SharePoint

=Colorado Springs School District 11 SharePoint 2010 Training=

This is a training on SharePoint 2010. SharePoint is a tool that you can use to expand your classroom, organize, distribute, and communicate resources with/to your students, utilize a digital platform to model digital age work, and prepare your students for a collaborative world. By taking advantage of the following training you will satisfying manyof the ISTE NETs for Teachers and will learn how to use SharePoint to help students with many of the NETs for Students. Welcome to a powerful learning platform!

What is SharePoint?
In the video below you will learn about the ways that SharePoint provides a teacher with a powerful learning/content management platform that will help facilitate communication, collaboration, critical thinking, digital age learning experiences, and data organization.

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**Sections of the Course:**
 * 1. Course Overview || 8. Adding/Editing Links ||
 * 2. Logon Information || 9. Adding/Editing Photos ||
 * 3. Overview of SharePoint Workspaces || 10. Sharing Documents with Students ||
 * 4. Organizing Principles || 11. Adding/monitoring Online Discussions ||
 * 5. Editing Information on Your Main Page || 12. Dropboxes ||
 * 6. Adding-Editing your Calendar || 13. Adding/Editing Multimedia Files ||
 * 7. Adding/Editing Announcements || 14. Adding/Using the Content Editor Webpart (For advanced users) ||

1. Course Overview
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By the end of this video users will be able to:

 * Navigate to the District 11 SharePoint site
 * Log on to their specific SharePoint site
 * Logout appropriately at the end of their session

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**NOTE:** Remember that when logging on you must put CSSD11\ in front of your regular district username. Please make sure that you use a backslash ( \ ) and not a forward slash ( / ). When students log into your site they will need to put INSTRUCTSEC\ as this is the domain that they are assigned to.

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3. Overview of SharePoint Workspaces
By the end of this video users will be able to:
 * Identify the various parts of the main SharePoint interface
 * Navigate through the various functions of the site
 * Find the page editing tool
 * Locate tools on the ribbon
 * Explain what webparts are and how they add functionality to SharePoint
 * Find and access the site settings area

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4. Organizing Principles
Coming soon!

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5. Editing Information on Your Main Page
By the end of this video users will be able to:
 * Use the editing features on the main page
 * Use the editing features of the ribbon
 * Find the webpart modification menu
 * Modify webparts using the side editor

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6. Adding/Editing your Calendar
By the end of this video users will be able to:
 * Explain why an online calendar is valuable in the classroom
 * Add items to their calendar
 * Edit items on the calendar
 * Delete items on the calendar

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7. Adding/Editing Announcements
By the end of this video users will be able to:
 * Explain the difference between an announcement and a calendar posting
 * Explain the uses of announcements for students and parents
 * Add announcements to the homepage
 * Edit announcements
 * Delete announcements

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8. Adding/Editing Links
By the end of this video users will be able to:
 * Identify ways that links can be used to speed up student/teacher workflow
 * Add links to the main page of the site
 * Delete links from the main page

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9. Adding/Editing Photos
By the end of this video users will be able to:
 * Explain the size requirements for pictures on the main page
 * Create image folders
 * Post photos to the photo web part on the main teacher page
 * Post photos on a web page in SharePoint

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10. Sharing Documents with Students
By the end of this video users will be able to:
 * Explain the purpose of a shared document library
 * Create folders in the shared document library
 * Browse and upload files from a desktop computer
 * Create links to files in the document library on calendar postings

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11. Adding/monitoring Online Discussions
By the end of this video users will be able to:
 * Explain the educational benefits of different types of online discussions
 * Identify best practices for online discussions
 * Post initial discussion board topics
 * Explain what threading and collapsing threads are
 * Set email alerts for discussion boards

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Resources:
Improving Discussion Boards

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12. Dropboxes
By the end of this video users will be able to:
 * Explain what a dropbox is and how dropboxes work in SharePoint
 * Set up the dropbox workflow
 * Explain to students how they would use a dropbox to turn in assignments
 * Access the submitted assignment folder to check student work

Coming Soon!

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13. Adding/Editing Multimedia Files
By the end of this video users will be able to:
 * Explain how embedded multimedia files can enhance instruction
 * Explain file requirements and limitations of SharePoint
 * Upload videos to document library
 * Embed those videos in media web part
 * Modify media webpart using ribbon

media type="youtube" key="vZVXCfjpDso" height="344" width="425" align="left" **Resources:** Instructional Media: Chalkboards to Video This is a good primer for how to use different types of technologies including video in the classroom. The discussion of video begins on page 108 (or 6 in the PDF). // Florida State University. (2010). [|Instruction at FSU: Teaching and Learning Practices]//[|.] Center for Teaching and Learning. Retrieved from http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/ctl/explore/onlineresources/i@fsu.cfm

Web-Based Video in Education: Possibilities and Pitfalls This is an interesting piece that discusses the widespread adoption of online video in education and lists resources as well as additional questions for thought and study. This resource is included because it also explains the various ways that video is currently being used in different educational situations.

Snelson, C. (2008). "Web-based video in education: Possibilities and Pitfalls". Technology, Colleges & Community Worldwide Online Conference 2008. Retrieved from []

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14. Adding/Using the Content Editor Webpart (For advanced users)
By the end of this video users will be able to:
 * Explain the potential issues with html/script content editing
 * Add the content editor webpart to a page
 * Modify the content editor webpart to use widgets
 * Embed html/scripted widgets or videos

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