Sharp SchoolTeacher Web Page

Sign up for an account with Sharp School in order to access free

tutorials and support

Login to your web page with your user ID

Change Password

Edit existing Web page

Change ownership

Insert an Image

Use a picture editor for optimizing picture

Create own folder to store data in

Use Document Manager to load a document

Save document as a pdf first

Create a link to a document located in document manager

Create a hyperlink to a web page

Copy formatted text from a word document to web page

Objectives

Shelly Pyatte

Sign up with Sharp School

http://customernet.sharpschool.com

Choose Signup option and following on

screen directions

Shelly Pyatte

Sharp School

Teacher Web Page

http://gp.sharpschool.net

URL

Shelly Pyatte

GPISD Page

Select High School from drop down box

Enter login information as described on next slide

Log In

Your username is your first initial and then

last

Your password is the same as the login

with a 1 at the

Note: could go directly to high school site

with http://gphs.sharpschool.net

Change PasswordClick on your name at top of page

Choose My Profile

Choose Edit User

Choose User Detail Screen to change password

spyatte

Get to your page for EditingSelect your web page by using the Staff Directory pull down menu

Choose Teacher and Departments, Your Department, then your

name

Your web page will appear

Enter edit mode by selecting the Page Properties pull down menu and

choose check-out and edit page option

The top of the edit page screen indicates the title that will appear on the

page

The middle of the edit page screen is what appears on your home page

The bottom of the edit page shows page ownership. You MUST change

that to your name – DO THAT NOW and check the box to propogate

In edit mode, you can enter text and tables just as you would in a word

document. Font style, sizes and color may all be applied

Items to be on Web Page

Picture

Basic information about self

Contact Information

Class Schedule

Supplies for class

Classroom Rules

Grading Policy

Tutorial Schedule

Importing Images

NOTE: the size of the picture is of great

importance!!!!!!!!!!! It is best to resize the

picture BEFORE you begin the import

procedure. You can use software of your

choice to do this. (Picnik.com and MS

Office Picture Manager work well) If you

change width and height from within the

SharpSchool software, the picture may

become distorted or high resolution

pictures will take a long time to load

To import an imageClick in the middle portion of edit page.

Choose the icon for Image Manager from the tools

A screen will appear listing all folders in image manager. You will need to

choose the Staff Folder, then your department folder, then create a folder to

store your data in (see next slide)

To create own data folder – make sure you are in

department folderChoose the icon for New folder on toolbar

On new window that appears, type your name as the folder name

Double click on your folder to open it

To upload an imageChoose the upload icon

On new window, press Select button

Another window will appear that allows you to browse for and open the

image you are uploading (this will be the saved “optimized” image)

Once document name is in selection area, press the upload button at the

bottom of the screen (be patient)

To complete uploadOnce image is displayed in side panel, choose Properties tab for the image

You must enter an Alt tag for the picture (basic description)

Once complete, press insert – you may move picture around on your page

Save vs. PublishOnce you have made changes that you

want to keep, you must choose save or

publish

Save – will save the changes in you

history, but will not make information “live”

for viewing (Note: you can make the page

live by choosing Publish, or you can go to

View History selection under Page

Properties column menu to activate page

Publish – will save the changes and make

the new information “live” for public

viewing

Documents

Before uploading documents to the web

page, be sure to save the document in

PDF format.

This allows all users to view your

documents regardless of the version of

Office they may have on their computer.

Load document in Document ManagerChoose the Document Manager from the tool area

Create a folder for yourself just as you did in Image Manager

Choose the upload icon

Choose Select to brows for the document to be uploaded

Choose the Upload button to complete upload

Close dialog box

Linking this document to text on a pagePlace cursor where you want text to appear on web page

Choose Document Manager icon from toolbar

Browse to your folder

Click on the document you wish to use

Enter correct Link Text that will appear on web page

Change Target to “New Window”

The tooltip is a basic description

Choose Insert NOW PUBLISH PAGE or SAVE this work!

Insert Hyperlink

Place cursor where you want hyperlink to appear

Choose Hyperlink Icon from Toolbar

Enter URL, Link Text, Target – “New Window”, Tool Tip

Press OK

Copy and Paste from Word

(to keep proper formatting)Copy text or table from Word document

Place cursor in web page

Choose the Word document paste Icon from the toolbar

Ctrl V (paste) data in this area

Highlight the data and choose format stripper button on toolbar (choose last

item – strip word formatting)

Continue entering dataAt this point, enter the remainder of the required

information as you wish

Can be on the home page, or you can create other

pages more specific to the information being entered

There is NO clipart available with this software. DO NOT

violate copyright laws when placing clipart on your page.

Two useful sites: www.search.creativecommons.org and

www.pdclipart.org

Also, there are no themes or backgrounds available with

this software

To add a page, choose Add New Page from the Page

Properties pull down menu (there are many options)

The content space page is ideal for adding basic

information

ALWAYS, LOGOUT when finished viewing

or editing your web site