Technology can help your efforts to develop a collaborative learning environment among students, research teams, and colleagues. In this tutorial, you will learn how you can use Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2003 together with Microsoft Office system products to foster an interactive and collaborative learning community.
A Windows SharePoint Services Web site extends the opportunities for you and your students to work together because it enables you to share resources, communicate about class issues and events, and collaborate on projects when you are not in the same room or even on the same schedule.
Introduction to Windows SharePoint Services
Become familiar with SharePoint services.
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Before you begin An introduction to SharePoint vocabulary and the educational uses of SharePoint.
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Navigating a SharePoint site Learn how to find your way around a SharePoint site.
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Setting up your site This chapter shows three ways to set up a SharePoint site, including how to create pages and assign users to site groups.
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Creating an Events calendar This chapter shows you how to customize the SharePoint site that you set up.
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Creating a Task list In this chapter, you will learn how to create, view, and modify a Task list.
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Sharing documents Learn how to create a Document Library and a Document Workspace, and how to send shared attachments.
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Collaborating on documents Learn how to use version control, SharePoint alerts, and updates to facilitate collaborating on documents, as well as how to create a survey and export the data to Microsoft Excel.
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Taking it further This chapter lists Web links to sources that help you customize your SharePoint site and integrate it with other parts of the Office system.
