Website Training Workshop

THINK 

• Explore your site - get acquainted with the content, layout, navigation.
• Determine your audience and purpose.
• Jot down most common questions you receive from the public and what information you can post to improve communication.
• Look at other district sites - use a search engine to review other departments (use Advanced Searching techniques, i.e., School Media Center AND K-5 Schools) - and note ideas for improving content of your website.

PLAN

• Determine short-term goals and long-term goals for your website.
• Use storyboarding technique to plan the website.
• Review the Website guidelines for publishing to the Greenwich Public Schools website.
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      • Greenwich Public Schools Website Publishing Guidelines
• Review the website's taxonomy to ensure consistency of content.
  • Curriculum - Should include an overview, objectives by grade level and any additional resources.
  • Departments - Should include an overview, an F.A.Q if applicable, pertinent information related to the department.
• Gather documents, images (if time) to prepare for website publishing.

DO

• Finalsite Dashboard Overview:  Getting to know FinalSite.
• Password:  Password security measures.
• Text Editing:  Adding or editing text using the text editor including alignment, bulleting/numbering, style.
  • Website Training How-To
• Hyperlinks:  Links to other websites, links to documents.
• Images:  Find, save and insert images.  Be sure to adhere to copyright guidelines.
  
  • Clip Art Websites:
    • Open Source Clip Art:  OpenClipArt
    • Discovery Clip Art:  Discovery
  • Free Stock Photos:
    • Wikimedia Commons
    • Search Engine for Free Stock Photos:  Veezle
    • Public Image Archive:  MorgueFile
    • More images

REVIEW

• Review: Review pages for content, grammatical errors, consistency and adherence to guidelines.
• Monitor:  Establish maintenance schedule to check for broken links, outdated information, gaps, etc.
• Update:  Update information, add images/multimedia.
• Repeat Process.
  

Last updated on:  6/24/2010 by F. Kompar