Web Authoring Training

The Division of Technology Services provides CommonSpot training for faculty and staff whose departments or offices have given them clearance to become web authors.

  • Training is provided to student staff, regular staff, and faculty who will update web pages regularly or create a significant amount of content.
  • Prospective trainees must get permission from their supervisor.
  • Basic content management system (CMS) training is self-guided and conducted through the use of online tutorials.
  • Training is self-paced and may take 2 to 3 hours.
  • Trainees are required to create pages in the practice subsite to show proof of proficiency. In turn they will gain access to the web sites they will regularly edit.

Benefits

  • Easy step-by-step instructions teach you the necessary basics of CommonSpot
  • Small group training which only takes a couple hours
  • Online resources that can be referenced at any time

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