SHAREPOINT CONTENT SOLUTIONS FOR STAFF
TYPE OF SITE
SHAREPOINT TEAMSITES
URL will be
https://teamsites.unisa.edu.au/teamname
AUDIENCE
All Staff
or
Particular
groups of
staff
PURPOSE
Team Sites are ideal for sharing of
information relevant to the staff
within a particular area or for
general administration purposes.
Typically Team Sites are created for
Divisions, Schools, Admin Units and
research centers and groups.
Document Collaboration and
sharing is a primary purpose.
SHAREPOINT PROJECTS
URL will be
https://projects.unisa.edu.au/sites/projectname
Staff across
divisions and
areas and
students
Projects sites are best used for
housing content pertaining to
projects that cross
divisional/portfolio boundaries.
ADVANTAGES
 Easy, quick facility for sharing of information amongst a team
 Look and feel not a major issue because it is for internal
consumption.
 Easy to create site and author pages (no need for HTML skills, no
need for going through the tedious process of requesting for a
website, getting trained, requesting for access, authoring, getting
the site checked before going live, etc.)
 No need for publishing from a development to production
environment
 Can restrict access to UniSA staff with Active Directory Groups or
can open access to all unisa staff if required.
 Team will be able to create sites within their teamsites
themselves
SUGGESTED USE
Team sites for
divisions, schools,
administrative units,
research
institutes/centres
and groups, image
library
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Effective facility for sharing information on a particular project
amongst project team members
Excellent method for updating members on all aspects of the
project and track the progress of the project.
Look and feel not a major issue because it is for internal
consumption.
Easy to create site and author pages (no need for HTML skills, no
need for going through the tedious process of requesting for a
website, getting trained, requesting for access, authoring, getting
the site checked before going live, etc.)
No need for publishing from a development to production
environment
Can restrict viewing to staff within the team or any staff member
Can apply appropriate permissions to other authors for this site
An excellent and easy-to-use online method for collaboration
among members of committees and groups of staff
Provides excellent functionality for activities such as discussion
threads, archiving of discussions, etc, between staff/members
who share a common role/interest
Look and feel not a major issue because it is for internal
consumption.
Easy to create site and author pages (no need for HTML skills, no
need for going through the tedious process of requesting for a
website, getting trained, requesting for access, authoring, getting
the site checked before going live, etc.)
No need for publishing from a development to production
environment
Can restrict viewing to staff within the committee
Staff can post discussions threads and comment on threads
Program and Course
Management
System, Learning
Management
System, etc
UniSA Projects Site:
https://projects.unisa.edu.au/Pages/Def
ault.aspx
How to request for a Projects site: Fill in
and submit the online ‘Request Project
Site Form’ here
https://projects.unisa.edu.au/Pages/Def
ault.aspx
Team Sites user training:
https://teamsites.unisa.edu.au/training/
Documents/Home.aspx
Examples of Team Sites:
Learn Online project
Web Authors Group,
Working Groups
UniSA Committees Site
https://committees.unisa.edu.au/Pages/
Default.aspx
How to request for Committees site: Fill
in and submit the online ‘Request
Committees Site’ form here
https://committees.unisa.edu.au/Pages/
Default.aspx
Committees site user training:
https://committees.unisa.edu.au/Pages/
Default.aspx
Example of Committees sites:
Web Authors Forum
Orientation Working Group
UniSA IT Support Group
A useful facility for team members to organise meetings and
share meeting documents, enabling members to post information
such as agendas and minutes for meetings and other meeting
documentation.
Has the ability to integrate with Microsoft applications such as
Outlook which provides versatility. Members can set up
Workspaces when creating Outlook meeting requests or
MDU/ISTS regular
meeting, research
supervisors meeting,
Divisional Managers
Meetings, etc
UniSA Workspaces Site
https://workspaces.unisa.edu.au/
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It can store project documentation
such as Business Cases, Project
Execution Plans, agendas, minutes,
etc, enabling sharing of this
information among project team
members and relevant staff.
SHAREPOINT COMMITTEES
URL will be
https://committees.unisa.edu.au/sites/committe
ename
Staff across
divisions and
areas and
students
Committees sites enable
interaction and collaboration
between staff who have share
common interests or work, or
between members of a committee
that span divisional/ portfolio
boundaries.
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SHAREPOINT WORKSPACES
URL will be
https://workspace.unisa.edu.au/meetings/works
pacename
Internal
(staff within
teams)
Workspace sites are a hosting site
for meetings and documents.
Workspace interacts with the
Microsoft Office Suite of products
enabling added and useful
functionalities.
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RESOURCES
UniSA Team Sites:
https://teamsites.unisa.edu.au/default.a
spx
How to request for a Team Site:
Contact your Local IT Support staff or
raise a service call in HPSD via email to
teamsites-support@unisa.edu.au
Team Sites user training:
https://teamsites.unisa.edu.au/training/
Documents/Home.aspx
Examples of Team Sites:
MDU image library
How to request for a Workspaces site:
See Setup Meeting Workspace from
Outlook or look at the workspace portal
https://workspaces.unisa.edu.au/ for
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SHAREPOINT
URL will be
https://sharepoint.unisa.edu.au/sites/sitename
Internal
Sharepoint sites are best used for
housing content that cross
divisional/portfolio boundaries.
It can store Project documentation,
Business Cases, Project Execution
Plans, agendas, minutes, etc,
enabling sharing of this information
among relevant staff.
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publishing documents from Word, Excel or Powerpoint.
Look and feel is not a major issue because it is for internal
consumption.
Easy to create site and author pages (no need for HTML skills, no
need for going through the tedious process of requesting for a
website, getting trained, requesting for access, authoring, getting
the site checked before going live, etc.)
No need for publishing from a development to production
environment
Collaboration among staff on documents and collating input from
staff is made easy instead of sending several versions by email
No need to set up VPN for remote access by staff
A useful facility for team members to organise meetings and
share meeting documents, enabling members to post information
such as agendas and minutes for meetings and other meeting
documentation.
Has the ability to integrate with Microsoft applications such as
Outlook which provides versatility. Members can set up
Workspaces when creating Outlook meeting requests or
publishing documents from Word, Excel or Powerpoint.
Look and feel is not a major issue because it is for internal
consumption.
Easy to create site and author pages (no need for HTML skills, no
need for going through the tedious process of requesting for a
website, getting trained, requesting for access, authoring, getting
the site checked before going live, etc.)
No need for publishing from a development to production
environment
Collaboration among staff on documents and collating input from
staff is made easy instead of sending several versions by email
No need to set up VPN for remote access by staff
further guidance.
Examples of Workspaces site:
Problem Meeting
BUE-Divisional Managers Group
MDU/ISTS regular
meeting, research
supervisors meeting,
Divisional Managers
Meetings, etc
UniSA Sharepoint Site
https://sharepoint.unisa.edu.au/
How to request for a Workspaces site:
Look at the workspace portal
https://sharepoint.unisa.edu.au/ for
further guidance or use the site
creation request form at
https://sharepoint.unisa.edu.au/_lay
outs/scsignup.aspx
Examples of Workspaces site:
UniSA-OHS