Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) and Uses Within the K-12
Setting
Presented by:
Jason Selchert
jason.selchert@k12.sd.us
Sioux Falls, SD
April 18, 2010
http://molly.gayvillevolin.k12.sd.us
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What is SharePoint?
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an integrated suite of server
capabilities that can help improve organizational effectiveness by providing
comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerating
shared business processes, and facilitating information-sharing across
boundaries for better business insight. Additionally, this collaboration and
content management server provides IT professionals and developers with
the platform and tools they need for server administration, application
extensibility, and interoperability
What are the common uses in K-12 setting?
SharePoint has easy and powerful website development. Authoring tools for
most common tasks are built in. In order to use the state’s SharePoint
server, you must request that your default website be converted to a
SharePoint site. http://userid.k12.sd.us
Once the site is converted it is now utilizing SharePoint services which are
built into the Windows 2003 and 2008 environment. You can load
SharePoint 2.0 services through the add/remove programs in your Windows
2003 server. You can also download SharePoint 3.0 from the Microsoft
Website. The latest version is SP 3.0 SP 2.
What am I able to do with SharePoint? http://molly.gayvillevolin.k12.sd.us
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Top Link Bar
Site Actions
Site Settings
Look and Feel -> Top Link Bar
Title, Description and Icon
Site Actions
Site Settings
Look and Feel -> Title, description and icon
Authoring Tools
In your web browser, access you K-12 web
space. By default, security will NOT allow
anonymous access. Enter your K-12
credentials. You must type in K12sd1/
before your username. Your login screen
should look similar to figure 1 below.
Once you have access to your SharePoint
site, you will see a screen similar to figure 2
below.
Figure 1 - Sharepoint Login Screen
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Figure 2 - Sharepoint Homepage
You should notice the two common items on this page. The welcome user
syntax is in the top right hand corner and the Site Actions tab is just below
the search box. We will be user the Site Actions tab to complete our
authoring.
If you don’t have the welcome user syntax in the top right hand corner, you
aren’t logged into the SharePoint site. With anonymous access this can be
an issue. If Internet Explorer recognizes your login credentials, it will
automatically give you access to the SharePoint site.
on the Site Actions Tab
You will notice three options. We will only be
using the first option in this section.
on the Edit Page Option
You should notice a change in the page layout.
Each section of the page has a way in which to edit the “webpart”.
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By using the default layout, you can add and delete the common web parts.
The K-12 default setup has three columns. We will add and delete the eight
common web parts that are used in the K-12 configuration. You can use
Microsoft SharePoint Designer to “Build” SharePoint Sites. This tutorial WILL
NOT talk about this tool. But it is free for educators and students. Search
the Microsoft Site for more details.
SharePoint Designer Training
I have included the stand-alone version of Sharepoint Designer Training on
the CD. There is also a version that will load into your Sharepoint Site.
Once you have pulled the files from the Cd, just click on the folder and you
will find the initial webpage to start your learning.
SharePoint Server 2007 Training
I have included the stand-alone version of SharePoint Server 2007 Training
on the CD. There is also a version that will load into your SharePoint Site.
Once you have pulled the files from the Cd, just click on the folder and you
will find the initial webpage to start your learning.
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Anonymous Access
Site Actions
Site Settings
Users and Permissions ->Advanced Permissions
Settings – Anonymous Access
Changing Permissions
Site Actions
Site Settings
Users and Permissions - > Advanced Permissions
New - > Users
Content Editor
Site Actions
Edit Page
Add Web Part
Creating a Site List, Library, Survey or Discussion Board
Site Actions
Site Settings
Site Libraries and Lists
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Form Web Part
Site Actions
Edit Page
Add Web Part
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Website Creation and Formatting
Changing the order of the Quick Launch Bar
Click Site Actions
Site Settings
Look and Feel -> Quick Launch
Changing the Name and Look of the SharePoint Site
This is a quick and easy way to change the look and feel of the website
without a lot of hard work. These ideas are suppose to be beneficial for the
K-12 community and most of us serve as our webmaster.
Click Site Actions
Site Settings
Look and Feel - > Title, Description and Icon
Look and Feel - > Site Theme
Changing the Permissions and Adding Subsites and Workspaces
Site Settings
Users and Permissions - > Advanced Permissions
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Site Settings
Site Administration - > Sites and Workspaces
Documents
In order to use SharePoint for your document library, you are able to make
changes to documents simply by checking them out, making changes and
then checking them back in.
