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1 Updated: November 2017 This is a work in progress. Have feedback? Contact Sarah.Aschbrenner@mnhs.org We have designed this workbook to help you start your National History Day Website. Work right in this packet. Ask your teacher if you have questions or visit the Minnesota History Day website:

2 There are two parts to this workbook: The Basics: Follow these steps to create a first draft of a National History Day (NHD) Website. Start here if you have never made a website. You will learn the rules and first steps. Remember: Many of the ideas are suggested starting places. You can create your website in many different ways. Be sure to work within the NHD category rules. Beyond: There are lots of extra tips and there are many extra features in the NHD Website Editor. Wait until you have completed your first draft before trying any of these tips. Creating a first draft of a website is one of the LAST steps in the History Day process. Before you begin this workbook, you should have: Completed most of your research Written a thesis Divided your information into sections Have notes or written text for each section of your project Have a start on visuals, quotes, or media for your website. (You will probably need to look for more as you complete your project.) If you are not done with these items, go back to the Research Workbook to finish these steps. You are responsible for following the general rules for all categories. Website students are also responsible for following the category-specific rules for National History Day Websites. You should read the National History Day Contest Rulebook for complete rules. Creation: Entries must be created using the NHD Website Editor: Word Limit: 1,200 or fewer visible, student-composed words. This does not include quotes, the repeating navigational structure on each page, or navigational instructions. Size Limit: 100 MB or fewer. You can see your website size on your login page. Media Limit: No more than four minutes total media in the website. You can divide this up between audio and video. Homepage: Your homepage must include student name(s), title, division, number of student-composed words in website, number of total words in process paper, and a menu that links to all pages of the website. It s a really good idea to include a thesis, but not required. Credits: You must include credits for visual materials and quotes. See page 22 for more information. Embedded Content: Embedded content is not allowed on NHD Websites. All content (documents, media, etc.) must be included in the website itself. You cannot link to outside websites except to provide plugins. See page 24 for more information. NHD Written Materials: You must include your process paper and bibliography on the website. National History Day in Minnesota 2

3 Start with the Heart of the Follow the numbers (two What happened? How did it happen? When did it Why did it happen? Who was involved or Where did it happen? Thesis Name(s), title, division, What are some things that Think about positive and How did this event impact What background What events, ideas, or What was going on in the So what? Why is your topic How has your topic Why is the event still Who were the main What are they doing to What events or ideas led What was life like at this Process Paper Annotated Bibliography These pages are the basics you will need to cover all the information about your topic in your website. You may end up adding more pages, but start with the basics first. Directions: Use your thesis to decide which major ideas you want to include on each page. Story (section one). through five) to plan the rest of your pages. During the Main Event Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Heart of the Story or During the Event Look for the 5W s and an H: happen? affected? Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Home number of studentcomposed words in site, number of words in process paper, and navigational menu Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Short-Term Impact or Right After the Event happened or changed right away? negative changes. different groups of people. After the Main Event Background or Long Before the Event information does your reader need to know about your topic? people happened before your topic to influence it? world? Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Long-Term Impact or Long After the Event important in history? changed history? important today? Before the Main Event Build-Up or Right Before the Event players? get ready for the main events of your topic? up the main event? time? Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Written Work

4 Your Thesis During the Main Event Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work After the Main Event Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Before the Main Event Home Background Build-Up Main Event Short-Term Long-Term Written Work

5 Organize the information on each webpage with subsections. There are usually between one and three subsections on a page. Subtitle Background Build-Up Heart Long-Term Short-Term Written Work Each subsection will include your words and supporting evidence. Most subsections include: Subtitle Student-composed text Evidence: Usually one to three pieces of evidence in a subsection. This evidence could be an image, audio or video, quote, graph, map, document, or other primary source. Each visual or quote must have a credit. Evidence with caption/credit Subtitle Your Text Your Text Evidence with caption/credit Evidence with caption/credit Subsection Layout Keep the information in each subsection close together. Don t spread it down the page. This will help viewers to see that your words and these pieces belong together on the website. Tip: You could include a line, or a small amount of blank space, between your subsections to show where one section ends and a new one starts. Reading words on a computer screen is different from reading in a book. You need to think about: Line Width: Other than a title, try not to have any line of your text go across the entire width of the page when read on a laptop or desktop monitor. Paragraph Length: Long paragraphs can be hard to read on a screen. Try to make sure paragraphs are no longer than four sentences. Try Columns: Instead of stacking textboxes and evidence on top of each other, put them next to each other in columns. Two columns is best, but try not to make your page more than three columns wide. Home Background Build-Up Heart Short-Term Long-Term Written Work National History Day in Minnesota 5

