SWIFT 2.0 – New Teacher TrainingLaurie KirklandOctober 15, 2014

Agenda

•Overview of Interface Changes•Creating New Sites •Managing your site•New Page Types•Adding external link to menu •Other New Features – passwords, site size•Q and A•Evaluations

Learning Goals and Success Criteria

▫Gain experience using the new SWIFT 2.0 program

▫Learn how to make sites and pages in SWIFT

By the end of the training you should be able to:▫Navigate the new dashboard of SWIFT 2.0▫Create a new site in SWIFT 2.0▫Create new pages in their site▫Create an external link for menu navigation bar▫Locate support documents and tutorials for

SWIFT 2.0

Accessing SWIFT•Frequently Used Links – two links

▫Student Tools – for students and parents to access your site(s)

▫Staff Tools – for you to modify your site(s) (new users use their windows login) Note: please make

sure you send your URL to your site to your school webmaster so they can link your site to the staff directory. (use the student pathway to get the correct URL)

Site Directory

Navigating the Dashboard- Site Manager

Side navigation panel

Top navigation bar

Site menu

Page menu

Disc quota indicator

Management area

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Creating a New Site• On the top navigation bar, click on the Create

New Site button:

. . . or . . .

• In the Site Menu area, click on the Create New Site button:

• Either way, you’re then presented with 3 options:

If you choose Copy Existing Site – all

passwords/doc etc. will come over as well not

just the structure.

Note: This is not immediate – you will be put in a que based on when you request the site – can take minutes to overnight.

Managing a Site• Use Top Navigation Bar to manage sites:

▫ Publish or Unpublish entire site (you can also publish or unpublish individual pages) - this is what it looks like when it is not published

▫ Visit Site shows you what the site will look like to visitors – opens in a new window/tab

▫ Modify Site enables you to change a site’s name

▫ Manage Passwords enables you to password protect a site, specific site pages (Covered in SWIFT 2.0 Advanced Training)

▫ Delete Site does just that (with an “are you sure?” option to back out – 30 days for KSD to retrieve if you change your mind)

Click on Modify Site -

•Change your site name in the Title field•Title shows up on school directory

•Click Modify when you are done

Key Points•Create up to 5 sites•Can password protect sites, pages,

documents (cover this in advanced course)

•Can publish/unpublish sites at will•Average site size - 50 MB per site (can

request an increase when you get close to limit)

•Max doc size 35 MB•Multiple similar pages per site

Page Types• Static Pages (use for your homepage, Common Core Resources, TIM page,

EDGE Institute pages)

• Menu Link • Blog• Discussion (ex: Susan Stroming – Random Threads)

• Calendars – Event or Google• Link Collection• File Collection (Document library)• Quiz Collection• Photo Album Collection• Contact Form

Make a Document Page•Create Page – File Collection•Upload a document•Fill in form•Categories – “Enter”•Submit

Sample: Edge Institute filteringLaurie documents – lock and pin

Make a Links Page•Create Page – Link Collection•Create Page - •Click Add Link

CCSS Links Page

Using the Events Calendar

•Create Page – Events Calendar•Open Page•Add events and make categories for color

coding.•Example –

▫Janene Williams Homework Calendar▫Leigh Barry Homework Calendar Secondary

New Page Features - Blogs• Now you can create a page that acts like a blog!

Blog entries can be commented on by visitors. • Divide your large pages (that can freeze visitors'

browsers) up to different blog posts and have your visitors go to different pages to view old entries.

• In addition, "power visitors" can subscribe to the RSS feed of your Blog and receive homework assignments as you post them.

• Chris Wheeler Homework Blog• Angela Ramsey – Announcements

Adding an External Menu Link• Menu links actually aren't pages at all. Menu

links allow you to put an external link on your site's menu.

• If you have a site for a club, you could create a Menu Link to the club's state or national level web site.

• Menu links only have three fields: Title, Link URL, and Link Target.

• Examples▫ CPM▫ Pearson▫ Parent PTA CCSS information▫ Refdesk.com

Example – Math - CCSS

Contact Pages

•Uses▫Email contact ▫Assignment submission –goes to Outlook▫Forms that can be emailed to you

•Samples▫Dylan Smith – Project submission▫Laurie Kirkland –

Form download and submission

Moving Pages• Your menu can be managed from almost any

screen in SWIFT's site management. • Updating the order of pages is easy -Simply click

and drag the icon next to the page you want to move.

• If you would rather a page not exist in your site's menu, simply move it to the Other Pages section. These pages can be made accessible by adding links in other pages, but they won't show up in your site's menu

• Example – Northwood Volleyball https://teacher.kent.k12.wa.us/manage/page/edit?id=27013

Password Protection

•Password Protection: You can password protect your entire SWIFT site, individual pages, or even some entries on your pages (such as photo albums and files).

• All your passwords are managed from your Password Protected Zones manager.

Other Features• Multiple Users per Site: Collaborate with colleagues on

the same web site. Now department and grade level sites can easily be worked on by multiple individuals. Request to CSC.

• Filterable Tables in Pages: Files, links, quizzes, and discussion threads are displayed in easily sorted and filtered tables.

• Pin to Top: Items that are displayed in a table can be pinned so that they are forced to the top of the list, no matter how the visitor is sorting the content. Now critical items will always be quickly accessible.

Q and A

Continuing Support

•Call or email the Customer Support Center. ▫Extension 7030▫Email to CSC

•Check out the Help Center in Staff Link for KSD SWIFT 2.0 Help Manual

•http://help.swiftclassroom.com/