The steps in the process include typing all text designing the home page and major sections' templates producing the files testing them loading onto the server checking the navigation and for compliance with required specifications obtaining department approval, and bringing it before the Internet faculty. The steps are meant to be descriptive, offering a strategy that works, not prescriptive, inhibiting developers' creativity. However, the guidelines must be observed for approval and the recommendations are meant to save time in either creating the site or managing the course. Although the steps below appear to be a linear process, actual practice shows that the activities eventually turn into a recurring cycle. To begin, open a word processor and create all text for all the pages.
Many instructors use what they already have for traditional classes as a point of departure.
Make sure all course materials conform to department regulations for that course. Since the formatting may change when you paste it into an html file, do not double space, indent for paragraphs, bold, italicize, or center text. Think through the decisions about the electronic classroom, lectures, quizzes, orientations, evaluations, weekly contacts, and retention. Create the appropriate text to explain each. Compose assignments and instructions in language that communicates clearly.