same directory
as your site (via the Syllabus Upload), you can enter it's URL as
your class site/your filename.htm or /./yourfilename.htm
in the Link (URL) column. You can give it any
title you want, but it's usually a good idea to be consistent,
e.g. Class Links Submenu Page. You could give a description,
e.g. This is a separate page of links useful to the course,
but it's not necessary.
Discussion
Board Edit Instructions
Editing note: This tutorial seems
a little dated. Are all wwwboards presently authenticated,
requiring student ID and Pin #'s ? If so, alot of the materials
below need to reflect this...
- How
to remove messages from the class Discussion Board
Note: There can be size limitations
for Discussion Board Postings. Click
here to see a table of limitations
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
page, click on the link Discussion Board Edit.
- Then, click on the link Discussion Board Admin
Utility.
- A table of posted messages will
appear. You may delete any individual message by selecting the
Input
Box below the heading
Single corresponding to the message you wish to delete.
You may delete a message and all its related messages by selecting
the Input
Box below the heading
Thread corresponding to the appropriate message(s).
- After selecting all appropriate
messages, click on the Remove
Messages button.
- A results page will appear,
summarizing all the changes just made. If all of the items you
had selected appear in the Attempted to Remove list, then
your task has been completed successfully. If not, an error message
will appear explaining why.
- How
to authenticate the Discussion Board so students must use their
ID number
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
page, click on the link Discussion
Board Edit.
- Then, click on the link Authenticated Discussion
Board Utility.
- You will see the question Make
Authenticated Discussion Board? and the options No
and Yes. Click on the button next to the option
you want so that it is indicated by a dot.
- Click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page.
- Click on the Back to class
page link.
- Your Discussion Board is now
authenticated. You can check this by trying to post a message.
You will see that the UID field is now required, thus indicating
its authenticated status.
- How
to quickly identify Prof and TA postings on the discussion boards
Prof and TA postings on the discussion
boards are highlighted by a small
or
icon that appears preceding the name of the Prof and TA. This
feature operates automatically because ClassWeb identifies you
as a Prof and TA when you enter you ID and Password, information
required in order to post a message. (The old Prof Code
and TA Codes are not longer needed.).
- How
to add a password to the class Discussion Board
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
pages, click on the link Discussion
Board Edit.
- Then, click on the link Discussion Board Password
Utility.
- You will see input fields for
Enter a username, Enter a password, and Enter
again to confirm. You must complete each field.
- You may then click on either
the Change Discussion Board Password button or the Delete
Discussion Board Password button.
- A results page will appear,
verifying your changes.
- How
to add more discussion boards to your ClassWeb site
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
pages, click on the link Discussion
Board Edit.
- Under Discussion Board page
edit options, click on the link Add Discussion Board.
- You are brought to the Add Discussion
Board page, where you must enter the title of board you wish
to create. By default,
- Once you have entered a title
for your new discussion board, click Create Board.
Note: This board will be authenticated by default. To
turn off the authentication, use the Authentication utility on
the Discussion Board Edit page once the board has been created.
Also by default, the new discussion board will be linked from
your ClassWeb main page.
Annotation Board Instructions
The following is a list of step-by-step
instructions for the ClassWeb Annotation Board, an electronic
forum where instructors and students can post writing assignments
and then make comments on each other's work. Comments by instructors
and students are inserted into the on-line writing assignments
as hypertext footnotes (example: Sociology
230-Brubaker-Winter 99). Annotation boards are not a standard
component of your ClassWeb page, but can be added by the site administrator on request.
- How
to post a message/document to the class annotation board
Note: There can be size limitations for Annotation
Board Postings. Click
here to see a table of limitations
- Within the ClassWeb Main Page
of the class you wish to post to, click on the Annotation Board link.
- Click on the Post Message link, or scroll to the bottom of the
page.
- Enter your information in the
spaces provided. You must complete the required fields. Be sure
to select the appropriate section from the drop down menu.
- Enter your message/document
in the appropriate box.
