Welcome to the "All you ever wanted to know about Course Pages" tutorial
(or so we think)

Editable Regions -- Links to Template and Naviagation -
Text Appearance and Formatting - How to Start a New Page with Template

Basically this is what your course page will look like. Of course, the title, nav and content will all be your own.

(click to enlarge)

Now here's a little bit about your editable areas....

The course page template can be saved into your own site by saving it from here.
Or it could already be in your department's directory

A Step-by-Step tutorial on your course page's navigation can be found at
http://www.cornellcollege.edu/web_policies/navigation.shtml.

DO NOT save this template into your W: drive. It will not work properly. Thanks. Email Lane if you'd like to be able to have your course webpages on your personal site.

CSS Styles Quick Reference:

Purple-Header = purple-header

this = caption

1px border around pictures = photo

anything other styles are for us. :)
any other formating you'd like to do, feel free.

Format = Paragragh
Font = Default Font
Size = None

How to Start a New Page with the "course_nav" template:

Once you have Dreamweaver opened and your own site defined (see multimedia studio's handouts), go to "File" - "New from Template." A box will pop-up in the middle of your screen with a list of the templates in your department's folder. The only one you're concerned with is one called "course_nav."
This will open a blank page that looks similar to the one above. The text within the light blue boxes are the editable regions: "department header," "course header," "Department," "Body," "Maintained by," and "course info."
- The "Department" heading (the large purple text saying "Biology 141 - Cellular Biology" above) does not have to be your department name.
- We recommed you put your course title there or the current section within your course's webpage
The Body is the most flexible space on the template (the width is approximately 540 pixels). The header can not be broken if text, images or tables exceed that amount.
- We recommed that you do not exceed the width of the header (700 pixels) if this page is intended to be printer-friendly.
- If precise formating is required (in syllabi, for example), then we recommend you create your syllabus first as a Word document and then save it as a .pdf. This will allow your students to easily download the syllabus and print it off.
If you already have your course pages built in the old template, just go to "File" - "New from Template" and then copy your content from the old page to the new one. And please keep all file extensions .shtml.
There is a navigation tutorial at http://www.cornellcollege.edu/web_policies/navigation.shtml. We recommend that you list your Department's Homepage at the bottom of the list.