QuickPlace Web Site A QuickHowTo

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QuickPlace Web SiteA QuickHowTo

• Chris Edmondson

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Table of Contents

• Opening Your QuickPlace and Signing In
• Adding a Banner
• Changing the Looks of Your Site
• Adding a Member
• Calendar
• Changing Choices on the Left Side Menu
• Adding a Page to a Folder

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Opening Your QuickPlace and Signing In
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Opening Your QuickPlace Web Site

• Click on Explorer and type in the following URL
  address
• http//qp.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/school_lastname
• Alta is asi
• Clark is clark

• Kastner is kit
• Reyburn is rey

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Signing In

• Click on Sign In in the upper left corner.

• You will see a window for the user name and
  password.

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Signing In

• Enter your first and last name without a space
  between the two and your password.
• The password is probably the one you generated
  for Lotus Notes.

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Signing In

• If you have done this correctly, your name will
  appear where the word sign in was in the upper
  left corner.

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Adding a Banner
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Adding A Banner

• Personalize your site by adding a banner in the
  upper left side

• Click on Customize" to see a new screen of
  information.

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Adding A Banner

• A menu list from Basics through PlaceBots
  will appear as shown above.
• Click on Basics

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Adding A Banner

• Above the word Basics, click on Change Basics.

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Adding A Banner

• Place Title allows you to type in a Title.

• Place Logo allows you to insert a file from
  your computer or click on Logo Maker for
  something more than type. The logo will replace
  the Title.
• Click Logo Maker

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Adding A Banner

• Type the text of the logo
• Choose the wanted effects, accent, animation,
  size, color, and font
• Click Next

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Adding A Banner

• Preview your created logo
• Click Done

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Changing the Looks of Your Site
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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• Click Customize

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• Click Decorate

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• See two choices Choose a theme or Tweak your
  place
• Click Choose a theme

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Creating a Back- ground Image

• Select a theme that is Tweak-able
• Choose a theme from Simple, Clean Space or Banner
• Click Next in upper or lower right.

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• Decide whether to keep it or

• return to select another.
• If you selected a Theme that was tweak-able, you
  can practice tweaking it at this point.
• Click, Tweak You Place.

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• Four choicesSidebar Background, Sidebar
  Items, Page, and Buttons.
• Click Sidebar Background

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• Choose a color or texture by clicking
• Click Next in upper or lower right.

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• When done correctly, you will see a checkmark
  beside the Sidebar Background choice.
• Click Sidebar Item

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• Choose Graphic Text.
• Click Next in upper or lower right.

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• Select an Item Style.
• Click Next in upper or lower right.

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• Be ready for what appears to be an Error Message.
• Click OK

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• Click Next

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Changing The Looks of Your Site
OR,

• Click Sidebar Items to try Plain Text.

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• Choose Plain.
• Click Next in upper or lower right.

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• Select choices.
• Click Next in upper or lower right.

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• If all was performed correctly, the screen will
  show two checksone for Background Item and one
  for Sidebar Item
• Click on Page

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• Choose a font, font size, color, a background
  (import or standard), color or texture, and
  choose a color scheme for forms.
• Click Next in upper or lower right.

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• If all was performed correctly, the screen will
  show three checks one for Background Item, one
  for Sidebar Item, and one for Page.
• Click the fourth item, Buttons.

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• Choose a font, font size, color, a background
  (import or standard), color or texture, and
  choose a color scheme for forms.
• Click Next in upper or lower right.

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Changing The Looks of Your Site

• If all was performed correctly, the screen will
  show four checks one for each item.
• Click, Done.

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Adding a Member
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Adding a Member

• To give other people permission to read or to be
  an author, click on Members

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Adding a Member

• Click on Add/Remove Members

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Adding a Member

• Click on Add either in the Reader, Author, or
  Manager field.
• Adding Anonymous to reader will allow anyone to
  see your website.

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Adding a Member

• If the person who you are adding is in the
  Clovis USD directory Click on Add existing
  network users and click on Directory.
• If not, click on Create new users and click on
  Directory.

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Adding a Member

• Type a person (first name then last) and click
  on Search
• Choose the correct person and click Close

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Calendar
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Calendar

• To add a entry to your calendar, click on
  Calendar

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Calendar

• You can view the calendar by day, week, or
  month.
• To enter an assignment, click on New Calendar
  Page

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Calendar

• Type the assignment, date, description, etc.
• Scroll down to attach a file (wksht, powerpoint,
  etc.)
• Click Publish in the upper or lower right hand
  corner

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Changing Choices on the Left Side Menu
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Changing Choices on the Left Side Menu

• Click on the New button.

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Changing Choices on the Left Side Menu

• A new screen will open. Choose Folder
• Click Next

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Changing Choices on the Left Side Menu

• A new screen will open. Choose one of the five
  choices (Discussion, Simple List (easiest),
  Headline, Slide Show, or Ordered List.
• Click Next

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Changing Choices on the Left Side Menu

• Name the Folder and decide who can add to this
  folder
• Click Next

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Changing Choices on the Left Side Menu

• Decide where you would like the folder to appear
  in the menu
• To see the entire menu, click on the down arrow
  and highlight the folder you want the new one to
  go above.
• Click Next and you are done.

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Adding a Page to a Folder

• Remember folders are choices on the left side menu

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Adding a Page to a Folder

• Choose a folder from the left side menu.
• Click on the New button.

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Adding a Page to a Folder

• A new screen will open. Choose Page
• Click Next

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Adding a Page to a Folder

• Title the page, add content, add any attachments
  (wkshts, powerpoints, etc.)
• To add attachments, Click on the folder icon
  to select a file.
• After selecting a file, Click Publish