CMS training

The Communications and Marketing Web Team provides CMS training on a request basis for faculty and staff. Training is typically 1.5 hours, but may be more or less depending on the size and experience of the group. Training is a requirement for access to the CMS and must be approved by a manager.

New user/introductory training

Topics covered in new user/introductory training include:

Website basics and site structure
Metadata and search engine optimization
Accessibility and AODA compliance
Adding, editing and removing web pages, folders, files and images, including:
- Text formatting (proper use of text styles)
- Formatting tables
- Linking to documents and pages
- Uploading documents
- Uploading, resizing and formatting images
- Adding content from Microsoft Word and other sources
- Formatting content and layout
  - Multiple columns and rows of content
  - Accordion content
  - Tabbed content
  - Embedding forms
Workflows and CMS user roles

Advanced training

Advanced training sessions and topics are tailored to what you want to learn. Some examples of advanced topics include:

Anchor and reference linking
Blogging
Home page content, including:
- Home page banner images
- Call-to-action buttons
- Text or video content
- News feed
- Events feed
- Social media feeds
Mega menu sections
Photo galleries
- Batch uploading image files
Sidebar call-to-action buttons

Advanced topics are also covered in the online CMS User Guide.