Links
 WEB SITE DESIGN
Alertbox: Jakob Nielson's Column on Web Usability
A bi-weekly column on topics relating to the usability of Web sites. Nielson has been writing this column since 1995, with a focus on how to make sites accessible to the widest possible audience.
Curricular Computing's Didactic Web
The Didactic Web was developed by Curricular Computing to support faculty use of technology in teaching and research. The site contains tutorials on various topics, including how to design Web sites and how to work with digital images. The site also contains downloadable Web site templates for creating on-line discussion areas and course Web sites.
Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide
A practical guide to creating Web sites that work. Also available in book form, published by Yale University Press (Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton, March 1999). 
TECHNICAL GUIDES
The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
A comprehensive list of HTML tags. This site is a reference site, not a "how to" site. You might consult this site as you work on your own pages for information about specific HTML usage.
NCSA: A Beginners Guide to HTML
A basic primer on HTML and creating Web sites. This site provides a good overview, but there's not enough content here to see you through the process of creating a Web site. Use this site in conjunction with one of the reference sites listed, or with an HTML reference book.
projectcool media
A collection of links to Web sites that are about creating Web sites. The sites featured are all high-quality, and are directed at Web designers of all kinds, from novice to advanced. This is a perfect starting point for anyone involved in making Web sites.
W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium
The W3C is an international consortium formed in 1994, hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Computer Science, the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique in Europe, and the Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus in Japan. Among their many services, the W3C produces standards and recommendations for the Web. Their site contains information on all aspects of developing and using Web sites. The site is extensive, even overwhelming; go there for answers to specific questions about HTML, not for a general overview.
CONTENT SOURCES
ArtToday
The ArtToday collection contains clipart, fonts, buttons, arrows, and many, many other images you may find useful when creating a Web site. A portion of ArtToday's collection is available at no cost, or you can become a member ($29.95/year) and access the full collection.
Photodisc: Royalty-Free Digital Stock Photography
Use Photodisc's search feature to locate and download free low-resolution images for comping purposes. If you decide to use a Photodisc image on your Web site you can purchase non-commercial rights for a nominal fee (~$20) on the Photodisc Web site.
DYNAMIC MEDIA
How to Produce High-Quality QuickTime
This article from Terran Interactive, makers of Media Cleaner Pro, provides a description of each step of preparing digital audio and video using the QuickTime format. This is an excellent place to begin exploring dynamic media.
Judy and Robert's Little QuickTime Page
This site offers weekly tidbits on the changes, updates, new releases, and tips and tricks for Apple's QuickTime dynamic media format.
IN THE CLASSROOM
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Internet Resources
The Chronicle maintains an index of Web sites that may be of interest to educators. The sites included are mainly those of academic organizations and societies, and compilations of links to Web-based resources in a particular subject area. The index is organized by discipline, and can be browsed or searched.
Evaluating Web Resources (Widener University Library)
This site has many resources to help with evaluating Web sites. Use the site to refine your own critical skills, but also to help your students evaluate sites before using them in their coursework.
The Internet Scout Project
The Scout Report, a publication of the Internet Scout Project, is a weekly publication available both via email or on the Web. It is created by librarians and content experts who scout the Web for resources that might be useful to educators.
MERLOT
MERLOT, or Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching, is, among other things, a database of learning materials. What makes MERLOT different from other Web Teaching directories is that the materials are informally reviewed through user comments and, in some cases, formally reviewed by means of a traditional scholarly peer-review process.
Web Teaching
Web Teaching at Dartmouth College is a resource site for educators and instructional technologists who are interested in using the Web to teach. The site contains case studies, articles, forums, reviews, and pointers to useful Web-based resources. Web Teaching is developed and maintained by the Curricular Computing division of Academic Computing.
The World Lecture Hall
A collection of links to course Web sites from around the world. You can add your own site to the collection, or search the collection for links to sites specific to your discipline.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright Clearance Center
This online licensing service allows you to submit permission requests for the use of copyrighted materials, and will negotiate the transaction for you. There are different licensing options to choose from, but the most relevant to FacWUG members might be the Electronic Course Content Service, which facilitates licensing for use in conjunction with online instruction.
Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, and Licensing Issues
This up-to-date and comprehensive copyright bibliography is maintained by the Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE. The subject categories are current awareness, reference, organizations, initiatives and projects, articles, papers and reports, and laws, policies and court opinions.
Copyright Management Center
The Copyright Management Center at Indiana University was founded to address the issues involved with creating and using copyrighted works in a teaching and research environment. The site contains primarily pointers to articles and policies written by the CMC group. There are also links to other copyright authorities, such as the U.S. government copyright sites.
U.S. Copyright Office
The Copyright Office site offers current developments in copyright legislation, as well as general information about copyright and procedures for registering a work. The Copyright Basics circular and the copyright FAQ are particularly useful.
JOURNALS
First Monday
This peer-reviewed journal from the University of Illinois at Chicago is focused on the political and social aspects of the Internet. There is not much practical advice to be found here on creating and using Web sites, but the issues raised are interesting and thought-provoking.
The Journal of Electronic Publishing
This electronic journal is published quarterly by the University of Michigan Press. The peer-reviewed articles discuss aspects of using the Internet as a publication medium.
The Technology Source
This monthly e-journal from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill includes a Case Studies column that may appeal to educators who are just starting out and want to know what others are attempting using technology in teaching.
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