6 You are not just decorating your website. You are using evidence to prove your thesis. Fill out this chart to show the types of evidence you have already found. Brainstorm other types of evidence for which you might look. What is it Found it How many? Can t find it Doesn t exist Look for this Photograph Artwork Map Political Cartoon Newspaper Film Footage Music or Sound Interview Artifact Chart or Graph Document Ephemera (like a ticket, event program, or other stuff left behind) Ad or Propaganda Primary Quote Secondary Quote National History Day in Minnesota 6

7 Finding evidence is just the first step. You need to store, download, and prepare your picture and media files before uploading them into the NHD Website Editor. The Cloud (like Google Drive) A Flash Drive Network File/Folder Good: Accessible by group members from school or home. Bad: Usually provided by school. You may not have one. Good: A small portable drive where you can keep files. Bad: It s easy to lose. Only one group member has it at a time. Good: You may already have access to this at school. You can t lose it. Bad: You may only be able to access this at school. Images Including photos, art, graphs, or pictures of artifacts or documents Finding: Most students will find images files on the web. You can also scan or take a photograph of an image you find in a book. File Type: The NHD Website Editor accepts many image file types. Most images will be.jpg. Resolution: Look for images that have a high resolution. Low resolution photos will be grainy. Quote Finding: Photocopy or copy the quote from your source. Documents or Newspapers In a PDF file format Music, Sound/Audio Recording Storing: Keep your quotes a digital file, like a Google Doc, or in a notebook. Be sure to include quotation marks, so you know it s a quote, who said it, when, and where you found it. File Type: Many of these files are already formatted as PDFs when you download them. If they are saved as an image file, follow the instructions above, under image Finding: You may find this type of evidence online, or you may create it yourself, such as an audio recording of an interview. Downloading: Some websites offer a download feature, but you may need to use a screen recording tool or third-party software. If you have an option, download as an MP3. Video Finding: You may find this type of evidence online, or you may create it yourself, such as a video recording of an interview. Only group members and interview subjects may appear on camera in History Day projects. Small Edits: You can make small edits to images in the NHD Website Editor, like cropping or adding text. Big Edits: If you want to make major changes, like creating a header banner with several images, you will need a separate photo editing program. You may have a program on your computer, like Photoshop, or use a web-based program. Search for online photo editor. Selecting: If you found a long quote or passage, you may need to select the part of the quote you want to include. Look for the best one or two sentences. Upload as PDF: If you want to upload the document as a PDF, you should use the File option in the NHD website Editor. Converting to Image: If you want to use a document or newspaper as images, you will need to use a software program or web-based program to convert the file. If you have Adobe Acrobat there is an option in the program to save as image or to Take a Snapshot of a specific part of the document. File Type: You will need to save or convert audio files to MP3, which is the only audio file type the NHD Website Editor supports. Editing: You must edit these files before uploading them into the NHD Website Editor. You will need to use your own audio editing software. Usually you will trim them into smaller pieces. Pick the best section and place it where it best fits into your website. File Types: You will need to save or convert video files to.mp4,.mpg,.mov, or.wmv, which are the only video file types the NHD Website Editor supports. Editing: You must edit these files before uploading them into the NHD Website Editor. You will need to use your own video editing software. Usually you will trim them into smaller pieces. Pick the best section and place it where it best fits into your website. National History Day in Minnesota 7

