Classroom Set-Up
Install Microsoft FrontPage2000 on the instructor computer and each student
workstation. The exact installation will depend on how you obtained
FrontPage2000. There is a stand-alone version and a version that comes
with Office2000. There is one very important difference between
them: the stand-alone version does not come with the Microsoft Personal
Web Server (PWS). The PWS is needed for some of the more advanced
features, such as forms and FrontPage Components. Also, without PWS, the
students won't see "http://<nameofthepc>" when viewing pages,
instead it will default to C:\My Webs. If you installed earlier versions
of FrontPage, then you most likely already have PWS installed. If not, it
is on the Windows98 CD or can be obtained from
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/pws/default.htm
Besides the FrontPage2000 installation, the exercises depend upon a Web
browser being installed. Most of the screen captures were taken using
Internet Explorer 5.0. See Lesson 3, FrontPage Overview, for
more information on installing the software. If at all possible, try to install
a second Web browser on the student workstations, such as
Netscape Navigator.
Download the support
file, which contains the Webs you'll need to do the exercises. That file is
compressed and must be uncompressed using WinZip 6.2 (or later) for Windows95. Once the
file is uncompressed, you will find a folder inside the main folder:
"fp2000,part2". The second folder is called "Webs"
and contains the student FrontPage Webs. The Webs must be imported
(i.e., you can not just copy them to the student workstation to open them in
FrontPage) into FrontPage.
Here is how to import the Webs:
- Copy the "Webs" folder to each workstation or if you have a
networked classroom, set up access to that folder from one PC.
- Open FrontPage2000
- Click File > New > Web....
- Select Import Web Wizard.
- Type frames for the name of the Web and click
OK.
- Browse to or type in the folder where the Webs reside and locate the
"frames" folder. For example, if you installed the files on the hard
drive you would go to: C:\fp2000,part2\Webs\frames. Check the
"Include subfolders" box (very
important), then click Next.
- Click Next to have all of the files imported.
- Click Finish to import the Web.
- Click on the Open FrontPage Web button to import the
second Web that is needed for the course.
- Repeat the process of importing using multimedia for the
name of the Web and locating the files for importing in the
C:\fp2000,part2\Webs\multimedia folder.
- Repeat the process for the third Web, name it survey and
locate the folder containing the Web in:
C:\fp2000,part2\Webs\survey
Tips on Instructing the Course
The following are a few tips for instructors. Most are simple suggestions on
how to extend a few of the exercises or add new ones, should you have more
time.
Lesson 1:
- Editing the templates is what takes the students the most time, but you can
have them at least open a few of the Page templates just to see what they look
like.
- Have the students experiment with a couple of other Themes and you can
spend several hours just playing with the Themes editing!
- If you are running out of time, skip the exercises where the students edit
the templates and/or the final exercise using the Corporate Presence Wizard.
Lesson 2:
- If students are curious about the other formats for the results page (e.g.,
HTML), you can have them quickly create forms using either the templates or
Wizards and post the results using several different formats.
Lesson 3:
- You can quickly take students through a couple of the other frames
templates, so they have a chance to at least see what it creates for them.
Lesson 5:
- The exercises in this lesson mention that they may be done as a
demonstration. If you are running short on time, then it can be advantageous to
just do these as a demo.
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