How+to+use+the+virtual+classroom

Here are some guidelines in how to use this site. Feel free to add information as you figure out how all this works.

Please do not use IM language or slang. We want to use our virtual classroom just like we would if we were in class speaking with one another. This is good practice for communicating in a setting where other teachers, NASA and administrators are joining our classroom.

Please post new messages on the pages where you have questions. When you are replying to a post just click reply. You do not need to make a new post. We want to try to keep the comments together because it gets hard to figure out who is talking to who.

Try not to email each other. The point of the classroom is to learn from each other. We can't do that if we are not sharing.This is not My Space! Please remember that there are folks from NASA, TCU, and school administration who are interested in our class.

Most importantly feel free to make this site your own. This is our class and we are all designing it to learn from each other.

How to add a page: Click on new page in the upper left hand corner. Create a name for your page and be sure to click save. How to link to your page: There are two ways to do this: 1. If you have want to show the page in the left hand side of the main page then click on edit navigation. You will need to type the name of the page. Highlight the name and click on the link button in the toolbar(looks like earth with the link connected). Click on your page in the dropdown box and then be sure to save. 2. I suggest that for information about moons with a particular planet that you create a link in the actual page. For example I created links to Io on the Jupiter page and Titan on the Saturn page. You create a new page. Go to the page you want to include the link and type in the words you want to use for your link. Highlight the words and click on the link button in the toolbar. Choose your page and be sure to save.

This will help keep our information in a user friendly format. Information won't be scattered. For example, if you want to learn more about Neptune you can click on the Neptune page and learn all there is about Neptune.