WholePacket-Sept2011

Create Your MySite:
The first time you access your MySite, you must be on campus.
1. Go to: http://mysite.dmacc.edu/ or click MySite in the top right corner of the DMACC home page.
You may see the following prompt:
“Please wait while your personal site is setup for the first time and the default document libraries and lists are created. This may take several seconds.”
2. Click the “Set as default My Site” tab (near the top right side of the page).
Set Anonymous Access
This important step will allow people to view your instructor website
(not your MySite personal page).
Follow these steps:
1. Click the Site Actions button
(right side of white button bar).
2. Select Site Settings
6. Under “Anonymous users can
access:” select: “Entire Website”
3. Under Users and Permissions
click Advanced Permissions
7. Click the OK button
If you see this screen, click “Yes.”
4. In the blue bar, click Settings
5. Select Anonymous Access
8. Return to your MySite home
page by clicking the My Home
tab (top left side of page).

Create Your Instructor Website
1. Start at My Home
2. Click the Site Actions button
(right side of white button bar)
3. Select > Create
5. Complete the form fields on the next page (use your name instead of “Donna Macc”).
Click the OK button when done.
4. Under Web Pages
click Sites and Workspaces

Activate Features
This important step activates a user-friendly editing tool that you will use on your Instructor website.
1. Click the Site Actions button
(right side of white button bar).
2. Select Site Settings
3. Under Site Administration
click Site Features
4. Click the Activate button beside these two features (bottom of the list)
5. Return to your Instructor Site home page: Click the Home tab.
(Top left corner of the page.)

Creating & Developing Your Own
Instructor Website
Updated: September 2011

Creating and Developing Your Own Instructor Website
Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Overview of Your MySite Personal View ......................................................................................................................... 3
Overview of your MyProfile Page ........................................................................................................................................ 4
Overview of Your Instructor Website .............................................................................................................................. 5
Managing Documents: The Document Library ............................................................................................................ 6
Managing Pictures: The Picture Library .................................................................................................................... 7-11
Main Content Area ............................................................................................................................................................. 12-14
Choose a Theme ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15
Going Live ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Additional Instructions
Modifying the White Link Bar ....................................................................................................................................... 17
Modifying the Quick Launch (Left Navigation) ......................................................................................................... 17
Add Item/Event to Calendar ......................................................................................................................................... 17
Create a New Discussion .............................................................................................................................................. 17
Create/Manage Document Libraries ........................................................................................................................... 18
Create a Class Site or Other Sub-Site ....................................................................................................................... 18
Blogging .................................................................................................................................................................................... 19-21
Online Help / Download this Training Packet ............................................................................................................. 22
Logging in from Off Campus ................................................................................................................................................ 22
Storage Space .............................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Set up Your MySite Personal & Public Pages .............................................................................................................. 23
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Introduction
Instructor websites are built in the public area of your MySite (http://mysite.dmacc.edu)
Everyone at DMACC – faculty, staff & students – has access to create a MySite.
By default, the MySite has two views:
� My Home: Your private view (only you can see this page)
� My Profile: Your public view (everyone can see this page)
We are going to add a new site to your MySite -- your Instructor Site
My Home
Default view
[Personal: visible only to you]
Class Site(s)
The MySite
Instructor Site
NEW SITE
[Public: visible to everyone]
Optional Additional Pages
Blog Calendar
My Profile
Default view
[Public: Only visible to DMACC people]
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Online Help & Instructions: www.dmacc.edu/MySiteHelp
Email Help: MySiteHelp@dmacc.edu
Overview of Your MySite Personal View
Top Tabs: Use to
navigate to different
views of your MySite.
Left Nav
or “Quick
Launch,”
by default,
several links
are present
in the Quick
Launch area.
Instructor Site Link:
Click this link to go
to your new
Instructor Website.
Welcome [Your name] –
Lets you know that you are
logged in to the system.
Center/Content Area
Default is 2 columns, but can be
customized; uses “Web Parts” to
display content on the page.
MySite: Links to your
MySite personal page
(this page).
My Links: Add
favorite links
here and use
them on any
computer
when you are
logged in.
personal page
Site Actions
button – the
starting point for
creating and
updating your
MySite and
Instructor Site
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Overview of My Profile Page
This is the view of your MySite that other people with a DMACC login can view. It is not accessible by the general
public.
This page is also not customizable, so we don’t use it for our instructor website.
If you add shared content to your MySite Personal View, it will show on this page.
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Overview of Your Instructor Site
This new page contains many of the same features as your MySite personal view; however it is accessible by the
general public. In addition, unlike your MySite public view, you can customize this page and let non-DMACC
people access it.
