Creating Your Edlio Webpage
Kaitlin Brown, Instructional Technology Coach, Blackman HS
Description
Session Objectives
- *Login the Edlio site
- *Change your profile picture
- *Create your landing page
- *Create a link to an external web page
- *Upload a file attachment
- *Review personal calendar options in Edlio
- *Discuss the subscription feature and benefits
Success Criteria
* I can login Edlio at school and know the process for logging in at home
* I can create a new page and share information with parents and studentsTask 1: Login and update your Profile Picture
*Login with Office 365 from the admin login page
* Open Google Chrome
*Click o the house icon and go to BHS
*Scroll to the bottom of the page and click login
*Select Account- Profile- My Photo- pencil
*Select from your computer- browse and locate your faculty picture in teacher applications
*NOTE: The Microsoft OneDrive is NOT linked with your school and work account so this is not a valid option
*Select Crop and SaveTask 2: Create a Blank Page
*Select the menu at the top left (pancake) or dashboard
*Select the Pages option
*Select Add a Blank Page
*Title the Page- Welcome
*Review Side Panel Alignment- do not select full width on the first page- select right aligned
*Select Add Content- Add a short bio or welcome message
*SAVETask 3: View your Page
*Go to second tab opened and view your page http://bhs.rcschools.net/
*Select About Us- Staff Directory and view your page
*Notice the navigation bar on the right
Task 4: Upload a File
*Go to the tab with your working page
*Select Files- Upload Your Files
*Do Not select Microsoft OneDrive
*Navigate to the sample file linked in Teacher Apps
*Rename the file once it is uploaded to the page
* SAVE
*Review your page in the live page tab “Refresh”
*Delete the file and SAVETask 5: Add Page and Link ( if needed)
*Select Pages from the dashboard
*Add Page- Link to another page
*Title the link
*Example: Class Edmodo Page
*Add the link to the webpage web page
*Select Open in New Tab
*Save
*Check the page in the second tab “Refresh”
Task 6: Review the Calendar
*Demonstrate how the calendar works
*Select Plan from the dashboard
*Plan- Calendar- Add Event
*Name the Event- add directions- add a web link- add an attachment
*Be very deliberate with the example
*SAVE
*Check the page in the second tab “Refresh”
*Notice how it appears in the navigation tab on the right
*Notice the calendar views
Task 7: Create a Blank Page with Content
*Select the menu at the top left (pancake) or dashboard
* Select the Pages option
* Select Add a Blank Page
*Title the Page- Schedule
* Add a Table with 2 rows and 8 columns
* Add class schedule
*SAVE
*View Live Page in second tab- select “refresh”Task 9: Edit an Existing Page
*Select the menu at the top left (pancake) or dashboard
*Select the Pages option
*Select Add Link Page
*Add links
*SAVE
*View Live Page in second tab- select “refersh”Task 8: Create a Link Page
*Select the menu at the top left (pancake) or dashboard
*Select the Pages option
*Select Add Link Page
*Add links
*SAVE
*View Live Page in second tab- select “refersh”Task 10: Twitter Feed- Create Blank Page or Select Existing Page
- *Select the menu at the top left (pancake) or dashboard
- *Select the Pages option
- *Select Add a Blank Page or navigate to an existing page
- *Add Content
- *Select Source Code
- *· Login with your Twitter account
- · Select your Profile at the top right- Settings- Widgets- Create New- Profile
- · What would you like to embed? A Profile-
- Remove TwitterDev from the http://twitter.com and add your twitter handle
- · Select Embedded Timeline
- · Select Customize Options to change the color and set the size
- o It will show you a preview as you change the size
- · Copy the Code
- · Open a Page in Edlio- Add Content- Select Source Code- Paste the Twitter source code- Save
Advanced Edlio
Task 11: Create Posts
Select Post
Add new post ( Text, link, photo, file, or video)
SAVE
Notice the view on page option to see live view of the post
post appear at the bottom of the user's welcome page
post appear in the body of the email when parents subscribe
** There are videos of how to do this that I will make available for your after this PD
Additional Time
Several Pages with content
Publish vs Unpublished on a selected page