CMS Lite Training Schedule

CMS Lite Training - Advanced
2019-03-28 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-01-31 09:00 - 16:00 UTC | GCPE Training Room, 617 Government Street, Victoria
Maximum class size: 4
Course Code: CMSLITE-Adv
Course Session: 18-201

The objective of this course is to introduce content editors to the advanced features of the CMS Lite application used on the B.C. government website. Participants must have completed the Basic course, or demonstrate a solid working knowledge of the basic fundamentals and web standards.
The majority of the course will be hands-on, instructor-led participation. Participants will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge to self-guided exercises throughout the day.
By the end of this course, participants will have a solid understanding of the following:

Advanced images functionality
Using page anchors
Striping and aligning multiple tables
Embedding videos, maps, Flickr
Creating image maps, web accordions and grid layouts
Tagging foreign language content
Unpublishing versus reverting content to previous versions
Bulk tagging content and assets
Tag collections versus Metadata
Managing future publish jobs

Registration
Click here to complete a course registration form.

CMS Lite Training - Basic- CLASS FULL
2019-03-21 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-03-07 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-02-14 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-02-07 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-01-17 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-01-10 09:00 - 16:00, 2018-12-13 09:00 - 16:00, 2018-12-06 09:00 - 16:00 and 5 more dates | GCPE Training Room, 617 Government Street, Victoria
Maximum class size: 4
Course Code: CMSLITE-Basic
Session: 18-101

The objective of this course is to introduce content editors to the basic functionality of the CMS Lite application used to create webpages on the B.C. government website. Participants will also be introduced to plain language concepts, world-wide accessibility standards, web style guides and the appropriate use of graphics.
The majority of the course will be hands-on, instructor-led participation. Participants will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge to self-guided exercises throughout the day.
By the end of this course, participants will have a solid understanding of the following:

Understanding the B.C. government website structure, and how to update content
Using the CMS Lite menus and Help functionality
Creating, cloning and editing pages
Formatting content to meet accessibility standards
Applying metadata to pages
Adding right-hand column boxes
Creating asset folders and uploading assets
Publishing content and assets

Rich Text Editor functionality will include:

Linking to pages, assets and external content
Formatting headings
Inserting an image
Bulleted lists
Table formatting
Find and replace
Special characters

Registration
Click here to register for this course.
CMS Lite Licenses
If a CMS License is required, please submit a request to the GDX Service Desk. Include the following details:

Name/IDIR of the new CMS Lite user
Financial coding for the license (each license costs $5/month):

Ministry Client Number
Responsibility Centre
Service Line
STOB
Project Number
Expense Authority Name

Date the license should be activated (if unspecified, license will be activated after the new user has completed training)
Would you like to transfer a license from another person who is no longer using CMS Lite? Please provide name of previous and new user

NOTE: Users do not need to be active in the system prior to training as generic IDIR accounts are used for training purposes.

CMS Lite Training - Basic via Lync- CLASS FULL
2019-03-15 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-03-13 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-02-27 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-02-22 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-02-20 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-01-24 09:00 - 16:00, 2018-11-29 09:00 - 16:00, 2018-11-15 09:00 - 16:00 and 2 more dates | Lync Meeting
Maximum class size: 2
Course Code: CMSLITE-Basic
Session: 18-101-R

The objective of this course is to introduce content editors to the basic functionality of the CMS Lite application used to create webpages on the B.C. government website. Participants will also be introduced to plain language concepts, world-wide accessibility standards, web style guides and the appropriate use of graphics.
The majority of the course will be hands-on, instructor-led participation. Participants will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge to self-guided exercises throughout the day.
By the end of this course, participants will have a solid understanding of the following:

Understanding the B.C. government website structure, and how to update content
Using the CMS Lite menus and Help functionality
Creating, cloning and editing pages
Formatting content to meet accessibility standards
Applying metadata to pages
Adding right-hand column boxes
Creating asset folders and uploading assets
Publishing content and assets

Rich Text Editor functionality will include:

Linking to pages, assets and external content
Formatting headings
Inserting an image
Bulleted lists
Table formatting
Find and replace
Special characters

Registration
Click here to complete a course registration form.
CMS Lite Licenses
If a CMS License is required, please submit a request to the GDX Service Desk. Include the following details:

Name/IDIR of the new CMS Lite user
Financial coding for the license (each license costs $5/month):

Ministry Client Number
Responsibility Centre
Service Line
STOB
Project Number
Expense Authority Name

Date the license should be activated (if unspecified, license will be activated after the new user has completed training)
Would you like to transfer a license from another person who is no longer using CMS Lite? Please provide name of previous and new user

NOTE: Users do not need to be active in the system prior to training as generic IDIR accounts are used for training purposes.

CMS Lite Training - Advanced- CLASS FULL
2018-11-22 09:00 - 16:00, 2018-10-25 09:00 - 16:00, 2018-09-27 09:00 - 16:00, 2018-08-30 09:00 - 16:00 | GCPE Training Room, 617 Government Street, Victoria

CMS Lite Training - Basic - CLASS FULL
2018-11-01 09:00 - 16:00 | GCPE Training Room, 617 Government Street, Victoria
