Contents -- Figures -- FIGURE 1.1 General Research and Reference Skills Tutorial -- FIGURE 1.2 Online Catalog Research Skills Tutorial -- FIGURE 1.3 Database- and Software-Specific Search Skills Tutorial -- FIGURE 1.4 Subject- and Course-Specific Research Skills Tutorial -- FIGURE 1.5 Assignment-Specific Research Skills Tutorial -- FIGURE 1.6 Internet Skills Tutorial -- FIGURE 1.7 General Library Orientation Tutorial -- FIGURE 1.8 Information Literacy Course -- FIGURE 2.1 The Design and Development Cycle for Web-Based Instruction -- FIGURE 2.2 Potential Comparison Criteria for Evaluation of Web-Based Instruction -- FIGURE 2.3 Script Outline for Research -- FIGURE 2.4 Sample Flowchart -- FIGURE 2.5 Gantt Chart for a Web Project Using Microsoft Project Software -- FIGURE 3.1 Browser Chart from Webmonkey -- FIGURE 3.2 Netscape Netcenter's Web Site Garage Browser-Compatibility Check -- FIGURE 3.3 Netscape Netcenter's Web Site Garage Page-Load Time Check -- FIGURE 3.4 Web Page Viewed in Code-Based Editor HomeSite -- FIGURE 3.5 Web Page Viewed in WYSIWYG Editor Macromedia Dreamweaver -- FIGURE 3.6 Web Page Viewed in Code-Based Editor First Page with Layout View -- FIGURE 3.7 CorelDRAW Illustration Software for Vector Graphics -- FIGURE 3.8 Macromedia Director Interactive Multimedia Authoring Software with Time Line -- FIGURE 3.9 Blackboard's Free Service to Create an Online Course -- FIGURE 4.1 Pop-up Window to Present Additional Information -- FIGURE 4.2 CNET's Window Builder Tool to Make Pop-up Windows -- FIGURE 4.3 Page Optimized for Scannability -- FIGURE 4.4 Tutorial with Location Marker -- FIGURE 4.5 Multiple Navigation System Example -- FIGURE 4.6 Text for a Navigation System -- FIGURE 4.7 Flowchart Example -- FIGURE 4.8 Menu Tree Example -- FIGURE 4.9 Drop-Down Menu Example -- FIGURE 4.10 Linear Navigation Design Example.

FIGURE 4.11 Frame Displays -- FIGURE 4.12 Tables Used as Layout Tools -- FIGURE 4.13 Effective Use of White Space Example -- FIGURE 4.14 Color Meanings and Perceptions -- FIGURE 4.15 Color Wheel and Color Schemes -- FIGURE 4.16 High and Low Color Contrasts and Legibility -- FIGURE 4.17 Effective Use of Color Example -- FIGURE 4.18 Browser-Safe Color Palette -- FIGURE 4.19 Free Color Utilities Example -- FIGURE 4.20 Advantages and Disadvantages of Highlighting Techniques -- FIGURE 4.21 Textured Background Image -- FIGURE 4.22 Comparison of Typefaces at Same Point Size -- FIGURE 4.23 Comparison of Windows and Macintosh Displays -- FIGURE 4.24 Comparison of Resolution and Text Size -- FIGURE 4.25 Bobby Accessibility-Check Tool -- FIGURE 5.1 Images Used for Navigation -- FIGURE 5.2 Graphics Used to Set a Mood -- FIGURE 5.3 Logo Used for Identification -- FIGURE 5.4 Photo and Map in Virtual Tour -- FIGURE 5.5 Screen Capture Used in Searching Tutorial -- FIGURE 5.6 Lotus ScreenCam Demonstration Used in Searching Tutorial -- FIGURE 5.7 Screen-Capture Demonstration Used in Author-Search Tutorial -- FIGURE 5.8 Animation Used for Visualization of Boolean Logic Concepts -- FIGURE 5.9 Zoom-in View of Raster Image Pixels -- FIGURE 5.10 Vector Images -- FIGURE 5.11 Comparison of Raster and Vector Images -- FIGURE 5.12 Advantages, Disadvantages, and Uses of GIF and JPEG Formats -- FIGURE 5.13 Useful Web Icons for Tutorials -- FIGURE 5.14 Creating an Image Map with Dreamweaver -- FIGURE 5.15 CNET Builder's Mouseover Machine -- FIGURE 5.16 Netscape Netcenter's Web Site Garage GIF Lube Image Optimizing Utility -- FIGURE 5.17 Image before and after Slicing -- FIGURE 5.18 Two Control Options for Sound Files on Web Pages -- FIGURE 5.19 Creation of an Animated GIF -- FIGURE 5.20 Macromedia Flash Application Interface.

