Get Trained

The Creative Services team hosts monthly Basic Training in Cascade, and bi-monthly Advanced Training by demand.

Basic Training

Topics covered in Basic Training:

• Introduction to web terminology, the W&M web presence in general, and Cascade
• Building and editing folders and pages (includes linking to documents and adding images)
• Publishing and deleting
• Listing Pages (directories, news, events, and announcements)
• Optimization (shortcuts in Cascade)

To participate in training, you must:

1. Have your Cascade manager (see below) set up your permissions in Cascade in advance of training.  If your department/office is not part of one of the units below, have the head of your department/office email the [[creative, Creative Services team]] to set up your permissions.
   
   

   Arts & Sciences	[[kalarrieu, Kathy Larrieu]]
   Law School	[[thardy, Trotter Hardy]]
   Mason School of Business	[[m|Eric.Pesola, Eric Pesola]]
   School of Education	[[sjanglim, Sue Anglim]]
   VIMS	[[v|davem,David Malmquist]] [[v|kathi,Kathi Goodwin]]

2. Register online.

Spring 2012 Basic Training Dates:

• Tuesday, February 14, 9am - 11am in Blow 311
• Wednesday, March 21, 9:30am - 11:30am in Blow 311
• Thursday, April 19, 1pm - 3pm in Blow 311
• Tuesday, May 22, 2pm - 4pm in Blow 311

Advanced Training (by demand)

Note: Only users who have received basic training may participate in Advanced Training.

Topics covered in Advanced Training often include (but are not limited to):

• Clean URLs and redirect pages
• Borrowing and copying assets
• Multimedia
• Special page types
• The Right Hand Column (widgets, listboxes, related links)

To participate in training, you must:

1. Be comfortable with the topics covered in Basic Training. 
2. Register online.
3. Optional: Email the [[creative, Creative Services team]] with specific topics you wish to cover in training.

Fall 2011 Advanced Training dates:

• Thursday, February 23, 1:30pm - 3:30pm in Blow 311
• Wednesday, April 11, 10am - 12noon