1. Adding form and function to your ACEweb pages
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Adding form and function to your ACEweb pages

2. Agenda Spicing up your course status page
HTML in your descriptions
Add pictures
Embed video
Showing related courses
Add more to your course lookup options
Switch to graphical group listing
Add instructor bio photos
Displaying info for unscheduled courses

3. Agenda Adding more to your location records Other helpful tools, like:
Include an interactive embedded map
Display images of the location
Other helpful tools, like:
Use social media links – free advertising!
Display the logged in students escrow balance, and targeted upcoming courses

4. HTML in course descriptions
Using the built in HTML editor
Limitations
Making subsequent changes
Using an external editor
More robust
More compatible and compliant with standards

5. Adding pictures Image source Adding it to your HTML description
Determine how and where your picture will be hosted on the web
Obtain the link or URL
Adding it to your HTML description
Must follow HTML coding standards
Limited support for image manipulation
Existing hosted image – copy the link
Host the image on your ACEweb – put in images folder, verify, then copy link
<p><img src=“

6. Embedding Video Videosource Adding it to your HTML description
Determine how and where your video will be hosted on the web
Obtain the embed URL
Adding it to your HTML description
Must follow HTML coding standards
Any changes to embed settings must be done through the source
Aceweb does not support hosting video through its framework.
Extra embed options depend on video site

7. Related Courses Verify compatibility and choose style
Make sure your XCourseStatus.htm template contains the ##pcRelatedList## OR ##pcRelatedLink## functions
Choose which courses to use
Specify which catalog codes you want to “link” to on the pre-requisites tab

8. Graphical Group listing
Choosing between single or dual level grouping
Hosting group images
Must be done locally
Limit filenames to 12 characters
Format images to the same dimensions
Add group description

9. Instructor Bio’s with picture
Using the HTML Bio memo field
Accepts HTML just like course descriptions
Determine how and where the instructor image will be hosted
Must follow HTML standards
Make your images “web safe” first!
Ch.jpg = HUGE
Chuck.jpg = web safe
<p><img src="/wconnect/ace/images/chuck.jpg"></p>
<p><img src="/wconnect/ace/images/ch.jpg"></p>

10. Display Unscheduled Courses
Publish descriptions of your courses that aren’t currently running
Captures student interest in those programs
Allows prospective students to sign up and create accounts to get notified
Create or modify the catalog codes
Check “publish on web”
Enter “offered when” message
Assign grouping code(s)
Assign Interest code
ACEWARE users group for example
Showcatalog aceweb.ini setting set to ON
Might need new xperson.awp and xshowschedule.htm

11. Add more to your locations
Embed an interactive map to your location
Obtain the embed URL from your map of choice
Must follow HTML standards
Can add other pictures using HTML
Registration confirmation can be edited to use this field (default is locinfo)
<iframe src=" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" style="border:0"></iframe>

12. Other tips Use social media links – free advertising!
Requires social.js script
Contact your tech for assistance
Display the logged in students escrow balance, and targeted upcoming courses
Shows on enrollment card, profile, and welcome pages
Contact your tech to enable

13. Next Webinars from ACEware
September 1:30 PM - Software update webinar
September 2:00 PM - The Top 20 Things all ACEweb Users Should Know