Are you frustrated with your start or homepage for the web? Does it take too many clicks to get to web pages frequently accessed? Do you find yourself emailing the same documents and web links to peers/students and wish you could just point them to a single web page with all of the information? Would you like quick access to the latest information from professional publications in your discipline? If you were able to answer “Yes” to any of these questions above, this may be the workshop for you.
OBJECTIVES
- Learn what a Start Page is and see examples of how it can be used
- Compare features of various Start Page tools such as iGoogle and Pageflakes
- Create a Start Page
- Add important documents and web links to your Start Page
- Add feeds from professional publications to your Start Page
- Add gadgets like podcasts and pictures to your Start Page
- Learn how to access your Start Page from other computers
- Learn how to share your Start Page with students and peers
Handouts:
To see the PowerPoint used in this workshop, click here.
To see the paper handout (PDF) used in this workshop, click here.