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HTML Tutorial
(from Rutgers University)
Local Version (pdf)
or
http://getit.rutgers.edu/tutorials/html/media/html.pdf
HTML Crash Course for Educators
http://www.edwebproject.org/htmlintro.html
"This tutorial will introduce you to the basics of HTML design
and style. Even though the Crash Course was originally designed
with teachers in mind, anyone is free to use it."
HTML Character Tags -
http://www.acronet.net/tags/characters.html
HTML uses the character set called the Universal Character Set (UCS),
defined in the ISO-10646 specification. This standard defines a
repertoire of thousands of characters used by communities all over
the world.
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Saving MS Office documents
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Saving Word files as Web pages
Professors can upload Word
documents (with .doc extensions) to Moodle courses and Web pages.
However, before uploading Word files, they should consider the
following drawbacks:
1.
Word files use more
computer space than files in HTML format and large files may
create network congestion and delays.
2.
Word documents
require the client computer to have MS Word installed locally to
function properly.
3.
When one tries to
open Word files inside a Moodle course or a Web page, a new window
will pop-up asking whether the user wants to Save or to
Open the document. The HTML version, on the other hand, opens
up instantly on your Moodle course or on your Web page.
Thus, it is recommended that
you convert your Word files to HTML format before uploading them
to your Moodle courses or your Web pages.
To save a Word
document in HTML format (as a Web page):
- Open the Word document.
- Go to File>Save as Web Page. The Save As window
will open.
- Choose the location where to save the new file in.
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You can change the File name of your new Web page document.
- You can also change the Page Title of your document. This
title will appear at the top of the web browser when a person
views your Web page. Click OK when done.
- Click on Save.
Notice the
file that has been created: the file icon includes both the Word
and the HTML logos (see picture below).
IMPORTANT:
If your Word document
contains pictures follow the same procedure as above to
save the file as a Web page but notice that after you save the
file as a Web page you will obtain an HTML document (as
above) AND
a folder accompanied with it. This folder contains the
pictures of the saved file (see picture below).
 
To save a Word
document (in
Arabic) in HTML
format (as a Web page):
Note: You need Explorer 5.5 or higher or
Netscape 6.2 or higher to properly view documents containing
Arabic characters.
- Open the Word document in Arabic
- Go to File>Save as Web Page. The Save As window
will open.
- Choose the location where to save the new file in.
- You can change the File name of your new Web page document.
IMPORTANT: the name of the file cannot be in Arabic
characters.
- Although the name of the file cannot have Arabic characters, the
title of the file can be in Arabic (see picture
above). This title will appear at the top of the web browser
when a person views the file.
- You can also change the title of your document. To change it, click
on Page title. Type in the new Page Title. Click OK
when done.
- On the Save As window click on Save.
Notice the
file that has been created: the file icon includes both the Word
and the HTML logos (see picture below).
IMPORTANT:
If your Word document
contains pictures follow the same procedure as above to
save the file as a Web page but notice that after you save the
file as a Web page you will obtain an HTML document (as
above) AND
a folder accompanied with it. This folder contains the
images of the saved file (see picture below).
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Saving Excel files as Web pages
Professors can upload Excel
documents (with .xls extensions) to Moodle courses and Web pages.
However, before uploading Excel files, they should consider the
following drawbacks:
1.
Excel files use more
computer space than files in HTML format and large files may
create network congestion and delays.
2.
Excel files require
the client computer to have MS Word installed locally to function
properly.
3.
When one tries to
open Excel files inside a Moodle course or a Web page, a new window
will pop-up asking whether the user wants to Save or to
Open the document. The HTML version, on the other hand, opens
up instantly on your Moodle course or on your Web page.
To save an
Excel document in HTML format (as a Web page):
- Open the Excel file.
- Go to File>Save as Web Page. The Save As
window will open.
- Choose the location you want to save the new file in.
- You can change the File name of your new Web page document.
- You can also change the Page Title of your document. This
title will appear at the top of the web browser when a person
views your Web page. Click OK when done.
- Type a title for the Web page in the Page title field (e.g.
"Grades for Section one"), and click OK to confirm the
title.
- Still in the Save as window, notice the two radio
buttons next to "Save":
- Entire Workbook: select
it if you want to save the entire Excel workbook as a Web page.
- Selection Sheet: select it if you want to save one single
Excel worksheet as a Web page.
Note: The Add
Interactivity checkbox allows you to publish your worksheet
and workbook as “interactive” or “non-interactive”. For more
information about interactivity, refer to “Put Excel data on a
Web Page” in MS Excel Help.
- Click Save button.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1)
When you save an
Excel workbook (a group of worksheets) you will obtain both
an HTML file and a folder, independent of the
files having pictures or not.
2)
When you save a
single Excel worksheet that includes pictures you
will also obtain the HTML file and the folder.
When you
save a single Excel worksheet that does not include pictures,
ONLY an HTML file is created.
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Saving PowerPoint
presentations as Web pages
Professors can upload
PowerPoint presentations (with .ppt extensions) to Moodle courses
and Web pages. However, before uploading PowerPoint files, they
should consider the following drawbacks:
1.
PowerPoint files use
more computer space than files in HTML format and large files may
create network congestion and delays
2.
PowerPoint files
require the client computer to have PowerPoint installed locally
to function properly.
3.
When one tries to
open PowerPoint files inside a Moodle course or a Web page, a new
window will pop-up asking whether the user wants to Save or
to Open the document. The HTML version, on the other hand,
opens up instantly on your Moodle course (or on your Web page).
4.
For PowerPoint
presentations to be properly viewed on Moodle courses and Web sites
it is necessary that the viewer’s computer have installed the
Office XP Service Pack 1. However, professors cannot be sure
about the configuration on the computers of their students.
Thus, it is recommended that
professors convert PowerPoint presentations into HTML format
before uploading them onto their Web sites or Moodle courses.
To save a PowerPoint
presentation in HTML format (as a Web page):
- Locate the PowerPoint file in your computer. In the example, the
PowerPoint file is found on the desktop, and it is called
“Moodle-I-Intro”.
- Double-click the PowerPoint presentation to open it.
- Click on File, and select Save as WebPage.
- The Save As screen appears
- Select the location you want to save the PowerPoint as Web
page files in. In the example above, they are saved on
the computer desktop.
- Click Save and your presentation will be saved as “Web Page”.
- Close the original PowerPoint presentation.
Notice that the files of your
presentation (saved as Web pages) have been divided into one
folder and one file (.htm). To view the PowerPoint presentation on
a Web site or on a Moodle course you need to upload both the file
and the folder.
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