SWIFT vs2 User Manual swift_manual
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1. Set Up New Site Once you are at the Set Up New Site screen enter the new title and choose which pages you wish to sema ings of our Your site ang then push impor to aueue yoerimeo import from your old site All enabled pages except for Grades can be imported cn After you click Import your import request will be queued Depending on how many people are in front of ms you this could take a minute or several hours You will be able to track its progress from your Site RA Manager If your user profile has an email address filled in you will be notified via email once your site E Prestes uz has been imported Creating Blank Site If you want to start fresh choose Create Blank Web Site from the Create New Site Welcome screen From this screen you can enter your site s title choose its path or slug and choose what you want your first page to be Once you ve finished making your selections click on the Create Site button Your new SWIFT site will immediately be created Copying Existing Site If you already have one site in SWIFT you can copy it From the Create New Site screen a Copy Existing Site button will appear To copy a site Create New Site This wizard can assist you in setting up another SWIFT site First select how you would like to proceed 1 Click on Copy Existing Site to start the process 2 Select the site from the drop down list of existing sites Click Continue gt gt 3 Change t2. Dinosaur Quiz 1 2 3 Path p 4 5 Pubished 6 mn create a quiz If you are not already managing your quiz collection page click on the page in the side page menu Click on Create Quiz Type a title for your quiz Optional Type in a description for your quiz Optional You can either allow or force your students to email you their quiz results If you allow them to students will be able to check their scores before sending If you enabled emailing quiz results Verify the email and email subject are correct Choose whether you would like this quiz published right now 19 Managing Quizzes Questions About how long has it been since dinosaurs roamed the Earth Total 4 result s Dinosaurs became extinct around the end About 65 5 Million Years Ago of ie Crate s period What animal is the closest living ancestor Birds to Jurassic dinosaurs T rex s teeth are like other animals who What did the Tyrannosaurus Rex primarily Other Animals eat animal meat eal What do you get when you cross a dinosaur with fireworks DINOMITE Quizzes can have an infinite number of questions well don t be cruel Each question can have an infinite number of answer options see previous parenthetical statement regarding cruelty Quiz questions can be rearranged by clicking and dragging the icon up and down Each question must have exactly one correct answer Questions ca
3. Tacoma School District Generated on April 23 2013 Table Of Contents Tables OF COMGINS asun ae 1 Getting Started AA e A II aio 2 AGESSSING site Management los 2 Navigating Site Manager sra dato 2 TENIDO Y uea E lla 3 Managing SES iran 3 Creating NSW SIO asma OA ie 4 mpornmg SWIETY keto gt emery mente a a e ka e a a OO a ee eee ee a ee 4 Creating Blank AP nent E AN EE E A aatehcabaenn em aandages 4 Gio oN are fas i a1 6 few eee en eee ee ee eee ee eee ee ee ee ae ee eee ee ee eee eee ee eee 4 Ste Dashboard nan er i aa as 4 WG ALIN Soe TUG arpa E A tas 5 Deleting Ste riene AE A A 5 Pu blishing and UnpUBISAINO Me sanar idol odds 6 Password Manade ment aria e ii 6 Managing PAQCS tiara dara lidia 6 Common Page Setinds iaa id AAA AA lohca nota 7 Advanced Page SUING S e otto 7 LISINGAISICH TEXTE JION adidas dd T Overview OT Editor TOODA rias AS A AA A AA ia 8 O 8 HYDE Sa A A dc A Ei ee ea ac nh ae tac eat ec 9 TS Ad dicas 9 CEAO ol A o e nee eee ee ee ee eer ee eee 9 Delsing Pages O AAA AA Wena an eiactew ete 10 REepraernna ages inn od doo od a sids 10 Rage TYDES nr AAA AE 10 SACC ONEI aos es a Ea 10 Menti CAK S uneen dl ia A e a 11 BIOO e e a E a a a E A A E A A E N ree yr CPOE 11 Socie ol Asaan A EE E E AER A ES a A E a AE A E E R E a TON 12 DISCUSSION oo A A Nas 12 EVO MiG allende iS bes 13 OO edo y APA AA o a RO 14 Google Calendar dd di 15 LINK A A lactic Gd sdad Seat eo a sce ait ord nner E
4. If you are linking to a web site outside of SWIFT make sure the Outside SWIFT f tab is selected Then type or paste in the URL of the page you would like to link to Don t forget the ee amare http or https at the beginning of your URL The title will be displayed when users hover over update PT the link or will be read out loud for visitors using a screen reader The Target setting allows you to choose if the link opens up in the same window or a newwindow when the visitor clicks on it Click on the Update or Insert button once you are ready Links within your SWIFT site can be inserted from the Inside SWIFT tab Choose the page you would like to link to update the title and target if necessary then click on either the Update or Insert button Page a Discussion Finally you can also create links to anchors on the page your editing Before you can link to anchors you Title must first add them to your page Target Same Window z To add an anchor move your text cursor to the location you would like to place it Oftentimes this is before headings or the start of major sections in the page Click on the amp icon in the top row of the rich text editor s toolbar to add the anchor Type in the anchor name and then click Insert If anchors exist on your page the last tab in the Insert Link dialog box will be enabled Choose the anchor from the list enter a title i
