Setting Up the Teacher Page

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1 Setting Up the Teacher Page 1. Yellow Area---Teacher Name 2. RED AREA---Pages 3. BLUE AREA Content Portlet that contains information about class/teacher 4. PURPLE AREA---Calendar a. You may add events using MORE EVENTS or on the CALENDAR PAGE (red area) To Edit----Login to School Messenger-----Page Options------Check-Out & Edit Page Check Teacher Name and Make Corrections Update Teacher Information Change Picture Update and Hyperlink Add INSERT TEXT in the Body UPDATE NAME Page Options > Check-Out & Edit Page a. Type corrected name in TITLE Must use Last Name, First Name b. Click on the blue arrow to automatically populate the NAME field Add/Update Generic Information in Next Section a. Welcome to Computer Literacy b. If applicable: Planning Period and Room Number SchoolMessenger-July Instructional Technology

2 UPDATE --You will have to manually add the hyperlink to the address Option 1 1. Click and drag to highlight ONLY Address. You do not want any extra spaces, etc. **Can be tricky to do 2. Click on HYPERLINK Manager 3. Type correct teacher address in ADDRESS and LINK TEXT fields on the TAB 4. Click OK Option 2 1. Delete current in box (teacher@opsb.net) 2. Click to put cursor where you want the address in the box a couple of spaces after 3. Click on HYPERLINK MANAGER > TAB 4. Enter Information in the ADDRESS AND LINK TEXT BOXES on the TAB. 5. Click OK SchoolMessenger-July Instructional Technology

3 CHANGE PICTURE In order to access the teacher s MY FOLDER for pics, you MUST be logged in as the actual teacher. System Administration>Manage Users>Locate Teacher>Login 1. Click on the PICTURE 2. Click on IMAGE MANAGER icon **Click OK, if you see an error message 3. Click on the NEW FOLDER icon and create 2 subfolders: a. IMAGES b. DOCUMENTS ***This step will help with organization! 4. Click on the IMAGES FOLDER and select UPLOAD 5. Click SELECT to locate picture on your computer 6. Wait for the ORANGE dot to turn GREEN 7. Click UPLOAD a. Picture will now appear in the IMAGES folder Continued on Next Page SchoolMessenger-July Instructional Technology

4 8. Click on the PROPERTIES tab a. Type in a brief description of your picture in the ALT TEXT field. This is required due to the American Disabilities Act. 9. Click INSERT 10. Click PUBLISH 11. If the results are not what you expected, go back in and edit. a. Click on picture to bring up RESIZING HANDLES. Drag in or out to resize. b. You may have to adjust alignment of picture, text, etc. on teacher page Adding Text in Notes Area---Add Insert text here below the address. I would hit ENTER a couple of times to add space. This will let your teachers know that they can type in this area. a. Click PUBLISH Deleting the Extra Content Portlet 1. Turn on Design Mode by clicking RED Design Mode button top of page button will turn green 2. Hover over Content Portlet that contains the text at the bottom of the teacher page and click on the X to delete. 3. Click I AGREE and DELETE NOW 4. Click on the GREEN Design Mode button to exit SchoolMessenger-July Instructional Technology

5 Adding/Deleting Pages on Main Teacher Page What to do if a teacher teaches the SAME Subject/SAME Grade Level ALL Day Nothing, at this point. We will let the teacher make any design changes, change any titles, or add any additional pages. Options (see page 8): Changing the name of the pages Example: Class Documents may become Weekly Homework Letter May delete the Assignments folder or Calendar (Example: ALL 6 th grade English or 1 st Grade) What to do if a teacher teaches DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS or SUBJECTS (Example: 6 th & 7 TH grade English or 4 th grade Science/Math) We will add extra Teacher Content Pages for each area/subject/grade level and 2 document containers per page. Example: If a teacher teachers 3 periods of 6 th grade English and 3 periods of 7 th grade English, we will add 2 TEACHER CONTENT pages. Step 1: Hide the Assignments and Class Documents pages already on the main Teacher Page. You may want to leave the CALENDAR page. 1. Go to your main Teacher Page 2. Page Options > Page Status 3. Click circle by HIDE SECTION on all pages that you want to remove from view 4. CLOSE SchoolMessenger-July Instructional Technology

6 Step 2: Add back the number of Teacher Content Pages that the teacher needs. (1 for Each Subject/Grade Level) 1. Go to your main teacher page 2. + Page > Content Space Page a. Add Title b. Click Blue Arrow to automatically populate Name field c. CREATE PAGE 3. Page will refresh 4. Type INSERT TEXT HERE in box 5. PUBLISH 6. CHANGE PAGE STATUS FROM HIDDEN TO PUBLISH? YES Step 3: Add 2 Document Containers to each new Content Page as you create the page. (Assignments and Class Documents Names of Document Containers) 1. Stay on the new Content Page that you created--- Example: 6 th Grade Keyboarding SchoolMessenger-July Instructional Technology

7 2. +Page > Document Container Page Title of Document Container Page #1: Assignments 3. Do the following: a. Type Assignments in the Title field b. Click on the BLUE Arrow to automatically populate the Name Field c. Create Page 4. Go back to the Class Page Ex. 6 th Grade Keyboarding. If you don t go back, you will put the other folder inside of this folder. Repeat the steps above to create the 2 nd document container Title of Document Container Page #1: Class Documents REPEAT THE STEPS ABOVE FOR EVERY CONTENT PAGE THAT YOU NEED TO CREATE. VERY IMPORTANT---go back to main teacher page to continue adding new Content Pages SchoolMessenger-July Instructional Technology

8 How do I Change the Name of a Page 1. Click on the name of the page that you want to rename. Make sure it is the last name that you see in the *trail* 2. Page Options > Page Properties 3. Change the name in the TITLE field 4. Click on the BLUE ARROW to automatically populate the NAME field 5. UPDATE PAGE How do I REMOVE a Page (easiest way is to just hide it) 1. Go to your main Teacher Page 2. Page Options > Page Status 3. Click circle by HIDE SECTION 4. CLOSE How do I ADD a Page 1. Go to your main Teacher Page 2. + Page 3. Choose the type that you would like to add SchoolMessenger-July Instructional Technology