Breadcrumb Trail: Use
to navigate and show your
current location.
Left Nav
or “Quick
Launch,”
by default,
several links
are present
in the Quick
Launch area.
Welcome [Your name] –
Lets you know that you are
logged in to the system.
Center/Content Area
Default is 2 columns, but can be
customized; uses “Web Parts” to
display content on the page.
MySite: Links to your
MySite personal page
(this page).
My Links: Add
favorite links
here and use
them on any
computer
when you are
logged in.
personal page
Site Actions
button – the
starting point for
creating and
updating your
MySite and
Instructor Site
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Managing Documents: The Document Library
Note: Documents added to your instructor site will be visible to everyone. If you would like to store documents that are
only visible to you, go back to your MySite home page (Click MySite in top right corner), before following these instructions.
Upload Documents
� From your Instructor site page, click Documents in the left navigation.
� This view shows your Site Content. By default it has one document library called Shared Documents.
� You can upload files into the Shared Documents library, or create a new one.
� To upload files into the existing library, click Shared Documents in either the left navigation or in the
center area.
� To upload one document
o Click “Upload” in the blue bar
o Click the Browse button and select the file to upload
o Version Comments – these are comments that will only be seen by you
o Click OK
� To upload multiple documents
o Click the down arrow to the right of “Upload” in the blue bar and select “Upload Multiple
Documents”
� Navigate to your documents
� Click the check box next to the documents you wish to upload
� Click OK
� Click YES at the prompt
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Managing Pictures: The Picture Library
Note: Pictures added to your instructor site will be visible to everyone. If you would like to store pictures that are only
visible to you, go back to your MySite home page (Click MySite in top right corner), before following these instructions.
Create a Picture Library
� From your Instructor site page, click View All Site Content in the left navigation.
� This will take you to a screen that shows all of the default features of your instructor website.
� Click the Create button in the blue navigation bar.
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� In the Libraries column, select Picture Library.
� Complete the form (see below) and click the Create button.
Click the
“Create” button
when done.
� Note: After you click the Create button, you will be automatically redirected
to your new Picture Library.
This will be the
name that shows
in the navigation.
Describe what
will be in this
picture library.
Click “Yes” to
put a link in the
left navigation.
Click “No,” the
email option is
not set up.
Click “Yes.” This
creates a backup
copy of your
picture if you
upload a new
version.
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To upload one picture:
� Go to the Pictures library (click on it in the left navigation)
� Click “Upload” in the blue bar.
Note: You can either click on the word “Upload” or click the down arrow to the right and select
“Upload Picture”
� Click the “Browse” button and locate the picture you wish to upload.
� Either double-click the file name or single click and then click the Open button
� If desired, enter “Version Comments” or leave this field blank.
(These comments will only be visible to you.)
� Click the OK button
� If desired, complete the fields on the next screen to set the document properties, or just click the OK
button to complete the upload.
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To upload multiple pictures:
� Click the down arrow to the right of “Upload” in the blue bar and select “Upload Multiple Pictures”
� Click Add Picture Shortcut (top left side of window).
� In the next window, navigate to the folder where your picture(s) are located and click the Add button.
Note: You will NOT see any pictures in this window, just file names.
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� This will bring you back to the previous window. Select the photo(s) you wish to upload. To select
multiple photos, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking.
� Select any options from the right side menu, and then click the Upload and Close button.
� Click Go Back to Pictures to view uploaded photos.
� The uploaded photos are now visible in the Pictures Library.
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Main Content Area
Modifying the Main Content Area
� Click the Home tab near the top left side of the screen.
� Click Site Actions (upper right side of page), and then Edit Page.
� This puts the page in edit mode, which shows the Web Parts areas.
� All content added to your page must be in a “Web Part.” You can add, move, edit and delete web parts.
� To edit an existing web part, click the down arrow next to “edit” and select “Modify Shared Web Part”
� To remove an existing web part, click the down arrow next to “edit” and select “Delete”
NOTE: Clicking the “X” hides the web part, it does not delete it from the page
� To move a web part, grab it along the yellow bar and drag to a different location on the page
� To add a new web part, click “Add a Web Part” in either column
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� The Web Parts window will open.
NOTE: You may need
to expand the list of
web parts under each
category by clicking the
“+” button in the blue
bar.
� Commonly used Web Parts:
o Telerik RadEditor for MOSS – Use to put text and images on your web page
o Announcements – Use to post announcements on your web page
o Calendar – Post events to your web page
o Links – Add a list of links to your web page
o RSS Viewer -- Renders RSS feed on your web page
� Select a web part from the list and click the Add button at the bottom of the window.
