Presenter- Deborah Coker

 Advantages of having a site  Features you may want to have on your site  Menus, Tabs, and Ribbons  Creating Pages  How to Edit a Page  Uploading Content  Adjusting navigation  Time to work on your own website

 Whatever is posted is available 24/7 to students and parents  You don’t need to make copies  Helps those who are paper challenged  Great way to organize materials  It is a way to promote 21 st century technology skills  Extends the classroom with: Interactive practice Ready made tutorials Research sites

 Calendar for your classroom  Announcements  Links  Contact Information  Document library  Slide Shows  Pages  For Different Periods  For Different Subjects  For Syllabus and/or Parent Communication  For Special Events or Simulations  For Homework

Notice how it looks a lot like the ribbon of Microsoft Word SharePoint has lots of “universals” in terms of icons and their actions Site Actions Tab Ribbon Site action drop down menu

 Step 1: navigate to your site and log in:  Step 2: site actions → new page  name your new page “home”  Step 3: site actions → site settings → welcome page  change the part that says “default” to “home” so it looks like: ges/home.aspx ges/home.aspx

 Step 4: click on your name – this takes you to your home page  Your home page should now be the new page we just made.  Now you are ready to customize or edit.

 Go to Site Actions & Click  Go to new page & Click  Name new page  Click create  Now you are ready to create content! *You can always see the pages that you have created by going to site actions ->view all site content -> click on pages

 Login in upper right corner.  Select ‘Site Actions’ in upper left corner.  Select ‘Show Ribbon’.  Select ‘Page’.  Select ‘Edit Page’. Make changes and save page.  Select ‘Stop Editing’.  Select ‘Edit Properties’ and select ‘View Properties’. Select ‘Check-In’. Select the Major Version (publish) option.

 You can upload almost any kind of file (doc or graphics)  Word Doc  Excel  PowerPoint  PDF  Just like downloading to a hard drive or desk top, you can create folders to house the documents  You can upload all at once or as you create your content  Site actions->edit page ->insert -> click on upload file ->browse files from pc or memory stick

 Site actions → site settings → navigation  Click Current Navigation and click “Add Link”  Browse for page  Click ok You can change the placement of the page links on your navigation menu by clicking up or down

 Site actions → site settings → navigation  Unclick “show pages”  Cleanup the links – delete those that aren’t used Click ok

Site actions → site settings → … Title, description, and icon url for graphic you have uploaded for header Type in title that you want to display *Don’t forget to click ok

You can create links to other websites and files hosted on other sites I like to copy the link first, then… Site actions → edit page → insert → link Paste link and name the button that will display (it will be hyperlinked) The insert tab is right here

Site actions → view all site content “create” → calendar → name it Click on the class page we’re working on Site actions → edit page Type an introduction to your class Insert → web part → select the calendar you made Save and Close Publish

Site actions → view all site content “create” → announcements → name it Click on link in left navigation bar Click on + add new announcement → type title → type message → click save You can also add attachments

Go to all site content Click on create Click on picture library Name it Click on it in the left navigation bar Upload pictures

You can do this!