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Planning for Publishing Lecture Notes on the Web
Deirdre Hetherington
Educational Technology Unit
Why publish lecture notes on the Web?
Accessible at all times
For revision purposes
Adding an extra element
Illustrate a process
To engage the student with the learning material
What will motivate the students to go to your page?
Directly related to coursework
Related to the exam
Pre-class preparation
Once there, what will keep them there?
Content Useful, relevant information
Presentation & layout Navigation
Consistency of style
And what will make them return regularly? Keep content up to date, include new items
Continue to develop the site further
Question and feedback
Adopt a problem-based approach
Include an online experiment
Student contribution
How do I get the students to engage with the material as participants and not just observers?
They check the contents Ensure that a list of contents appears early in the
page Use a table
They scan rather than read Give key information early Use everyday language
How do students behave online?
Considerations for the student
On the plus side:
Access to lecture notes both at home and on campus at convenient times
Will not miss a lecture due to absence
Greater variety in the learning environment thus catering to a variety of learning styles
Increased computer literacy
Considerations for the student
On the minus side:
May be using a slow modem therefore resources take time to download
Access may require the use of plug-ins
Access to audio and video files in open access centres
Will have to bear the cost of printing
Looking at how others structure their lecture notes
The Production Line
Plan State aims and objectives Structure, layout, navigation
Prepare Resources
Produce Using a conversion tool Composing in HTML Using an authoring tool
Publish Using Queen’s Online
Using images in web pages
Gif, jpeg formats Provide alternative text in the <ALT> field Check the download time Reduce loading delays
Reduce file size of image byReducing the physical size (number of pixels)Reducing the number of coloursMaking 'thumbnails'
Example: Bodleian Library www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/imacat/in02.html
Maintaining your pages
Review your overall design; there are some useful do’s and don'ts at http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/coursematerials/webdesign/DosNDonts.html which you may find useful.
Evaluate your work
Update the content
Check that links work. Proprietary software such as Site Mill & Front Page will check links.
Get access statistics to find out if your page is being used.
Consider………
Use Spellchecker
Include a “Last updated” date on your page
Include contact details?
Copyright
Data protection Act
http://www.qub.ac.uk/tap/admin_cler/Presentation%20Data%20Protection%20Act%201998.htm
Check your page for browser compatibility
Check for accessibility
Going live
via Queen’s Online at
http://www.qnet.qub.ac.uk
Where next?
Follow-up workshops with the Educational Technology Unit
Training Unit courses
Media Services
See handout
The End