Since this is an Internet literacy class, you will publish much of your course work on a your Web pages, which will be linked to your home page on the George Mason University mason server.  This class is a good opportunity to become aware of the complexities of Web publishing - privacy, copyright, reliability of Web sources, audience concerns, etc.  Being aware of how to protect yourself and your copyrighted material, as well as the material produced by others that you reference on your Web page, is an essential component of this Internet literacy class. (If there is some reason why your identity should not be disclosed, please advise me about this so we can make alternative arrangements.)

 Please read these important guidelines;

• GMU Computing Policy for Web Pages
• Guidelines for Student Web Pages 

• First, create a "home page" on the mason server if you don't already have one.  Remember your "home" page file should be named index.html If you upload a new file with the same name it will automatically replace the old file. 
• Create a link on your "home" page to a page devoted to your Internet Literacy 249 class. 
• The html file that you create as the "home" page for your NCLC 249 Internet Literacy work should be called: nclc249.html

• Include appropriate graphics (.jpg or .gif). Create your own graphics or use free graphics and clipart. (Lots of animation and too many or too large graphics can be distracting and take a long time to load.)
• Be sure there is sufficient contrast between the background and the text. Be sure your background is not so "busy" as to make it difficult to read the text.

• Observe copyright laws and, of course, do not plagiarize someone else's work.

The html "page" file called nclc249.htm must contain:

 

-	your name at the top
-	an email link
-	a copyright symbol
-	a link to your copyright pledge, with your name filled in.
-	a link to the course syllabus
-	links to each completed assignment. Each completed assignment should be on a separate Web page, linked to your Internet Literacy 249 Web page.  (Your Web-based course work, of course, will also have internal links, where appropriate.  (If you revise an assignment, with my permission, please the original AND the revision on the Web, for comparison purposes.)
-	at least one graphic. Use appropriate graphics - suitable to the purpose/audience, not too large. (Do not use Web graphics without permission from the owner unless they are explicitly noted as "free".)

You will add new components to your course online portfolio as the semester progresses.

Web page resources:
 

-	Guidelines for Student Web Pages
-	GMU Computing Policy for Web Pages
-	Create your Web page on mason
-	Web Page Publishing Guidelines
-	Web Page Template and other Tags
-	Considerations When Creating a Web Page
-	Images, Backgrounds for Web Pages
-	FTP files to Web page
-	UNIX commands
-	Copyright and the Internet

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