SharePoint 2010 Designer Introduction Training Course

Who is this course for?

This course is for advanced SharePoint end-users and administrators who will be responsible for customising the look and feel of a SharePoint deployment and also providing additional bespoke functionality that is not possible by using browser customisation options.

Prerequisites

Delegates attending this course would need to have attended or equivalent knowledge of the SharePoint 2010 End User courses

Benefits

At the end of this 2-day you will become experienced with SharePoint designer in both creating new sites and editing/customising existing ones using cascading style sheets.

After completing this course you will be prepared to attend the SharePoint 2010 Designer Advanced training course

USING THE WEB BROWSER TO CUSTOMIZE SHAREPOINT

SharePoint publishing features
Document libraries and Web Parts
Create new pages and add content
Apply different master pages and CSS to sites
SharePoint themes
Change the navigation
Office authoring customizations
Create workflows using the browser

SHAREPOINT DESIGNER BASICS

Connect to an existing SharePoint site
Navigate within SharePoint Designer
SharePoint site folders
Create new pages and content
Editing features
Differentiation between editing publishing and non-publishing sites

CREATING SHAREPOINT SITES USING SHAREPOINT DESIGNER

Create a new site and publish the site to the existing site collection
Add new SharePoint content to the site including Web Parts, forms, and tables
Custom behaviours
Web components

CONTENT PAGES

Understand the role of page layouts
Work with out-of-the-box page layouts
Inner workings of page layouts
Build new page layouts

CASCADING STYLE SHEETS

Review the out-of-the-box CSS files and classes
Modify out-of-the-box CSS files
Create new CSS files

SAVING SITES AS TEMPLATES

Differences between templates and site definitions
Export or save customized site as a SharePoint site template
Create a new site in SharePoint based on a custom template

Face-to-face training

Training is held in our modern, comfortable, air-conditioned suites.

Modern-spec IT, fully networked with internet access

Lunch, breaks and timing

A hot lunch is provided at local restaurants near our venues:

• Bloomsbury
• Limehouse

Courses start at 9:30am.

Please aim to be with us for 9:15am.

Browse the sample menus and view joining information (how to get to our venues).

Refreshments

Available throughout the day:

• Hot beverages
• Clean, filtered water
• Biscuits

Online training

Regular breaks throughout the day.

Learning tools

In-course handbook

Contains unit objectives, exercises and space to write notes

Reference material

Available online. 100+ pages with step-by-step instructions

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