Adding Text & Photos to the page
� Add the Telerik RadEditor for MOSS web part to your page. It is under the “Miscellaneous” category.
� When the web parts window closes, click Edit > Modify Shared Web Part on the top bar of the new
web part.
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� You will now see a text window in the center column and a new menu on the right side of the page.
� Click inside the large text window to show the editing toolbar.
Type the following text into this box:
Office Location: [your location]
Office Hours: [your office hours]
Phone Number: [your phone number]
Email Address: [your email address]
� Text can be typed directly into this window, or pasted from your computer’s
clipboard.
o Use the formatting buttons on the toolbar, or switch to HTML code view
by clicking the icon.
� To insert a photo or image:
o Click the Image Manager icon , select the photos folder, and the image
to be inserted on the page. Right click the photo to edit its properties
(size, alignment, border, image map, etc.).
� To hide the Web Part frame, Click “Appearance” on the right side of the page, and
under “Chrome Type,” select “None.”
Save & Publish Changes
� Click the OK button at the bottom of the web part menu to save changes.
� Click “Exit Edit Mode” (just below the Site Actions button)
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Choose a Theme
Each site you set up, including your MySite, Instructor Site, blogs, etc, can have a theme applied.
� Click the Site Actions button and select Site Settings.
� Under the Look & Feel column, select Site Theme.
� Select a theme, and click the “Apply” button
� The new theme will be applied to your site.
� Click the Home button near the top left side of the screen.
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Going Live
When your new instructor site is ready to go live:
� Send an email to the DMACC Webmaster – webmaster@dmacc.edu
� A link will be added to your instructor site from the main directory: www.dmacc.edu/instructors
� Once your site is added to the Instructor site directory, it can be accessed from the DMACC home page
(www.dmacc.edu) by clicking on Instructor Websites under Quick Links.
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Additional Instructions
Modifying the White Link Bar (on Instructor site and other sub-sites after a theme is applied)
� Site Actions > Site Settings
� Look and Feel > Top Link Bar
� New Link – Adds a new link (Description is text that will show on navigation bar)
� Change Order – Rearrange the order of current links
� Use Links from Parent – Makes this site (or sub-site) use the same links that are on your instructor site
� Edit a Current Link – Click the icon (left of the link name) to change link URL or text (description)
Modifying the Quick Launch (Left Navigation)
� Site Actions > Site Settings
� Look and Feel > Quick Launch
o New Link – Adds a new link under an existing heading
(Description is text that will show on navigation bar)
o New Heading – Adds a heading (which is also a link), shows up in bold type on the list of
links. Links can be added under the heading. This is a good way to organize multiple links.
o Change Order – Rearrange the order of current links
o Edit a Link – Click the edit icon next to the link you wish to edit and make changes
o Delete a Link – Click the edit icon next to the link you wish to delete, then click delete
� Click the OK button when done to save changes
Add Item/Event to Calendar
� In blue navigation bar, click “New”
� Enter event information
� Click OK
Create a New Discussion
� In blue navigation bar, click “New”
� Enter discussion information
� Click OK
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Additional Instructions (continued)
Create/Manage Document Libraries
� Click “Documents” in the Quick Launch
� Modify settings of an existing document library
o Click the document library name (e.g., “Shared Documents”)
o From the blue bar, click: Settings > Document Library Settings
o General Settings > Title, description and navigation
� Change the name and description, specify if it should be listed in the Quick Launch
o General Settings > Versioning Settings
� Set versioning on documents (save previous versions in history file), etc.
� Create a new document library
o Click “Create” in the blue navigation bar
o Libraries > Document Library
o Enter settings
� Name, description
� Navigation – Do you want it to appear in the Quick Launch?
� Incoming Email – this function DOES NOT WORK (yet)
� Document Versioning History – Create a version each time you edit a file?
� Document Template – Default file type for new files created in this library
o Click Create
Create a Class Site or Other Sub-Site
� From your Instructor website home page (click “Home” in the top white navigation bar)
� Site Actions > Create
� Web Pages > Sites and Workspaces
� Page Settings
o Title: Course Name (e.g., Creative Writing)
o Description: e.g., Creative Writing Class Website
o URL Name: eng221 (for example)
� NOTE: URLs should be all lower case with no spaces and no punctuation other than a dash or
underscore.
o Select a Template: Collaboration > Team Site
o User Permissions: Use same permissions as parent site
o Display this site on the Quick Launch of the parent site? YES
o Display this site on the top link bar of the parent site? YES
o Use the top link bar from the parent site? YES
� Click the Create button
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Blogging
By definition, a blog is a site for a person or team to post ideas, observations, and expertise that site visitors can
comment on.
