2 Day Course
Introduction
This 2-day instructor-led course
discusses how to navigate and use the new Ribbon interface, what new things you
can do from Designer, what changes have been made to the actions and conditions
of workflows, how to build external content types, and how to modify Out Of the
Box Workflows.
Audience Profile
Anyone that has been and/or will
be working with SharePoint Designer to make changes to SharePoint sites
At Course Completion
After completing this course,
students will be able to:
•
Create
one of everything possible from SharePoint Designer, learn about each new
condition and action of SharePoint Designer workflows
Prerequisites
Before attending this course,
students must have:
•
Understanding
of SharePoint site elements (Lists, Libraries, Content Types, etc)
Course Outline
Module 1: Overview
A simple introduction module.
Lessons
•
Overview
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
•
Understand
your course, classroom, classmates, facility and instructor.
Module 2: 2010 Changes
In this module we are going to
take a look at some of the major changes between SharePoint Designer 2007 and
SharePoint Designer 2010.
Lessons
•
Changes
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
•
Describe
the changes to SharePoint Designer 2010
Module 3: User Interface
In this module we take a look at
common features of the basic team site. Throughout this course we will create
and manage several different pieces of content and the team site will be our
site of choice for doing this!
Understanding this site is the center piece of starting your journey of
understanding SharePoint and applying it to you everyday life!
Lessons
•
New
SharePoint Features
Lab: SharePoint Designer Interface
•
Explore
new interface of SharePoint Designer
•
Review
new work areas of Designer
•
Browse
Site Pages
•
Browse
Master Pages
•
Browse
Lists and Libraries
•
Browse
Workflows
•
Browse
Content Types
•
Browse
Data Sources
•
Browse
Entities
•
Explore
Site Structure
Lab: SharePoint Designer (Basics)
•
Create a
new site
•
Create a
new page
•
Create a
new master page
•
Attach a
master page
•
Create a
list
•
Change
list settings
•
Create
Content Type
•
Create/Modify
CSS
Lab: SharePoint Designer (Basics)
•
Check-In/Check-Out
•
Add Web
Parts
•
Add Web
Part Zone
•
Adding
Images (_images directory)
•
Reset to
Site Definition
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
•
Describe
the new UI features of the basic team site
•
Log in
and out of a site
•
What the
Quick Launch bar is
•
Describe
the Security Trimmed Interface of SharePoint
•
Know
where to create items on a site
•
Find out
who has access to a site
•
Understand
how to undelete items on a site (recycle bin)
Module 4: Data Views
In this module we are going to
take a look at Data Views and Data Sources.
Lessons
•
DataSources
and DataViews
Lab: DataViews
•
Create/Manage
Data Views
•
Create/Manage
Data Sources
•
Merge
Two Data Sources
•
Link Two
Data Sources
•
Data
View Parameters
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
•
How to
create and use Data Views and Data Sources
Module 5: External Content Types
In this module we are going to
take a look at the new Business Connectivity Services (BCS), the
replacement/new version of Business Data Catalog (BDC).
Lessons
•
Business
Connectivity Services
Lab: External Content Types
•
Explore
External Content Types
•
Create a
new External Content Type
•
Create
an External List
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
•
Understand
what BCS is
•
How to
create and use Entities with SharePoint Designer
Module 6: Workflows
In this module we are going to
take a look at implementing workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010.
Lessons
•
Workflows
Lab: BuiltInActivities (2007)
•
Use one
of each Built-In Activity (2007)
Lab: BuiltInActivities (2010)
•
Use one
of each Built-In Activity (2010)
Lab: LoopingWorkflow
•
Create a
looping set of workflows
Lab: ReusableWorkflows
•
Create
Reusable Workflows (Site/Global)
•
Export a
workflow to Visio
•
Import a
workflow from Visio
•
Save as
Template
Lab: ModifyOOBWorkflow
•
Modify
Out Of Box Workflows
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
•
Build
workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010
•
Understand
how to edit built in workflows
•
Implement
logging in your workflows
