Learning Objectives for 2 PLOW Web classes

Learning Objectives for "Getting Your Web Site Started"

By the end of the class participants will be able to:

1. List some qualities of good Web writing
2. Define a Content Management System
3. Describe the elements of a Plone site
4. List some metadata elements
5. Describe work flow in Plone
6. List the major sections of the PLOW model Web site
7. State the purpose of the major sections of the PLOW model Web site
8. Define some additional features of a Plone Web site
9. State the differences of the PLOW Web site between an anonymous user and a logged-in user
10. Use Merlin, the PLOW wizard to add content to the site
11. Add, delete and manage users for the site
12. Describe what workflow is in Plone
13. Find a specific page in the library’s Web site
14. Edit a page:
15. List, define and state the qualities of page metadata on the “Edit” tab including shortname, title, description, and body.
16. Add new body text by:
17. Writing from scratch
18. Copying from an existing document, de-formatting, pasting
19. Publish an edited page
20. Select and change the color and theme of the Web site
21. Work on editing pages, on their own, at home

Learning Objectives for "Customizing Your Web Site"

By the end of the class participants will be able to:

1. Identify and define content types of Plone
2. Select the correct content type for a particular purpose
3. Describe the organization of the PLOW Web site
4. Add new content the PLOW Web site
5. Make structural changes to the PLOW Web site
6. Explain the differences between the different views of a folder
7. Change the view of folders using the display options
8. Describe the differences between an internal link and an external link
9. Add an internal link to a page
10. Add an external link to a page
11. Add images to a folder and change display to thumbnail
12. Use the built-in image handling in Plone to add images the PLOW Web site
13. Describe how Plone uses RSS
14. Define a smart folder and change criteria on existing smart folders
15. Edit an existing form folder
16. Plan how they continue the work started in class to customize their website
17. Plan how they will publicize new Website and e-mail addresses