5. O Select all albums Apply action to selected items Apply While editing the photo album collection page you can modify or delete your albums To manage the photos in the album click on either the icon or the album title You can publish unpublish or delete multiple photo albums at the same time by 1 Check the boxes for the photo albums you wish to update 2 Choose an option from the Apply action to selected items drop down 3 Click Apply You will be asked to confirm Creating Photo Album PEELE me IIS 4 Click on Create Album above your list of albums while managing your photo Rocks album collection page Description Some really awesome rocks 2 Type the title of the photo album 3 Optional type in a more detailed description of the photo album 4 Choose the photo album s initial published status 5 Click Submit to create the photo album Published Published A 17 Managing Photo Albums Photo Choose File no file selected Maximum upload size 35 MB ZIP archives with images inside are allowed E JA Total 2 result s From here you can modify or delete your photos You can delete or reset the view count of multiple photos by checking their respective boxes choosing an action and clicking Apply Uploading Photos While managing a photo album the form to add new photos is directly above the list of current images 1 To choose the photo or
6. y To modify your site title click on Modify Site in the top menu of your site dashboard Here you can also password protect your entire site and change its published status Click Modify when you have made your changes Deleting Site The year has ended and you want to kick off the summer by trashing your SWIFT site so you Delete site k can come back in the Fall and start fresh This may be possible if your administrators have Are you sure you want to delete the site Demo Account This will allowed users to delete their own site If you can delete your site you will see a red Delete Site reer ur cele button at the top of your site dashboard You will be asked to enter your password to protect your site from that one student who always seems to be hanging out next to your computer You may be reading this after you accidentally deleted your site If that is the case contact a i SWIFT administrator immediately If you notify them fast enough it should be possible to restore your SWIFT site Publishing and Unpublishing Site Entire SWIFT sites can be marked as published or unpublished Unpublished web sites will only be accessible to authors with access when logged in You can unpublish or publish your SWIFT site from Unpublish Site Visit Site your site dashboard s top menu Password Management You can password protect your entire SWIFT site individual pages or even some entries on your pages such
7. Upload Files Title Dinosaur Documents _ 1 If you are not already managing your file collection page click on the page in e the side page menu C Documents and Setf Browse pag Maximum upload size 35 MB 2 Click on Upload File Categories 3 Enter a title for your file This field is optional If you don t enter one a title Published Password Protection Zone ill b d b d h fil Published No Password Protection w e generate ased on the filename 4 To choose the file you wish to upload click on Submit Cancel Internet Explorer and Firefox Browse Chrome and Safari Choose File 5 Browse and select the file on your computer 6 In the categories field start typing the categories if any this file falls in To create a new category hit the Enter or Return key after no results come up 7 lf you re not ready to publish the file yet choose Unpublished 8 If you would like to password protect the file choose the password from the Password Protection Zone drop down list 9 Click Submit to upload the file Google Calendar Google Calendar pages allow you to embed your Google Calendar on your SWIFT site After you set up this page you re changes in Google Calendar will instantly show up in SWIFT Setting up Google Calendar SWIFT pages is a bit tricky but once you set it up you shouldn t have to touch it again a To prepare your Google Calendar for S
8. ZIP file containing the photos you wish to upload click on Internet Explorer and Firefox Browse Chrome and Safari Choose File 2 Browse and select the file on your computer 3 Click Upload If you are having trouble uploading your file make sure it meets the following requirements 1 Total file size is under 35 MB 2 Images are PNG JPEG or GIF There is limited support for BMP 3 ZIP files must not be password protected 18 Quiz Collection With quiz collection pages you can post quizzes on your SWIFT site All quizzes are in simple multiple choice format sane 1 3 of 3 result s a IC Hoste Filter by title O y 44 Dinosaur Quiz E yt Practice Multiplication OQO Sy Practice Addition Apply action to selected items Filter by status x Filter by date Published Public 4 July 3 2012 Published Public 3 July 3 2012 Published Public 3 July 3 2012 From this quiz collection management table you can modify delete or pin force to the top of the list existing quizzes Creating Quizzes Title Description 2 ie 4 B Z oo e dh FJA D7 EF u Font Family y FontSize 2 x Q GB wm How much do you remember about our dinosaurs unit Emailing Quiz Results Allow Emailing Email Address demo district edu Email Subject Dinosaur Quiz Results from your SWIFT Site Published 8 Click Submit to add the quiz
