The purpose of this module is for you and your learners to be able to design and publish web pages. We hope to equip you with the skills needed to use this new and exciting way of presenting your information to the world. Today, web pages are being published faster than printed documents and, in some communities, are more accessible. Learning to publish a website gives you and your learners the opportunity to share information with educators and learners around the world if they have Internet access.

There is more to web publishing than just typing a document. Web documents are dynamic - they can be changed and updated daily and can be linked to many other pages. This means they can be read in different ways because they have active links to other documents on the World Wide Web. A web page and a website should therefore be carefully planned before being constructed. This module concentrates on that planning process. We suggest you follow a learning pathway for this module that includes all the activities consecutively, because planning a website involves a step-by-step process. There are one or two additional optional pages to read but otherwise you should complete activities 0 - 12.

Outcomes

By the end of this module you will be able to:

• Recognize the basic features of a web site;
• Define the purpose of a website;
• Evaluate a website's basic design in terms of appearance, technical quality, and education-related value;
• Design a website that fulfils a defined education-related purpose, including:
  • Creating a template of a web page;
  • Using appropriate graphics for web pages;
  • Creating hyperlinked web pages;
• Publish a website online;
• Recognize opportunities for broader use of your website;
• Establish a website on your school network.