• 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

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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 ☺