1.  Check to see if Netscape Communicator is installed on your computer (check in Applications folder).  If not, download the program. http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp

If youíd like to download an earlier (less cumbersome) version, go to
http://wp.netscape.com/download/archive/client_archive47x.html
 

2.  Under the Window menu, select Composer (in earlier version of Netscape, under the File menu, select Open page in Composer)
This part of the program allows you to create webpages and webquests.
 

ï  Create a new page.  Select New under the File menu or click on the first icon in the  toolbar.
 

ï  Save the page on your desktop or hard drive space.  Under the File menu, select  Save as.
Give the page the title index and save it.
In earlier version of Netscape, you must give the title index.html
(Index is the universal locator  name search engines need to locate and display a webquest or webpage.)

 You should create a folder, e.g., Fred's Webquest Folder, into which you'll save all  files associated with your webquest or webpage.

ï Put text on the page just as you would in a word processing appplication.

ï Select background and text colours under the Format menu.

ï  Create a link to another site.

 For example, you wish to link to a restaurant site which has its menu published  in French.
 ïType Un menu on your page.

 ïHighlight Un menu.

 ïClick on the link tool (from the toolbar on top of the page) and a window  opens.
Type in the complete URL of the site you'd like to link. http://_________
 (You may need to visit the site first and copy its URL.  You can then paste the URL into the link window by pressing Command (the key with apple on it) & "V"

* If youíre ever not sure of which icon represents which tool, just float your mouse over each icon and its label appears below.
 

ïSave your changes.  Click on the icon shaped like a diskette or select Save from the File menu.
 

ï Check your link on the internet.  To leave the Composer window and use the  Navigator function of Netscape, select Navigator from under the Window  menu or click on the icon shaped like a ship's steering wheel.  This allows you to  browse on the internet.  You can now check to see if your link works.

ï  Return to Composer.  You can tell you're there when you see the toolbar again.
 

ï Put an image on your page.  Images are files which need to be saved into your  webquest folder.  They are usually named with .jpg or .gif or .pdf as their suffix.

 To copy an image from a website, go back into Navigator (under the Window  menu or click on the steering wheel icon) and go to the picture you wish to copy.  Click and hold your mouse down over an image until a dialogue box appears.   Select download image to disk or save image to disk and a window will  appear.  Indicate the location, i.e., in your webquest folder on the desktop or  harddrive space, and click OK or SAVE.

 Return to your webpage in Composer and click on the place where you'd like to  insert the image.  Select the image tool from the menu bar.  A window will ask  you to indicate where the image file is located (in your folder).  Browse or Choose  the location and click OK or OPEN.
 

ï Create other pages which can be linked to your index page.

For example, you may wish to prepare a separate question page or evaluation  rubric.  Type Question Page or Evaluation Rubric on your index. page.

 ïCreate a new page by selecting New from the File menu or clicking on the first icon on your toolbar.

 ïPlace any text, images and/or links you wish on this page.  Save the page into  your folder.  Give it a short title, e.g., question.
(If in the earlier version of Netscape, give it the title question.html)
There should never be spaces or  punctuation in your filenames.

 ïNow return to your index page.  Highlight the words Question Page and click  on the Link tool.  A window will appear in which you Browse or Choose the file  to which you wish to link -- in this case, question (or, if you're using earlier version, question.html) which has been saved in your  folder.

 ïSave the changes.  Check out the link by clicking on the Browse icon (the ship's  steering wheel).
 

Et voilà!  You have all the skills necessary to create a WebQuest / webpage.