- Note:
You can paste in text from a word processor screen, but it is
possible that some non-ASCII characters will be rendered incorrectly
-- scroll through the text after it's in the box to check for
this and make corrections if necessary. Note that if you are
pasting in text from a word processor screen, formatting and
footnotes in your original document will be lost. Hint: to ensure
that paragraphs are clearly separated in the posted version,
make sure that each paragraph is separated by two hard returns
in your original word processor document. Also, don't worry if
the text runs off the screen in one long line, it will wrap OK
when it gets to a web browser. Use the scroll bar at the bottom to
check
all the text to the right.
- Click on the Post Message button.
- How
to add an annotation to an existing message/document
- Within the Annotation Board
page, click on the message/document you wish to annotate.
- Highlight the line (only one
line, or less, is the best procedure) of text you wish to comment
on, and copy
it by pressing Ctrl +
C (Command + C for MAC) to copy the selected text.
- Move to the Post an Annotation
area by scrolling to the bottom of the page or clicking on the
Post Annotation link at the top.
- Place your cursor in the Text
to Annotate box and press Ctrl + V (Command + V for MAC)
to insert the previously copied text.
- Enter your information in the
other spaces provided. You must complete the required fields.
- Enter your annotation in the
Comments field.
- Click on the Submit Annotation button below the Comments field.
- If an Error: Ambiguous Context
screen appears, you did not select a unique piece of text (i.e.
that same string of words occurs more than once).
- If an Error: No Context
screen appears, no match could be found for the text you entered
in the Text to Annotate box. This could mean that you
either entered text without copying from the document and mistyped
it, or entered extra characters by accident after cutting and
pasting. Try the procedure again until you are returned to the
message/document screen that you wanted to comment upon, indicating
success.
- How
to view an annotation
- Within your class Annotation
Board, click on a message/document that has some annotations
already in the text .
- You can see an annotation as
a number (the number, in order, that the annotation was posted
to that message/document) followed by the name entered by the
annotator in the Name field of the Post an Annotation
area -- appearing as hypertext footnotes, such as#1-mike franks). Click on the link to see that annotation
displayed.
- You may view all of the annotations
by scrolling below the message/document and looking under the
Annotations: heading or by clicking on the Annotations
link at the top of the page.
- How
to return to the text of an annotation
- Within your class Annotation
Board page, click on the annotated message/document.
- Click on the Annotations link at the top, or scroll down to the
Annotations heading.
- Choose which annotation you
wish to see the text of and click on the Go Back to annotated text # (whichever number it is) link.
- You will be returned to the
corresponding section of text, which will be indicated by the
appropriate name and number.
Syllabus Upload Utility Instructions
- How
to use the Syllabus Upload Utility
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
page, click on the File
Upload Utility link.
- To upload a file, click the
browse button to search for it on your hard
drive.
- After finding the file on your
computer click OK, the path to the file (eg. c:/temp/syllabus.htm)
should appear in the first upload field, titled Filename On
Your Computer.
- Enter the name you want the
file to be saved as on the server in the second space (even if
it is the same), titled Filename To Save As On Server. This
is the filename (eg. syllabus.htm) as it will appear on your
ClassWeb site.
- Choose the directory in which
to save the file by selecting the appropriate button. Here
are your choices:
- ClassWeb Directory: Selecting this will upload the file
to the root directory of your ClassWeb page (eg. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/00S/geog1-1/yourfile.htm). This
file is open for public viewing and download.
- Private Directory (password
protected): Selecting
the Private Directory will upload the file to the password
protected directory of your ClassWeb page (eg. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/00S/geog1-1/private/yourfile.htm). Only
the course instructor, teaching assistants and officially enrolled
students can viewing and download the files in the private directory. Students
(and TA's) must use their 9-digit ID# and URSA Pin Code as the username
and password to view files in stored in the private directory. Instructors
must use the ID and Passwords provided to them by the site administrator. If
that password has been forgotten or misplaced, contact your Departmental
Webtech.
- Alternate Directories: If your Departmental Webtech of
other staff from SSC has installed additional directories on
your ClassWeb site, a third option will appear. Selecting
the Alternate Directory will upload the file to that alternate
directory that appears in the pull down menu (eg. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/00S/geog1-1/images/yourfile.htm). Please
contact your Departmental
Webtech about installing additional directories in your ClassWeb
site. Files is these alternate directories are open for
public viewing and download.
