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Course Webpage Management

 

• Management options - Explains the two methods for maintaining pages.
• Online application for maintainer status - If you know you want to manage a course page or lab page, apply here.

Online Documentation

• UNIX groups - This explains all you need to know about managing UNIX groups---a must if you are maintaining a page.
• HTML hints - Includes useful hints for HTML coding and example skeleton files.
• Example course page - Use Edit/Page Source to view the html code for you own use.
• If you have no knowledge of HTML you might as well consider starting with free software tools like WebCT. Note that the HTML code which commercial software generates is often not perfect, you may want to validate the code with validators like W3C.
• On-line grades system - How to setup and run a secure on-line grades system so your students can view their problem set and quiz scores on the course web site.
• Passwords - How to password protect part or all of a web page.
• Locations - How to find your course web page.
• Web page usage counter - How to use the MEnet Web page counter in your documents.

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