8 Look for the important elements the students included on one page of their NHD Website. Follow the instructions below. 1. Circle the title for their website. 2. Look for the menu. Is it horizontal or vertical navigational? Check one below. Horizontal Vertical 3. Use a color marker or pen to circle the two subtitles on this page. 4. Use a highlighter and highlight all of the student -composed text. 5. Use a pencil and circle all the pieces of evidence on this webpage. 6. On the lines below, write the types of evidence you found on this page: 7. Underline the credits for each visual and quote. National History Day in Minnesota 8

9 Website Title: Rosa Parks: Taking a Stand by Sitting Down Page Title: Refusing to Compromise: Sparking the Boycott (Rosa Parks Arrest Photo) (Photo of Rosa Parks Sitting on Bus) Home Background Build-Up Heart Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Home Background Build-Up Heart Short-Term Long-Term Written Work Rosa Parks Prepares to Take a Stand Parks joins the local (Rosa Parks quote from her autobiography about why she Thesis Statement chapter of NAACP Parks learns about nonviolent protest at Highlander Folk School Other protests taking place in country at time (Quote about what she learned at Highlander Folk School) refused to give up her seat) (Photo of Parks before protest) Group Member Names Junior Division Group Website #### student-composed words in website ### words in process paper #:## minutes media Refusing to Move (Quote from Parks about why she refused to give up her seat) (Arrest Photo) Next Description of the actual event and arrest Newspaper headline about arrest Back Next National History Day in Minnesota 9

10 Draw pictures, write, or make notes about what you plan to put on this page. Write your text in a word processing program. Save your evidence to a flash drive, the Cloud (like Google Drive), or a network folder. We have already included space for: A header image. Optional. Many students use a header to grab the viewer s attention A navigation menu. You must have a navigation menu on your homepage. It could be horizontal or vertical. Required. You must add: Your website title Your individual or group member names Your category/division The number of student-composed words in website The total number of words in process paper Optional. You should consider adding: Your thesis The total minutes of media (audio and video) in your website Home Background Build-Up Heart of Story Short-Term Impact Long-Term Impact Written Work National History Day in Minnesota 10

11 Draw pictures, write, or make notes about what you plan to put on this page. Write your text in a word processing program. Save your evidence to a flash drive, the Cloud (like Google Drive), or a network folder. Home Background Build-Up Heart of Story Short-Term Impact Long-Term Impact Written Work National History Day in Minnesota 11

12 Draw pictures, write, or make notes about what you plan to put on this page. Write your text in a word processing program. Save your evidence to a flash drive, the Cloud (like Google Drive), or a network folder. Home Background Build-Up Heart of Story Short-Term Impact Long-Term Impact Written Work National History Day in Minnesota 12

13 Draw pictures, write, or make notes about what you plan to put on this page. Write your text in a word processing program. Save your evidence to a flash drive, the Cloud (like Google Drive), or a network folder. Home Background Build-Up Heart of Story Short-Term Impact Long-Term Impact Written Work National History Day in Minnesota 13

14 Draw pictures, write, or make notes about what you plan to put on this page. Write your text in a word processing program. Save your evidence to a flash drive, the Cloud (like Google Drive), or a network folder. Home Background Build-Up Heart of Story Short-Term Impact Long-Term Impact Written Work National History Day in Minnesota 14

15 Draw pictures, write, or make notes about what you plan to put on this page. Write your text in a word processing program. Save your evidence to a flash drive, the Cloud (like Google Drive), or a network folder. Home Background Build-Up Heart of Story Short-Term Impact Long-Term Impact Written Work National History Day in Minnesota 15

