Become a confident SharePoint content creator on our 1-day Content Author course.

Our friendly, certified SharePoint trainers will have you confidently creating SharePoint content in no time.

A complete SharePoint content creator’s course.
Plenty of one to one attention and time to ask questions.
Friendly expert trainers, small groups and a comfortable place to learn.

Looking for a more advanced SharePoint course? See our other SharePoint courses.

What Will I Learn?

This course includes plenty of changes to practise so that you can consolidate what you are learning.

Things you’ll learn about include:

Working with libraries
Using advanced lists
The SharePoint mobile app
Working with calendars

Full Course Details

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Click on the sections below to see exactly what you cover on this course.

The first section of the course covers what libraries are and how to work with them.

The key topics covered are:

  • Understanding Library Apps
  • Creating a New Document Library
  • Creating a New Folder in a Library
  • Adding Columns to Libraries

The course then goes on to cover views – explaining key terminology and giving a detailed walkthough on their use.

The key topics covered are:

  • Creating a New View from an Existing View
  • Creating a Custom View
  • Understanding the Create View Page
  • Selecting the Columns
  • Modifying a View
  • Specifying Sort Criteria
  • Specifying Filter Criteria
  • Specifying Grouping Criteria
  • Creating a Dynamic View
  • Creating a Calendar List View
  • Deleting a View

Then we move on to how you can implement Calendars in SharePoint.

The key topics covered are:

  • Adding a Calendar
  • Adding an Event
  • Adding a Recurring Event
  • Changing an Event
  • Connecting a Calendar to Outlook
  • Working with Connected Calendars in Outlook
  • Disconnecting a SharePoint Calendar
  • Deleting an Event
  • Setting Up for Calendars Overlay
  • Using Calendars Overlay

Now some of the basics are covered, the course covers Advanced Lists. Explaining them in depth and showing you how to implement them.

The key topics covered are:

  • Importing a List from Excel/CSV
  • Publishing an Excel Table as a List
  • Updating Data in a Connected Excel Table
  • Adding a Custom List
  • Understanding Column Types
  • Adding a Column to a List
  • Adding a Column with Custom Validation
  • The List and Library Settings Page
  • Modifying a Column in a List or Library
  • Deleting a Column From a List or Library
  • Reordering Columns in a List or Library
  • Changing the Versioning Settings
  • Creating Multiple Items from Excel
  • Editing the Document Template for a Library
  • Deleting a List or Library

Now all the organisational aspects are taken care of, we cover working with Pages. Showing how to create them, work with them and editing them.

The key topics covered are:

  • Understanding Page Types
  • Editing and Publishing the Home Page
  • Creating New Pages
  • Adding Sections and Web Parts to Pages
  • Page Versioning
  • Scheduling Page Publications
  • Building Page Templates
  • Creating and Working with Wiki Pages
  • Working with News Pages

Lastly we cover the SharePoint Mobile App, as it’s an extremely useful tool to manage things on the go.

The key topics covered are:

  • Signing in to the SharePoint Mobile App
  • Navigating the SharePoint Mobile App
  • Navigating a Site in the Mobile App
  • Working with “News”
  • Working with “Me”

Am I Ready For This Course?

We recommend that you have either attended our SharePoint introduction course or have a good working knowledge of the topics covered in that course. 

Not sure if this is the course for you?

Give us a call, we’d be delighted to advise you.

On The Day

Our courses include everything that you need for a really productive day of training.

Our courses run from 9.30am to roughly 4.30pm with refreshments and biscuits throughout the day and a break for lunch.

We offer a relaxed, supportive learning environment, fully air-conditioned training facilities and some of the nicest instructors on the planet.

Also, you’ll receive:

A full-colour manual which covers everything in the course.
Your course exercises so that you can practice at home.
A Certificate of Attendance.

Online Training Requirements

To attend this SharePoint course online, you will need:

SharePoint on your Windows PC/laptop with a camera, speakers & microphone
A stable internet connection capable of running Zoom
To be a confident computer user and able to use Zoom to attend the course

If you have access to a second screen, we would encourage you to use it as it improves the experience.

Outcome Requirements
The main requirement for this course will be that the delegate can:
•Create a Site
•Update Permissions
All other tasks can be completed as they will be the Site Owners in other words they have Full Control status.
Before the course is delivered, the delegate will need their IT dept to create a Training Site and assign them Site Owner status. This will mean they can perform the tasks ie., document library creation, list creation, page creation which is what we will be covering on the training course.