Dynamic School Portals

Dynamic School Portals

The Office of Web Management Services has created dynamic school Web portals using the Microsoft Content Management Server (CMS).

Some of the features of the new portals are:

School Webmasters will have more areas available to post/manage school specific content
New content areas can be added upon request
Sites can be customized using school colors, logo, and a school photo
An easy to manage photo gallery is now available
Multiple users can contribute content to the site
Different access rights exist to facilitate workflow and approval
No HTML or FTP knowledge required. All updates are done using a Web based interface.

The pilot phase for these web portals has been completed. Most school Web sites were updated at the end of July 2006 with the new portal template designs shown below. Some of the schools that participated in the pilot program were:

Tottenville High School

Boys and Girls High School

Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences

New Utrecht High School

Sheepshead Bay High School

Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing and Visual Arts

Training

School Webmasters are assigned by the school principals per the IAUP (Internet Acceptable Use Policy).

All school Webmasters must be DOE employees. The principal must confirm by e-mail before the registration of a Webmaster will be approved. Please contact your network leader to arrange training.

To customize your school Web portal

The school principal or Webmaster can send an e-mail to owsinfo@schools.nyc.gov and attach this Excel Spreadsheet. The spreadsheet should include as much of the following information as you want to include—please do not send multiple emails.

Name and DOE email address of school webmaster
School Principal contact information
School colors
School logo (jpg, gif or png format)
School motto
Picture of the school (jpg, gif or png format - must be an image of the front of the school, should be 318 pixels wide at 72dpi.)
Select one of the template styles: Classic or Modern.
District, Borough and school number (DBN) of school. Ex: 7 R 470

For Emergency updates

Until your school Webmaster has been trained you can request an update by sending an e-mail to owsinfo@schools.nyc.gov.

Follow-up to CMS Training

Congratulations on completing your CMS Training! Remember that there’s no better way to learn something that to gain some hands on experience - so it’s time to jump in and start using your CMS Console.

Click here to download the most recent version of the CMS Training Manual.

Click here for important information about adding CMS content using MS Word.

Classic Style:

Modern Style:

Contact Us

To contact our office with questions about the new school portals, technical issues or DOE web policy, please send an email to owsinfo@schools.nyc.gov.

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