How to use CONTRIBUTE
To get started updating your website, you need a "connection key." You only need to access it once from the computer you'll be working on. (You'll have to go through the process again on the computer in your classroom. Currently it's not feasible to edit your website from home).
You'll need to find your CONNECTION KEY,
DOUBLE CLICK it, and enter your PASSWORD:
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What you do:
Open a new INTERNET EXPLORER and COPY the following into your browser
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Go to My Computer, select the _ _ _PUBLIC drive on COVFACULTY and open the C_Keys folder |
High School Users (check your email--it contains the most updated information.) |
\\covfaculty\chs$\CHSPUBLIC\C_KEYS |
Nathan Hale Users |
\\covfaculty\cnh$\CNHPUBLIC\C_KEYS |
Robertson School Users |
\\covfaculty\ghr$\GHRPUBLIC\C_KEYS |
Coventry Grammar School Users |
\\covfaculty\cgs$\CGSPUBLIC\C_KEYS |
You'll receive your password at the workshop. The screen will also ask you the enter your username (your email: John Doe is JDoe@coventryct.org).
Once you're "in" Contribute, and see your page, let's close Contribute completely. That's to show you the...
| STEP 2: ROUTINE WAY TO TO EDIT YOUR SITE |
Look for this icon  on your desktop. If you can't locate it, you can go through the Start Menu. Depending on the age of the computer, Contribute will be under (older) Macromedia... or (newer) Adobe. They function identically!
You can click “unblock” should this screen appear...
NOW…
It goes to your “home” page.
You can browse as you would in Internet explorer.
When you want to edit, click EDIT PAGE
And work on changes as you would in Word. The top menu allows you to insert links, images, and grids
When you are done, you click PUBLISH.
Create a teacher page with contact information |
Your home page is already created for you. It's a free-form page, so it's helpful to insert a table like this one where you can plug in your picture, contact information and helpful links. To create a table, go to... ..."table" in the top row ...choose the number of rows/columns ...right click (or select table in FILE menu) to change "table properties" and the "cell properties" of the cells in the table if you'd like more interesting colors. |
Create and uploading a biography in a textbox |
You can either type freely on the page, or encapsulate your writing in tables as explained above. |
Inserting a hyperlink |
On the top menu there's a "LINK" icon that will walk you through it. You can also right click to insert a link. You can link to any web page. You can also...
...link to a new page you've created
...link to a .doc or .pdf or other file you've loaded to the website
...link to another teacher's website
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"Put" a word file on the site |
Go to ...
...link
...file on my computer
...you load the file and link to it at the same time!
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Add a new site |
You might find it easier to post important info, and remove it on a timely basis. Posting documents with different names can use memory and clutter up your folder...
So you might want a separate "Homework" site that you edit frequently while leaving your main teacher site alone...
HOW TO:
1) Be sure you've published your draft of your main site.
2) Click "New Page" next to "Edit Page" (or FILE...new page)
3) Select "copy of current page" on the left
4) Name it (lower right)
5) delete everything on this "new page" with the new name
6) Publish...
7) Accept (generally) where the computer suggests storing the new site.
8) P.S. it asks "are you sure you want to publish without linking to it". You can say NO because... (next topic)
9) Now you can go ahead designing this new site!
NOTE: It's important to add a new page exactly this way or else you mysteriously end up without the fancy banner for your school!!!
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Link to your file... |
You probably want your teacher page to have a link to that new page you made.
1) Click LINK
2) Drafts and Recent Pages
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Upload a picture |
Your "pic" needs to be stored as a file locally or on a "thumb" drive for you to upload it. I like to put the picture inside a table so I can put text on either side (in a 3-column table). The "image" dialog next to "link" walks you through it. Once your picture is there, you can right click to see the cropping and resizing options. |
More |
Just ask!!! |
Homework Policy, Elementary Specials, Links to academic resources and homework help sites, HS users: access to My Gradebook info
Bill's Test page.
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