Welcome to Creating Your Academic Home Page! Below, you will find step-by-step directions for creating this page. When you have completed these steps, you'll find that you will have a great looking page. For the page creation, we are going to work from a template that was created for this purpose.


Login to SchoolCenter. You'll need your User ID and Password to do this.

Once successfully logged in, a window will pop up with your web page information. You will want to click on Edit Website as shown below to begin editing your web pages.


The first page that opens after clicking Edit Website will be your home page.


First, it's important to understand the difference between Edit Mode and View Mode.
Edit mode allows you to make changes to your web page. For most of your work in SchoolCenter, you will want to be using Edit Mode. To toggle to Edit Mode, click on Edit Mode in the gray bar at the top of the screen.


View Mode allows you to view your page as the public will view it.
To toggle to View Mode, click on View Mode in the gray bar at the top of the screen.


You will want to be comfortable toggling between modes. You will notice that if you are in Edit Mode, the gray bar will give you the choice of "View Mode." And, if you are View Mode, the gray bar will give you the choice of "Edit Mode."


Let's begin editing your home page.
First, be sure you are in "Edit Mode." (Remember, if you are in Edit Mode, the gray bar will read "View Mode.")
You should see a page that looks like this:


Click on Edit as shown below:


A window will open as shown below:


Click on Advanced Content Area as shown below:


A window will open as shown below:


Think of the Advanced Content Editor as a word processor.
You may now click inside the table cells and enter your individual information.
So, you might click inside the first cell at the end of word "Name" and type your first and last name.
Please remember to remove the generic word "Name" when you replace it with your own name.
Click inside the cell with phone numbers and enter your work phone and cell number.
We will enter our correct email address in the next section.
Click inside the "Programs/Projects" section.
Do not erase the header "Programs/Projects"
Begin listing the programs and projects that you lead or are primarily responsible for.
Start your list where the single word "Programs" is placed.

In the next sections, we will explain how to create your email link and add your picture.


Type your work email address where the words "email@judsonisd.org" are located. For this example, I am entering the information for Carol Mortensen. Highlight your email address as shown below:


Click on the small link icon in the toolbar of the Advanced Content Editor.


A new window will open.


In the field for "Link URL," type the following "mailto:youremail@judsonisd.org." Remember to replace "youremail" with your own email address. For example, if I wanted the email to be sent to me, Sharlene Alexander, I would enter the following:
mailto:salexander@judsonisd.org. Leave the Target field as it is. Leave the Title field empty. Click Insert or Update. Congratulations! You've created your email link.


To add a picture, you will need a digital copy of your picture.

Click on the YISD logo in the middle cell. When you click on it, you will see small boxes around its edge. These boxes are called handles.


Click delete on your keyboard to delete the image. The image will disappear and the cursor will flash in the middle of the cell.


Click on the small icon with a tree in your Advanced Content Editor toolbar as shown below:


A Window will open like the one below:


Click on the small rectangle at the end of the "Image URL" field.
Another window will open like the one below:


Click on Browse and find your digital picture. When you select your picture, the window above will open again but this time, the Browse field will be filled in as shown below:


Click on Upload File.
A window will open like the one below with your picture shown.


Take a moment and look at the original image size. Your image should have a width (the first number) of between 100 and 150.

If you need to resize your photo, use the Resizing Options Bar. The numbers in the bar represent the percent size of the image. So, if you want the image to be 50% of it's original size, click on the 50. (Note: The bar does not have a drag feature and you must click on the percentage of resize.) A box will pop oen and ask if you want to resize. Click OK.

Once the picture is correct, click Done.
A new window will open showing your picture. Click Insert.
Congratulations! Your picture has been successfully uploaded to our web page.


The final step is to save your webpage. To do this, follow the following steps:

Click on the small blue disk in the Advanced Content Editor toolbar.


A new window will open. When the Done button turns green, click on it.


Note: Toggle to "View Mode" to see the changes as the public would view the page.


Congratulations! Your Homepage is now complete.