Dawggle.net FinalSite Content Management System Quick Reference

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1 Dawggle.net FinalSite Content Management System Quick Reference Logging in to dawggle.net CMS o o username is your address without - Overview of the Dashboard - Home returns you to your Dashboard Published lets you view your live website. Unpublished for editing your page, and viewing unpublished changes Page Manager Add, move, change, name, pages, calendar events. Blue Star Bookmark frequently used pages for access from Dashboard Question Mark FinalSite Help. NOTE: please only use the FAQ, requests should be made through ITDirect. X Logoff FinalSite CMS - Getting Started with Editing From the Dashboard, click Unpublished. This will take you to the unpublished version of your website. On the left, you have the pages that you have created, whether published or not. Click Home. Click the small orange E to the right of the text on your page. Pop up Editor opens. Enter any text that you wish. Click the Save Icon. Click the Orange Save button in the top. When you are ready for your website to be viewable by everyone, click the orange P button in the top left of your screen. - Full Page Pop Up Editor Clicking on this icon enables you to tailor the look of your text or insert links, documents, photos, etc. to virtually all sections of your website 1 of 7

2 - Overview of Popup Editor Icons: - Inserting a Link Click on the Pop Up Editor below the window A new screen appears. Type your text and highlight the words you want to use to establish the link. (The words could simply be the name of the document, image, etc.). You have the following icons to choose from in the top bar: Click on to link to a website, a pop up window appears. Browse for the link or enter the link in Link URL. Click Insert Click on to link to a web page within your teacher website A pop up window appears enabling you to select the page you want from the list Click on to link to a video - Uploading a Document or File Under the Site Manager menu, click File Manager 2 of 7

3 Click Upload Files, a box comes up for the bulk uploader, click Browse Navigate to the file(s) on your computer that you d like to upload. To select more than one file, hold down CTRL and click the files you d like. Click Open. Click Upload Now. Your files will then upload; this may take a few minutes depending on the file size and your connection speed. Your files are now available to use on your website. - Inserting an image Click the Insert Image icon. The insert/edit image window pops up. Click the Browse icon. Choose a photo you ve already uploaded, or upload a photo (see Uploading a Document or file above). Click Insert. You may now resize and reposition your image. - Changing the name of a page. Open Page Manager In the left, click the page you d like to change In the field Page Name, delete what is entered, enter what you d like. Click Save this Page. Click Publish - Blogs and Forums Blogs can be used for journaling, as well as teacher student/teacher parent communications regarding on going projects. Forums can be very effective teaching tools for encouraging discussion, developing writing skills, and stimulating critical thinking. Permit discussion of internal issues when time for meetings is limited. Today's students recognize blogs and forums as being important forms of communication, so using them in school makes sense to them. 3 of 7

4 A teacher blog of a project or classroom activities can keep a parents informed of what their children are (or should be) working on and encourage parent involvement. Students can have an on line means of communicating with each other in a safe, controlled environment. Students who are shy in classroom settings often participate more in online discussions. - Classroom Pages This page has 4 sections: Classroom Overview for the description of your course/class Bulletin Board to post announcements, other than homework Classroom Calendar for posting homework, test dates, etc. Resources create folders here with links to research sites, pages, files, etc. Classroom Overview This is where you enter the description of your course of grade level. Go to Unpublished. Go to your classroom page. Click Edit next to the description. Popup editor. Enter a description. Click Update Properties. Bulletin Board This is where you put a general posting to your students, not necessarily relative to assignments, but reminders, cautions, accolades, etc. Click New Post. Popup Editor. Give it a title. Type the content you d like to add. You can also insert pictures, media, or links. Click Post Bulletin. To save. Classroom Calendar This is for posting exam dates, project due dates, and homework, including links to documents that accompany those events. Located on a Classroom page. Click Edit icon (pencil) to manage events. Click calendar icon to view entire calendar. Click edit. Calendar Manager comes up. The current month is highlighted. Click another month to see events in that month. Click Add New Event to add an event. Event Title You must first state the name of the course or subject, then the Assignment or notice, i.e.: ALGEBRA, Do problems on page 3. Event Date the date the entry will appear on the calendar 4 of 7

5 Event Notes put any additional, brief instructions here and they will appear immediately below the title of the assignment/notice. Event Detail You can REALLY go into detail here. (If you choose to use this, students will know that there is additional information they need to read as they glean the Calendar listings because the text in the Event Title field will be underlined, creating a link to the information in Event Detail.) Click Save This Event. The calendar will show one week s worth of assignments on the classroom page. Resources Use Resources for storing links to serve as reference materials for student research and study as the year goes along. You can choose links from the WWW, from The Benjamin School website, or from public, personal files on your computer. You can also cut and paste or type information that you format into a link. Create A Folder You cannot start creating links until you have a folder to store them in. Click on New Folder to the right of Resources Resource Folder window pops up In the field Folder Name type your title. Parent Folder should remain main folder Click on Create Folder to save. Your Classroom Page will redisplay. Create a link. Click on New Resource, or even better, simply click + to the right of a folder and the link you re going to create will be added directly to that folder. Resource Editor window pops up Folder use the drop down menu to select which folder (from those you ve created) to place the new link or resource you re going to create Resource Title type the title of your new resource/link Notes use this to add a brief explanation about the resource/link. It will Display below the Resource Title on your Classroom Page. Once you ve selected your folder, named your resource and added any notes, move to the bottom window to upload your link. You will be asked to select from the following tabs: Link link to external or internal web pages File link to documents on your computer 5 of 7

6 Content type in text Editing in the Link Tab creates links to external or internal web pages. Use External web link to enter the specific WWW address that you want to link to, or enter a browser name, like google.com, and then you can surf the web for a link. If you surf, when you find the link, highlight the web address and paste it into the External URL field. Use Internal site page to create a link to another page on The IPS website. Click on browse and the IPS web pages are listed for you to select from. Click on the page you want to link to. Click Post Resource. Your Classroom Page will redisplay Editing in the File Tab creates links to documents on your computer Click on Browse Click on Upload Files window pops up You have the choice to upload multiple documents (Bulk Uploader) or a single document (click on Basic Uploader ) Click on Browse to access documents from your files. Select the document/s you want and double click on them. Click Upload Now and the document should appear in a list Click on Insert Click on Post This Resource and you ll see that you are back to your Classroom Page and the link appear beneath the designated folder. Editing in the Content Tab use this tab to type in whatever text you choose Adding Pages Under the Page Manager Menu, click + Add Page Choose whether you d like it to be a Root Level or a Child Page Choose the Page Type. Give your page a title. Fill out any other applicable information. Click Save This Page. You can now edit your page from the Unpublished section. 6 of 7

7 Who to Contact for Support: Fill out a tech support ticket in the Tech Support section of our website, or contact: Robert Silvernail ext rsilvern@ioniaschools.org 7 of 7