Open House and Training Sessions — Fall 2008

Web Services will offer training for the Content Management System, Web Content Usability, Web Statistics, CampusCruiser, and Live Chat. We’ll also be on hand to answer all your questions about CMS and the Web. 

Location:

All sessions will be held in our offices on the 12th floor of the Sawyer Building.

Dates:

Wednesday, August 27 - 2:00 - 4:30pm
Thursday, September 4 - 2:00 - 4:30pm
Wednesday, September 17 - 2:00 - 4:30pm
Wednesday, October 1 - 2:00 - 4:30pm
Wednesday, October 15 - 2:00 - 4:30pm
Wednesday, October 29 - 2:00 - 4:30pm
Wednesday, November 19 - 2:00 - 4:30pm
Wednesday, December 10 - 2:00 - 4:30pm

Open House Q & A

Like our regular Open House sessions, we invite you drop in with any web site questions to work one-to-one with a member of our team; who can answer your questions or refer you to other resources. It’s usually helpful if you have previously taken Author/Editor Training. 

If you’re looking for more comprehensive training for the CMS (Author/Editor), Web Site Usability, or Campus Cruiser, We ask that you register ahead of time so we can reserve the necessary time and resources to meet your needs. 

Author/Editor Training

For users who will be editing and updating content on their web site. This 2½ hour introduction to the RedDot Content Management System and the basics of Web editing includes

• Editing existing content
• Creating new content pages and FAQ-style pages
• Using the Text Editor
• Linking to pages, files, and images
• Version control
• Submitting your content to workflow for review, approval and publishing

Attendance at this 2½ hour training session is required for access to the system. Attendees should download the Web Content Provider’s Guide and bring it to class. This manual is updated periodically.

Web Content Usability

Having information to put on the Web is one thing. Making that content available to the people who need it, and putting it in a form the can use is another matter. Before you attend, please download and read the Web Content Usability Guide.

Campus Cruiser Overview

Become familiar with all the tools and capabilities of the web portal. Learn to retrieve Suffolk email, create working groups, committees, to-do lists and tasks with priority assignments within a secure environment, organize your calendar(s) to include both personal calendar information as well as scheduled events.

Web Statistics Overview

Learn the basics about what Web statistics can and can’t tell you, and discover how to use Google Analytics to find the stats for your site or page.

Live Chat

Chat rooms offer an opportunity to communicate with others by simultaneously sharing information, in the form of text messages, with a group of other users. Find out if it’s the right technology for your communications or community-building activities.

For more information about Web training, contact Web Services at webadmin@suffolk.edu.