How-To Guide: Save a Website Favorite/Bookmark as a File on the Network This technique can be used with Windows and Macintosh computers to allow students in a classroom or computer lab to simultaneously access a pre-selected website. If many websites are selected for student use, these can either be saved in organized folders/directories, or put into an Internet Hotlist in a word processor like MS Word. This technique works best when website favorite/bookmark files are saved into a network folder that students have at least READ rights to. If students will add websites to the network folder, they will need READ and WRITE network rights, but they can also accidentally/intentionally delete files in this situation. For more info about technical issues like this, refer to my online workshop "Strategies for Managing School Computer Labs and Classroom Computers." Save a Website file to the desktop Open the website you want students to accessin your web browser (usually Internet Explorer or Netscape.) Resize the window so it does not fill the screen and the desktop is visible in the background. Drag the internet icon and address (on the ADDRESS BAR at the top of the screen) from your web browser onto the desktop. Copy the Website file from the desktop to a shared network folder Right click on the website favorite/bookmark file on your desktop, choose COPY (Mac users: control-click) Open the shared network folder that students at least have READ rights in. This is the folder they will open to visit your selected website. Right click in the folder (not on a file) and choose PASTE (Mac users: control-click)   Return to TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES Tools for the TEKS home | Article Archive | Technology Workshops Mailing List | Feedback | Tools and Techniques | Technology Idea Exchange Contact me using this webform. Links to my blogs are also available. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.