How to build HTML documents with Frontpage

Why build with Frontpage for Blackboard

• Same basic word processor like commands as Word 
• Same basic formatting commands like Word
• Higher levels of table control (a necessity)
• Allows for placement of image files in a specified directory
• Is used in conjunction with Winzip to create an archive to allow images to be viewed
• HTML files require less space than word files and therefore download faster
• Does NOT require the end user to have Word

How to build a page with an image

• Start Frontpage
• Ensure the Normal tab is selected at the bottom
• Insert a table (It is best to place all text and/or images in table cells for alignment)
• Insert text or type in text
• Insert images 
• Save the HTML page, note frontpage will prompt you as to where the images are to be saved 
• Take note of the filenames of the HTML and image files
• Place your saved images in the same directory as the HTML file (this is very important)
• You are finished with the page 

How to create a zip archive with WinZip

• Start Winzip
• Create a new archive (file, new archive), remember the filename of the archive
• Add the HTML files and the image files to the archive with Action Add, or Add on the toolbar
• Exit Winzip the archive is complete (note you can double click the archive and inspect the files after)
• You are finished with the archive

How to import a zip archive with Blackboard

• Login into your Blackboard course
• Go to control panels
• Click course documents under content areas
• Click add item or drill down to the folder where you want to place an item
• Specify a link name under the Content Information area #1
• Scroll down to Content Attachments and click the Browse button
• Find you zip archive on your local drive
• Click the special action combo box and select Unpackage this file
• Click submit
• You will then be asked to provide the entry point to the archive, select the HTML filename
• You are finished with add item and you content with the image is available in Blackboard

Why not Word?

• The end user must have word to view the content
• Word files are large and make for longer download times
• There is no end control of image linking in Word

Why Frontpage (HTML)

• The end user has a web browser already to access Blackboard
• Frontpage will render the page more accurately like it will be displayed in Blackboard
• You have control of image placement and linking
• You have better control of tables (a must for HTML)
• HTML files are small and therefore download faster
• You can create more sophisticated HTML layouts in Frontpage

Why Winzip

• To ensure proper linkage to image files, the archive must be zipped
• If you plan to user HTML render Powerpoint shows, you must create a zip archive

If you still want to use Word with Images

• You will need to save as an HTML file
• Word will save the images in a directory with the same name and _files appended
• You will need to create a zip archive as above
• Select your root HTML file and add to archive
• Select the directory holding the images
• Select all files
• Ensure the save full path info is checked
• Import into Blackboard as above