I am familiar with HTML, and have created many websites before, so I decided to concentrate on using CSS for my website. I went through the W3Schools CSS tutorial, and downloaded a few website templates to get a feel for what can be done. I have managed to create navigation and basic rules (fonts, Headers etc) using CSS but I’m still curious to learn more and am continuing to explore. I did learn some things that I have always wondered (like what order the padding numbers go in – answer clockwise starting at the top)

I must say I was very impressed with the wiki and its tools. Especially the information about accessibility and bad design. There are so many bad, difficult to read sites out there. I was not thrilled that Steven Mischook (Killersites) has gone commercial. (I guess we all have to make a living) If you dig around enough you can find the free tutorials though. I learned HTML from his site maybe 10 years ago. I would recommend the W3Schools HTML tutorial as well.

I am posting a link to my ePortfolio (work in progress) which is the culmination of my MET experience and my learning experience (including a *big* CSS learning curve.  Let me know what you think?  ePortfolio

Since sound is a big part of what I do for a living, Garage Band and Audacity are on my list of regular tools.  I find audacity is really good for doing things like changing the tempo of an mp3 (to dance to for instance) and I use garage band with my kids because it is easy.

I had a Student who dug around and found this software for PC which is strikingly similar to Garage Band in many ways (for those of you who don’t have a  Mac)  They have a free trial if you want to check it out.

http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/

I have also embedded a little tune that my kids did as a project (their own composition) I liked it! UBC WordPress seems to be clipping the mp3 to mere seconds, which is frustrating, so I have linked it to a google page. (there are ways around this!)

Student Sample

Is it a labour intensive process?

I have moodled before so much of the process was familiar to me.  It is actually fairly straightforward once you understand the interface.  The one thing that is a bit kludgy is the upload function.  Not intuitive.

What worked well?

Creating a simple Welcome page was pretty easy.  I still want to play around with adding some more interest using HTML, but will save that for another time.

What was challenging?

I would like to alter the theme, and also to have the ability to change some functions that I appear not to have security rights to.

What surprised you?

Not much since I have moodled before.