Using the Class Web



Using the Class Web (Updated)

The discussion board on the class web is the best way to post information for all your students, for example the room number for a review session (particularly useful if you receive the room number after you’ve already held a section). To view the class web page, go to econ.ucla.edu, click on Undergraduate, then on Class Web, then select your course. Browse to the discussion board, and if you post a message, it will automatically be identified as posted by a TA.

Creating a Website

You can make a TA site that is part of the class web site by going to

and logging in with your UCLA ID and URSA Pin Code. Notice that you will also be able to enter the day and time of your office hours here. (This will only work after you are officially entered in the main computer as a TA for the course – i.e. if your name is posted on the class web site.)

Once you are logged in, click on the link beneath “Make TA site.” Your website will be created and a link to your website will appear. Click on the link to go to your website.

Creating Documents

There are two principal types of documents posted on the web:

HTML format: Each HTML document is a webpage. The easiest way to make a webpage is to write a document in Microsoft Word 97 or later and choose the option “Save as HTML” when saving the document. (Word recognizes web addresses as you type. To insert a link with a name instead of the web address, use the command Insert … Hyperlink.)

Netscape Composer is another HTML editor that is very similar to word processing. You can access Netscape Composer from Netscape Communicator by going to the file menu and selecting New … Blank Page. To create a link in Composer you must go to Insert … Link. To edit the appearance of the page, go to Format … Page Colors and Properties.

PDF format: Many papers and other long documents are posted as PDF files that can be opened only by Adobe Acrobat Reader, a program that you can download from the Adobe website for free. A link for instructions on converting a file to PDF format is:

Once you have your HTML or PDF file, you will need to know it’s address on your local computer, so you can upload it to the web.

Posting Documents

At your TA website, click on the “Administration” link at the bottom of the page. After entering your UCLA ID and URSA pin number, you will be given a list of choices. The choices allow you to enter text or post links on the various parts of your website. In order to post a document, you must first use the File Upload Utility to place your file on UCLA’s server. Then you must create a link to the file.

Click on File upload utility. Enter the address of the file on your local computer and the filename you wish to use to access the file from the server (must end in .htm, .html, or .pdf if a document). If you wish students to access this file from the main page of your site (as opposed to from the List of Links page), check Yes in answer to the last question and type the text you wish students to click on in order to access the page. (This automatically creates a link to the file on your main page.) If you wish students to access this file from the List of Links page, check No in answer to the last question. Go to “Admin Home”, and select “List of Links edit.” Under Item Name, enter the text you wish students to click on in order to access the page and under URL type the name of the file you uploaded to the server using the File upload utility.

If you have problems with any of these procedures, please contact me at csissoko@ucla.edu.

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