16 Nine Things to Know Before You Login to the NHD Website Editor We know you re excited to login to the NHD Website Editor. Hold on for a little bit longer. Read these reminders carefully. All group members should initial next to each item and sign on the bottom. 1. Publishing Your Site: Any changes you make to your website will not be uploaded to the Internet until you publish the website. Click on the blue Publish button in the upper right corner of the NHD Website Editor. We recommend regularly publishing your website. Be sure to publish before the lockout deadline for judging. 2. Your Privacy: Only people who have the URL will be able to see your website. People cannot search for your website on a search engine, like Google. 3. Keep Your Password Safe: Do not share your password with classmates outside of your group. Keep your password in a safe place. Log out of the NHD Website Editor when you are done working on a public or shared computer. 4. One Website Per Group: You will create one website per group. Share the password and login information with group members. 5. Tampering with Other Websites: It is against the rules to tamper with (delete, edit, or destroy) other student s projects. You can be disqualified for doing this. Log out to protect your website. 6. Working in Groups: It is possible for group members to work on the same website at the same time. We recommend that you work on different pages. If you work on the same page at the same time, you can accidentally delete other group member s work. 7. Viewing the Website at Competition: Your URL will be posted in the Regional or State event schedule. Other students will be able to see the projects against which they are competing. 8. Lockouts for Competition Judging: Website students will be locked out of editing their projects during the week before Regional and State competitions. Judges will review websites during this time. 9. Deleting Websites: National History Day deletes websites from the system each summer. It is YOUR responsibility to convert your NHD Website to a regular Weebly website after competitions are over. Follow instructions when you login to the NHD Website Editor in spring. You should not count on a reminder from your teacher or National History Day to do this. Initial Initial Initial Initial Initial Initial Initial Initial Initial Signatures Signature of Individual or Group Member 1 Date Group Member 2 Date Group Member 3 Date Group Member 4 Date Group Member 5 Date National History Day in Minnesota 16

17 Start at You will create one website per individual or group entry. Fill out the Get Started Here section at Include an address. Be sure to start at starting at regular Weebly will limit your access to features. Keep your login information in a safe place. Share it with any group members. Keep it private from other classmates. Your Dashboard From your main dashboard, you can see your URL, title, and total file size. You can View Site in a web browser or Edit Site. Click on Edit Site. 1. Your first step is to add pages. Click on the Pages link in the top black bar. A new menu will appear on the left of your screen. 2. In the Pages menu, click on the Plus Sign. Click on Standard Page to add a new page to your website. 3. In the Standard Page menu you should: Give your page a title Choose if this page will have a header image. You can change this later. Do not select Hide in Navigation. 4. Your site automatically has a Home page. Add six more new pages and name them: Background Build-Up Heart of the Story Short-Term Impact Long-Term Impact Written Work Organizing Pages The order your pages show up in your Pages menu is the order they will appear in the website. Make sure they are in the same order listed above. If you need to rearrange these: 1. Put your cursor just to the left of the page title until a crosshair cursor appears. 2. Click and hold as you drag the page name straight up or down to the correct spot. 3. Let go. If the page name is indented in the Pages menu, it means that your cursor was too far to the right when you let go. Repeat the steps above and make sure your cursor is further to the left before you let go. National History Day in Minnesota 17

18 0 Select a template for your website after you have added the basic pages. Click on the Themes menu in the top black bar. This will bring you to the Theme Gallery. When choosing a theme: Notice the navigational menu. Most menus go across the page horizontally. Some menus go vertically along the left side of the webpage. You can t change this about a template. Pick a template that already has the horizontal or vertical menu you want. Don t worry about the pictures. These are generic and you will change them later. Don t worry about text colors or font. You can change these later. Caution! Changing a theme after you have added content to your website can cause problems. You will lose font and color choices. Your images may not line up the same way. Once you select a theme, try to stick with it. Click on Theme on the top black bar. The Change Fonts menu will appear on the left, under the Change Theme button. Select the font, size, and color for each text element, like paragraph titles or text. These choices will be applied to all of the elements of the same type. Font Size Viewers will first look at the largest fonts on a page. Make other fonts slightly smaller for subtitles, and a little smaller for text. Page Title Subtitle Your text Captions and Credits Largest font to catch attention Slightly smaller font, but easy to see when a new section starts Should be easy to read Smallest font on website Colors Most of your text should be in a dark color, like black or dark gray. This will be easier to read on the screen. If you are using an accent color, make sure that: It is appropriate to the topic. For example, don t use a silly font for a serious topic. It is easy to read. For example, neon yellow is hard to read. Fonts Choose a font that is easy to read. Sans Serif fonts are easier to read than decorative fonts. San Serif font Decorative font National History Day in Minnesota 18

