We have had to upload our pages in two different environments: Blackboard (which
is similar to CourseInfo) and our school's faculty server.
The advantage of using a system such as Blackboard is that everything is protected
by password. Blackboard sites are designed for students at a university, so
you may be able to use copyrighted materials that your university owns (contact
your Dean or legal department to see what guidelines are appropriate for you
to follow if you want to do this).
A link to a step-by-step tutorial for uploading pages on Blackboard is below
(another window will open).
If you are interested in uploading pages to a server, such as your faculty server,
we also have provided a brief description of a software application we like
to use called RBrowserLite. RBrowserLite is called a
FTP client (file transfer protocol), which moves your local files to a server.
We like RBrowser Lites because it runs smoothly with Mac OSX. To get more information about the program and/or to download the application (which is free), visit the RBrowserLite website.
Here is the basic feel for the application. The window to the right should pop-up. The Host/URL is your server, such as faculty.university.edu. The username and passwords are however your server identifies you when you login. The path is what will navigate the browser to your folder. Because the settings vary from server to server, you may need to contact your departmental technology support if you are having trouble with the log-in.
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Once you have successfully logged in, two windows will likely appear:
1) your server folder, which is where you are going to put your files so that
the world can access them and
2) your own computer files (you will have to navigate to where your stuff is).
The picture on the left is an example of some files already put on the server. On the right are files in the local computer's folder with the addition of "courses.html." In order to put this new page on the server, you just click on it and drag it to the window on the left. RBrowserLite does the rest.
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