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SharePoint file server?

by zodea

Jun 3, 2008

Does anyone use this? We are getting it at my school next year and I am hoping it will be useful.

It has been described to me as a web page for teachers that isn't really a web page.

My goal is to put all my assignments on SharePoint so if a student is absent or lost an assignment they can go there to get it.

Anyone know how time consuming this will be?

zodea

Ralph I've used an older version of SharePoint both the Portal Server and the Windows Sharepoint Services (2003). They were packaged together, worked together, but met somewhat different needs.

The Portal Server was used at a more generic and open level to provide information to the entire school through web pages in what are called "Areas". ...See MoreI've used an older version of SharePoint both the Portal Server and the Windows Sharepoint Services (2003). They were packaged together, worked together, but met somewhat different needs.

The Portal Server was used at a more generic and open level to provide information to the entire school through web pages in what are called "Areas".

The Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) were directed more to individual classrooms or in Microsoft speak "workgroups"

Each teacher was given a top level site and allowed to create their own web pages underneath using templates. These templates provided a basic structure to each page and then you could customize this by adding "Webparts" to those sections. Each web part was really just a list. Again you could choose a list type from a catalog of predefined lists or create your own. Two of the more interesting list types were Document Library and Image Library. With these you can save any (with a few restrictions) file to your site. Obviously the document library was desgined for document files (word, excel, powerpoint, PDF, etc) and the Image library for images.

The biggest problem I see with the SharePoint product is that you really need to learn how to "administer" each site. If you don't have any support, you'll have to do it yourself and although it isn't too difficult if you're technically inclined, it will be very difficult if you're not trained. Most of the administration is about securing the components of each page and the actual placing of webparts on each page.

For instance, you want to use it to post assignments. You will need to make sure that only you can change the entries in the document library and everyone else can only read the documents.

If you have a document library for students to submit assignments, you will want to make sure that only the student who uploaded the document can change the document or even no one can change a document once it is uploaded.

A really nice feature is that every item in every list marked with who created and last changed and item and the date and time of the creation and last change.

The document libraries also have versioning, which is kind of neat. Each time a document is changed or re-uploaded the old one is saved and still available. This is handy again for allowing students to change their work once it has been uploaded but also to be able to see if they changed it after the due date if you didn't get a chance to lock the document library down.

Aside from the administration, it does make a fairly easy to use tool for classroom communications and only requires a web browser to use.

On 6/03/08, zodea wrote: > Does anyone use this? We are getting it at my school next > year and I am hoping it will be useful. > > It has been described to me as a web page for teachers > that isn't really a web page. > > My goal is to put all my assignments on SharePoint so if a > student is absent or lost an assignment they can go there > to get it. > > Anyone know how time consuming this will be? > > zodea

Jun 18, 2008

CB I a lot of experience configuring and using SharePoint in Enterprises.

SharePoint wasn't designed to replace the file server however you can use SharePoint to store and organize documents.

Utilizing SPS for student access is an excellent idea however be sure to configure permissions correctly.

Let me know if you have any...See More

Aug 19, 2008

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