- If you would like this file
linked on the Main Page, choose the appropriate button and provide
a description in the space provided. The link will appear
in the gold bar atop your ClassWeb page.
- Click on the Send File button and your file will be uploaded
to the server.
- To verify that your file has
successfully uploaded if it is not linked on the main page, learn
How to list the files in your ClassWeb directory. That
utility displays the name, size and date-of-upload for all of
the files in your ClassWeb site.
Other/Advanced
Options Instructions
- How
to view your class Roster
- Within the ClassWeb Administration
page, click on the Other/Advanced
Options link.
- From the Other/Advanced Edit
Page, click on the View
Class Roster
link.
- The roster will appear, displaying
the number of students above and an alphabetically ordered table
of names, E-mail Addresses and Enrollment Status. If you need
more information, e.g. UID numbers, see How
to Download your class roster
- How
to Download your class roster
- How
to Email your entire class
- From the Other/Advanced Edit
page, click on the Send
Mail to Class link.
- The message you compose on this
screen will automatically be sent to all enrolled students with
an email address. If you wish anyone else to receive the message,
enter their email address in the Extra CC List
box, separating entries with only a comma.
- If you want to give a title
to the email, enter the subject you want in the Subject box.
- You may now compose your message
in the Message box.
- If you want your email to go
wait-listed students or to students with record holds, check
the appropriate box below the Message
box.
- After you have finished your
message and included all the desired recipients, click on the
Send Message button. You are then taken to a
confirmation page which gives you the following details:
- Student email accounts that
will receive your message;
- Students in your class whose
email accounts are unknown (if any), and therefore will not receive
the message;
- A reprint of the subject and
body of your message; and
- A summary of special groups
you selected who will receive your message (wait-listed students,
students with record holds).
- If you do not wish to send your
message and instead wish to clear all of the fields you have
written in, click on the Clear
Message button.
- If you would like to go back
and send another mail to your class, go to Administration
> Other/Advanced Edit > Send Mail to Class.
- How
to change your Admin Password
- From the Other/Advanced options
page, click on the link Change
Admin Password.
- Find your name under the heading
Instructors of the course. Enter your new password
in the first blank field next to your name, and again in the
second blank field to confirm your change.
- Then hit the Change Admin Password button.
- Your new password is instantly
ready for use.
- Note:
If you forgot your password and cannot access the Administration
screen for your ClassWeb site, contact your Departmental
Webtech.
- How
to let another person access to your Private Directory files
Web page files that are stored
in the Private Directory of your ClassWeb site (eg. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/00S/geog1-1/private/yourfile.htm)
are only accessible to people with proper user IDs and passwords (read about
our roster-authentication
procedure). This group initially includes the course instructor,
course teaching assistants and enrolled students.
To grant other students or university employees access to password-protected
files on your ClassWeb site, use the following steps.
- Within the Other/Advanced options
page, click on the Add
Administrator link.
- Fill in the requested fields
(UID - 9-digit university identification number and a random
password of your choosing).
- When finished, click on the
Submit
Query button at the bottom.
- This new username/password set is now ready
for use.
- If the person you wish to grant access
to your password-protected files is not a university student or employee, you can make
up a random 9-digit UID for them. However, the number you choose cannot belong to any of
the students or teaching assistants.
- How
to use the Multiple Choice Quiz Utility
- Within the Other/Advanced Edit
page, click on the link Multiple
Choice Quiz Utility.
- Enter a filename for the quiz
in the space provided.
- Click on the Start a new
Quiz button.
- Enter a title for the quiz in
the appropriate space.
- Click the Continue button.
- Enter the first question in
the box provided.
- If you want to include a picture
or another file (e.g. a graph), provide that file's location
on the line provided.
- Provide the multiple choice
answers for the letters A-G (as many as you would like) on the
appropriate lines.
- Indicate the correct answer
by checking the button next to the correct answer.
- Enter any additional information
you want to appear after the quiz answers have been displayed
in the space provided (e.g. a grade scale after the last question,
or an explanation for the correct answer of each question).
- Click on the Add Question
button at the bottom of the page.
