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Experiences Using SharePoint

Experiences Using SharePoint. Tim Rawe & Solima Khatun: Epping Forest College. Windows SharePoint Services Teams can communicate, share documents, and collaborate on a project. Could have separate sites for every project on which a team is working on.

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Experiences Using SharePoint

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  1. Experiences Using SharePoint Tim Rawe & Solima Khatun: Epping Forest College

  2. Windows SharePoint Services • Teams can communicate, share documents, and collaborate on a project. • Could have separate sites for every project on which a team is working on. • Only a Web browser is needed to design and contribute. • Office 2003 enables users to work directly with a site…. • saving files to libraries. • editing documents in the client program. • moving or linking to information. • all from applications they are used to using. Home site What is SharePoint?

  3. SharePointPortal Server • Creates a unified portal site that connects an entire organization • Brings together disparate information. • Facilitates easy collaboration on documents, projects, etc. • Presents specific applications and customised content based on who a user is. • Integrates with Windows SharePoint Services, Office 2003 etc. What is SharePoint?

  4. Ways to use SharePoint • Intranet • Extranet • Document libraries • Event information • Surveys & voting • Team activities • Projects and collaboration Why use SharePoint?

  5. EFC’s motives for using SharePoint • Missed early move in to VLEs • Developed HTML based intranet • Problems training staff in HTML skills • No money for established VLE systems • SharePoint tried/purchased via MS Select scheme. • Browser based approach that can empower users Why use SharePoint?

  6. EFC’s implementation of SharePoint • Structure incorporates a staff intranet and student e-learning content. • User/group permissioning via Active Directory. • Staff given admin rights to their sub sites • Integration with MS Office. • Trial of My Site feature delayed by capacity of server. Using SharePoint

  7. SharePoint operational issues • Backup and restore. • FrontPage is a necessity (!?!?). • Using Firefox – some compatibility issues. • Creating sites with no spaces in names. • Currently introducing Moodle ‘through’ SharePoint. Using SharePoint

  8. The staff and student experience • How well have staff grasped the potential of SharePoint? • Issues in training • No problems for students • Staff commitment to communicate/collaborate is key Using SharePoint

  9. Tips and tricks • Blogs • Web parts • Stsadm - Get on friendly terms with your server admin! • Develop templates before bulk creating sites • Populate root sites with site template styles. • Beware changing the MS Cascading style sheet – it gets overwritten with Service Packs Using SharePoint

  10. SharePoint server setup Using SharePoint

  11. Where from here? • Popular and easy to use but…. • Too complex navigation structure at present, so…. • Will split Staff intranet (SharePoint) away from Student VLE (Moodle) • Upgrading to SharePoint 2007 and Office 2007. Using SharePoint

  12. Resources • SharePoint Tips (very useful) • Blogs (e.g. Jan Tielen's blog) • MSD2D - SharePoint web parts • SharePoint Services & Portal Server menu charts (for free!) • SharePoint Services Administrator’s Guide Using SharePoint

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