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[[Image:Book10.png|frame|none|more navigation aides]]
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== Using Book ==
One may, of course, use book to present information in a well-structured, user-friendly format. But there are other possibilities. Because this module allows one to import individual web pages or folders of web pages, it is useful for group work. Example: Each student creates a simple web page about your school and the teacher, (that's you!) uploads the pages to the book. ''Viola!'' You and your students have created a useful, interesting resource for new students and their parents. You could do this to create a class cook book and nutrition guide, a resource about local civic organizations, ''triangles in our daily lives'', world leaders, you name it.
[[Image:Book-import1.png|frame|none|click on the import link]]
[[Image:Book-import2.png|frame|none|browse to the desired web page or folder of web pages and import them into your book]]
Note: Relative file links are converted to absolute chapter links. Images, Flash and Java are relinked too. Remember to upload images and multimedia files as well as html files to your server, of course. Javascripts, SSI page includes, etc., will probably be lost, however, so keep your pages simple and static.

Revision as of 12:15, 22 May 2012


You now see a chapter and a sub chapter. Because we did not elect to number chapters, the fact that the second chapter is a sub chapter cannot be seen in the table of contents. Note that you do, however, see this in the title above the content.

By the way, the items in the table of contents are neither numbered nor are they indented only because that is the option we chose when setting up the book. We can always go back and change that.

File:Book9.png
better and better

Navigate your book

In addition to the links in the table of contents, you may move through the book using the arrows located to the top-left and bottom-left of the content.

more navigation aides

Using Book

One may, of course, use book to present information in a well-structured, user-friendly format. But there are other possibilities. Because this module allows one to import individual web pages or folders of web pages, it is useful for group work. Example: Each student creates a simple web page about your school and the teacher, (that's you!) uploads the pages to the book. Viola! You and your students have created a useful, interesting resource for new students and their parents. You could do this to create a class cook book and nutrition guide, a resource about local civic organizations, triangles in our daily lives, world leaders, you name it.

click on the import link
browse to the desired web page or folder of web pages and import them into your book

Note: Relative file links are converted to absolute chapter links. Images, Flash and Java are relinked too. Remember to upload images and multimedia files as well as html files to your server, of course. Javascripts, SSI page includes, etc., will probably be lost, however, so keep your pages simple and static.