Microsoft Windows SharePoint Designer 2010 Level 1

Course Description

Students will use Microsoft Windows SharePoint Designer 2010 to create and modify a SharePoint site. Get hands-on experience in creating SharePoint sites, and lessons in the general usage and modifications.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for web designers and developers, application developers, SharePoint site owners, and other knowledge workers with SharePoint end-user experience, who want to use SharePoint Designer to create and customize SharePoint sites, enhance the look and feel of a SharePoint site, and create dynamic pages using Web Parts and workflows.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Understanding of SharePoint site elements (Lists, Libraries, Content Types, etc)

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Create one of everything possible from SharePoint Designer, learn about each new condition and action of SharePoint Designer workflows.

Course Outline

Module 1: Overview

A simple introduction module.

Lessons

• Overview

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand your course, classroom, classmates, facility and instructor.

Module 2: 2010 Changes

In this module we are going to take a look at some of the major changes between SharePoint Designer 2007 and SharePoint Designer 2010.

Lessons

• Changes

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the changes to SharePoint Designer 2010

Module 3: User Interface

In this module we take a look at common features of the basic team site. Throughout this course we will create and manage several different pieces of content and the team site will be our site of choice for doing this!  Understanding this site is the center piece of starting your journey of understanding SharePoint and applying it to you everyday life!

Lessons

• New SharePoint Features

Lab : SharePoint Designer InterfaceLab : SharePoint Designer (Basics)Lab : SharePoint Designer (Basics) After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the new UI features of the basic team site
• Log in and out of a site
• What the Quick Launch bar is
• Describe the Security Trimmed Interface of SharePoint
• Know where to create items on a site
• Find out who has access to a site
• Understand how to undelete items on a site (recycle bin)

Module 4: Data Views

In this module we are going to take a look at Data Views and Data Sources.

Lessons

• DataSources and DataViews

Lab : DataViews

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• How to create and use Data Views and Data Sources

Module 5: External Content Types

In this module we are going to take a look at the new Business Connectivity Services (BCS), the replacement/new version of Business Data Catalog (BDC).Lessons

• Business Connectivity Services

Lab : External Content Types

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand what BCS is
• How to create and use Entities with SharePoint Designer

Module 6: Workflows

In this module we are going to take a look at implementing workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010.Lessons

• Workflows

Lab : BuiltInActivities (2007)Lab : BuiltInActivities (2010)Lab : LoopingWorkflowLab : ReusableWorkflowsLab : ModifyOOBWorkflow

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Build workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010
• Understand how to edit built in workflows
• Implement logging in your workflows