Classroom Set-Up
Install Microsoft FrontPage2002 on the instructor computer and each
student workstation. The exact installation will depend on whether
you're using the stand-alone version or the version that comes with
Office XP. To be able to run all of the exercises, you'll need to install
web server software along with FrontPage. Microsoft used to provide
a free Web server, MS Personal Web Server (PWS), on their site, but
as of this writing it has been removed from the site. PWS is on the
Windows 98 installation CD and other server software may or may not
be on Windows 2000 and Windows XP CDs -- depending on your exact version
and where the CD was obtained (i.e., through a reseller or off the shelf).
If you are able to obtain Web server software it should installed before
you install FrontPage, as FrontPage will detect the server software
and configure itself appropriately.
NOTE: The FrontPage 2002 server extensions do not work with PWS,
so you'll need to install with a server software that's compatible with
the latest extensions, for information on those servers go to: http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/.
Besides the FrontPage2002 installation, the exercises depend upon a
Web browser being installed. Most of the screen captures were
taken using Internet Explorer 5.5. 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. Once the file is uncompressed,
you will find a folder inside the main folder: "fp2000,part2" (Note:
The course files did not change from the previous version, thus the
folder is still called fp2000 -- if you downloaded the previous version
there's no need to download again). 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 FrontPage2002
- 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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