Web Publishing Training Courses


OVERVIEW

Target audience: McGill employees who need to edit or manage websites on the Web Management System (WMS).

Here you will find instructor-led courses and self-serve videos needed for your role as content editor or website manager.

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Web Management System (WMS) Training

For a brief introduction to the McGill Web Management System, view the service description for Web Management. Also consult the *Index of Documentation for the Web Management System.

Access to any WMS site requires training as well as the authorization of the site administrator or the supervisor of the department responsible for the site. Request access for a staff member who has completed training by filling out the WMS Permissions web form.

Note: Registration for Web Management System (WMS) training for site management and editing is open to all McGill faculty and administrative staff through Minerva.

Select: Instructor-led courses or Self-serve videos.

Instructor-led courses

Site Editing (WMS 300)

Target audience: Staff members who need access to their site as a Site Editor.
Prerequisites: Registration in Writing for the web at McGill (WS-100) and McGill's digital standards (WS-101) is required in order to obtain Site Editor privileges. Participants may complete these courses after completing WMS 300.
Duration: 2.5 hours
Course format: Workshop
Course material: WMS300.pdf

This hands-on workshop for Site Editors and Site Managers provides an overview of the main features of the McGill Web Management System and covers editing text, uploading and adding images and documents. Although very basic HTML tags are explained, this is not an HTML course.

View the schedule of upcoming sessions

Register for the course

Note: If there is no scheduled session for this course, you can still register on the waiting list.

Site Management (WMS 301)

Target audience: Staff members who need access to their site as a Site Manager.
Prerequisites:

Duration: 2.5 hours
Course format: Workshop
Course material: WMS301.pdf

In this workshop, Site Managers will create and publish pages, edit menus, manage blocks, and create slideshows.

View the schedule of upcoming sessions

Register for the course

Note: If there is no scheduled session for this course, you can still register on the waiting list.

Editing, managing a WMS site [Formerly WMS 302]

Target audience: Site editors and site managers who need assistance with developing their site in the WMS.
Prerequisites: Site Editing (WMS 300)
Duration: 45 minutes to 1 hour (depending on demand for a specific section)
Course format: Lab

This lab is intended to provide hands-on assistance with the development of websites and the use of the Channels system. Each participant will be contacted by an instructor for a one-on-one web conference during which the instructor will provide assistance with questions related to WMS functionality. Participants are expected to work autonomously after receiving the required guidance from the instructors.

Registration is required and is made through Bookings: Register for the course*
* IMPORTANT: from withing the Bookings registration page, make sure to select the course named "Editing, managing a WMS site.

If you have specific questions you want answered at the lab, please enter them in the What can we help with during this session? at the bottom of the registration form.

Self-serve videos

Channels News & Events  

Target audience: Staff members who need to post news and/or events within the Channels system, and current site managers who need to create blocks to display news and events.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with the WMS interface is helpful, but is not required.
Course format: Self-serve videos

Channels Videos:

Other Channels documentation:

Webforms

Target audience: Site managers who want to add forms to their website
Prerequisites: Site Management (WMS 301)
Course format: Self-serve videos

Other webform documentation:

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