Transcript Great Page Users

School District U-46
Metadot
Portal Training
for Great Page Users
Agenda (cont)
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Create a New Page
Links to URL or email
Properties – Update Style
Copy Content from Great Page
Insert Images
Gizmos
Shortcuts, Clipboard
Image Library
Roles and Permissions
Agenda
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Intro – Objective
Planning
Main Page
Login
Help/Support
My Website
Enable Editing
Edit Your Home Page
Text Editor
Plan Ahead
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Review Web Publishing Procedures
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Review Other Teacher Sites
Think of your 1st page as your Introduction
Then Think: “Who is your audience”?
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http://www.u-46.org/it/WebPublishingProc.htm
Students, Parents, Colleagues?
Create “New” pages to Target Content
Plan Ahead (cont)
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Organize your resources ahead of time
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Collect Links
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Resize and Rename Images, Save Files for
Attachments, Save Links to Reference
Ex. Resource: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
Collect Free and Legal Clip Art
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http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/index.html
http://flamingtext.com/
http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm
Web Address
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http://schools.u-46.org
(You can access from HOME too!)
Web Address
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http://schools.u-46.org
Take some time to view your school, other schools,
other teacher sites.
schools.u-46.org – click Staff Login
(upper right)
Use your Novell username &
password to login
Login
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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.)
Once Logged in, Access view
changes from Public to Logged In
Click Help – in the upper right hand
Explore Help/Support
(Scroll down to FAQ)
Useful Terms
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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.
click My Website (upper right)
First time to My Website
Enable Editing
Normal vs. Edit Modes
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Normal mode displays web pages and
content like any other web server
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Edit mode allows an authorized user to add
or edit/manage content of the web portal.
Web builder bar appears once edit is
enabled
Click Edit
Click Save
Click New Page
Use the Text Editor to create content
on the Page
HINT: Shift, Enter to drop
one line at a time, instead
of two.
Bottom of the Text Editor – to Redirect, Hide,
Fill in Keywords for Effective Searching
Click Create to SAVE
Click Edit to go back to make
changes
To enter a Hyperlink or Email Address
1. Highlight Text
2. Click the Globe/Link
Highlight Text, then click
Choose Link Type - URL or Email
Click Properties
Properties – Allows changes to your
page layout
Properties – Allows you to select a
page style to match your building
Scroll the drop
down menu to
select your
school.
Properties – Is also where you can
schedule content
To Retrieve Content from Great Page
Login: http://greatpage.u46.k12.il.us
Select and Copy Content Including
Hyperlinks – Paste in Text Editor
Example of a copy/paste
Exercise 1
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Add a New Page
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Add Text to the Page
Change Size, format, color
Add a Link (either URL or email)
Change your Page Style to match your Building
Add content that has been copied from Great
Page
Prepare Your Images Prior to Insert
Use Microsoft
Picture Manager
Size Matters
Resize and Rename your pictures 1st.
- You can use Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
- Drag and drop to the desktop.
- Then Edit Pictures, Compress Pictures.
Size Matters
- Compress for email or web page.
- Save as to your location.
Insert/Edit Image from the Text Editor
(Acceptable file types - .jpg, .gif and .png)
Add a gizmo…
Add an image item gizmo…
Browse for location and create…
Gizmo
Panel Bar
Gizmo Panel
Edit button: edits the properties of the gizmo. Such as the text contents, fonts, colors. If it is an
image, then it can modify the image file used, size, etc
Properties button: edits additional properties of the gizmo, and schedules when this gizmo will be
displayed, and other specific functions for each gizmo.
Permissions button: sets the security properties, such as permissions
Shortcut button: creates a shortcut of the gizmo.
Cut button: cuts the specified gizmo from the current page and saves it on the user’s clipboard for
later use, or paste in another page.
Paste button: pastes the specified gizmo from the user’s clipboard into the current page
Delete button: deletes the current page or deletes the gizmo from the current page
Up button: moves the page up in the navigation scheme, or the gizmo’s location up on the page
Down button: moves the current page down in the navigation scheme, or the gizmo’s location
down on the page
Shortcut and Clipboard
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Put an “X” in the box that
represents the page or the Gizmo
that you want to paste or delete
Create your own Image Library
Exercise 2
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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
Roles
Access
Description
Level
Public access Anybody in the world; general
users
Logged In
Only logged in users: U-46 staff
Owner
Only the object’s owner
(creator)
Site Manager Only the admin user
/ Admin
(Information Services)
Permissions
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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.
Contact Information
[email protected]
x5494