9. A uaad of A A Aa Sa an Saalt AAEE Aa ea OEE SILA E d Mulsaad cians entice tad 15 Photo Albo ECU a A AA er A ADA eee eee A eee a 16 AA A a fe Oe mrt MC REDS eae 19 Getting Started Accessing Site Management SWIFT can be accessed from most internet connected devices You are going to get the best experience from your desktop or laptop using the most up to date version of your web browser Most features work on touch devices such as Apple s iPad but these kind of devices aren t officially supported While you may be able to update your SWIFT site on your iPhone or Android phone it isn t going to be a pleasant experience You may in fact throw your phone at some point Officially the following browsers are supported While supported if you are working with large pages and sites older browsers such as Internet Explorer 7 and 8 are going to run slower than more modern browsers Internet Explorer 9 as well as all other modern browsers will be able to handle SWIFT much better Internet Explorer 7 Firefox 4 Safari 5 Chrome 9 Visit http classrooms tacoma k12 wa us manage to manage your SWIFT site Once you re at the log in screen enter your SWIFT username and password If you forgot your username or password click on the Forgot your password link on the log in screen Navigating Site Manager Here is a brief overview of the site manager from the site dashboard screen 8600 Edit Page SWIFT 2 gt i Page Delete P
10. WIFT you must first make your Google Calendar public and Jacob s Calendar 7 t th L li k I Demo Calendar 7 hii retrieve e XML link Tasks Display only this Calendar Other calendars ae T 1 Log in to Google Calendar Please consult your district or school s own documentation for how to Calendar settings do this Create event on this calendar oo 2 From the left menu under My calendars hover over the calendar you would like to publish in Send to a friend SWIFT Demo Calendar Details Calendar Details Share this Calendar Notifications 3 Click on the down arrow that appears after you hover over the calendar name Click on Share this Calendar from the calendar menu that appears Back to calendar Save Cancel Y Make this calendar public Learn more This calendar will appear in public Google search results 4 Make sure the Make this calendar public option is checked If you would like limited information as tj ay arcas inet displayed in SWIFT also check the Share only my free busy information option 5 Click on Save to apply your sharing settings 6 You will be redirected to your calendar dashboard again Hover over the calendar name and click on the down arrow again to display the calendar menu Click on Calendar settings option Calendar Address Calendar ID Qe Ag roup calendar google com Learn more This is the address for your calendar No one can use this link unless you have made your calendar public Chan
11. age Editing Announcements Edit Page Details Announcements Content Pages in Menu KDR tili EA dl F A W 8 F Home of El ln mt ax e R oe PA SB Z Ue ERE eigi otra Fon events All students need to bring a bag of marbles with them to first Documents day of class Discussion Links Homework Image Gallery oe Side bar menu 11 1 5 818 50 MB 2 Top menu al Site menu Access site dash roe Suton ective site a Page menu Rearrange pages Choose page to edit Ean ONE Management area SWIFT s site manager is organized in a way that displays most commonly used features more prominently than other features Users who aren t interested in the more advanced features of SWIFT can just ignore them while power users can tweak their site to meet their specific needs Terminology blog cell padding cell spacing collection focus page pin rich text site site manager slug thread URL A series of informational entries that may be commented on by visitors The space between the edge of the cell and the content inside of the cell The gap between table cells Most data tables have a cell spacing of about 1 or 2 Collections in SWIFT refer to pages that can have multiple records of a certain type To click inside or be actively editing a form field A page is a single point on a web site Each item on your s
12. as photo albums and files All your E CEREA a ee SAE PORT passwords are managed from your Password Protected Zones manager You IIA Se ee can access this manager from your site dashboard by clicking on the Manage Filter by title Filter by Password Filter by hint Filter by date v g PKR Demo Zone demo June 26 2012 Passwords option in your top menu Password Protected Zones From here you can add remove and modify passwords for use throughout your site Thinking of your site hierarchically sites have pages which may have entries such as documents and photo albums if you password protect your entire site all of its pages and page entries cannot be password protected If you password protect a page individual entries cannot be password protected Also a user only has to enter the same password once per visit If you have multiple files password protected with a specific password they will only have to enter that password for the first file they try to download Sites in a password protected district or school will not be able to use the password protection features in SWIFT Managing Pages Common Page Settings Each page on your site has a Title field Whatever is entered in this field appears as the text for the link in the menu It also appears at the top of the page Titles should be short and descriptive Avoid the temptation to make your title more than 2 or 3 short words Many page types also allow you t
