Generally speaking, a good web page limits file sizes by excluding unnecessary graphics to maximize access times, provides a straight forward layout that is easy to navigate, and offers the audience something useful, and hopefully unique. Because the web is a dynamic medium, my webpage has evolved during the years. At first, the page contained some basic biographical information, course outlines, and relevant links. Today, my web page stores my curriculum vitae, an on-line application for a special course I teach, and comprehensive assignments and resources to complete the assignments. My web page is slowly shaping up to be a personal library where I am curator, exhibitor, and archivist.
Personal information is designed to give students an idea of who their instructor is.
The personal information includes curriculum vitae, a set of teaching evaluations, and my teaching philosophy. Course information contains course syllabi, assignments, class notes, and grades. On-line resources are an abbreviated list of resources designed to complete course assignments. I found this section especially beneficial because I could list web sites as direct references for a particular assignment. The final section of the page consisted of a mechanism to communicate with students.