By selecting the options on the document, you
are able to check out the document. Edit the
document and then check the document back
into the server using the server, check in
option.
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Installing SharePoint Services in a Windows 2003 Environment
Control Panel
Remove Programs
Windows Components
Windows SharePoint
Services
This will install Windows
SharePoint 2.0. There are many
service packs and upgrades between the packaged version and WSS 3.0
SP2.
Full Installation
Install all Critical Updates
Go to Windows Update and install all critical updates.
Configure Windows as an Application Server
From Start Control Panel Administrative Tools Manage Your Server:
1. Click Add or remove a role
2. In Preliminary Steps, click Next
3. In Server Role, select Application server (IIS, ASP.NET), and then click
Next
4. Ensure that FrontPage Server Extensions is unchecked and Enable
ASP.NET is checked, and then click Next
5. In Summary of Selections, click Next
6. After installation completes, click Finish
Note: If you already have .NET Framework 2.0 installed prior to installing
IIS, you may need to install ASP.NET 2.0 separately. To do this:
1. Click Start Run
2. Type „cmd‟, and then click OK
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3. Type „%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe
-i‟, and then Enter
Install .NET Framework 3.0
1. Install .NET Framework 3.0 from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=10CC340B-
F857-4A14-83F5-25634C3BF043&displaylang=en
2. Install any critical updates from Windows Update.
Install SQL Server 2005
Note: You can use any edition of SQL Server 2005, including the Express
Edition, however some editions do not include the workstation components,
and instructions for installing Express Edition may differ from the
instructions below. A trial version of SQL Server 2005 is available at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/trial-software.mspx
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Install SQL Server 2005 with the following options:
In Components to Install, check SQL Server Database Services and
Workstation components
In Instance Name, choose Default instance
In Service Account, choose Use the built-in System account, and choose
Network service
In Authentication Mode, choose Windows Authentication Mode
After SQL Server 2005 is installed, install SP1 from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cb6c71ea-
d649-47ff-9176-e7cac58fd4bc&displaylang=en
Reboot if required.
Install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
1. Install WSS 3.0 from
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sharepoint/download.msp
x.
2. When asked to choose the installation you want, click Basic.
3. When installation is complete, ensure that „Run the SharePoint Products
and Technologies Configuration Wizard now‟ is checked, and then click
Close.
4. Run through the configuration wizard, and then click Finish.
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Central Administration of Your Own Server
Figure 3 - Web Application
You will use a web application to administer the website. It can be
intimidating, but doesn’t take in depth education to use. There are two main
segments to the administration, Operations and Application Management.
These are not topics for idle discussion. It has taken years to figure out all
the proper configurations. We couldn’t do it justice in such a short period.
It is for another date.
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Server Webparts
SharePoint Learning Kit is a SCORM 2004 certified e-learning delivery and tracking application
built as a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 solution. It works with either Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and has the following core features:
Supports SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, and Class Server content, allowing users to store and manage this
content in SharePoint document libraries.
Supports learner-centric and instructor-led (assigned) workflows.
Allows assignment, tracking and grading of both e-learning and non-e-learning content.
Notes:
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SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK)
Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK) enables educators to create course plans and
assignments out of any document in SharePoint. With SLK, educators can:
• Distribute and work together on assignments with students.
• NEW! Grade assignments based on multiple criteria they choose, and then combine those
scores into a final grade.
• NEW! Plan courses and curriculum—even to the detail of including learning and assessment
activities.
Detailed assessment data from interactive assignments are supported through support for
SCORM 2004, SCORM 1.2, and Class Server formats. Basic assignment and tracking functions
are available for any electronic document. Meaning, you can assign and receive back from
students everything from rich eLearning SCORM resources to standard Office documents—even
PDF and MP3 files.
To empower community extensions and enrichment, SLK is supports developer accessibility and
has been released to the Shared Source programs at no cost under the Microsoft Community
License (Ms-CL) agreement.Partners can work directly with the source code to build SCORM-
compliant assignment management and other education specific workflows directly into their
solutions. To get the latest SLK software and source code go to CodePlex, SharePoint Learning
Kit.
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Calendars
Site Actions
Create
Tracking -> Calendar
Sync Your Calendar to Outlook
Actions
Connect to Microsoft Outlook
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