Program Overview

SharePoint Training Program

The SharePoint training program is designed to equip DePaul faculty, staff, and student employees with the necessary skills to effectively utilize the SharePoint platform. SharePoint is the platform used to create DePaul's websites and is also used for internal collaboration sites, known as teamsites.

Program Overview

The program is open to DePaul faculty, staff, and student employees with the permission of their site owner. The training is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to edit and manage their department's website.

Roles and Permission Levels

There are several roles and permission levels in SharePoint, including:

• Visitor: can view and export information submitted through SmartForms
• Editor: can do everything a visitor can do, edit existing pages, create new pages, and submit pages to an approver to be published
• Approver: can do everything an editor can do and approve pages to complete the publishing process
• SmartForm Editor: can edit existing SmartForms and lists, create new SmartForms and lists, and view and export information submitted through SmartForms

Training Requirements

Training is required for editors, approvers, and SmartForm editors. The training is designed to provide participants with the necessary skills to effectively utilize the SharePoint platform.

Training Workshops

Several training workshops are available, including:

• SharePoint Editor Training: provides participants with the knowledge and skills required to edit and manage their department's website
• SmartForms Training: provides participants with the knowledge and skills required to edit and manage SmartForms and lists

Site-Specific Training

Certain DePaul websites have functionality built into them unique to their site. Site owners or other editors on the site may provide training on site-specific skills, or the site owner may contact the relevant department to be put in touch with someone who can provide specialized instructions or training for their particular site.

Access to Training

Access to training is granted upon completion of the training workshop. Employees who leave DePaul are automatically removed from SharePoint every week. If an approver or editor switches departments at DePaul or their role no longer requires them to have access to the website, the site owner should contact the Help Desk to remove their access.