1. Collage Web Content Management System Training Searle Center for Teaching Excellence Monday, July 7, 2008

2. Agenda 9:00–9:15 Basic web terms 9:15–9:30 Getting your PC ready for Collage 9:30–10:00 Updates to existing pages 10:00–10:15 Creating new pages 10:15–10:30 Q & A

3. Basic Web Terms Browser: Application used to access web; e.g. Internet Explorer (IE) & Mozilla Firefox; web sites can look different on different browsers HTML: Coding language used to design web pages; programs like Collage & Dreamweaver allow people to create web pages without using HTML but code still accessible URL: Address of a web page or web site; e.g. http://www.northwestern.edu/searle; URLs automatically generated by Collage

4. Basic Web Terms URL (continued): URL shorteners: http://tinyurl.com/, http://is.gd/ Header/footer: Consistent banner at top/bottom of web pages within web site; dictated by NU's web standards, must be changed through Web Comm Link (hyperlink): Reference that can take user to different location on same web page or to another web page; links can be internal, external, to email or non-web doc; can be set to open in same browser window or different window/tab

5. Basic Web Terms RSS feed: Automated way of having content from one location "fed" into another location; web site calendars are RSS feeds from Plan-It Purple; all Collage users have access to Plan-It Purple via netID & NU password; do not have to use Collage to access Plan-It Purple Glossary of web terms: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Glossary.html

6. Getting Your PC Ready System Requirements Log in (p. 1): username=netid, temporary password=_netid_ Change password: Preferences-->User Java: java.com-->Restart

7. Getting Your PC Ready System Requirements (continued) Latest version of IE for Windows machines; Firefox for Macs Bookmark Collage URL: http://fowler.itcs.northwestern.edu

8. Getting Your PC Ready Collage Support Center Collage wiki,http://searlecollage.pbwiki.com/ From Web Comm, Nathan Wiens, ndw@northwestern.edu, 1-1500 Web Comm hiring someone specifically for Collage help line Web updates check-in: Wed, July 16 @ 11am, Center Library, bring questions

9. Updates to Existing Pages Use formatting buttons within Collage Use “clear formatting” to undo Avoid usual shortcuts, e.g. CTRL+B, CTRL+Z Cut & paste shortcuts OK, CTRL+C, CTRL+V **Check Web Update Guidelines for necessary approvals**

10. Updates to Existing Pages General Formatting (pp. 7-8) o Use bold, italics, underline sparingly Links o Internal, external, email (pp. 8-12) o To a document that is not web-based (pp. 18-19) Anchors (pp.12-14) Tables Deploying changes (pp. 20-21) **Check Web Update Guidelines for necessary approvals**

11. Creating New Pages Training packet pp. 1-7 **Check Web Update Guidelines for necessary approvals**

12. Collage Tips Work on one page at a time, including update & deployment; working on multiple pages means multiple windows Type content directly into Collage fields or use Notepad (simple text/no formatting) Reverse spell check; copy from Collage or Notepad into Word to check spelling

13. Collage Tips Preview changes within Collage; check all deployed pages in browser(s) Check internal and external links, if URLs already logged in Collage and functionality after deployed

14. Collage Tips Proof, preview, check, test!

15. Q & A http://searlecollage.pbwiki.com/