Faculty Support Services for Teaching with Technology

• An Introduction to Web Authoring with Dreamweaver  (PDF)
  Learn to create a basic Web page in Dreamweaver that includes formatted text, images and links. Use Dreamweaver to transfer your files to a web server.
• Dreamweaver Site Management (PDF)
  Learn how to define a site in Dreamweaver and configure settings for transferring the site to a server. Work with the Site Map features to rename directories and files on the site, reorganize files on the site, and use Dreamweaver's Global Find and Replace feature.
• Managing a Dreamweaver Site with Styles, Templates, and Tools (PDF)
  Learn how to define a site in Dreamweaver and configure settings for transferring the site to a server. Learn to create and edit CSS style sheets, attach style sheets to an existing web page, and make new pages that use your style sheets. Learn to use Dreamweaver templates to standardize elements across the many pages of your site.
• Beyond Basic Page Elements (PDF)
  Learn to create a navigation bar in Dreamweaver. Create effects with roll-over images. Construct a basic imagemap using a sample image and create a form that generates an email message containing the information the user types into the form. Build a page using frames and learn how to manage frames.

Planning a Course Web Site

Before you begin to build your new web site, it's a good idea to take some time to plan the content and the design of your site. In this first section, you will begin to learn how to plan and design your pages to take advantage of the unique communication and linking characteristics of the web.

A web site can be developed to offer a "web-enhanced" course. Some questions to consider when planning a course web site:

• How will the web site support the educational objectives of the course?
• What course materials will be placed on-line? Materials may include a syllabus, assignments, readings, course materials, lecture notes, presentations, lab instructions, exercises, quizzes or staff information.
• How will the material appear? As text, images, or links to files?
• Will the course web site offer links to other resources on the web? If so, will the links supplement course material, support class activities or provide sources for research assignments?

Cornell-specific Resources for Web Sites

• Guidelines for the Inclusion of Copyrighted Material on Course Web Pages:
  An important memo for all faculty from Associate University Counsel Pat McClary about the use of copyrighted materials on course web sites.
• Creating Course Web sites at Cornell:
  Describes the two ways of making course web sites and how to get an account for each. Those designing their own web sites with Dreamweaver will want to get an account on our CIT course web server.
• Design Guidelines for Web Pages at Cornell:
  Maintained by Computing At Cornell and contains design suggestions for Cornell pages, as well as pointers to style and design guidelines at other universities.
• Guidelines for Publishing Web Pages at Cornell:
  Part of their general document
• Cornell Web Knowledgebase:
  A collaborative project of Web developers and other interested parties at Cornell

General References

• Macromedia's Dreamweaver Site: Information from the company about the product

Site Design and CSS Style References

• Yale University Style Manual: One of the very best design and style guides for authoring large and small Web sites alike. Highly recommended.
• Research-based Guide to Web Usability
  This site provides guidelines and examples for usable web design.
• useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website
  A reference on web design and usability.
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) from W3C.org
• W3C CSS Validation Service

• Computing and Communications Center Room 124 Garden Ave.
• Open Monday-Friday 9:00AM - 5:00PM during the academic year
• Closed on university holidays

Maintenance Schedule

Any regular system maintenance and server restarts for any of our services will be scheduled weekdays between 5:00 am and 7:00 am. All users should be aware that a system may become unavailable during this maintenance time.

• (607) 255-9760
  atc_support@cornell.edu

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