M55029 – Introduction to SharePoint 2013 for Collaboration and Document Management
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Course Description
This½ to full day class is designed for SharePoint team members who need to know how to use the team collaboration, document management and social features of Microsoft SharePoint 2013. This class can be delivered using a Site Collection on an in-house server, virtual machines or Office 365.
Target Student
SharePoint end users
SharePoint Site Owners and Power Users who will be attending a SharePoint 2013 Site Owner class
SharePoint administrators and developers
Pre-requisites
- Basic Microsoft Office skills.
Performance Based Objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Navigate SharePoint sites.
Manage content in lists and libraries.
Create and edit Alerts.
Collaborate using Tasks lists, Discussion Boards and Community Sites.
Work with libraries, including upload, download, editing, check out/in and versioning.
Use the SharePoint social features.
Course Content
Module 1: SharePoint Overview
This module provides an introduction to the topics covered in the class, introduces SharePoint terminology and provides an overview of the available versions of SharePoint 2013 and Office 365.
Lessons
- What is SharePoint?
- Team Collaboration
- Document Management
- Web Sites
- Social Features
- SharePoint Security
- Explain the core SharePoint feature sets
Module 2: Accessing SharePoint
Lessons
- Logging onto SharePoint
- SharePoint Navigation: The Suite Bar
- SharePoint Navigation: The SharePoint Screen
- SharePoint Navigation: The Title area crumb trail
- SharePoint Navigation: Following and returning to sites
- SharePoint Navigation: The SharePoint Ribbons
- SharePoint Navigation: Quick Launch and Web Parts
- Regional Settings
Lab : Accessing SharePoint
- Hands-on practice is delivered as part of the instructor™s presentation. The students will use the features of the module in an instructor led collaboration experience.
- Log into SharePoint 2013 and Office 365.
- Explore a library.
- Navigate SharePoint Pages.
- Follow and return to sites.
Module 3: SharePoint Libraries
Lessons
- Document Libraries
- Ribbon options and theœOpen Menu link ( )
- Accessing Documents
- Office Web Apps
- Checking Out Documents
- Deleting Documents and the Recycle Bin
- Creating and Managing Alerts
- Uploading Documents
- Blocked File Types
- Creating Folders
- Creating New Documents
- Versioning
- List and Library Views
- Asset and Picture Libraries
Lab : SharePoint Libraries
- Hands-on practice is delivered as part of the instructor™s presentation. The students will use the features of the module in an instructor led collaboration experience.
- Navigate library pages and web parts.
- Navigate a library using the Ribbon, document dropdown menus and the Crumb Trail.
- Open and edit documents in Word and other applications.
- Open and edit documents using Office Web Apps.
- Check out and check in documents using browser and Office features.
- Delete documents and recover them from the Recycle Bin.
- Upload a single file, multiple files and use Windows Explorer view.
- Understand that certain file types are blocked and cannot be uploaded.
- Work with folders.
- Create new documents from within SharePoint.
- Work with document versioning.
- Display libraries using views.
Module 4: SharePoint Lists
Lessons
- SharePoint Lists
- Working with Custom Lists
- Working with Task Lists
- Using Task Lists to manage team tasks
- Adding and Updating Tasks
- Using Task Views
- Synchronizing Task Lists with Outlook
- Working with SharePoint Calendars
- Calendar Navigation and Views
- Adding Calendar Events
- Dealing with long lists of events
- Synchronizing SharePoint Calendars with Outlook
- External Lists
Lab : SharePoint Lists
- Hands-on practice is delivered as part of the instructor™s presentation. The students will use the features of the module in an instructor led collaboration experience.
- Create, edit and update tasks and other SharePoint lists.
- Work with list views.
- Synchronize Task Lists with Outlook.
- Create, edit and update events.
- Work with calendar views.
- Synchronize SharePoint Calendars with Outlook.
- Explain the role of External Lists
Module 5: SharePoint Search
Lessons
- Searching SharePoint
- What is searchable
- Search results and refiners
- Search Tips and Tricks
Lab : SharePoint Search
- Hands-on practice is delivered as part of the instructor™s presentation. The students will use the features of the module in an instructor led collaboration experience.
- Search for content.
- Search for people.
- Refine their searches.
Module 6: SharePoint Wikis
Lessons
- Uses of a Wiki
- Editing Wiki Articles
- Working with Wiki Version Tracking
- Wiki Views
Lab : SharePoint Wikis
- Hands-on practice is delivered as part of the instructor™s presentation. The students will use the features of the module in an instructor led collaboration experience.
- Use Wikis as FAQ lists, self-service help sites, and knowledgebases.
- Create, edit and update Wiki articles.
- Work with Wiki views.
Module 7: SharePoint Social Features
Lessons
- What areœSocial Features?
- Interacting with People
- About Me and Updating Your Profile
- Your Newsfeed
- Micro-blogging
- Tagging and Rating Documents
- Blogs
Lab : SharePoint Social Features
- Hands-on practice is delivered as part of the instructor™s presentation. The students will use the features of the module in an instructor led collaboration experience.
- Update their user profile.
- Follow sites, content and people.
- Add folksonomy to content using tags and ratings.
- Use the Newsfeed features to micro-blogging and follow coworkers.
Module 8: Discussion Boards
Lessons
- SharePoint Discussion Boards
- Reading, creating and responding to discussions
Lab : Discussion Boards
- Hands-on practice is delivered as part of the instructor™s presentation. The students will use the features of the module in an instructor led collaboration experience.
- Read and explore Discussion Boards.
- Create and reply to discussions.
Module 9: Community Sites
Lessons
- Community Sites
- Requesting Access
- Joining the Community
- Exploring Topics
- Posting and Replying
- Best Replies and Alerts
Lab : Community Sites
- Hands-on practice is delivered as part of the instructor™s presentation. The students will use the features of the module in an instructor led collaboration experience.
- Understand the difference between Discussion Board lists and Community Site subsites.
- How access to Community Sites is controlled and how to request access and join the community.
- How to create new discussions and how to reply to existing discussions.
- How to mark replies as Best Reply.
- How to create Alerts on topics of interest.