• Publish high quality digital products
• Learn to write hypertext
• Demonstrate an understanding of basic design principles
• Learn how to create and incorporate graphics and other elements
• Post coursework online for peer teaching and review.
• Gather and publish links to resources related to the final group project
• Demonstrate how your learning experiences in completing this assignment and publishing the portfolio of your work on this site relate to the New Century Competencies.

• Content - All assignments that are Web-based, plus relevant information, such as name, email address, date of creation, link to home page, copyright symbol, etc.
• Conventional English - grammar, spelling (Use spellcheck!!), clarity, logical organization, evidence of proofreading
• Organization - Your Web site should a clear organizational pattern within the "texts" and within the site as a whole.
• User-friendliness - The main page should have links to all required material.  There should be clear linking pattern within each assignment.  All links should work!! Don't maroon your reader on a page, without an avenue of escape!! It is not your reader's responsibility to try figure out where you have located your Web material.
• Layout - Your Web site should have margins, font that is not too large or too small, appropriate contrast between text and background, consistent color scheme (Your course Web site page should have an overall, consistent design.).
• Graphics - Your graphics should be relevant to the topic and should compliment, not overshadow your written content. Your graphics should not be memory hogs. We are not in a good mood when we have to sit there and watch your graphics load.
• Copyright - You should always cite the sources of all information that you did not create yourself. This includes graphics. It is illegal to "capture " someone else's document and post it on your Web page. Linking is okay (Some Web sites, however, have guidelines for linking to their material.).You must gain permission from the source to copy a graphic onto your Web site. All material on the Web is copyrighted, whether or not there is a copyright symbol. We recommend the APA guidelines for citing sources.
• Appropriate information - Your Web site should not reveal personal information about yourself or others, nor do we advise you to post personal photographs.

Specific guidelines for your course Web page: 
 

• Create a generic GMU personal home page if you don't already have one.  This page should be named index.html. 

Caution: Creating a new index.html file will overwrite your old one.
• Create a link on your "home" page to a portal page, called: nclc348.html,  for your NCLC  348 class.
• Required components:

Ways to approach your Web site:

• Develop a  plan - Brainstorm possible contents, visit some Web sites for ideas, outline or make a "tree" of the elements, storyboard a rough design, experiment with color combinations and graphics. Read these brief guidelines on writing hypertext. 
• Script your content - Be sure your content is well-developed, coherent, and well-organized before you begin to publish.  You can't choose an appropriate form until you know in detail what your content is going to be. Remember, your Web material will be visible to anyone with Web access. Develop the organization and linking of your content.  Revisit your final product for final changes and be willing to change textual, graphic or other elements that do not contribute to your message in each particular part of your site. Less is more (more often than not)! 
• 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. 

• GMU Computing Policy
• Web Publishing Guides, especially the Yale Style Guide
• Copyright and the Internet
• APA Guidelines for Citing Sources
• Protect your Privacy and Reputation