19 It s okay to use Background, Build-Up, Heart, Short-Term, and Long-Term when planning your project. You will want to rename each of these pages. Use words that are specific to your topic. Rename your pages by clicking on the Pages menu in the top black bar. Then click on the Page Title along the left of your screen. Home Background Build-Up Heart of the Story Short-Term Impact Long-Term Impact Written Work To Add Header Image: You can include a header image when you add a page. If you originally clicked no header, you can change. Click on the Pages button and select the page. Select Header option. To Change Header Image: You first need to add a header. Follow the directions above. To change a header image: Hover over the header until a menu appears. Two options will appear: Edit Background or Replace Header Layout. Edit Background: Select a solid color or an image for your header. Use a high quality image related to your topic. Do not use the Editor s stock photos. Replace Header Layout: Changes the entire style of the header. Adding a Website Title is optional. Add this from the Settings menu. Website titles will be the same on all pages. Adding a Header Image is optional. You can have a different header image on each page. Add header images from the Pages menu. Adding Header Text is optional. Change this while working on a specific page. The header text can be different on each page. Most students use header to display the page title. Some students use header for a website title, instead of including a website title on the top. National History Day in Minnesota 19

20 Select the Page where you want to work. Click the Build link in the black menu on the top of the screen. A new menu will appear on the left of your screen. To add something to your website, click and hold on the element button. Drag it to the workspace on the right side of the page. A blue line or box will appear. Move the element around to where you want it. Let go. Basic Menu: Used Most Often in History Day Websites Title: Add a subtitle. After you add a title, click on the box. A new menu will appear. You can change size, alignment, add a hyperlink, and more. Image: Adds an image. Once you drag it to the workspace, click on it and follow instructions to upload a file. After it is loaded, click on it again for more editing and formatting options. Slideshow: Adds a slideshow. Once you drag it to the workspace, you will select a style and upload files. Button: Adds navigational buttons, like next and back. Text: Add a text box. After you at the text box, paste in text from your word processing program. After you click on the text box, a new menu will appear to change font size, alignment, add bullet points, and more. Gallery: Uploads multiple images into a gallery. Drag the element to the workspace. Let go and click on it. Follow instructions After you upload, click on the photo for options. Map: Most History Day students do not use this element. Embed Code: Do not use! Embedded content is not allowed in NHD Websites Structure Menu: Used Less Often in History Day Websites Section: Adds a pre-formatted template for photo galleries and restaurant menus. May not work for History Day students. Divider: Adds a divider a light line to show separation between sections. Spacer: Adds space between elements. Can be resized to make larger or smaller. Media Menu: Be Sure to Edit before Uploading Video: Adds a video file. File must be edited before uploading and in.mp3,.mp4,.mov, or.wmv format. Audio: Adds audio file. File must be edited before uploading and in.mp3 format. Flash: Adds Flash, which must be created outside of editor before uploading. File: Adds a file. Most commonly used to upload PDF versions of documents, like your process paper or bibliography. More Menu: Rarely Used in History Day Websites Search Box: Search your site. Not commonly used by History Day students. Block Quote: Preformatted way to add a quote that looks different from other text boxes on your website. National History Day in Minnesota 20

