Posting your WebQuest

There are three general approaches to putting your WebQuest on the web. Host it on your school server. Ask the server administrator for details on how to post it. Host it on your own Internet Service Provider (ISP). Contact your ISP for instructions on posting your WebQuest. Use an online tool to host your web. Filamentality is free and easy to use. aclearn.net offers WebQuest templates in an online generator. Web-and-Flow costs $25/year, is easy to use, and comes with advice. TeacherWeb offers free space for WebQuests. Classroom websites cost $25/year. Class Compass offers a WebQuest (and more!) for districts. Individuals can purchase for $40/year. If you decide to host it on your school server or on your own ISP, you will edit the pages from the WebQuest template you downloaded on the Resources page. If you are already familiar with a web page editing tool, go ahead and use it. There are many options available. I'm including links to several you might choose to use. Regardless of which web page editor you choose, you will need to master some basic skills to edit the pages.

General Information

• Familiarize yourself with the web page editor environment, toolbars and palettes
• Changing fonts - styles, colors, sizes
• Creating numbered and bulleted lists
• Previewing your pages in browser

Working with Pages

• Changing the title of a page
• Saving pages
• Previewing your pages in a browser

Working with Links

• Creating an email link
• Linking within your site
• Linking to another web site
• Opening pages in a new window

Images

• Changing the background
  • About.com has links to several collections of backgrounds.
• Inserting an image or graphic
• Using an image to link to another page

Working with Tables

• Creating a table

Macromedia Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver is a professional-grade web page editor that will allow you to edit the WebQuest Templates available for download. Because of Dreamweaver's popularity, the web is home to many tutorials and other resources to increase your skills.

The editing skills required to use the WebQuest Templates are minimal. Please use the tutorial resources and Dreamweaver's online help, to master the skills listed above. If you haven't already, be sure to download one of the WebQuest Templates and review the anatomy page before you begin working on your final product.

• Learning Dreamweaver 4 by Training Tools.com provides a comprehensive series of lessons to master Dreamweaver. You may jump from one lesson to the next as you wish, or follow the sequential presentation offered at the site. Please use this site during the workshop.
• Training Cafe This website offers free training.

Tutorial Sites for Netscape Composer

Netscape Composer is probably already on your computer. If it's not, you can download it as part of Netscape's web browser at no charge. Patricia Pecoy from Furman University created this useful tutorial. You can use Composer to edit the pages in the WebQuest template.

Montana State University has a 6-step tutorial for using Netscape Composer.

Use the tool of your choice to create the pages to your WebQuest. Once you've finished all the pages you can post your new WebQuest in whatever way works best for you. Think it's pretty good? Go to Bernie Dodge's WebQuest page and submit it.

For questions on this workshop, contact Rebecca Fiedler. Who is Rebecca?
Flower graphics from TeacherFiles.com Go to this site's home page.
Last updated on March 6, 2004. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page.