S HARE P OINT 2007 An Overview of SharePoint 2007 Features

I NTRODUCTION TO S HARE P OINT Most functions in SharePoint, once you find them, are very easy to use and manipulate. SharePoint is an excellent resource especially for: o Shared document repositories o Collaborative group work

C ALENDAR Great For Scheduling: o Events o Meetings o Due dates

E MAIL N OTIFICATIONS o Receive an notification when changes are made

D ISCUSSION B OARD o Great for group communication and collaboration

L IBRARIES o All your documents can be stored in one place o No more ing attachments back and forth Uploading is easy

W IKI L IBRARY o Perfect for collaborative documents o Use instead of Word when creating collaborative documents Linking to another page is surprisingly simple

L ISTS & I MPORTED S PREADSHEETS Go from this… You can essentially create a spreadsheet without leaving SharePoint To this… For this project you might need a contacts list or a timeline list

C USTOM V IEW o You can create a “view” of a list Here’s the standard view…but I don’t really like it… This is the view I prefer

S ITES AND W ORKSPACES o Break your site into different sections, known as workspaces

W EB P ARTS o Everything circled is a web part o Very similar to iGoogle

S ITE T EMPLATES o There are a number of templates from which to choose o Each template has a description for best use Template Name Best Use

S URVEY Get to know your classmates!

M AIN S HARE P OINT F EATURES o Blog o Calendar o Discussion Board o Libraries o Wikis o Lists and Imported Spreadsheets o Custom Views o My Site o Sites and Workspaces o Site Templates o Survey o Web Parts

Q UESTIONS ? Thank You!!