Faculty Webpage Design

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Faculty Webpage Design

• Minimum Requirements

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Go to http//gcsc.groupfusion.net/then High
School
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Getting into Classroom Pages
Select Academics Classroom Pages
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Departments
Find your area.
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Classroom Pages
Find your name with the subjects you teach. Open
one. If you are not listed contact C.Campbell.
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Your Classroom Page
This is what you will start with.
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Log In

• Move down to the left.
• Left click username
• Type your username
• Left click password
• Type your password
• Hit Login

Here
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Add Class Description

• You will select
• Add Class Description

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Adding Class Description

• Type the description of your class.
• Hit Add Description

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Add Picture

• You need a saved digital picture on your
  computer.
• See C. Campbell if you would like a new picture.
• He has a few saved from Whitsons Video.
• Select Add Class Picture

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Adding Picture

• Select Browse
• Go to the directory where your picture is saved.
• Double click the picture file that you want in
  add.
• Hit Add Picture.

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Adding Picture

• Did the picture show up?
• If not check the size of the picture.
• You cant use any picture file over 10 MB.
• Try a different picture or see Mr. C if the
  picture still wont load.

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Making Class Announcements

• You may add any information that your students
  need to know in this location.
• Click Add Announcement.

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Adding Class Announcements

• 1st Give a Title to your announcement.
• 2nd Type your announcement.
• 3rd Add a picture.
• (This step is not required, but you may add
  another picture.)
• 4th Hit Add Announcement.

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Adding Class Announcements

• The announcement should have been added.
• The additional picture should be there too.
• This is a good place to keep your students
  parents informed as to what you are doing in
  class.

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Creating Links

• Select Create Link.

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Creating Links

• You will get a screen that looks like this.
• In the URL box type or paste the complete web
  address.
• Be sure to include http// then www.
• See example under the URL box.
• Then hit Create Link.

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Creating Links

• Test your link.
• Did it take you to the website that you wanted?
• If not check to make sure you typed in the exact
  characters case of the web address.
• Try again.

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Contact Information

• To add contact information you will have to
• Update Class Configuration
• Select this phrase.

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Adding Contact Information

• You can make many changes to the appearance of
  your pages here.
• At this time we are only going to turn On the
  Contacts.

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Adding Contact Information

• Click the little pencil to edit contacts.
• A new screen will appear.

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Adding Contact Information

• Change the option from No contacts to
• Only teachers can create contacts.
• You do this by clicking the middle box.
• Now hit box below.
• Click here to edit the contacts setting

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Adding Contact Information

• Now go
• Back to class home
• by selecting this phrase.

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Adding Contact Information

• Now you can add your personal contact
  information.
• Click Add Contact.

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Adding Contact Information

• You only need to give First Name, Last Name,
  Business Phone (school), and school Email.

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Adding Contact Information

• Like this example
• Then hit
• Click here to add contact

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Adding Contact Information

• Now your contact information should appear.
• Test it by sending yourself an email message.

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Creating Homework

• Posting homework on your webpage is not a minimum
  requirement at this time.
• If you want to skip ahead, move to Class Files.
• If you would like to try to add an assignment,
  look for Class Homework.

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Creating Homework

• Under Class Homework select Add Assignment.

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Creating Homework

• Add the Assignment Name
• in the top box.
• Type the description in the
• larger box.
• Adjust the due date by clicking on the date box.
• Hit Add Assignment located at the bottom.

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Creating Homework

• If you need to change the assignment, select
  Edit.
• Due dates are a common change that you may need
  to make.

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Creating Homework

• Make your changes.
• Hit Edit Assignment.

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Creating Homework

• Once the due date has passed you will
  automatically have a new folder created called
• Previous Class Homework
• To access this section click on View Previous
  Class Homework

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Deleting Old Homework

• To delete old homework
• Click on
• View Previous Section Homework

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Deleting Old Homework

• Select Delete Assignment.
• Be sure that you are deleting assignments from
• Previous Class Homework.

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Adding Class Files

• Class Files can be used as a storage area for any
  kind of document useful for you and your
  students.
• Suggestions
• Class Rules
• Syllabus or Outline
• Grading Scale
• You can keep files from
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, PDF
  files Pictures.
• Click Add File

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Adding Class Files

• Select the Browse box.

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Adding Class Files

• Now find the file that you want to display on
  your page.
• Select it.
• Hit Open.

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Adding Class Files

• Give a description of what the file contains.
• Hit Add File.

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Adding Class Files

• You should now see the new file added.
• If you want to delete any of the files, select
  Delete File next to the one you want to delete.

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Adding Class Files

• If you make changes to any of these files and you
  want the new changes to appear, use the Overwrite
  option.
• You are the only one who can modify the original
  version of these files.

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Adding Class Files

• If you have paper documents that you want to
  publish on your webpage you will need to create a
  PDF document.
• High School Teachers can do this with the copier
  in the lounge.

• 1981
• Classroom Rules
• No Gum
• No Running
• No Dancing
• No Fun

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Adding Class Files

• Mr. Perry has created instructions for using the
  copy machine to create a PDF document from our
  copier.
• Follow the steps on the next slide.

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Adding Class Files

• From that Email, save the attached PDF file
  where you normally save files on your computer.
• Follow the steps for adding Class Files (slide
  36).

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Conclusion

• Look at other teachers WebPages.
• Try doing something new whenever you have free
  time.
• Go to the Middle School site.
• Tami Vest has created several additional
  PowerPoint Presentations to help you.

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Conclusion

• Go to
• Help In Using School Fusion.

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Conclusion

• Here is where you can find additional help.

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Conclusion

• If you use it
• So will our community.