Create Your Blog
� Start at the Instructor site home page
� Site Actions > Create
� Web Pages > Sites and Workspaces
� Page Settings
o Title: Blog
o Description: e.g., Donna Macc: DMACC Instructor blog
o URL Name: blog
o Select a Template: Collaboration > Blog
o User Permissions: Use same permissions as parent site
o Display this site on the Quick Launch of the parent site? YES
o Display this site on the top link bar of the parent site? YES
o Use the top link bar from the parent site? YES
Activate Features
This important step activates a user-friendly editing tool that you will use on your blog posts.
� Site Actions > Site Settings
� Site Administration > Site Features
� Click the button for these two features (bottom two on the list):
o Use RadEditor to edit HTML fields
o Use RadEditor to edit List Items
Choose a Theme
� Site Actions > Site Settings
� Look & Feel > Site Theme
� Select one and click Apply button
Quick Launch
� Categories – Click to manage Blog categories (add, edit, remove)
� Other Blogs – Click to add links to other blogs (can be removed)
� Links – Click to add links blogs (can be removed)
� RSS Feed – Users click this to subscribe to your RSS feed
Center Column
� Posts are displayed in reverse chronological order (newest entries first)
Right Column – Admin Links
� Create a Post
� Manage Posts
� Etc.
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Create a Blog Post
� Click link in right column under “Admin Links”
� Give the post a title
� Type in body of the post (content). Use editing tools or can update in HTML code (code view)
� Choose a category (must be previously set under Categories on Quick Launch)
� Select a published date, or leave default (current date/time)
� Save as draft – if you don’t want it to show yet on page
� Publish – to allow viewing of the post
Edit Posts
� Click post title
� Click “Edit” button (upper right)
Insert Photo/Image to a Blog Post
� Add a new post or edit a previous post
� Insert cursor where photo should be placed
� Click the Image Manager icon , select the photos folder, and click the image to be inserted on the page.
NOTE: Images must first be uploaded to your Picture Library (See Managing Pictures page 7.)
� Add Image Alt Text (a description of the image)
� Click the Insert button
Set Image Properties
� Right click the photo/image to edit its properties:
o Image size
o Border color and width
o Image alignment
o Horizontal & vertical spacing
o Add/edit an image map (set link(s) on part of the image)
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Create a Blog Post using MS Word 2007
Note: You will need MS Word 2007 and the URL (web address) of your blog
Initial Setup
� Open MS Word 2007
� Click the Office Button at the top left corner of the page
� Click New
� Click the New Blog Post button
� Click the Create button
� Click the Register Now button
� From the drop-down menu select SharePoint blog
� Click Next
� Enter the URL (web address) of your blog in the box
� Click OK
� At the next prompt, put a check in the box "Don't show this message again" and click YES
� Click OK
Create the Post
� Click “Enter Post Title Here” and enter the name of your post
� Click below the line and enter the text for your post
� When done, click Publish in the upper left corner
� Close the MS Word document with our without saving
NOTE: You can insert pictures, clip art, graphs, text art, etc. into your posts and they will automatically be uploaded
to the blog’s photo library when the post is published.
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Online Help / Download this Training Packet
A PDF of this training packet and additional instructions are online at: www.dmacc.edu/mysitehelp
Logging in from Off Campus
Go to this web address to log in to your MySite from off campus:
https://mysite.dmacc.edu/personal/DMACC Username
e.g., https://mysite.dmacc.edu/personal/jdoe
In the Username field, add “dmacc\” just before your dmacc user id (i.e., dmacc\jldoe)
Storage Space
Default Space & How to Increase
By default, each MySite is allocated about 100 MB of storage space. If you run out, just email Tech Support at
techsupport@dmacc.edu, and ask them to increase the file space on your MySite.
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Set Up Your MySite Personal & Public Pages
Getting Started with MySite
Note: Information entered into this section will show on both your personal and public MySite pages.
� Click “Describe Yourself” link in center of page
� Enter info into these fields
� Picture: Click “Choose Picture” button and navigate to your photo
Activate Features
This important step activates a user-friendly editing tool that you will use on your MySite personal (MyHome) web page.
� Site Actions > Site Settings
� Site Administration > Site Features
� Click the button for these two features:
o Use RadEditor to edit HTML fields
o Use RadEditor to edit List Items
� Return to your MySite home page: Click “My Home” in the top white navigation bar.
Adding Content to your MySite Personal (MyHome) Page
� Content can be added to your private MySite home page by adding “web parts” to the page.
(See Modifying the Main Content Area.)
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