In this course you will learn the essentials for understanding, working with and creating new SharePoint sites. You will work with lists, libraries and web parts to add content to a site and create custom views of the content for specific audiences. You will practice working with collaboration features to create surveys, discussion boards and wiki pages. You will also learn how Office 2010 applications integrate with SharePoint sites. This class will give you, as an end user, a solid understanding and working knowledge of SharePoint sites covering both introductory and intermediate features.

While the SharePoint 2010 interface incorporates the ribbon feature, if your organization uses 2007, you will still benefit from this class. About 80% of the application has not changed, and differences between 2007 and 2010 will be addressed throughout the class.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Navigate a site collection hierarchy
• Customize SharePoint menus
• Understand and modify permissions
• Add, edit and delete content in default lists and libraries
• Create lists and libraries to store information
• Create custom list views
• Import content from Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access
• Add discussion boards, surveys, and wiki pages
• Set up Document and Meeting Workspaces for easy collaboration
• Set up and cancel alerts
• Customize your pages with Web Parts
• Use custom views in Web Parts
• Use SharePoint's enhanced Search feature
• Share calendars, contacts, and other data with Microsoft Office programs

Audience: This course is designed for anyone using SharePoint 2010 (or 2007) to make team communication and collaboration more productive.

Suggested Prerequisites: Familiarity with Office applications such as Word, Outlook, and Excel. Classes in each of these products at least through Level 1 are suggested for successful completion of this course.