Course 10377: Connecting to People and Resources with My Sites in Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Introduction This 90 minutes online course provides an overview of using SharePoint 2010 to participate in social communities in your organization and track organizational changes.

Topics covered in this course include:

• Configure and Manage the Profile Details
• Web Parts in SharePoint 2010
• Configuring My Site
• Manage Personal and Shared Content on My Site
• Work with Tags and Note Boards
• Work with Tag Cloud and Note Board Web Parts
• Rate an Item
• Create Custom Lists
• Create a Survey
• Create and Edit Wiki and Blog Entries

Student prerequisites:
Learners must be familiar with the basic concepts of SharePoint. They must have experience working with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2003 or Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007. Learners familiar with earlier versions of Microsoft SharePoint should complete Course 4697: Introduction to the New Microsoft® Office Fluent™ User Interface before taking this course.
Objectives At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Describe how to socialize and keep track of organizational changes by using SharePoint 2010.

Modules & Lessons Course Overview Module Overview Navigation Overview Navigation Overview Course Information Course Information Connecting to People and Resources with My Sites in SharePoint 2010 Module Overview Configuring My Profile and My Site Introduction Configuring and Managing the Profile Details Web Parts in SharePoint 2010 Configuring My Site Web Parts on My Site Manage Personal and Shared Content on My Site Self Test Tagging or Rating Content and Using the Note Board Introduction Working with Tags and Note Boards Working with Tag Cloud Web Part and Note Board Web Part Rating an Item Self Test Working with Custom Lists, Surveys, Wikis, and Blogs Introduction Creating Custom Lists Creating a Survey Create and Edit Wiki Entries Create and Edit Blog Entries Self Test Lab: Connecting to People and Resources with My Sites in SharePoint 2010 Lab Overview Scenario Exercise Information Launch the Lab Lab Review Module Summary Module Summary Glossary Glossary System Requirements To view this course, you need:

• A Pentium II, 256 MB RAM with a processor speed greater than or equal to 400 MHZ
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or higher
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Adobe Flash 7.0 or higher (1MB disk space needed to install)
• Microsoft Silverlight 4.0 or higher
• Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.0 or higher
• Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 or higher
• A Super VGA monitor with minimum screen resolution 1024x768, with 16-bit color.
• A sound card, and either speakers or headphones (for multi-media audio).
• Internet bandwidth of 56K or faster. Broadband internet access is recommended.

For courses containing Virtual Server-based labs (courses in the IT Professional and Developer Catalog), you will need:

• Microsoft Virtual Server ActiveX control (1MB disk space needed to install)

Test your computer's capabilities to see if it supports this course. Accessibility Requirements The following software must be running on your computer in order to access this course with Screen Reader Software:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Window-Eyes from GW Micro
• JAWS from Freedom Scientific
• MSAA enabled