- Continue to enter questions
until you have reached the last question, then check the Check
here if this is the last question box and add the last question
using the Add Question button as before.
- A link to your quiz will appear.
Click on the URL if you want to view the quiz before adding it
to the Main Class page. Click on the Add Link button to
add a link to the quiz on the Main Class page.
- The quiz is now ready for students.
- How
to list the files in your ClassWeb directory
- Within the Other/Advanced
options page, click on the List the Files in your ClassWeb directory link.
- All the files in your ClassWeb
directory are displayed, including any private directory files
you may have.
- How
to use the File Edit Utility
- Within the Other/Advanced Edit
page, click on the File Edit Utility link.
- You have three options: Edit
a file, Copy/Restore a file, or Delete a file.
- Each option provides a popup
menu of the files available for use. To select a file, click
on the down arrow at the right edge of the box above the option
you want to use. A list of files will appear; select the file
you want to use by highlighting it.
- If editing a file, select the
file as described above and click on the Edit File button.
You may now edit the file in the window that appears. Click on
the Save Changes button after you are finished editing.
Be sure to click on your browser's Reload button after
you are finished, so that your changes will be shown on the Main
Page.
- If copying a file, you must
enter the name of the file you wish to copy the selected file
into in the To box. If you want to restore a previous
version of a file, highlight the filename.sav as described above
and enter the original filename in the To box. Be sure
to click on your browser's Reload button after you have
made any changes, so that the changes will be reflected on the
Main Page.
- If deleting a file, select the
file to be deleted as described above and click the Delete
File button. Be sure to click on your browser's Reload
button after you have made any changes, so that the changes
will be reflected on the Main Page.
- How
to Create Popup Links
- Within the Other/Advanced Edit
page, click on the Create
Popup Links link.
- Enter the URL of the link you
want in the field labeled Link Address.
- Enter a description of the link
in the field labeled Link Description.
- Enter any comments that you
want to appear in the popup window in the comments box.
- Choose where the popup link
will display by checking either the Main Menu box or the
List of Links box.
- Click on the Create Popup
Link button to finish your popup link.
- Your popup link will now appear
on the appropriate page.
HTML Tag
Quick Reference
Here is a short list of tags
you can add to accent your text when posting announcements, messages,
etc. to your ClassWeb site. It's simply a matter of adding opening
and closing bracketed tags to the messages.
- To bold text, add <B>text</B> and it will look like this: text
- To italicize text, add <I>text</I> and it will look like this: text
- To underline text, add <U>text</U> and it will look like this: text
- To add a link to another website
in the text add these special tags: Go
to <A
HREF="http://www.ucla.edu">UCLA</A> and it will look like this: Go to UCLA
- For a more thorough introduction
to HTML tags and authoring, here are some additional resources:
- Gettingstarted.Net
Building the web is fun and it isn't
hard to do. Gettingstarted.net is here to help you learn the
basics through bite-sized tutorials and hands-on interactive
lessons. This site is run by Project Cool, a leading publisher
of developer content on the web.
- NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML
The NCSA Beginners guide consists
of several tutorials that will walk you through all aspects of
web publishing. The guide is used by many to start to understand
the hypertext markup language (HTML) used on the World Wide Web.
It is an introduction and does not pretend to offer instructions
on every aspect of HTML. Links to additional Web-based resources
about HTML and other related aspects of preparing files are provided
at the end of the guide.
- HTML 3.2 Reference Specification
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
maintains a series of web pages devoted to promoting HTML standards.
This document has been reviewed by W3C members and other interested
parties and has been endorsed by the Director as a W3C Recommendation.
It is a stable document and may be used as reference material
or cited as a normative reference from another document. W3C's
role in making the Recommendation is to draw attention to the
specification and to promote its widespread deployment. This
enhances the functionality and interoperability of the Web.
- World Wide Web Consortium's Style Guide
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
maintains a web-site devoted to promoting standards within the
HTML development community. This guide is designed to help you
create a WWW hypertext database that effectively communicates
your knowledge to the reader. It has been prepared in the light
of comments by readers, and many demands by providers of online
documentation. Some of the points made may be influenced by personal
preference, and some may be common sense, but a collection of
points has been demanded, and so here it is.
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