21 You will want to move or delete elements. After you add something, hover over a element without clicking on it. You will see the following options: Click on the Arrow to: Move the element from this page to a different page on your site. Copy the element. It will stay on this page and go to another page on your site. Click and hold on the Box with the Dots. Drag the element to a new place on this page. Click on the X to delete an element from the page. Creating Columns: You can create columns of text or images stacked next to each other horizontally. Try to have no more than three columns. To create columns: Click and hold on an element in the Build menu. Drag it to the workspace, just to the left or right of where you want it. A blue line should appear next to the existing element. Let go! NHD Website rules require you include hyperlinks to connect all pages. Your main navigational menu fills this requirement. Many students also include Next and Back buttons on the bottom of each page. If you want to add these buttons: 1. In the Build menu, click and drag a Button element to the bottom of the page in the workspace. 2. Let go. 3. Hover over and click on the button. You will need to: Change the Title. Most students use back and next for button titles. Change Position. The back button should be on the left side of the page. The next button should be on the right side. Add a Link. Select Standard Page. Select the page of your website you want linked. In general, people will view your website in the following order: 1. Home 2. Background 3. Build-Up 4. Heart of the Story 5. Short-Term Impact 6. Long-Term Impact 7. Written Work National History Day in Minnesota 21

22 You must upload your process paper and annotated bibliography to the website before the judging lockout period. Where should I put them? Most students include them on a separate page, which you can call Written Work. How should I upload them? It s easiest to upload these documents as two separate PDFs. Why PDF? This document format is viewable on any computer. If you upload the file as a Word document, for example, the person looking at it may need a specific program in order to view it. You also risk them opening it in a different version, which will likely mess up your formatting. Why not paste it in a text box right on the site? This would work, but it s VERY hard to get the bibliography formatting correct in the Editor. Can t I embed files so they are viewable on the page? No. Embedded content is against National History Day rules. How to Upload Files You must save your file as a PDF before uploading it to the NHD Website Editor. In Microsoft Word or Google Docs, you should save or print your file as a PDF. From the Build menu, click on File. Drag the element to the workspace. Let go. Click on the element. You will see instructions on uploading. Caution: The NHD Website Editor will show whatever name you have gave the file. Students must include a brief credit, in the website itself, for all VISUAL and WRITTEN sources (e.g. quotes, photographs, paintings, charts, graphs, etc.). They must also fully cite these sources in their annotated bibliography. (See: IV. Individual Category Rules E. Website, E5, page 33) Once you upload an image, click on it for a new menu that will let you add a caption. A credit is much briefer than a full citation. Brief credits do NOT count toward the studentcomposed word count. Pay attention to the following in the Settings menu. Site Title: Change the title of your site. Show Title on Top of Page: Adds the website title to the top of each page. Navigation: This option matters for horizontal navigation menus. If this is selected, page titles that do not fit across the page will be grouped under a More heading, rather than appear on multiple lines. Smaller screens, like tablets or ipads, will display differently from desktop monitors or laptops. Archive: You can download site as.zip file. Unpublish: You can unpublish your site. Remember, it s your responsibility to make sure your site is published again before you are locked out for competition judging. National History Day in Minnesota 22

23 Project Review Completed a first draft of your website before you go beyond the basics. Have a teacher, parent, and/or classmate review the site and then ask them the following questions: 1. So what? Why is my topic important in history? What was my thesis? 2. What other events or ideas were going on before, during, and after my topic to influence it? (historical context) 3. How is my topic connected to the theme? (theme connection) 4. What sorts of evidence did I use to support my ideas? 5. Was the organization of my website confusing to you? Focus on the National History Day Criteria Sometimes students think it s better to have a fancier website. Remember that the majority of the judge evaluation is based on the historical quality of your project. 60% Historical Quality: Includes thesis, historical context, historical accuracy, use of primary Beyond the Basics sources, and quality of research 20% Connection to History Day Theme 20% Clarity of Presentation: Includes organization, spelling/grammar, use of evidence to support your ideas Rules Compliance Look at Sample Websites Take a look at projects that other History Day students have done. Keep in mind that these are the finished projects. They have gone through revisions at the school, Regional, State, and sometimes even national levels of competition. How do they use the website to communicate their ideas? Minnesota History Day: National History Day: Custom Code Some of the sample NHD Websites you see have used the custom code option in the NHD Website Editor. This lets you customize many features about the way your website looks. You must already know code to use this feature. Other Organizational Structures Once you have the basics, you may want to add more content to your website. You may need to add more pages. When you add pages, think about your overall organizational structure. H Linear organization assumes the viewing is going from one page to the next in a specific order. H A B C D Hierarchical organization lets the viewer explore a website with multiple levels of pages. The more important information is on the main pages (1-4) and supporting information is deeper in the site (A-D). Adding More Pages If one of your basic pages looks too full, it may be a good time to split it into separate pages. For example, let s say your Legacy page talks about two major outcomes of your topic. You may want to separate these into two different pages. Option 1: Add an extra page and move half the content to the new page. Both pages would appear in your main menu. These pages should be located next to each other in the page list. (Linear organization) Option 2: Keep your Legacy page and create the two new pages as subpages off this page. You will add the two extra pages and move half the content to each new page. From the pages menu, you can turn these new pages into subpages. Click on the new page and drop them under Legacy, but slightly indented to the right. Only the Legacy page will show up in your menu until you hover over the word. When you hover, the subpages will appear. (Hierarchical organization) National History Day in Minnesota 23

