1. School District U-46 Metadot Portal Training

2. Agenda Intro – Objective Planning Main Page Login Help/Support My Website Enable Editing Edit Your Home Page Text Editor

3. Agenda Links to URL or email Insert Images Create a New Page Properties – Update Style Gizmos Shortcuts Clipboard Image Library Roles and Permissions

4. Plan Ahead Review Web Publishing Procedures – http://www.u-46.org/it/WebPublishingProc.htm Review Other Teacher Sites Think of your 1 st page as your Introduction Then Think of “Who is your Audience”? – Students, Parents, Colleagues? Create “New” pages to Target Content

5. Plan Ahead Organize your resources ahead of time – Resize and Rename Images, Save Files for Attachments, Links to Reference Collect Links – Ex Resource: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/ Collect Clip Art – http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/ – http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/index.html – http://flamingtext.com/ – http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm

6. Web Address http://schools.u-46.org (You can access from HOME too!)

7. Web Address http://schools.u-46.org Take some time to view your school, other schools, other teacher sites.

8. schools.u-46.org – click Staff Login (upper right)

9. Use your Novell username & password to login

10. Login Login using your Novell username and password: FirstLast or E0xxxxx only, with no space in between. (You don’t need the full context or long login.)

11. Once Logged in, Access view changes from Public to Logged In

12. Click Help – in the upper right hand

13. Explore Help/Support (Scroll down to FAQ)

14. Useful Terms Web builder bar – Used to add and manage pages, gizmos. Gizmo – A module or feature that carries out a specific function. (i.e. Calendar gizmo, Poll gizmo, Link gizmo) Shortcut – A copy of a gizmo that keeps a reference to the original. Breadcrumbs - Navigational technique displaying all pages leading from the home page to the currently viewed page. Clipboard - A temporary holding area for gizmos and shortcuts.

15. click My Website (upper right)

16. First time to My Website

17. Enable Editing

18. Normal vs. Edit Modes Normal mode displays web pages and content like any other web server Edit mode allows an authorized user to add or edit/manage content of the web portal.

19. Web builder bar appears once edit is enabled

20. Click Edit

22. Click Save

23. Click New Page

24. Use the Text Editor to create content on the Page HINT: Shift, Enter to drop one line at a time, instead of two.

25. Bottom of the Text Editor – to Redirect, Hide, Fill in Keywords for Effective Searching

26. Click Create to SAVE

27. Click Edit to go back to make changes

28. To enter a Hyperlink or Email Address 1. Highlight Text 2. Click the Globe/Link Highlight Text, then click

29. Choose Link Type - URL or Email

30. Click Properties

31. Properties – Allows changes to your page layout

32. Properties – Allows you to select a page style to match your building Scroll the drop down menu to select your school.

33. Properties – Is also where you can schedule content

34. Exercise 1 Add a New Page – Add Text to the Page – Change Size, format, color – Add a Link (either URL or email) – Change your Page Style to match your Building

35. Prepare Your Images Prior to Insert Use Microsoft Picture Manager

36. Size Matters Resize and Rename your pictures 1 st. - You can use Microsoft Office Picture Manager. - Drag and drop to the desktop. - Then Edit Pictures, Compress Pictures.

37. Size Matters - Compress for email or web page. - Save as to your location.

38. Insert/Edit Image from the Text Editor (Acceptable file types -.jpg,.gif and.png)

39. Add a gizmo…

40. Add an image item gizmo…

41. Browse for location and create…

42. Gizmo Panel Bar

43. Gizmo Panel

44. Shortcut and Clipboard X Put an “X” in the box that represents the page or the Gizmo that you want to paste or delete

45. Create your own Image Library

46. Exercise 2 Insert a Picture either by using the Insert/Image from the Text Editor or by adding the Image Gizmo Add a Gizmo of your choice Cut-and-paste a gizmo Create a shortcut Move gizmos up and down or change page order

47. Roles Access Level Description Public accessAnybody in the world; general users Logged InOnly logged in users: U-46 staff OwnerOnly the object’s owner (creator) Site Manager / Admin Only the admin user (Information Services)

48. Permissions Adjusting permission settings for individual pages or objects can be done by clicking on the Permissions ( ) button on the gizmo panel of each individual object. Permissions (view, edit, cut, delete, etc.) can be granted to individual users or to groups of users Permissions can be set for pages, sections of pages, individual gizmos.

50. Contact Information LoriBerke@u-46.org x5494