Enterprise Web Services
example of embedded slideshow
Gmail, Picasa, and Calendars
Let's add a Google Calendar to your website for EVENTS.
To see what an embedded calendar looks like in a webpage:
http://www.mesacc.edu/~brazda/
I especially like this calendar because I can edit it from any location and the changes are shown immediately on the website.
To do this you will need to sign up for a Gmail account. If you already have one I would suggest getting another one with which you can send emails regarding school business to keep those "official" emails seperate from your personal email.
Once you have a Gmail account you can sign up for a calendar. Go to http://www.google.com and click on Gmail in the top left menu. I would choose a username like mccnameofdepartment@gmail.com or mccstudenthelp@gmail.com - something that would differentiate it from your personal.
Once you have a Gmail account you can also sign up for Picasa which is an online photo storage and display area. I use Picasa to post photos of stuff I want to share with my friends and family - you can post photos of interest to students showing class projects, field trips, events - that sort of thing.
When you create a Picasa gallery you can either place the link on the webpage or embed the slideshow directly into the pages. I have embedded a slideshow on this page. These are photos posted on my Picasa site. Pam Schuler( in the Music Department) has a huge number of galleries on their department's Picasa site which are linked not embedded. See what the linked galleries look like: http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d28/index.html. Click on Galleries in the leftside menu.
Just a few more ways to connect with your website visitors. If you need help with any of this - let me know!
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