SP13-301 – Power User – Introduction to SharePoint Design with SharePoint Designer 2013

Course Overview

This two-day, instructor-led training course, focuses on designing SharePoint web sites, web pages and other related SharePoint-specific artifacts especially through the main SharePoint design tool, SharePoint Designer 2013. Understanding what SharePoint Designer 2013 is and how it works with SharePoint 2013, as well as key features of SharePoint Designer 2013 are valuable skills for any site designer or site owner to evaluate when designing for SharePoint.

 Audience Profile

The intended audience for this class is a site designer or site owner responsible for configuring sites and related web content through SharePoint Designer 2013. The site designer or owner should be completely familiar and experienced with creating sites and lists, managing site and list content including web pages and web parts, and understand and work with concepts such as web servers, web sites, web browsers, especially in relation to SharePoint.

Course Overview

This two-day, instructor-led training course, focuses on designing SharePoint web sites, web pages and other related SharePoint-specific artifacts especially through the main SharePoint design tool, SharePoint Designer 2013. Understanding what SharePoint Designer 2013 is and how it works with SharePoint 2013, as well as key features of SharePoint Designer 2013 are valuable skills for any site designer or site owner to evaluate when designing for SharePoint.

 Audience Profile

The intended audience for this class is a site designer or site owner responsible for configuring sites and related web content through SharePoint Designer 2013. The site designer or owner should be completely familiar and experienced with creating sites and lists, managing site and list content including web pages and web parts, and understand and work with concepts such as web servers, web sites, web browsers, especially in relation to SharePoint.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

Working knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 or SharePoint Server 2013

Knowledge of creating and customizing SharePoint content through a web browser

Working knowledge of web technologies such as web servers, web sites, web pages, web browsers and related technologies

Working knowledge of Internet Explorer 9 or better

Working knowledge of Office 2010 or 2013 products

In addition, it is required that students have completed or have equivalent knowledge of:

Course SP13-102: Managing Content with SharePoint 2013

Module 1: Understanding SharePoint Designer 2013

• Elements of SharePoint Design
• SharePoint Designer Experience
• Working with SharePoint Designer

Module 2: Building Common Information Structures

• Understanding SharePoint Site Elements
• Creating Subsites
• Customizing Lists and Libraries

Module 3: Creating Content Types

• Understanding Content Structures
• Creating Custom Content Types

Module 4: Creating Site Pages

• Understanding Site Pages
• Creating Site Pages
• Adding Site Assets
• Working with Web Parts

Module 5: Managing Look and Feel

• Understanding Master Pages
• Working with CSS

Module 6: Managing Workflows

• Understanding Workflows
• Creating Custom Workflows
• Implementing Custom Workflow

Module 7: Data Sources and Data Views

• Understanding Data Sources
• Creating Data Sources (XML, Linked)
• Creating Data Views

Module 8: External Content Types

• Understanding External Content Types
• Creating an External Content Type