Transcript To view the sample dashboard

Using Digital
Dashboards
Viewing the Sample Dashboard
To view the sample dashboard:
1.
In the upper-left corner of the Welcome page, click
Administration.
2.
In the Dashboard View box, click the plus sign to the
left of Dashboards.
Viewing the
Sample Dashboard
3.
Click SampleDashboard to select it (it will appear in
bold).
4.
Scroll down to the Go button on the left side of the
screen, and then click Go.
Customising the Sample Dashboard
To customize the sample dashboard:
1.
In the upper-right corner of the Sample Dashboard
page, click Content.
2.
Select the check box located next to each Web Part
that you want to include on your dashboard. Or, click
to clear the check box for any Web Part that you want
to exclude.
Customizing the
Sample Dashboard
3.
Near the bottom of the Content page, click Open the
Web Part Catalog.
4.
Select the check boxes located next to the Web Parts
that you want to include on your dashboard.
5.
Click OK at the bottom of the screen to save your
changes.
Creating Your Own Web Part
To change
create your
the own
background
Web Part:
colors of your dashboard
(cont.):
1. In the upper-right corner of the Sample Dashboard
9. Scroll
page, down
click Content.
if necessary, and then select the Get
content from the following link check box.
2. Near the bottom of the Content Page, click Create a
10. new
Type Web
the address
Part. of the Web site that you want to
display in this Web Part. You can type the address of
3. Highlight the text in the Name box, and then type a
an actual Web site, or you can use the following Web
new name.
site as an example:
4. http://www.microsoft.com/education/.
Press the TAB key, or click in the Description box,
and then type a description for this Web Part.
11. Scroll down to the bottom of the Settings page, and
5. then
Makeclick
sureOK.
that the Include this Web Part on the
dashboard check box is selected. If it is not selected,
12. Scroll down to the bottom of the Content page, and
click to select it.
then click OK.
6. Click the corresponding option button of the location
where you want this Web Part to appear on the page.
Creating Your
Own Web Part
7.
In the Default state section, select the Minimized,
only the name is visible option.
8.
Near the bottom of the Settings page, click Show
advanced settings.
Rearranging Web Parts on Your Dashboard
To rearrange Web Parts on your dashboard:
1.
In the upper-right corner of the Sample Dashboard
page, click Layout.
2.
Drag a Web Part to the place that you want it to
appear.
Rearranging Web Parts
on Your Dashboard
3.
When you are finished making changes, click OK.
Changing Your Dashboard Name and Other Settings
To change your dashboard name and other settings:
1.
In the upper-right corner of the Sample Dashboard
page, click Settings.
2.
Type a new name, such as “MyDashboard.”
Changing Your Dashboard
Name and Other Settings
3.
If you want to add a description for this dashboard,
click the Description box and type whatever you
want.
Changing the Background Colors of Your Dashboard
To change the background colors of your dashboard:
1.
Click the arrow below Use this style sheet.
2.
Click an item on the drop-down menu, such as
Desert or Tropical.
Changing the Background
Colors of Your Dashboard
3.
Near the bottom of the Dashboard Settings page,
click Show advanced settings.
4.
Type the name of the style sheet that you want to
use.
5.
When you are satisfied with your settings, click OK.
Creating Sub-Dashboards
To create a sub-dashboard:
To create a sub-dashboard (cont.):
1. In the upper-right corner of the Sample Dashboard
7. page,
Nearclick
the Settings.
bottom of the Content screen, click Open
the Web Part Catalog.
2. Near the bottom of the Dashboard Settings page,
8. click
Select
theadvanced
corresponding
check boxes of the Web
Show
settings.
Parts that you want to include on your dashboard.
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and then click
9. Create
At theabottom
of the screen,
clickthe
OKcurrent
to saveone.
your
new dashboard
within
changes.
4. Type the name for your new dashboard in the Create
a new dashboard-Web Page box, and then click
OK.
Creating Sub-Dashboards
5.
Click in the Description box, and then type a
description for this sub-dashboard.
6.
At the bottom of the Settings page, click OK when
you are satisfied with your settings.