Building Department Websites William McKeown .

Building Department WebsitesWilliam McKeownwww.tvdsb.ca/webpages/mckeownw

Itinerary• Website Basics• Introductory Page• Course Descriptions• On-Line Drop Boxes• Wish List

Getting Started• Login to your TVADMIN menu:

– www.tvdsb.ca/tvadmin– Your login is tv#####@tvnet.pri– Your password is your AD password

Editing The Main Page

• When you login to your website the first time, you will see a page similar to this. However, pages will be different depending on the permissions of the user.

Accessing Department Areas:

• Click on “Site Content”, followed by “Departments”• Click on “Pages”• Click on your department page

Creating a Title Page• Write an introductory message for you department• Insert images as desired

Adding an Image:• Click on “Insert Image From Gallery”, which is third from the right on the bottom row• Select a clip art and insert

Adding a Sub Page”• Return to “Main Menu”, “Site Pages”, “Departments”, “Pages”• Click on “Add Page”

Creating a New Section• Add a section titled “Course Descriptions”• Click “Continue”

Editing The “Course Description” Section:

• Write a “Course Description Intro Blurb” in the same way you wrote the department intro. List courses at this point.

Uploading Course Outlines:• Click on “Add File”• Click on the appropriate school and department• Upload and title the course outline

Creating Hyperlinks:• Return to the “Course Description” area and click on “Show Page on Site”• Copy the address of this page from the Internet address bar

Creating a Hyperlink:• Return to the main department page• Highlight the words “Course Description”• Click on the hyperlink icon. It is in the bottom row, fifth from the right

Creating a Hyperlink• Paste the URL from the “Course Description” area into this section.

Creating a Hyperlink• Using this method, hyperlinks can be added throughout the page, including back to your own

Teacher Web site.

Creating a On-Line Drop Box:• Create a new section titled “On-Line Drop Box”• Label sub-sections according to periods or teachers

Adding User Uploads:• Click on the tab labeled “Files”• Click on the tab labeled “Visitor Uploads”• Click on the box labeled “Click Here to Allow …”• Click “Save”

A Student Uploading:• Students upload work as an attachment• They receive confirmation message

Viewing User Uploads:• Note submitted files in the “File” tab• Click on the “Visitor Uploads” option• Open and/or save work

Questions & Requests: