Web-Based IT Resources

I've put together a number of links to resources that are either campus-based (where you can turn for help if I'm not available, or it's a question that falls outside my purview), or web-based. These resources are meant to help you find answers to some of your common questions, ranging from network and e-mail-related to simple web tutorials, &c.

If I've missed a topic or area that you find particularly troublesome, please let me know, and I will try to find a campus-based resource, where you may find further assistance.

New to Computing? Introductory Basics

Basic Computing Tutorials - Everything from initial computer setup, Windows how-to, printer FAQs, mousing techniques and useful jargon. For Windows users.

File Management - These tutorials are designed to acquaint you with one of the most basic procedures you will need to know--data storage and retrieval.

Web Design

WebMonkey: The Web Developer's Resource - For the more seasoned web designer. A handy toolbox of how-tos and quick reference.

Dreamweaver Help Index - Use this site for quick tutorials on various aspects of Dreamweaver, such as inserting a table, or setting up forms.

Understanding File Transfer - The ABCs behind understanding what it means to upload and download to a server, or to your ASU webspace. A nice tutorial on using Secure FTP.

Microsoft Word and the Web - What!?! You mean, I can use Microsoft Word to create a single webpage?? The answer is "YES"! If all you want to do is turn a single, stand-alone document into a document that you can deliver over the web, then using MS Word's "Save as webpage..." command might be just the thing for you. Click on the link for a tutorial. This tutorial for Word 97 is from Bradford College, and should work with Word 2000 as well.

If you plan on using Microsoft Word to create web pages, you may want to download the Office 2000 HTML Filter 2.0, which allows you to remove Office-specific markup tags embedded in Office 2000 documents saved as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). By removing the tags, you reduce the size of the document, which in turn reduces both the amount of space used on Web servers as well as the time it takes to download the page.

Backgrounds, Buttons and Clip Art

Eos Graphics - Original web art; includes background textures, buttons, text graphics, navigation buttons, bullets, pointers, &c.

Clip Art - Warehouse site for clip art, animations, fonts and graphics, with a great search function.

Authoring Tools

Hot Potatoes - The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for non-profit educational users who make their pages available on the web.

Interactive Exercise Makers - Located at Swarthmore College, the interactive exercise makers allow you to create thirteen different types of exercises for delivery on the web.

Information Worksheet Creater - Create free educational worksheets such as flashcards, game boards, and quizzes to print directly from your browser. Simply choose a word list and an output style. Support for Spanish, French and German.

SMILE: Interactive Learning Exercises - A suite of wizards that create web-based activities for language learning and practice. Created by the Center for Language Education And Research (CLEAR) at Michigan State Univerisity.