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November 2010. SOCS User Group Meetings. Lincoln, NE Cedar Rapids, IA Jenks, OK Wichita Falls, TX. Welcome. Name Affiliation How long with SOCS Expectation for Today. Enhancements. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• Lincoln, NE• Cedar Rapids, IA• Jenks, OK• Wichita Falls, TX
November 2010
SOCS User Group Meetings
Welcome• Name
• Affiliation
• How long with SOCS
• Expectation for Today
Enhancements
New Templates
Calendar HighlightsEasyEdit
☺
SOCS User Definition
Caching: The things people yell at their computers while waiting for their article to show up (sort of like cussing)
Politically correct translation
WHERE’S MY
STUFF??!!####
New Templates
L-9– More/bigger graphics– Visual impact– Calendar Highlights
Check these out!– Palmyra MO– Indian Valley Voc Center
L-10– One featured article– Cascading dropdowns– Calendar Highlights
Check these out!– Spring Valley, IL– Central Plains, KS– Elgin, NE ☺
What a Change!!!
Calendar Highlights
Several Views to Choose From– Month View
– List
– Week View
**Also available on L7 and L8– Underwood, IA
– Allen-Bowden OK
Enhancements
Batch Delete ArticlesBEFORE
Batch Delete ArticlesAFTER
BATCH DELETE REASSIGN ARTICLES/CORRESPONDENTSUntil the following issues are addressed, the user cannot be deleted:Content Manager: User is the owner (editor) of one or more articles Content Manager: User has one or more assigned correspondents
And last……but not least
EasyEdit
• Log in from your SOCS Home Page
• Search for an article or section you have access to create, edit, or delete
• Select the icons from the right-hand corner
Future EnhancementsSOCS WIKI/NEW EDITOR
•Javascript WYSIWYG Editor•NOT Java – no more waiting for it to load•Browserfriendly - Mozilla, MSIE, FireFox, Opera, Safari and Chrome
Video Streaming
Text Messaging
1300 O Street
SOCS Classroom Tools
• Managing Your Teacher Pages• Proper Set-up • Access Privileges• Teachers in Multiple Classrooms
Structuring Your Teacher Pages• Consistent Look• By Grade• One-stop Shop
Teacher Site Examples
• Teacher Sites Examples• Miss Fairall Mrs. Pierce• Mr. Pennington Ms. Wilbanks• Mrs. Rowbotham Ms. Brown
• Blogs• Jacob Blum• Mrs. T goes ‘bloggin• And just a Little more blogging
WHY
With SOCSlockers, teachers and students can easily store and share documents online in a central, secure location.
Show
&
Tell
Show & Tell
Show and Tell• Prepare for Changes• Elgin, NE• Lasara, TX
• Create Connections• Hall of Fame • Alumni and more Alumni• Social Media
Show and Tell• Address Important Issues• Lisle, IL• Farragut, IA
• Market Your Products• Elgin, NE• Bloomfield, NE
Show and Tell• Share Information
• Podcasts• Project Updates
• A Day in the Life• And the video of the month is….
• Manage Information• Rumor Watch• Questions to the Board
• Collect Information
Show and Tell
Employment ApplicationPC Help Form
BEST PRACTICES
• School Home/Landing Pages• Red Oak IA• Clarke IA
• Separate School Identity• Grand Island NW
BEST PRACTICES
• Organization• Site Map• Consistency• Tables, frames
• Handling Consolidation• Central Plains – USD112• Prairie Hills – From USD 488 to 113
Developing a Site Map
Customizing Your Site
• Banners and Buttons and Mastheads….oh my!– KC Starr – Lemont Bromberek, IL– Fort Bragg – Diamond MO
Create Interest
More Questions for You
• Are you doing all the work? • Do you know how much your site
is accessed? And by whom?• Are you pushing information out?• Are you inviting people in?
Join Us on Facebook
A place to collaborate, share ideas, enhancements and general information
You’ll find us at www.facebook.com/socs
SOCS User Community
Discussion/Q & A
? SOCS 2-Day Conference
? Textcaster (text only)
? Questions for Us
? Suggestions for Us
Thanks for joining us…
HOW DID WE DO??
DID YOU KNOW?
• You don’t have to know HTML to use SOCS --- but you can do more things if you do!• Hello, my name is Joyce and I am HTML
deficient ☺