• No prior SharePoint experience or knowledge is required.
• A good understanding of Windows.
• Experience using Internet Explorer 7/8 or equivalent browser.
• Experience with relational databases, web design and/or programming (such as VBA) are useful but not essential.
• A good knowledge of Office 2010 applications (Word, Excel, Outlook).

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Create a Learning and Support site with Workspaces for learning content
• Manage your team with groups and permissions
• Create Custom Lists and Libraries with special content types for learning and support
• Customise Library and List settings to reflect course project requirements
• Edit web pages to keep your team informed of the project progress

Module 1: Understanding SharePoint

• SharePoint Fundamentals
• SharePoint Structure
• SharePoint Environment
• Working with Sites

Module 2: Working with Lists

• Understanding Lists
• Working with Lists
• Custom Lists
• Create Lists from existing data
• Working with Items

Module 3: Working with Libraries

• Lists vs. Libraries
• Working with Libraries
• Working with Documents
• Viewing and Editing Documents

Module 4: Managing content

• Item Properties
• Working with Columns
• Sorting & Filtering
• Working with Views
• Check Out / Check In
• Versioning
• Managing Copies

Module 5: Social Networking

• Understanding My Site
• My Profile
• Blogs
• Discussion Boards
• Tags and Notes

2: Design

Module 6: Site Architecture Model

• Defining Site Purpose
• Effective Site Structure
• Site Types
• Roles within your Organisation
• Site and Object URLs
• Name vs. Title
• Publishing Site Templates
• Initial Site Settings
• Site Solutions
• Legacy Admin Tools

Module 7: Users, Groups and Permissions

• Securable Elements
• Defining your Site Community
• Users and Groups
• Default SharePoint Groups
• Custom Groups
• Managing Users in a Group
• Using a Group within a List Item
• Permissions
• Permission Inheritance
• Securable Objects

Module 8: Managing Advanced Content

• Managing Site Columns
• Applying Site Columns
• Taxonomy
• Managed Metadata Service
• Creating a Managed Metadata Column
• Managing Site Content Types
• Applying Site Content Types
• Folders & Document Sets
• Per Location View Settings

Module 9: Workflows

• Understanding Workflows
• Creating Workflows
• Applying Workflows
• Workflow Maintenance

Module 10: Navigation Structure

• Team Site Navigation
• Tree View
• Top-Link Bar
• Quick Launch Pane
• Metadata Navigation
• Publishing Site Navigation

Module 11: Web Page Editing

• Site web pages
• Edit a web page
• The site home page
• Rich Text Editor Ribbon
• Hyperlinks
• Images
• Web parts
• View and Form pages
• Creating views and linking to web parts

Module 12: User Support Tools

• Support centre
• Announcements
• Issue Tracking
• Discussion Boards
• Surveys

3: Deploy

Module 13: Content Publishing

• Audience Targeting
• Audience for a list or library
• Target an audience to list content
• Web Part Connections
• Publishing Feeds
• Pulling RSS Feeds from other sites
• Using Calendar Groups

Module 14: Office Document Control

• Office 2010 Backstage
• Manage SharePoint Lists from Office
• The Document Panel
• Office Web Apps
• Outlook Web Apps
• Live Co-Authoring

Module 15: Connecting to content

• Finding Information
• Synchronising Excel Data with SharePoint
• Using Alerts
• RSS Feeds
• Working Offline
• Connecting to Outlook
• Connecting to SharePoint Workspace

4: Deliver

Day 5 Workshop:

• Designing a Learning & Support Site
• Develop site content
• Deploy and Implement a Site

This workshop will require you to provide evidence of design and deployment of a SharePoint site solution which will be analysed and discussed at the end of the day as a group