Pathways for Publishing Course Profiles on the Web:*

Creating a New Course Profile**

* Course Profiles refer to the web-based documents intended to provide course information for persons interested in attending the university or engaged in course selection. They are distinct from official course outlines or syllabi which individual instructors distribute to students already enrolled in a course offering. Course profiles will be directly accessible from the online calendar in the Registrar's webspace.

** Course Profiles can be created either as a totally new document, or by converting an existing course outline. For more information on the latter, see Converting Existing Course Outlines to Course Profiles.

A. Without an HTML editor...

[i.e. using word processors]

B. With an HTML editor

[including WordPerfect 7 and Word 7 with HTML export]

1. PREPARATION

a) View or print any of the supporting documentation for course profiles from TSS at: www.tss.uoguelph.ca/course/coursehome.html

a. Using the documentation as a style and content guide, create a course profile document.

b. Save file to a diskette as a regular word processing document.

c. Jot down any web links [URLs] that you wish to add to your course profile. [e.g. to course home pages, department, etc.]

1. PREPARATION

a. Look at supporting documentation for course profiles from TSS at: www.tss.uoguelph.ca/course/coursehome.html

b. Download the template from the TSS web site or acquire it from TSS on diskette.

c. Open template with HTML editor.

d. Overwrite the placeholder text in the course profile document with your own content, making changes as necessary.

e. Add any desired web links [URLs][e.g. to course home pages, department, etc.]

f. Save file in HTML format using the course number [e.g. xx-xxx.htm]

2. CONVERSION to HTML

a. Arrange to use TSS workstation with HTML editors. Contact Aldo Caputo [acaputo@uoguelph.ca, ext. 2936] or Mary Nairn [mnairn@uoguelph.ca, ext. 3571]

b. Bring the diskette containing the word processing file of your new course profile.

c. Use the HTML editing software on TSS workstations to do any final editing, including adding links. TSS can assist you in completing these tasks.

d. Save file in HTML format using the course number [e.g. xx-xxx.htm]

2. PLACEMENT

a. Forward file to Registrar's office. E-mail it to regweb@uoguelph.ca as an attachment or send it over physically on a diskette identifying it as a course profile for the web.

3. PLACEMENT

a. Forward file to Registrar's office. E-mail it to regweb@uoguelph.ca as an attachment or send it over physically on a diskette identifying it as a a course profile for the web.

address for course profiles:
www.uoguelph.ca/regweb/cxx-xxx.htm

address for undergrad calendar descriptions:
www.uoguelph.ca/undergrad_calendar/cxx-xxx.htm