Schoolwires Section Editor Workbook (Manual for Content Managers)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 1
Your Schoolwires Website ........................................................................................................................ 1
Website Structure .................................................................................................................................... 2
Section Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 4
What is a Section? ................................................................................................................................ 4
How Does a Section Display on the End-User Website? ....................................................................... 4
What are Page Types?.............................................................................................................................. 5
Page Type Overview .............................................................................................................................. 5
About Teacher .................................................................................................................................. 5
Alumni Directory ............................................................................................................................... 5
Article Library ................................................................................................................................... 5
Assignments ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Basic Page......................................................................................................................................... 6
Blank Page ........................................................................................................................................ 6
Blog .................................................................................................................................................. 6
Book List ........................................................................................................................................... 7
Calendar ........................................................................................................................................... 7
Department Homepage .................................................................................................................... 7
Discussion ......................................................................................................................................... 8
File Library ........................................................................................................................................ 8
Flex Editor ........................................................................................................................................ 8
Link Library ....................................................................................................................................... 9
Maps & Directions ............................................................................................................................. 9
Photo Gallery ................................................................................................................................... 9
Podcast ........................................................................................................................................... 10
Q & A .............................................................................................................................................. 10
Teacher Homepage ......................................................................................................................... 10
Wiki ................................................................................................................................................ 11
Editing Privileges and Viewing Rights ..................................................................................................... 12
What are Editing Privileges? ............................................................................................................... 12
What are Viewing Rights? ................................................................................................................... 12

What are E-Alerts? ................................................................................................................................. 13
Broadcast E-Alerts ............................................................................................................................... 13
Content E-Alerts ................................................................................................................................. 13
Exercise 1—Organizing Your Section ...................................................................................................... 14
Exercise 2—Section Planning Guide ....................................................................................................... 15
Chapter 2 .................................................................................................................................................... 15
The Section Workspace ........................................................................................................................... 15
Site Manager and Section Workspace Overview .................................................................................... 16
Access Your Section Workspace ......................................................................................................... 16
What is Site Manager? ........................................................................................................................ 17
What is the Section Workspace? ........................................................................................................ 18
Controlling Section Editors & Viewers .................................................................................................... 21
Assign Editing Privileges for Your Section ........................................................................................... 21
Assign Viewing Rights to Your Section ................................................................................................ 22
Adding Content to Your Section ............................................................................................................. 23
What are the Core Components of a Centricity2 Page? ..................................................................... 23
Page Layout .................................................................................................................................... 23
Columns ......................................................................................................................................... 23
Apps ............................................................................................................................................... 23
How Do I Add a Page to My Section? .................................................................................................. 24
How Do I Add and Edit Content on My Page? .................................................................................... 25
Editing Apps—Single App on a Page ............................................................................................... 25
Editing Apps—Multiple Apps on a Page ......................................................................................... 25
How do I Change the Layout of My Page? .......................................................................................... 26
Adding Apps to a Page ........................................................................................................................ 27
App and Page Options ............................................................................................................................. 28
Editing Options for an App .................................................................................................................. 28
Sharing Apps ...................................................................................................................................... 29
Editing Page Options ........................................................................................................................... 29
Set Viewing Rights for a Page.............................................................................................................. 31
Additional Page Tasks ............................................................................................................................. 32
Additional Page Tasks on the Actions Drop-Down List ....................................................................... 32
Organizing Pages in Your Section ........................................................................................................ 33

Working with the Calendar App .............................................................................................................. 34
Adding Events to your Calendar.......................................................................................................... 34
Editing and Deleting Calendar Events ................................................................................................. 34
Working with Files & Folders .................................................................................................................. 35
Accessing Files & Folders .................................................................................................................... 35
Managing Your Files & Folders ........................................................................................................... 35
Exercise 1—Add and Edit a Flex Page ..................................................................................................... 36
Exercise 2—Change the Page Layout and Add a Calendar App .............................................................. 37
Exercise 3—Add a Calendar Event .......................................................................................................... 38
Exercise 4—Upload Files to Files & Folders ............................................................................................ 39
Chapter 3 .................................................................................................................................................... 39
The Schoolwires Editor ........................................................................................................................... 39
Introduction to the Schoolwires Editor................................................................................................... 40
The Schoolwires Editor in Apps ........................................................................................................... 40
Schoolwires Editor Icons ..................................................................................................................... 41
Using the Editor ..................................................................................................................................... 42
Insert Text .......................................................................................................................................... 42
Copy and Paste ................................................................................................................................... 42
Format Text ........................................................................................................................................ 42
Format a List....................................................................................................................................... 43
Insert an Image .................................................................................................................................. 43
Position an Image ............................................................................................................................... 44
Insert a Table ...................................................................................................................................... 45
Edit a Table ......................................................................................................................................... 45
Resize a Cell in a Table ........................................................................................................................ 46
Resize a Table ..................................................................................................................................... 46
Change Table Background Color ......................................................................................................... 47
Change Page Background Color .......................................................................................................... 47
Insert a Link ........................................................................................................................................ 48
Edit a Link ........................................................................................................................................... 49
Insert a Bookmark ............................................................................................................................... 49
ActiveBlocks ....................................................................................................................................... 50
Access Active Blocks ........................................................................................................................ 50
Embed a Web Page using ActiveBlocks........................................................................................... 50

Exercise 1—Work with Text .................................................................................................................... 51
Exercise 2—Insert an Image .................................................................................................................... 51
Exercise 3—Position an Image ................................................................................................................ 51
Exercise 4—Add a Border to an Image ................................................................................................... 51
Exercise 5—Insert an Image from a Different Website .......................................................................... 52
Exercise 6—Create a Table ..................................................................................................................... 52
Glossary ...................................................................................................................................................... 53