1. School District U-46 Metadot Portal Training

2. Agenda Intro – Objective Useful Terms 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. 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.

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

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

9. 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.)

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

11. Click Help – in the upper right hand

12. click My Website (upper right)

13. First time to My Website

14. Your URL: http://schools.u-46.org/users/Your Name How do I get my school site to link to me? Your school's site editor/web master is responsible for linking to your site.

15. Enable Editing

16. 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.

17. Web builder bar appears once edit is enabled

18. Click Edit

20. Click Save

21. Click New Page

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

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

24. Click Create to SAVE

25. Click Edit to go back to make changes

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

27. Choose Link Type - URL or Email

28. Click Properties

29. Properties – Allows changes to your page layout

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

31. Properties – Is also where you can schedule content

32. 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

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

34. 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.

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

36. Insert/Edit Image from the Text Editor

37. Add a gizmo…

38. Add an image item gizmo…

39. Browse for location and create…

40. Gizmo Panel Bar

41. Gizmo Panel

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

43. Create your own Image Library

44. 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

45. 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)

46. 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.

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