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School Wires Training
Building and managing class pages
on our new Web site
Let’s get started!
Log in (check GroupWise e-mail for username
and password)
Click “Site Manager”
If you do not see “Site Manager” option, notify
your school Web master
Adding content
Like on the old site, you will need to include your photo,
name, e-mail address and basic information about your class.
Click “Welcome” to get started
Site has a basic editor window, with options to upload
photos, embed links and for basic word processing.
Bottom row, l-r:
• Insert photo
• Insert a document (Word, PDF, PowerPoint, spreadsheet, etc.). The title you give your document is
how it will appear on your page.
• Insert a movie
• Add a thin black line (used to separate blocks of text)
• Bookmark
• Insert a link
• Edit a link you’ve already inserted
• Break a link
• Insert a form link
• Add a photo gallery
• Insert a mini-base (from the “tools” tab at the top)
• Insert a table
• Next four icons are to edit the table
• Add a special character
• Adjust the page layout
Uploading a document
Click the paperclip icon
Browse
Find the file on your computer and add
Continue
Give the document a name. Whatever you type here is what
will appear on your page.
Insert file
Uploading a photo
Click the photo icon on the menu bar
Click the browse button to upload the photo from your computer
Select size, “Continue”
Give the photo a name, and you may also adjust photo size
Give it a 10 pixel border
Save
Right-click the photo and choose “Properties”
Alignment, choose “left” so text will wrap around it
Border color, choose white from the menu when you click the small
box to the right of the main color box. This gives the photo an
invisible border
Click OK
Headlines
To create a headline on your page, click the “Options” link to
the top right of your editor window
Rename the app to “Welcome!” (or whatever you’d like to
appear on your class’ welcome page).
Click the box next to “show the app name on my page”
Save
You can do this for any of your class pages or any content
areas you add within those pages.
Adding pages
Click the house icon to return to your list of pages
“New Page” to add a page to this list
Options for pages: flex page is a blank canvas (similar to your
Welcome page), link library is a list of links to Web sites, file
library is a list of documents you can upload such as lesson
plans, photo gallery, blog, podcast, etc.
Scroll through to see a complete list of options
Link Library Page
New Page
Link Library
Give it a name (in this training I used Homework Assignments)
Click the name in your class list
New file
Give it a name
“Select File” (below the description box)
Upload a file from your computer
If you save assignments as Word files, PowerPoints, etc., you can
upload them here and they will appear as a list on your page.
Link Library Page
Click the House to go back to your class page list
New page
Link Library page
Give it a name
New link
Give it a name (this is what will appear on your page)
Paste a link into the “Address” line (below the description
box)
Add as many links as you want!
Other options
To delete pages from this list, click “Actions” to the right of the
page name, and choose “Delete”
Change the name of the page by choosing “Edit Page” on this
menu
Turn the page name into a link by choosing “Page Options” on this
menu, then adding a URL to the “Map Page to Web Address” line
Rearrange the order of your pages by clicking “Organize Pages” at
the top of the list
Page Layout
You do not have to stick with the standard, one-column layout! You
can design your page to appear however you want.
Click “Welcome”
Above the headline, click “Welcome Page”
You will see a screen with “Manage Apps and Layout” on the right
Page Layout
Manage Apps and Layout
Change Layout
Select the style you want, “Apply”
Add App
Choose app you want, name it, click “Save”
Drag the app to wherever you want it to appear on your page
Viewers can’t see it until you add content
Click “I’m done” in light blue box
Click any content area to begin adding content
Photo gallery page
If you just want a photo gallery page, with no other
content:
Click the house icon to return to your list of pages
New Page
Photo Gallery
Click the page you just created
Upload photos
Publish
Other Information
If you have issues with the site, check the “How Do I …” tab at the
top
Contact your school Web master, or contact me
School Wires overview on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76XufruRTaQ&feature=gall-u
If someone else is also editing your page, you can add them under
“Editors & Viewers” tab
Do not add to the viewers; this will block the site from regular
users