1. To open the template, you must first open Netscape Communicator. Find the Communicator icon on your screen and double-click on it.
2. You should see the La Cañada Unified School District web site. To get to the portfolio template, click twice in the white ‘Location’ box near the top of the screen. At the end of the address, ADD ‘/lchs/portfolio’. The complete address should now be ‘http://www.lcusd.k12.ca.us/lchs/portfolio’. Press Enter.
3. You are now at the Digital Portfolio homepage. Here you can find help and resources to use in making your portfolio. Click on the link called ‘Template of Digital Portfolio’.
4. Now you can see a basic template that will help you make your portfolio.

Saving the Template

1. From the ‘File’ menu at the top of the screen, select ‘Save As’.
2. In the window that appears, there is a ‘Save In’ box. Click on the black triangle to the right of this box.
3. You should see a list of the computer’s hard drives. One of the drives will be labeled with your student ID number (J: drive). Click on this drive.
4. Now you have to create a folder called ‘www’ to store your portfolio in. Find the icon of the file folder with a star on the upper-left corner. Place your cursor over it and it should say ‘Create New Folder’. Click on this button.
5. A folder will appear in the main box with the name highlighted. Change the name to ‘www’ and press Enter. Then double-click on the folder.
6. Click on the ‘Save’ button.
1. Note: Do not change the file name. It must be called ‘index.html’!

Opening a Page with Composer

1. In order to change your page, you must use Netscape Composer. To open your page in Composer, go to the ‘File’ menu and select ‘Open Page’.
2. Click on the circle next to ‘Composer’ where it says ‘Open Location or File In.’
3. Next click on ‘Choose File’. If the file ‘Index.html’ is not immediately visible, go to drive J: as you did in steps 2.2-2.3, then double-click on the ‘www’ folder.
4. Double-click on the file ‘Index.html’ then click on the ‘Open’ button.

Editing the Template

Saving

1. Note: It is a good idea to save your work often.

Making an Absolute Link

1. You will create a link the La Canada High School web site. First, scroll the screen back up to the top of the page.
2. Highlight ‘La Cañada High School’.
3. Click on the ‘Link’ button.
4. In the box ‘Link to a Page Location or Local File’ type the Internet address of the school’s web site. The address is: ‘http://www.lcusd.k12.ca.us/lchs’.
5. Click on the ‘OK’ button
6. The words ‘La Cañada High School’ should now be blue and underlined.

Testing a Link

1. The first step is to save your work by clicking on the ‘Save’ button.
2. Next, click on the ‘Communicator’ menu near the top of the screen. Go down to ‘Web Page’ and click.
3. If Netscape is not at your page, go to ‘File’ and choose ‘Open Page’. If it is, click on the ‘Reload’ button, then go to step 7.6.
4. The highlighted text should end with ‘\www\index.html’. If it does, make sure the ‘Navigator circle is checked and click ‘Open’. If not, you will have to click ‘Choose File’ and select your file the way you did in steps 2.3-2.5.
5. You should now see your modified page. If it still reads ‘Your Name’ at the top, click on the ‘Reload’ button.
6. Test your link by clicking on it.
7. If you go to the desired page, your link is working properly. You can use the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous page.
8. Note: You are now in Netscape Navigator, which lets you see how your page will appear and test links but not edit it. To return to editing, click on ‘Communicator’ at the top of the screen and go down to where it says ‘Compose Page’ and click. You are now back in the editing program called Netscape Composer.

Creating a Sample File

1. To open Microsoft Word, first click on the ‘Start’ button in the lower-left hand corner of the screen.
2. Go to ‘Programs’ and click, then go over and click on ‘Microsoft Word’.
3. Type something in. This file is just to help you learn how to make links, so it doesn’t have to mean anything.
4. Now you will save your work as an ‘.html’ file.
1. Go to the file menu and select ‘Save as HTML’.
2. Go to your folder as you did in steps 2.2-2.3.
3. Type a descriptive file name in the ‘File Name’ box, ending with ‘.html’.
4. Click on the ‘Save’ button.
5. You will get a pop-up message. Click ‘Yes’.
5. Exit Word by clicking on the ‘X’ in the upper-right hand corner.

Relative Links

1. Save your html files to your directory on the server.
2. Decide which link should lead to your file. For example, if you have an essay that shows your thinking and analyzing abilities, you would choose the link ‘Sample 1 (Thinking, Analyzing)’.
3. Make sure you are in Composer and click on the link.
4. Next, click on the ‘Link’ button at the top of the screen.
5. Click on the ‘Choose File’ button.
6. Find the name of the file you want the link to go to and double-click on it.
1. Note: Your file must be saved in ‘.html’ format. You did this in step 8.4.
7. Click on the ‘OK’ button.
8. Save your work and test your link.
1. Note: If you want to change the name of the link, simply use the ‘Backspace’ key to erase the name and type in your own. For example, if your link leads to an essay, you might want the title of the link to be ‘An essay on To Kill a Mockingbird’.

Creating a New Link

Getting Files From Home

1. To protect against viruses you cannot use the floppy drive on your computer. Take your disk to your teacher. He or she will put the disk in their computer and copy the files to your folder so you can use them.