13. ceived wih this subject into a particular folder Attachments cannot be more than 10 MB total but you can allow them to upload more than 1 if you wish The last field if available in your district allows you to set whether or not you want to verify the human status of a visitor this protects you from spam bots on the internet There is a greater likelinood that emails from this form will go into your junk email folder Be sure to check your junk email folder frequently Discussion Discussion pages are a great way to engage your students in an online discussion Discussion threads can only be started by site authors while visitors can post replies Similar to blog pages you can moderate discussion replies before they show up publicly You can set the default moderation setting in the page settings expand Edit Page Details This default moderation setting can be overridden on a thread by thread basis some threads can be moderated while others aren t Displaying 1 3 of 3 result s C a Filter by title Filter by date Filter by status O ws The Great Gatsby Green Light July 2 2012 Published Public 2 2 O 45 The Great Gatsby Class July 2 2012 Published Public 0 O 3 The Great Gatsby The American Dream July 2 2012 Published Public 0 l Apply action to selected items This is the thread management table and is accessed by clicking on the blog page in your side page menu You can modify delet
14. d throughout SWIFT The tools you have available in your text editor may be more limited depending on where you are editing rich text in SWIFT This section will give an overview of the popular tools available in the rich text editor Overview of Editor Toolbar aaa s i Paragraph FontFamily Font Size Images 2 The image manager is accessible from the icon in the top row of the rich text editor s toolbar _ From here you can insert or update any image on your page Images that you re using around your mtrainier jpg site can be browsed through on the left side of the image manager from the Browse tab The b i i l Preview tab allows you to see how large it will appear on your page and tinker with the soft resizing of the image from the Image To Insert section You can manage these site photos by clicking on the delete icon or the edit icon Editing or deleting photos here will affect that photo across your entire site If you reuse a photo across your site but want drastically different sizes of it you should upload multiple copies of the image If you have many photos you can filter using the text carr se Suge Ot on box at the top of your Browse section Start typing and only images that match your search query ER will show up From the edit image screen you can physically
15. e or pin force entry to the top of the list discussion threads from this table To mass publish unpublish pin unpin or delete threads 1 Check the boxes for the threads you would like to update 2 Choose the batch action from the Apply action to selected items drop down 3 Click Apply You will be asked to confirm 12 Creating Discussion Threads BuO one rec nev nieaee Title Th 5 s a Esso Bott 1 If you are not already managing your discussion page click on the page in the rea esc n KDA EE ClO oles LIAB BP side page menu EZ i P 2 xX Q om n E rm B Z U ac Z amp Paragraph FontFamily FontSize 2 Click Create Thread What do you think the green light represent in Fitzgerald s The Great Gatsby 3 Enter the title for your new thread 4 Optional Enter the thread description This uses the rich text editor so you can Path p y make it as fancy as you wish Published Password Protection Zone Publlahed ns ede Paanerned Panteran or 5 If you re not ready to publish the thread yet choose Unpublished Moderate Posts Posts Require Instructor Approval a 6 In the categories field start typing what categories if any this entry falls in To submit Cancel create a newcategory hit the Enter or Return key after no results come up 7 Choose whether or not you want site visitors replies to be moderated Discussion Page D
16. e the event File Collection File collection pages allow you to publish files on your SWIFT site Files are organized in categories a single file can exist in multiple categories Visitors can filter the list of files by name date and or category A single file cannot be larger than 35 MB Files that you upload in your file collections count against your site disk space quota If you run out of the disk space allotted to you you can request more from your administrator Managing Files Displaying 1 3 of 3 result s a E Filter by title gt Dinosaurs ex dinosaur presentation pdf 534 KB gt y SlugBehavior zlp a VERA k 3 KB gt gt Dinosaur Quiz Answers U y fae dinosaur quiz answers pdf 2 8 MB Apply action to selected items Apply Filter by category Filter by date Filter by status dinosaurs July 2 2012 Published Public 0 slugs July 2 2012 Published Protected 0 dinosaurs July 2 2012 Published Public 0 This is the file management table and is accessed by clicking on the file collection page in your side page menu You can download modify delete or pin force to the top of the list files from this table To mass publish unpublish delete or pin unpin files 1 Check the boxes for the files you would like to update 2 Choose the batch action from the Apply action to selected items drop down 3 Click Apply You will be asked to confirm 14
