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
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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