FIGURE 5.21 Flash Animation Used in Texas Information Literacy Tutorial -- FIGURE 5.22 Director Shockwave Used in Organize and Synthesize Information Tutorial -- FIGURE 5.23 Macromedia Dreamweaver Used to Create Layer-Based Animation -- FIGURE 5.24 Axes of Three-Dimensional Graphics -- FIGURE 5.25 VRML Used to Tour a Library -- FIGURE 5.26 Video File, Load-Time, and Run-Time Indicators -- FIGURE 5.27 QuickTime Virtual Reality Tour -- FIGURE 6.1 Social Interaction through a Discussion Forum -- FIGURE 6.2 Information Transfer through Use of a Feedback Form -- FIGURE 6.3 Remote Access to a Database -- FIGURE 6.4 Knowledge Building through Formulating Search Strategies -- FIGURE 6.5 Virtual Experiences Designed for Live Interaction and Collaboration -- FIGURE 6.6 Hyperlinks to Create Interactivity in a Library Catalog Tutorial -- FIGURE 6.7 Image Map with Hyperlinks to Provide an Interactive Activity -- FIGURE 6.8 E-Mail Links to an Instructor -- FIGURE 6.9 Discussion Forum as a Communication Method -- FIGURE 6.10 Chat Program for Real-Time Distance Learning Communication -- FIGURE 6.11 Online Survey Using Forms -- FIGURE 6.12 Exercise Using Forms in Library Catalog Tutorial -- FIGURE 6.13 Activity Using Forms for Developing Research Strategies -- FIGURE 6.14 Self-Assessment Using Forms -- FIGURE 6.15 Testing Using Forms -- FIGURE 6.16 Evaluations Using Forms -- FIGURE 6.17 Skills Practice through Simulation of Database Searches -- FIGURE 6.18 Skills Practice through Simulation Created in Macromedia Authorware -- FIGURE 6.19 Skills Practice through Live Access -- FIGURE 6.20 Interactive Movement to Organize Notes -- FIGURE 6.21 Rollovers Used in a URL Exercise -- FIGURE 6.22 Web Programming Languages Comparison Chart -- FIGURE 6.23 Java Applets Used in a Library Information Access Tutorial -- FIGURE 6.24 JavaScript Source Script Library.

FIGURE 6.25 Hot Potatoes Quiz Creation Tool -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Introduction -- WHY USE WEB-BASED INSTRUCTION? -- WHEN IS WEB-BASED INSTRUCTION INAPPROPRIATE? -- THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WEB-BASED INSTRUCTION -- WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM THIS BOOK? -- 1 Library Instruction on the Web -- CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD LIBRARY INSTRUCTION -- TYPES AND EXAMPLES OF WEB-BASED LIBRARY INSTRUCTION -- 2 Design and Development Cycle -- PREPRODUCTION -- PRODUCTION -- PUBLICATION -- POSTPRODUCTION -- TESTING AND EVALUATION -- PROJECT MANAGEMENT -- 3 Selecting Project Development Tools -- USER CONSTRAINTS -- DEVELOPMENT HARDWARE -- AUTHORING SOFTWARE PROGRAMS -- 4 Designing the User Interface -- USER-CENTERED DESIGN -- INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND CONTENT -- BASIC GUIDELINES AND PRINCIPLES FOR USER-INTERFACE DESIGN -- NAVIGATION -- SCREEN LAYOUT AND PRESENTATION AIDS -- VISUAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS -- USER ACCESSIBILIT Y -- PAGE OPTIMIZATION -- 5 Multimedia: Using Graphics, Sound, Animation, and Video -- MULTIMEDIA AND INSTRUCTION -- TYPES OF MULTIMEDIA -- 6 Interactivity -- CATEGORIES OF INTERACTION -- INTERACTIVITY METHODS -- INTERACTIVITY LANGUAGES AND TECHNOLOGIES -- INTERACTIVIT Y DEVELOPMENT TOOLS FOR NONPROGRAMMERS -- 7 Evaluation and Testing -- WHY, WHAT, AND HOW MUCH EVALUATION? -- CATEGORIES OF EVALUATION -- EVALUATION METHODS -- CONTENT MASTERY -- Resources -- Accessibility -- Animation -- Applications for Building Interactivity -- Audio -- Browser Compatibility -- Cascading Style Sheets -- Clip Art -- Colors -- Communication Tools -- Course Shells -- Design and Development Cycle -- Evaluation and Testing -- Glossaries -- Graphics -- Image Optimization -- Library Instruction on the Web -- Markup Languages -- Multimedia -- Navigation -- Page Optimization -- Research Literature -- Rollovers.

Script Languages and Web Interaction Technologies -- Script Libraries -- Selecting Development Tools -- SMIL -- Streaming Media -- Typography -- User Interface Design -- Video -- Virtual Experiences -- Web-Development Sites -- Web Editors.