How to Create a Teacher Page

...with a Lesson Plan Link

Use a Teacher Page to introduce yourself and showcase activities in your classroom.  A Teacher Page can be published alone, or lesson plans and other related activities and articles can be incorporated into the page with a hyperlink.

To create a Teacher Page with a Lesson Plan or other related page, you will create a static Teacher Page and then create other expired articles within your Teacher Page.

Follow these easy steps:

• Select "Create Article"
  • Option 1 to insert a picture(s) - Browse to insert a picture(s), and SOCS will automatically size the picture(s)
• Continue Article Editor
• Headline - Teacher Name
• Remove Byline
• Write article - Include pictures, personal information, teaching experience and credentials, related links, etc
  • Option 2 to insert a picture(s) - Go to the tool bar, select Insert and choose Local Image from the drop-down box.
• Remove feedback from the article if feedback is turned on
• Fill in the publish begin date
• Make the publish end date "none" (article will stay on the site until you remove it)
• Approve the article
• Assign article to appropriate Section
• Submit article

To add a Lesson Plan to the Teacher Page, continue with Step 2

• Select "Create Article"
• Continue Article Editor
• Headline - this can just be "Lesson Plan", or it can be the name of the course
• Remove Byline
• Create your lesson plan in the same way you create articles - The lesson plan can be a table or text.  FES has a lesson plan template you can use - just ask Client Relations
• Remove Feedback
• Expire the article (make the publish begin and end dates in the past so the article does not appear as a separate article)
• Approve the article
• Assign article to appropriate Section
• Submit the article

Step 3 - Link Lesson Plan to Teacher Page

• Go to the Archives Section on the front page and search for your Lesson Plan article (use the headline as the Keywords).
• View the article
• Highlight the URL in the address line of the browser and copy it (edit and copy or use the Ctrl C keys)
• Return to Central Services, select Search Article from the Editor menu and locate your Teacher Page article
• Choose Edit Article
• Place the cursor where you want your lesson plan to appear in the article
• Click on the Hyperlink icon on the advanced tool bar and the Insert Hyperlink screen will appear
• In the Text to display field, type Lesson Plan (or other title)
• From the Target Frame drop-down list, choose New Window
• In the Address field, remove any partial URL and then paste the URL from the Lesson Plan article (using Ctrl V keys).

• NOTE: For Expanded View option (without template framing) add this step: Edit the URL by typing "EXP" behind "ART". Example: http://socsdemo.fes.org/vnews/display.v/ARTEXP/2005/06/10/42adb17c1470e

• Preview the article to make sure the Lesson Plan link goes to your Lesson Plan.
• Submit the article