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<p>How do I edit my homepage? (Bb - Students)</p><p><span id="bodyfont" style="font-family:Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><h2 class="nobot"><font size="2">Edit Your Homepage</font></h2> <h2 class="nobot"><font size="2">Understand it.</font></h2> <ul> <li><font size="2">Within each online course, a separate homepage area has been created for each registered student. The <strong>Edit Your Homepage</strong> tool lets you post information about yourself on this homepage area. </font></li> <li><font size="2">Placing information on your homepage is one way for you and your classmates to get to know one another. </font></li> <li><font size="2">The homepage also helps the instructor and mentor/teaching assistant get to know something about your interests. </font></li> </ul> <p align="center"><font size="2"><img alt="" src="http://online.fsu.edu/bb6tools/edityourhomepage/ediUnd_files/image001.gif" height="263" width="351" /></font> </p> <h2 class="nobot"><font size="2">Use it.</font></h2> <p><em><font size="2">To edit your homepage, follow these (1-6) steps:</font></em></p> <h3><font size="2"><em>Step 1</em>. Click the Edit Your Homepage tool.</font></h3> <p align="center"><font size="2"><img alt="" src="http://online.fsu.edu/bb6tools/edityourhomepage/ediUse_files/image001.gif" height="300" width="415" /> </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="2"></font> </p> <h3><font size="2"><em>Step 2.</em> Enter the information about yourself that you wish to share with your classmates, mentor/teaching assistant, and instructor.</font></h3> <p><font size="2">The <strong>Edit Your Homepage</strong> tool gives you space to include:</font></p> <ol> <li><font size="2">An Intro Message </font></li> <li><font size="2">Personal Information </font></li> <li><font size="2">A Photograph (optional) </font></li> </ol> <p><font size="2"><strong><em>Note</em></strong><em>:</em> To add a photo to your homepage, you will first need to download a digital image of yourself into a file on your computer.</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="2">If you have a digital camera, you may load a digital image from the camera's cartridge. However, you may also get a camera shop to take any photograph and make a digital image for you to use. </font></li> <li><font size="2">After loading a digital image on to a file, use the <strong>Browse</strong> function to locate and add the photo to your homepage. </font></li> </ul> <p align="center"><font size="2"><img alt="" src="http://online.fsu.edu/bb6tools/edityourhomepage/ediUse_files/image002.gif" height="276" width="383" /></font> </p> <h3><font size="2"><em>Step 3.</em> List your favorite websites.</font></h3> <ol> <li><font size="2">Scroll down to display the next section of the web page. </font></li> <li><font size="2">Enter the complete addresses of websites you would like to share with others. </font></li> </ol> <p align="center"><font size="2"><img alt="" src="http://online.fsu.edu/bb6tools/edityourhomepage/ediUse_files/image003.gif" height="278" width="424" /></font> </p> <h3><font size="2"><em>Step 4.</em> Complete the edit of your homepage.</font></h3> <ol> <li><font size="2">Scroll down to display the bottom of the web page. </font></li> <li><font size="2">Click <strong>Cancel</strong> if you do <u>not</u> want to save your information to your homepage. </font></li> <li><font size="2">Click <strong>Submit</strong> to post information on your web page. </font></li> </ol> <p align="center"><font size="2"><img alt="" src="http://online.fsu.edu/bb6tools/edityourhomepage/ediUse_files/image004.gif" height="297" width="412" /></font> </p> <h3><font size="2"><em>Step 5.</em> Return to the Tools area (or the area where your instructor has located <em>Edit Your Homepage</em>.</font></h3> <p><font size="2">After you click <strong>Submit</strong>, a web page similar to the one below will appear. It notifies you that your homepage now includes the information you entered.</font></p> <ol> <li><font size="2">Check the information. </font></li> <li><font size="2">Click <strong>OK</strong> to return to <strong>Tools</strong> (or other) area. </font></li> <li><font size="2">If you want to make additional changes, click <strong>Edit Your Homepage</strong> and make your changes. </font></li> </ol> <p align="center"><font size="2"><img alt="" src="http://online.fsu.edu/bb6tools/edityourhomepage/ediUse_files/image005.gif" height="297" width="412" /></font> </p> <h3><font size="2"><em>Step 6.</em> Visit your homepage.</font></h3> <ol> <li><font size="2">To see the changes on your homepage, select <strong>Roster</strong> in the <strong>Communication</strong> area. (<strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Your instructor may have located Roster in a different area.) </font></li> <li><font size="2">Search for your name. </font></li> <li><font size="2">When it displays, click your name and your homepage will appear. </font></li> <li><font size="2">Check your edits. </font></li> </ol> <p><font size="2">To visit your classmates' pages, click their names.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="2"><img alt="" src="http://online.fsu.edu/bb6tools/edityourhomepage/ediUse_files/image006.gif" height="255" width="374" /></font></p> <p align="center"><font size="2"><img alt="" src="http://online.fsu.edu/bb6tools/edityourhomepage/ediUse_files/image007.gif" height="109" width="361" /></font> </p> <h2 class="nobot"><font size="2">Use it well.</font></h2> <p class="nobot"><font size="2"> </font></p> <ul> <li><font size="2">Check the website or ask your instructor for specific guidelines or suggestions on developing your homepage for the course. </font></li> <li><font size="2">Try to give the other members of your class a real sense of what interests you: hobbies, background, future plans, and so on. </font></li> <li><font size="2">Since you have a separate homepage for each course, make the information on each one relevant to the course topic. </font></li> <li><font size="2">If you already have a more comprehensive home page on the Web, add a link to it from your course homepage. </font></li> <li><font size="2">Photographs should be in JPG format and, ideally, not more than 200-300 pixels wide. DO NOT upload copyrighted images belonging to other parties. </font></li> <li><font size="2">Be considerate of other students when adding materials and hyperlinks to your Student Home Page. In particular, do not include offensive materials oar materials that are inappropriate for a university website.</font></li> </ul> <p align="center"><font size="2"><img alt="" src="http://online.fsu.edu/bb6tools/edityourhomepage/ediUseW_files/image002.jpg" height="220" width="273" /></font></p> <ul> <li><font size="2">With limited exceptions, University websites may not be used for personal commercial gain. </font></li> <li><font size="2">For more information on using FSU computing resources, see the document "Use Of University Information Technology Resources" located at </font><a href="http://gtcr.fsu.edu/#policy"><font size="2">http://gtcr.fsu.edu/#policy</font></a><font size="2"> -- especially Sections C and D. </font></li> </ul> <p> </p></span></p><h3>Alternate Questions/Keywords</h3><p></p><br><br><br><br><a target='_new' href='http://www.parature.com' style='font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;color:999999;'>Help Desk and Customer Support Software by Parature</a>