You've planned, designed and built the greatest WebQuest in the world. Now what do you do with it? The web site must be "uploaded" so that the teacher can use it with their classes.

You have three possible choices: run the web site locally, upload it to a school or school district web server, or upload it to a free web server. The choice your team makes here depends on the situation of the teacher.

If the teacher plans to run the WebQuest as an extension activity on only one or two computers in the back of their room, you could run the site "locally." These computers must have a connection to the Internet if the "Resources" section of your WebQuest involves connecting to sites on the Web.

To run the site locally, simply copy all the files for the site, including graphics, into a folder or directory on each computer. If you created subdirectories (or folders within folders) as a way to organize your web site, be sure to maintain that structure when you copy the site onto these computers. Once it's copied, to access the site, choose Open Page or Open from the File menu of your browser and select the first or front page HTML document of the site. Your WebQuest should appear in the browser's window. Double check the site thoroughly to make sure all the links work and the pages and graphics appear on the screen as you designed them to do. You can also bookmark that front page so it's easy to access.

If your school or school district has a web server, you could upload your web site to this server. To find out how, contact the person in your school or school district who is responsible for running that computer. Once your site is on the server, this person will tell you it's Internet address (URL) so that you can bookmark it.

Sometimes, running the site locally is not an option since you might not know which computer(s) you would be using to access the WebQuest. And, if you don't have access to a server in your district, then you must find another way to get your WebQuest visible on the Web so students can reach it. If you created your WebQuest using Tom March's §Filamentality, then your web site is probably already on his web server.

If you didn't use his service, there are still other ways. Remember when we first started training on the concept of WebQuest? You were directed to several §free email services to establish your communications network. Many of these companies also provide free server space for hosting web pages. You usually have to agree to allow them to advertise on your web pages in return for the service. Be sure to carefully review the company's "Terms and Conditions" and get approval from your school district. The service will have instructions about how to upload your WebQuest and obtain it's Internet address (URL).

It was a lot of work creating a WebQuest, wasn't it? But you should have the world's best now, so it was worth it! If you care to do so, please email me to let me know your thoughts about T-Spider.Net. I'm always looking for suggestions on ways to improve it. I would also be very interested to see your WebQuest, so include the address if it is on a server.

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Thanks for using T-Spider.Net! Best of luck with your WebQuest.

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