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= Content Management Procedures =

Adding Text
1. Log into the Content Management System (CMS). You will see the navigation menu on the left. 2. Scroll down until you see your username. Under your name you will see the various options available to you. 3. Click on the //Create content// menu option. This will take you to another page that lets you select from a variety of content format options. 4. To create a simple text page, select the Page option. 5. On the next page, you will see a place for a title. Type in the title. 6. You will also see a place for the body of the text. Type in some text. 7. Once you are done, at the bottom, click the save button.

Posting a Blog Entry
1. Log into the Content Management System (CMS). You will see the navigation menu on the left. 2. Scroll down until you see your username. Under your name you will see the various options available to you. 3. Click on the //Create content// menu option. This will take you to another page that lets you select from a variety of content format options. 4. Select "Blog entry." 5. On the next page, you will see a place for a title for your blog post. Type in the title. 6. You will also see a place for the body of your post. Type in some text. 7. Once you are done, at the bottom, click the save button.

UpLoading and Attaching Files
1. Know where your file is located your on your computer. 2. The file name must not include spaces and must include the extension name associated with it, such as doc, ppt, jpg, or mp3. 3. Log into the Content Management System (CMS) 4. Scroll down the navigation menu on the left, until you see your username. 5. Under your username you will see the various options available to you. 6. Click on the // Create content // menu option. 7. On the next page, select from the variety of content format options. 8. In the title box, type in your title. In the body section, type in some text, 9. Under the body section you will see some options for your content page. 10. Click on the //File attachments// option. 11. Click on the //Browse// button to locate and select your file. 12. Click the //Attach// button to upload the file. 13. Make sure the //List// button is checked to attach it to the content page.

Uploading HTML
1. Create a HTML page by using a WYSIWYG text web authoring tool like Amaya, Dreamweaver, or iWeb. 2. Save your HTML page on your computer as a htm or html file. 3. Log into the Content Management System (CMS) 4. Scroll down the navigation menu on the left, until you see your username. 5. Under your name you will see the various options available to you. 6. Click on the // Create content // menu option. 7. On the next page, select from the variety of content format options. 8. In the title box, type in your title. In the body section, type in some text, including the reference of the attached html file (ex: "See attachment below"). 9. Upload your html file as an attachment.

Linking to Files or Websites
1. Log into the Content Management System (CMS) 2. Scroll down the navigation menu on the left, until you see your username. 3. Under your username you will see the various options available to you. 4. Click on the // Create content // menu option. 5. On the next page, select from the variety of content format options. 6. In the title box, type in your title. In the body section, type in some text, 7. For linking to files, upload the files to the CMS (See Uploading files). 8. Click on the attachment of the file to get to the web address of the file. 9. To create a hyperlink to the file or a website, simply type in the URL address in the body section to automatically create a link to the website. 10. To link to a file or website directly from the content by clicking on text (instead of typing the URL address), you will need to use the following html code: TEXT 11. Type in the code, and where you see, URL ADDRESS, type in the URL address. Where you see TEXT, type in the text your want the link to look like.

Adding Images
1. Know where your image file is located your on your computer. 2. The image can be a photograph or a graphic. The image file name must not include spaces and must include the extension associated with the image format, such as jpg, gif, or png. 3. Log into the Content Management System (CMS) 4. Scroll down the navigation menu on the left, until you see your username. 5. Under your username you will see the various options available to you. 6. Click on the // Create content // menu option. 7. On the next page, select from the variety of content format options. 8. In the title box, type in your title. In the body section, type in some text, 9. Under the body section you will see some options for your content page. 10. Click on the //File attachments// option. 11. Click on the //Browse// button to locate and select your image file. 12. Click the //Attach// button. This will upload and attach the file image to your content page. 13. To link to the image from the body section in your content page, see Linking to Files or Websites.

Creating a Podcast
1. Create an audio file using software like // Garageband // (that comes with your Apple computers), or // Audacity // (you can download off the internet). 2. To use // Audacity //, download it from the internet from [] 3. Launch the program and record by clicking on the red recording button on the top. You can pause, by clicking the blue pause button and you can listen to your recording by clicking on the green play button. 4. When you are done recording, export your file in a compatible format (such as mp3 or wav) to your computer. 5. To export, on the // Audacity // menu bar, go to File->Export AS WAV (to export as Mp3, you will need to download the LAME encoder software from the internet). 6. Create a content page by logging into the Content Management System (CMS) 7. Scroll down the navigation menu on the left, until you see your username. 8. Under your username you will see the various options available to you. 9. Click on the // Create content // menu option. 10. On the next page, select from the variety of content format options. 11. In the title box, type in your title. In the body section, type in some text, 12. To attach the Podcast audio file to a content page, see Uploading and Attaching Files. 13. To link to the audio file in the body section of the content page, see Linking to Files or Websites.

Adding a Wiki
1. Create a classroom wiki page using some of the online wiki websites such as Wikispaces or PB Wiki. 2. After creating your wiki page, create a content page in the CMS 3. Log into the Content Management System (CMS) 4. Scroll down the navigation menu on the left, until you see your username. 5. Under your username you will see the various options available to you. 6. Click on the // Create content // menu option. 7. On the next page, select from the variety of content format options. 8. In the title box, type in your title. In the body section, type in some text, 9. Add the wiki to the content page as an attachment. See [|Attaching a File] 10. Or you can also link to the wiki site from your content page. See Linking to Files or Websites.