SchoolWires 101

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SchoolWires 101

• Getting Started

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SchoolWires 101

• Remember the guidelines!

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SchoolWires 101

• You are responsible for the content on your
  webpage.

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SchoolWires 101

• LHS staff members will be the only people working
  on LHS web pages.

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• Your web page will be continuously reviewed by
  committee members.

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Logging In to SchoolWires
Open an Internet browser. Type in the website
address http//schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/lhs
In the top right corner, click sign-in.
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Logging In to SchoolWires
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Logging In to SchoolWires

• Look at your confidential information sheet for
  your sign-in information.
• Your Sign-in name is your firstname.lastname.
• Your Password is the 6 character password given
  to you.

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Logging In to SchoolWires
When you log in you will be directed back to the
website homepage.
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Logging In to SchoolWires
When you log in you will be directed back to the
website homepage.
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Logging In to SchoolWires
In the top right corner click Access Info.
Change your password here.
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Logging In to SchoolWires
For now, you can choose your password. In the
near future, your password to your web page will
be the same as your password to login on your
computer at school (your network password).
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Editing Your Page or Section
Navigate to your faculty page by clicking on
Teachers on the left side of the page. Notice
that Site Manager appears in the upper right
corner on the pages you can edit. To begin
editing, click on the Site Manager Tab on the
upper right side.
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Editing Your Page or Section
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Editing Your Page or Section
It is from within Site Manager that you can begin
editing. Notice the Site Manager and View Website
tabs in the upper left corner. If you click on
View Website, you can preview your work.
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Editing Your Page or Section
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Editing Your Page or Section
You begin editing your page by clicking on the
name of the page. Click on Overview.
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Editing Text
You can edit text in much the same way you do
with a word processing application such as
Microsoft Word.
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Editing Text
Type text first. Then highlight (click and drag)
the text you wish to change. Change the style,
font, size, color, etc.
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Editing Text

• At a MINIMUM on your Teacher Web Page you must
  have
• Your name
• (ex. Ms. Barbara Nanney)

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Editing Text

• At a MINIMUM on your Teacher Web Page you must
  have
• Your school email address
• (ex. bnanney_at_henry.k12.ga.us)
• FYI - Hit ENTER after you type your email address
  to make it an active link

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Editing Text

• At a MINIMUM on your Teacher Web Page you must
  have
• Subjects you will teach during the 2008-09 school
  year

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Editing Text

• At a MINIMUM on your Teacher Web Page you must
  have
• A welcome message
• Can include background info

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Inserting a Picture
To insert a picture, FIRST place the pointer at
the location where you wish to insert the picture.
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Inserting a Picture
THEN to insert a picture, click the Insert Image
button on the tool bar.
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Inserting a Picture
In the dialog box select the location of your
picture and click next.
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Inserting a Picture
If you choose an image on your computer the
dialog box will ask you to browse for the image
and select the size you prefer.
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Inserting a Picture
Choose the image you wish to inset and click Open.
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Inserting a Picture
The next dialog box will verify your selection.
Click Next.
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Inserting a Picture
A dialog box will tell you the image is being
uploaded. When complete, click next.
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Inserting a Picture
You must enter text into the Alt. Text field.
This is what will display when a cursor rolls
over the image. Click Insert Image.
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Inserting a Picture
The image will be inserted in the editor. You can
make some adjustments to placement using the text
align buttons on the tool bar.
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Inserting a Picture
If you are satisfied with the arrangement, click
save. Finally, Click the View Website tab to view
your work.
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Inserting a File
Make sure you insert files in all formats. Word
documents are normally saved as a .doc file. A
Word document can be saved in an .rtf format as
well (rtf is rich text format).
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Inserting a File
Make sure you insert files in all formats. Scan
documents on the scanners at the printers to a
Adobe .pdf format so they can be opened by anyone
with Adobe Reader.
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Inserting a File
To insert a file, first type the words that will
be the hyperlink.
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Inserting a File
THEN highlight those words and click the Copy
icon.
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Inserting a File
Click the Insert File Link button on the tool bar.
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Inserting a File
In the dialog box select the location of your
file and click next.
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Inserting a File
If you choose a file on your computer the dialog
box will ask you to browse for the file.
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Inserting a File
You must enter text into the Link Text field and
this is easy to do if you copied the text
earlier. Hold the Control button on the keyboard
and hit V (for paste).
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Inserting a File
The same word should be pasted into the Link Text
field. Choose to open in a new window or the same
window. Click Insert File.
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Inserting a File
The words on your web page will now be a link to
the document you uploaded.
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Inserting a Table
The basic idea behind good web design is to
partition your web page into various sections and
columns to give it a professional allure and to
make it more user friendly.
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Inserting a Table
Tables are a great way to make objects keep their
place on a page. Tables also allow the webmaster
to place text in a table without using tabs,
bullets, and other formatting objects.
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Inserting a Table
Place your cursor on the page where you wish to
insert a table. Find the Insert Table button.
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Inserting a Table
Click, release and drag to make a table the size
that you prefer.
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Inserting a Table
You should see the table showing rows and
columns. If you cannot see the table, click the
Show/Hide Gridlines button.
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Editing a Table
Click anywhere inside the table. Click the Edit
Table/Cell button. You will see 3 options.
Choose one to begin the editing process.
Click here first!
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Editing a Table
If you choose the Edit Table/Cell icon, you may
edit the table size by deleting or adding rows or
columns.
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Editing a Table
If you choose the Edit Table/Cell icon, you may
also edit other table properties such as size,
alignment, and border width.
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Editing a Table
If you choose the Edit Table/Cell icon, you may
also edit background color.
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Adding More Pages
Click on the Home tab/button. Click on New Page
to see the types of pages available.
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Adding More Pages
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Adding More Pages

• Available Page Types
• Article Library
• This page type is useful for sports highlights,
  newsletters, and meeting minutes.

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Adding More Pages

• Available Page Types
• Calendar
• A calendar can be used for such things as
  homework, sport schedules, field trips and
  conferences.

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Adding More Pages

• Available Page Types
• File Library
• This page type is useful for policies, forms,
  software updates and art projects.

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Adding More Pages

• Available Page Types
• Flex Page
• This page type is useful for all types of content.

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Adding More Pages

• Available Page Types
• Link Library
• This page type is useful for helpful links, fun
  links and homework links.

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Adding More Pages

• Available Page Types
• Maps Directions
• This page type is useful for athletic events,
  field trips and other occasions when you want to
  give detailed driving directions.

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Editing Pages
No matter what type of page you choose,the new
page must be named and saved before you begin
working on it.
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Editing Pages
You will see the new page in the list of pages
you have created Choose the page to edit from
here.
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• There is a Tutorials button on the Home page
  that may be helpful!

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• ALWAYS LOG OUT of SchoolWires or close the
  browser!