17. efault will go to whatever you have set as your page default under Edit Page Details 8 Click Submit to create the thread Managing Discussion Threads Replies To update a thread or manage a thread s posts first click on the post name while Post Reply editing the discussion page Posts can be modified deleted or approved AA AAA if necessary When editing or adding a new post Post Reply button above post 5 ee mm amenace aipg St a Simplified rich text editor will be displayed Visitors have fewer options when oe posting replies they cannot for example insert images 7 MEN m ae eae deis as Notorious B G famously said To mass approve or delete replies Apply action to selected items Apply 1 Check the boxes for the replies you would like to update 2 Choose the batch action from the Apply action to selected items drop down 3 Click Apply You will be asked to confirm Event Calendar Event Calendar pages allow you to create a simple calendar on your site Important events and homework due dates can be shown in this calendar format Managing Events Displaying 1 3 of 3 result s D Filter by title Filter by start dal Filter by end da 5 Filter by category Filter by dat E x Book Reports Due June 15 2012 June 15 2012 Homework May 2 2012 yx Last Day of School June 21 2012 June 21 2012 School May 2 2012 O SF Y Final Exam June 20 2012 June 20 2012 Tests and Quize
18. er the initial content for your blog post This uses the rich text editor so you can make it as fancy as you wsh Path p ee __ Categories 5 If you re not ready to publish the post yet choose Not Published Published announcements Allow Comments Moderated 6 Optional In the categories field start typing the categories if any this entry falls Yes Blog Default A in To create a new category hit the Enter or Return key after no results come up Submit Cancel 7 lf you would like to allow people to comment on your blog entry choose Yes under 24 Allow Comments 8 If you chose Yes to Allow Comments choose whether or not you want the comments to be moderated Blog Default will go to whatever you have set as your blog default under Edit Page Details 9 Click Submit to create the blog post 11 Managing Blog Posts To update a post or manage a post s comments click on the post s title while editing the blog page Comments can be modified deleted or approved EX if necessary When editing or adding A A A Satus a new comment Add Comment button above comment list a A ae Filter by name Filter by comment content Filter by status simplified rich text editor wil be displayed Visitors have fewer i i really appreciate this message am options when posting comments they cannot for example insert i a sth de daa
19. f necessary and then click either Insert or Update Tables Tables can be used in SWIFT to organize the layout of information on your pages Most functions for managing your tables exist on the second row of your rich text editor s formatting toolbar To get started click on the first icon on the second row of the toolbar Insert Edit Table f you would like to edit an existing table first click inside of the table From here you can set how many columns and rows you would like in your table and some more advanced formatting settings such as cell padding and cell spacing General Advanced r General Properties Columns k Rows 2 Cell Padding Cell Spacing Alignment Not Set gt Border fo Width Height f Class Not Set z Table Caption O If you would like your table to run across your page you can set the width field to either the number of pixels you want no units needed example 200 or a percentage 90 You can also align your table to the middle of your page or floating to the left or right Click either Insert or Update once you have finished setting up the table Once your cursor is focused inside an existing table several other tools wil become available These tools are available in the formatting toolbar or by right clicking inside any of the cells in the table Creating Pages Title 1 Click on the Create Page b
20. ge sharing settings 7 Under Calendar Address NOT Private Address this will show private calendar entries right click on and copy the link The name for the copy link option varies by browser Internet Explorer users select Copy Shortcut Firefox users select Copy Link Location Chrome users select Copy Link Address Safari users select Copy Link 8 Back in SWIFT paste this URL into your Google Calendar XML URL field while editing your Google Calendar page 9 Click on Save in SWIFT 10 Visit the page to make sure your events are showing up correctly by clicking on Visit Page in the top menu bar Link Collection Link collection pages allow you to publish lists of links on your SWIFT site Links are organized in categories a single link can exist in multiple categories Visitors can filter links by title categories and date 15 Manage Links Displaying 1 3 of 3 result s C De ene ae te Filter by title Filter by URL Filter by category Filter by publis gt O Pose 4 Google is one of the largest SNA com search engines Published 0 search engines CL pp Yahoo hitpv www yahoo com search engines Published 0 O Osy Bing hitp www bing com search engines Published 0 Apply action to selected items Apply This is the link management table and is accessed by clicking on the link collection page in your side page menu You can visit modify delete or pin force to the top of the list lin
