Understanding Hyper-text
Stage 1: Experiencing Hypertext [15
minutes]
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Visit
the Hypertext
Maze [Browse. Click on as many
links as possible.]
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Read this hyper-text resume.
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Open
Microsoft Word. Go to the help
section. Click on the Index tab. Type in the word Table in the search box. Go to the very first entry there-
"About Tables". Read this
document.
Stage 2: The Basic Tools To Create Hypertext [15 minutes]
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Microsoft
Word Menu- Insert-Hyperlink. Follow
instructions to add links. You can
either save as a Word document or as Web Page.
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Powerpoint
Menu- Inser-Hyperlink. Follow
instructions to add links. Save.
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On
the Web, you can either upload a Word document or a hyper-text document. To see the difference between the two, first
go here
and then go here.
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To
make sure you know what you have understood how to do this, follow these steps-
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Create
a Word document with one link.
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Save
it as a web page on to the desktop.
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Now,
follow the next two steps to upload your file.
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As
I indicated earlier, I am assuming that you have a UW NetID and that it is
activated for Web publishing. If this
assumption is incorrect, please go HERE
and finish this.
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Uploading
files on the Web:
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Locate
SSH-Secure FTP on the desktop/PC.
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Click
on "Quick Connect".
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You
will see a pop-up screen. If the host name
is blank, type in dante.u.washington.edu.
For user name, enter your NetID.
Click on Connect.
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If
you have activated your account, you should see a public_html directory. Click
on it.
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Go
to- http://students.washington.edu/yourNetID.
You should see your file in hyper-text.
Click on the link to make sure it works.
Stage 3: Getting Fancy [5 minutes]
- You can create links to
anything in Word.
- Try this.
- Create a textbox. Type in a word.
- Now, create a link for
the textbox.
- Create the flowchart
shown below.
- Insert a link to each
textbox.
The stages in the consumer purchase process are
shown below. Every textbox is linked.
Can you do this?
Stage 4: Writing in Hyper-text [10
Minutes]
- Your job is to write a
2 page hyper-text document on one of these topics
- "I,
Brand". [Analyze yourself as
a brand]
- Create a hyper-text
resume.
- Create a knowledge map
of what you have learned in this class so far.
- Give me a demo of your
page when it is done.