24 Strategies for Using Evidence 1. Integrate evidence within your website. Think carefully about matching up the best evidence to support your ideas. Don t have separate pages with just picture, primary source, or documents. Match your evidence with the text that it supports. 2. Use a variety of evidence. Think beyond just photographs. Documents, like newspaper headlines, attention-grabbing visuals. Maps, graphs, and charts are often underused in History Day projects. 3. Make evidence viewable. Instead of including just a tiny thumbnail of an image, give the viewer the option to click on it and make the image bigger. Select and upload a high quality image. After uploading, click on the image for more menu options. Make sure Lightbox is turned on. This will let the viewer click to enlarge your image. 4. Don t let your evidence drown out your voice. Sometimes students put SO MUCH STUFF in their website that it s hard to tell what they think about a topic. Make sure the evidence supports your ideas without overwhelming them. 5. Use background music wisely. Avoid the temptation to just play your favorite song in the background of your website. Select only background music with a good connection to your topic. Look for music that was created by a participant or is from the time period. 6. Balance primary and secondary source quotes. It s sometimes easier to find secondary source quotes, but primary source quotes are important. If quoting from secondary sources, go beyond quotes from encyclopedias or textbooks. Look for quotes from scholarly sources. 7. Show people where to look in long documents or newspaper articles. Viewers are unlikely to read very long newspaper articles of documents in your website. Direct their attention to the most important parts or these documents. Underline or draw a box around the part you want them to read before uploading. 8. Be creative with interviews. Many students want to use interviews, but are unable to do one themselves because their topic isn t within living history. That s okay! You can use interviews that have already been done. They are often available online from museums or archives. 9. Edit down video and audio. You can include four total minutes of multimedia in your website. It s up to you as to how to divide it up. Several smaller clips placed throughout your website are often more effective than one long one. 10. Transcribe audio that are hard to understand. Sometimes audio can be hard to understand. Consider adding a textbox to transcribe anything a viewer may have a hard time hearing. Remember, this would be a quote and would NOT count towards your word limit! Be Careful With Embedded Content Embedded content are things that may be viewable on your website, but do are not actually stored on the website. Think of it like streaming a video on your phone versus downloading the video to your phone. When you stream a video, it doesn t actually live on your phone. You re just using your phone to view the video that is actually stored somewhere else. The original owner could delete that video and you can t watch it any longer. That video doesn t take up any storage space on your computer. When you watch a download, the video lives on your phone. It s part of your phone and it doesn t matter if the original owner deletes the video. For History Day, you have to include all content as part of your website, like downloading the video to your phone. This means that the video file size is counted toward your total website file size. Allowed: All materials are uploaded to the NHD Website Editor itself. Materials are contained entirely in the website. There are no logos or buttons that lead to outside websites. Against the Rules: Materials are hosted by another source. Materials may show up on a website, but are not contained in the NHD Website Editor. There may be logos or buttons to click on that lead to an outside website. Examples of Embedded Content that is NOT Allowed in an NHD Website: Prezi, embedded YouTube videos, or Dipity timelines. National History Day in Minnesota 24