21. he site title and path for the new site When you re ready click Start Copy Process 4 You site copy request will be entered into the queue lt may take minutes to hours to copy your site depending on how busy SWIFT is Site Dashboard You can access the site dashboard by clicking on the name of your site in the sidebar s site menu This screen gives you an overview of how many people are viewing your site and gives you some management options in the top menu From the top menu you can publish and unpublish visit modify and delete your site You can also access your site s password manager from the top menu e00 Manage Site SWIFT PAPES AE AAA Delete Site Create New E Visits Mi Pageviews Jun 5 2012 Jun 12 2012 Jun 19 2012 cu K Ataf ti K AAAA AMRAAM An Disk Space Used All Time Visits 17629 Pageviews 26337 Pageviews per Visit 1 5 41 1 5 5 MB 50 MB A PUGET SOUND HA JSLTICI Updating Site Title CTA Your SWIFT site s title appears at the top of each page and it your school s site directory It iii should be relatively short 2 5 short words max and descriptive Demo Account Published Password Protected Zone Example of good site title Mrs T Rex s 1st Grade Classroom Published There are currently no protected zones available Manage Passwords Example of bad site title Mrs T Rex s SWIFT Web Site That Lives in Cyberspace
22. ite menu is one page To force an object to the top of the page results no matter how they are being sorted Formatted or styled text that can also include images hyperlinks and tables Asite short for web site is a collection of pages The area in SWIFT where you go to update your SWIFT sites and pages The human readable name of the page or site that exists in the URL For example with http swift district edu school name teacher name school name is the slug for the school and teacher name is the slug for the SWIFT site In a discussion forum the thread post contains the topic for the conversation Another name for a web address This is what is entered in a browser s address bar when visiting a particular page on the Internet Managing Sites Creating New Site Administrators decide how many sites a user can create If you are allowed to create your own sites a Create New Site button will appear at the top left of your Site Dashboard Once you click on this button your options for creating a new site will appear Importing SWIFT v1 Site From the Welcome Create New Site screen you may have multiple options for importing your SWIFT v1 site If you have an option that includes your SWIFT v1 site title choose this option to skip having to log in with your SWIFT v1 credentials Otherwise click Import Different SWIFT v1 Web Site If you cannot remember your SWIFT v1 site username and password contact your SWIFT administrators
23. k up that homework archive page into more manageable entries while still maintaining a comprehensive archive of your homework assignments In addition power visitors can subscribe to the RSS feed of your Blog and receive homework assignments as you post them Displaying 1 2 of 2 result s PP Filter by title Filter by category Filter by da Filter by status O sua First blog post announcements July 2 2012 Published Public 2 1 O Soy A Monday s Homework homework July 2 2012 Published Public 0 Apply action to selected items This is the blog post management table and is accessed by clicking on the blog page in your side page menu You can modify delete or pin force entry to the top of the list blog posts from this table To mass publish unpublish pin unpin or delete posts 1 Check the boxes for the posts you would like to update 2 Choose the batch action from the Apply action to selected items drop down 3 Click Apply You will be asked to confirm Creating Blog Posts x To add a new blog post Title Eat 1 If you are not already managing your blog page click on the page in the side page Content aa aa a 4 G HE bglA a menu A t E efe lei B Z UE E eph Fort remiy Fonts f 2 Click on Create Blog Post am really excited for this school year Watch this page for homework assignments 3 Enter the title for your new blog post 4 Ent
24. ks from this table To mass publish unpublish delete or pin unpin links 1 Check the boxes for the links you would like to update 2 Choose the batch action from the Apply action to selected items drop down 3 Click Apply You will be asked to confirm Adding Links maune IS E 1 Click on the Add Link button above your link management table Description 2 Add a title to your link Google is one of the most popular search engines 3 Optional Describe your link in more detail d URL 4 Type or paste in the URL for the link This must start with the protocol e g http www google com http or https Categories a ee nai search engines 5 Optional Start typing in categories in the Categories field Hit the Enter or Published Return key after entering the category name or selecting it from the list of Published existing categories as you type O eee 6 Click Submit to add the link 16 Photo Album Collection Photo album collection pages allow you to publish photos organized by album to your visitors Be sure to follow federal and state laws as well as your own school or district policies when posting photos that include students Displaying 1 2 of 2 result s Rocks 9 images om O Belize 2 images Last modified on July 02 2012 at 7 04pm Some really awesome rocks Last modified on July 02 2012 at 7 00pm
