Sharepoint Shortcuts
1. Login and open your class site
A. Open browser to http://portal.gaston.k12.nc.us/schools/ngaston/faculty/Novel login
name/Pages/welcome.aspx
B. At the Sign In screen enter your Novell username and password
2. Put your page in edit mode. (Site Actions > Edit Page)
3. Move a web part to a new web zone.
(Click and hold in the web part until it is orange and drag until the place where you want it is orange. Drop)
4. Publish to view the changes.
5. Close a web part. (Click the X beside the Edit menu in the web part or use the Edit menu and choose Close)
6. Put the page in Edit Mode and add a Content Editor Web Part to this page in any web zone that you choose.
A. In edit mode, click Add a Web Part in the chosen web zone.
B. Lower right corner click “Advanced...”.
C. Find and check “Content Editor Web Part” and click Add.
7. To delete a Web Part.
(Use the small Edit menu within the web part and choose Delete)
8. To delete a title of a web part you must go to edit>modify shared web part>appearance and leave a space
where the title should go. If there are multiple parts on the same page that have no title, you will need to leave
more spaces so that it counts the extra spaces as a title.
Adding a Document to your Course Documents
1. Login and open your class website to the home page.
2. View All Site Content and open the Course Documents Library (Site Actions, View All Site Content, and then
click in the Libraries section on Course Documents)
3. Use the Upload drop-down menu and choose Upload Document.
4. Browse to the document you wish to upload.
A. Select desired file.
B. Click OK. Choose Yes if asked if you wish to continue.
5. Go to the Curriculum & Assignments page of your site and find the Course Documents web part. Are your
documents there?
6. You can also click on Add New Document in the web part and upload a document from there if you are signed
in and in edit mode.
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Adding Content
1. Login and open your website’s home page.
2. Enter Edit mode for the page. (Site Actions > Edit Page)
3. Choose the Content Editor Web Part at the top of the page and put it in Edit mode.
Use the Edit menu for the web part and choose “Modify Shared Web Part.”
4. Click the Rich Text Editor button in the dialog box.
5. In the editor, type and format a one line welcome message for your website that includes your name.
6. Click OK in the editor when done to see the message displayed on your page.
7. Publish the page to see your changes.
8. Put the same Content Editor Web Part back into Edit mode. (Site Actions > Edit Page > Edit menu for the web
part > Modify Shared Web Part)
9. In the dialog box, expand the Appearance section. (Click the +)
10. Remove the Title to your web part.
Go down to Chrome and set it to “None.”
Click Apply.
11. Click OK to close the dialog box.
12. Publish your page.
Reviving Closed Web Parts & Editing List
1. Put your page in edit mode (Site Actions > Edit Page)
A. Find the web zone where you want to put the web part and click on “Add a Web Part.”
B. At the bottom of the dialog box, click on “Advanced Web Part gallery and options”
C. Click on “Closed Web Parts” (it is at the top of the list).
D. Find the title of the one you closed in the Closed Web Parts list and click it, then click Add.
E. The web part should be back on your page.
F. Close the “Add Web Parts” box by clicking the “X.”
Adding Images
1. Login and open your class site’s home page.
2. View All Site Content (Site Actions > View All Site Content)
3. Find and click the “Images” library to open it.
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4. Upload 2 images to your Images library.
A. From the library, click the down arrow next to Upload and select “Upload Multiple Documents.”
B. In the left column, browse to the folder where your desired images are stored.
C. Place a check next to the files you want to upload.
D. Click OK, then Yes to the box asking if you want to upload to portal.gaston.k12.nc.us.
5. Add one of the images you uploaded to one of the web parts on your home page. You can add a new Content
Editor Web Part for this if there is not one there for you to use.
A. Put a Content Editor Web Part into Edit mode. (Site Actions > Edit Page > Edit menu for the web part >
Modify Shared Web Part).
B. Click the Rich Text Editor button.
C. Click the Image button to open the Image Properties box.
D. Click the Browse button.
E. Click Current Site Images in the smaller box on the left labeled “Look In.” You should see your uploaded
images.
F. Click on the image you want to put in the web part and click OK.
G. Back on the Image Properties box, you can add alternate text, add a border or resize the image so that it
fits in your web part. Click OK.
H. Back in the Rich Text Editor, you can make additional aesthetic modifications. Click OK to add the new
content to your web part.
6. In the dialog box, expand the Appearance section.
A. (Click the + beside the word Appearance)
7. Add a Title to your web part and click Apply (you will be replacing the words “Content Editor Web Part”).
8. Click OK to close the dialog box.
9. Publish your page.
Creating a New Page (Bonus)
1. Login and open your class site’s home page.
2. View All Site Content (Site Actions > View All Site Content)
3. Find and click the Pages Library to open it.
4. Create a new page.
A. Click New and choose the first option labeled Page.
B. Enter the name of your new page that will appear in your library.
C. Click the Create button at the bottom.
5. Add a link to this page on one of your existing pages. We cannot change the main navigation on the left, but
we can add links to pages on any page you like.
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A. Click on one of your pages to the left.
B. Click Edit Page at the top.
C. Click Add a Web Part, wherever you want the links to appear.
D. Choose Summary Link Webpart.
E. Once it appears, click New Link
F. Title the link.
G. Click the first browse and choose the page you just made and click OK.
6. Publish your page.
Now you could have an extra page for your different classes if you like. It will begin empty, but with the same
zones as your homepage. You could add filtered announcements, homework assignments, and documents
specifically for that class. These lists and libraries would only need to be customized to do this.
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