Table of Contents Introduction Basic... 2 Logging In... 2 Step One Edit Account Settings... 3 Step Two Accessing the Site... 5 Step Three Edit Mode... 5 Step Four Add New Content Box... 6 Step Five Add a Picture or Image... 7 Step Six Change Page Settings... 8 Step Seven Setup Contact Page... 9 Step Eight Document Manager Page... 10 Step Eight Album Page... 12 Step Nine Useful Links Page... 13 iii
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Introduction Basic Purpose: To assist teachers in updating their site using SchoolCenter software. Objective: Learn the core skills to post content to a website. Resources: Internet Access and recent browser Logging In Open a browser and type into the address bar this URL www.pearl.k12.ms.us/admin to access your school s SchoolCenter software. Once you see the login screen, point your mouse to the website and right-click. A menu will appear. Select Create shortcut. This will place a shortcut to the logon page on your desktop. Enter the User ID and Password your administrator has given you for the software. When you have entered them, click Logon. 2
Step One Edit Account Settings After you enter your User ID and Password, you will have reached your SchoolCenter Desktop. To change your information, click Edit My Account Settings. 3
By clicking on the Other Info tab, you will see the following screen. In the Other Info tab, you may add specific information. However, please do no enter your personal information. For address, please use your school address. For your phone information, please use only the school phone and fax number. 4
Step Two Accessing the Site From Site Access, click Teacher Site (This will be your Name first name and last name) under the section called Site Access. Under Access Type, It should say Edit Access. This means that you have rights to edit the website listed. Click on your site. Step Three Edit Mode First, make sure you are in Edit mode by clicking Edit Mode located in the blue toolbar. You will know you are in edit mode by the additional toolbar items that appear in charcoal gray just below the blue toolbar. 5
Step Four Add New Content Box Once you are in Edit Mode. Most pages will allow you to add New Content Boxes. Select New Content Box from the Edit Toolbar. The Content Box will appear on the page. If you mouse over the top right corner, you will see a small menu. Allows you to attach documents. Allows you to copy an existing content box. Allows you to delete an exiting content box. To edit the content box, click inside the text area (denoted in a new box by Add Text here.). This opens the Advanced Content Editor toolbar at the top of the screen. Hover the mouse over each of the icons on the toolbar to see their function. You may add text to the content box. You may use the editing features located on the toolbar. 6
Step Five Add a Picture or Image Once you are in Edit Mode. Click the Content Box so that it may be edited. Click the Insert/edit Image icon. You may select the image from your files or one of the Galleries listed. You may search the galleries by typing in the Search box on the left hand side. In the After you ve selected your image, the Image Properties window will appear. You may type the Image Title and Alt Tag. You may also select the thumbnail size and position on the page. If you would like to see more editing options, select the Edit Image icon under your picture. Once you ve finished, click Done in the lower right-hand corner. Once an image is in the content box, you may edit the image by right-clicking on the image and selecting insert/edit image. You may delete the image by selecting the image and then hitting the delete key. 7
Step Six Change Page Settings Click on Edit to activate the Edit Mode. Then click on Page Settings on the toolbar at the top of the page. The following menu will appear. You may change the Page Title or the site Title. The site title should be the first and last name of the teacher. You may also change the page title. For example, the Home page of the teacher site may be called Mrs. Jones Home instead of just Home. One you are on the Page setting window you may also click on details and select to hide page in navigation. This is great for pages when you are designing the page, but aren t ready to let the public view. It will only be visible in edit mode. The small white and blue square icon to the left of home lets you know this page is hidden. The Layouts tab is different for each page type. 8
Step Seven Setup Contact Page Initially your contact page will display this error message. Click on Edit to activate the Edit Mode. Then click on Page Settings on the toolbar. Personalize this line to read Contact Mr. Smith or Email Ms. Johnson. Fill in your email address to finish setting up your Contact Page. 9
Step Eight Document Manager Page The Document Manager page type is useful for storing documents or other files for parents and students to access. They do not have to be named Document Manager. You may name them more appropriately using Page Settings. For example, you may upload wmv files of lessons and name the page Video Tutorials. Manage Categories will allow you to Add New Categories or Edit Existing Categories. Categories are helpful in organizing the documents or files you add to your Document Manager page. To upload files, click on New Document. Then click on Select Upload Method. Then you will be able to either browse for your files or drag and drop them into the window. Once you ve added all of the files you like select Done, When the files are finished uploading, you will be given a chance to rename the file and place it in the appropriate category. If there are no categories, your category will say My Files. Click on Done after you have finished. 10
Note: To make sure that more people can access your documents, it is best to save your office documents in pdf format. If you would like to be able to edit your document at a later date, you should first save it as the original Office type. For example, if you are posting a Word document, open the document and Save As. Then select PDF in the Save as type window. 11
Step Eight Album Page The Album page type is useful for sharing pictures of your class. Click on Edit to activate Edit Mode. Then select Manage Album from the toolbar. Click on Add to add pictures to the album. You may click on the image once it has been uploaded. The image will appear in the left-hand menu. You may edit the Title, Description, and Tags at this time. The title and description may show up when people view your album. The way people view your album is determined by the Page Settings Slideshow tab. 12
Step Nine Useful Links Page The Useful Links page type is useful for sharing websites that are helpful to your students and/or their parents. Enter the text that you would like displayed in the Title. Enter the Url or Web Address in the Url. It is best to copy from the web browser and paste into this box to make sure you have the correct website. Please place a note on your page that states the following (feel free to copy and paste this one): The links below are links to websites outside of the Pearl Public School District. Before visiting those sites, please review the following disclaimer carefully. DISCLAIMER: You are now leaving the Pearl Public School District Web Site. The district does not endorse and assumes no responsibility for content or control of the web site(s) to which you are about to proceed. The link provided at this page is a courtesy service. Responsibility of external web site control and content rest solely on the author(s) or manager(s) or webmaster(s) of such Web site(s) and not with the district. 13