25. n be modified or deleted from within the quiz question management table Creating Questions NNN To erat a new quiz question Question Da MEE SECO Ole du II AD Born B Z U Paragraph Font Family Font Size 2 H x x 2 G wm What did the Tyrannosaurus Rex primarily eat Path p Z Reason T rex s teeth are like other animals who eat animal meat School Children Vegetables Other Animals am Sl e A S P If you are not already managing a quiz click on the quiz title in the quiz management table Click Create Question above the question management table Enter your question using the simplified rich text editor Optional Explain the answer in the Reason field Start adding answer options You can remove options using the icon Click on Add Answer Option to add more options Be sure to choose which answer is correct Click Create Question to add the question to the quiz 20
26. o enter static content on the page itself For special page types static content can often be added to the page introduction You can update the title and static content fields from the page editor accessible by clicking on one of the pages in the left side page menu Sometimes these fields are hidden in a collapsed section titled Edit Page Details To expand the section either double click on the title Edit Page Details or click on the plus icon in the top right of the section header Edit Page Details Title Events Introduction MEE ee Lb F A D 18 2 Ea x 2 vw om orm Paragraph Font Family Font Size ki K t t R i z by E W 00 ll Il This is our class calendar Holidays and assignments will be posted on this page Path p CC Save Advanced Page Settings You can access advanced page settings from the top menu while editing a page From here you can _ Advanced Page settings modify the path or slug of a page and password protect a page O Changing this value will lock down your site until we can attempt to fix all links to this page Password Protected Zone No Password Protection Manage Passwords A Note Once you change your page path your site will be locked down while SWIFT tries to repair links to the changed page You will be unable to update your site while this is happening Using Rich Text Editor The rich text editor is use
27. resize and rotate your image You should physically resize your images instead of soft resizing found in the Image to Insert section whenever possible because it will cause your page to load much faster In SWIFT height and width options are in pixels Clicking on the lock unlock icon between the width and the height will allow you to resize disproportionally and distort your image Once you are happy with the previewed image click Save Image To add new photos click Browse in the Add Image area of the Image Manager JPEG PNG and GIF files are fully supported in SWIFT Bitmap files BMP have only limited support If your uploaded BMP file fails to upload try converting it to a supported format in your favorite image editor Microsoft Paint or OS X Preview should be able to do the job If you have selected an image in your SWIFT site but would now like to add an image that exists outside of SWIFT click on the Clear button and either type or paste in the URL Click Insert in the Image to Insert section once you have chosen and resized your image Depending on your browser you should also be able to resize the image from the Rich Text Editor itself Hyperlinks To create a hyperlink first select some text or an image Then click on the icon in the first row of the rich text editor s toolbar This will only be enabled if you have selected text or an image From here you o have several options
28. s May 2 2012 Apply action to selected items Events can be managed from the event management table You can modify or delete an event from within the event management table To mass publish unpublish delete or recategorize events 1 Check the boxes for the events you would like to update 2 Choose the batch action from the Apply action to selected items drop down 3 Click Apply You will be asked to confirm 13 Creating Events rar A Y add an event Title Last Day of School Description X BBiei M45 EE S E el o du JAVA SF u B Z U ac amp Paragraph FontFamily FontSize 2 x x Q Bl um Have a great summer Path p Start Date End Date 06 21 2012 06 21 2012 Category New Category School Events 1 Click on the Create Event button above your event management table 2 Add a title to your event This should be just a few words 3 Optional Use the rich text editor to add a longer description This can be accessed by clicking on the event in the calendar 4 Choose you start and end date Once you click in either field a calendar will 4 pop up that will allow you to browse to the correct date 5 Optional Unlike other category fields in SWIFT events can only belong to one category Choose an existing category from the list or choose New Category and type in the new category name in the box that appears Submit Cancel 6 Click Submit to creat
29. teract with on Static Content pages If you don t need any of the special functionality of the other pages such as photo albums blogs list of downloadable files etc you will probably want to use this page type This page type is also the easiest to manage because there are only two fields Title and Content Content is just the rich text editor 10 Menu Links Edit Page Details Menu links actually aren t pages at all Menu links allow you to put an external link on your site s menu This may be an Title external parent portal grade viewing web site or something completely different If you have a site for a club you acs TDA could create a Menu Link to the club s state or national level web site Menu links only have three fields Title Link OR URL and Link Target The link will not appear in your site menu until you have a valid URL in the Link URL field The Link Target field allows you to specify if you want the link to open in the same wndow as your SWIFT site or in a new window Blog The Blog page type allows you post entries that will be paginated with the newest entries on the first page These entries can be commented on by users similar to discussion threads Blogs provide an alternative to having a super long static content page for things like homework archives Long static content pages can crash your browser when editing them and your visitors browsers when they attempt to access them With blogs you can brea
30. to your site dashboard and clicking on the Page Trash button If you do not see this button in the top menu of your site dashboard you don t have any restorable pages Reordering Pages Your menu in can be managed from almost any screen in SWIFT s site management Updating the order of pages is easy Simply click and drag the icon next to the page you want to move If you would rather a page not exist in your site s menu simply move it to the Other Pages section These pages can be made accessible by adding links in other pages but they won t show up in your site s menu An example of when this might come in handy is if you re trying to keep your menu neat but you want a different homework page for each period or content area Discussion Home you teach Now you can create one page in your menu called Homework and all your period content area pages C in the Other Pages section Now just edit the page in your menu to link to all your other homework pages mmmn sek Homework Class Rules Other Pages image Gallery _ Practice Quizzes Links Page Types There are several types of pages in SWIFT Depending on the page type you select SWIFT can have multiple pages of the same type on the same site You can now add a different discussion page for example for each period or content area you teach Static Content Static Content pages are the simplest kind of page on SWIFT There is very little for users to in
31. utton below the list of pages on the left sidebar Dino Secrets Page Type 2 Add a title to your page that is at least 3 characters long Try to keep page titles as short Basic g Menu Link Static Content Special Blog _ Contact Form as possible Visitors just need the gist of what is on the page not every detail Examples of good page title Links Research Links Dinosaur Links Examples of bad page title Helpful Research Links Research and Reporting Links Super Awesome Links Dinosaur Research Web Sites Discussion Event Calendar File Collection Google Calendar Link Collection Photo Album Collection Quiz Collection 3 Choose a page type Static Content is the most basic page type For all other page types see their corresponding section in this manual 4 Click Submit to add the page Some page types such as Menu Link and Google Calendar require the page to be set up before it will be displayed on in your menu Deleting Pages You can delete a page by clicking on the red Delete Page button in the top menu while editing the page You will be asked to confirm the page deletion For Documents and Photo Album page types all photos and documents uploaded to those pages will no longer be accessible Once a page has been deleted you have 30 days to restore accidentally deleted pages Pages can be either restored or permanently deleted if you need to clear up disk space by going
32. year A images wish to burn all the books in the entire sy Jare world Muhahahah Approval Pending To mass approve or delete comments Apply action to selected items Apply 1 Check the boxes for the comments you would like to update 2 Choose the batch action from the Apply action to selected items drop down 3 Click Apply You will be asked to confirm Contact Form Send Email To 47 Contact form pages allow you to receive messages and small files from your visitors Contact forms demo district edu can be sent anonymously and identities can be easily forged on these forms If you are receiving inappropriate messages you should consider unpublishing this page until your students learn some manners good luck While your district may scan for viruses in emails SWIFT makes no attempt to Homework Dropbox Turn in block viruses from being sent You should never open executable files exe in Microsoft Windows Email Subject 0 from any email but especially emails sent from this form Attachments Allow 1 Attachment gt i PA This page includes a number of settings By default the email address associated with your account is ci A entered into the Send Email To field Feel free to change this to any email address you wish You can Standard Limits Spam customize the Email Subject to something unique advanced users can create an automatic rule in their email application to save emails re
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