Web Development

THIS COURSE HAS NOW RETIRED. PLEASE SEE THE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FOR DETAILS OF ALTERNATIVE COURSES.
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to create and administer digital dashboard solutions.

1. Introduction to Digital Dashboards
2. Using Web Parts and Digital Dashboard Components
3. Creating Web Parts
4. Creating and Deploying Digital Dashboards

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Supplementary Information This course has now retired and is no longer available. We suggest you look at Courses 50046: Introduction to Development Using Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and 5061: Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

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Module 1: Introduction to Digital Dashboards

• Introduction to Digital Dashboards
• Using the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit
• Examining the Digital Dashboard Architecture
• Implementing a Digital Dashboard
• Lab: Building a Digital Dashboard

Skills

• Describe the purpose and capabilities of digital dashboards and explain how they help workers to be more productive.
  
• Describe and use the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit and explain the digital dashboard development process.
  
• Describe the digital dashboard architecture (the presentation tier, the logic tier, and the storage tier).
  
• Describe how to implement a digital dashboard by using the digital dashboard data stores.
  

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Module 2: Using Web Parts and Digital Dashboard Components

• Understanding Web Parts Using Web Part Schema Content Properties
• Using Web Part Schema Execution Properties
• Using Web Part Schema Appearance Properties
• Using Web Part Schema Basic Properties
• Examining the Digital Dashboard Factory
• Using the Digital Dashboard User Interface
• Lab: Working with Web Part Properties

Skills

• Define Web Part, Web Part schema, and digital dashboard folders.
  
• Use the content properties of the Web Part schema.
  
• Use the execution properties of the Web Part schema.
  
• Use the appearance properties of the Web Part schema.
  
• Use the basic properties of the Web Part schema.
  
• Describe the purpose and functionality of the digital dashboard factory.
  
• Use the digital dashboard user interface (UI) to access digital dashboard customization pages.
  

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Module 3: Creating Web Parts

• Creating Web Parts
• Creating Web Part Content by Using Office 2000
• Updating Previously Created Digital Dashboard Components
• Testing Web Parts
• Exploring Advanced Web Part Topics
• Lab: Creating Web Parts

Skills

• Create Web Parts by using Microsoft Visual InterDev and the Web Part Builder add-in to Visual InterDev.
  
• Create Web Part content by using Microsoft Office 2000 and Outlook 2000.
  
• Incorporate Office Web Components in a Web Part.
  
• Create a data access page.
  
• Convert information nuggets to Web Parts and update entire digital dashboards that were created by using the Digital Dashboard Starter Kit.
  
• Test Web Parts.
  
• Describe the Digital Dashboard Services Component.
  
• Isolate Web Parts on a digital dashboard.
  
• Use token replacement.
  
• Use Web Part frames.
  
• Enable users to customize Web Parts.
  

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Module 4: Creating and Deploying Digital Dashboards

• Configuring a Digital Dashboard Server
• Deploying and Supporting Digital Dashboards
• Personalizing and Customizing Digital Dashboards
• Enabling Offline Use of Digital Dashboards
• Lab: Installing a Digital Dashboard Server Site

Skills

• Configure digital dashboard environments based on the two types of Web Part stores supported by the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit: Microsoft Windows file system and Microsoft SQL Server.
  
• Deploy and support a digital dashboard and enable users to access a digital dashboard by using Outlook 2000.
  
• Personalize and customize digital dashboards for individuals or corporate groups.
  
• Enable offline use of Internet and intranet content and business data on a digital dashboard.
  

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Before attending this course, students must have the following pre-requisites:

• Basic knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
• Familiarity with the Microsoft Outlook 2000 messaging and collaboration client.

After completing the course, students will be able to describe the purpose and capabilities of digital dashboards and explain how they help workers to be more productive; describe and use the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit and explain the digital dashboard development process; describe the digital dashboard architecture; use the content, execution, appearance, and basic properties of the Web Part schema; create Web Parts and Web Part content; update previously created information nuggets and digital dashboards; test Web Parts; configure digital dashboard environments; deploy and support a digital dashboard; personalize and customize digital dashboards; enable offline use of digital dashboards.

This course has now retired and is no longer available. We suggest you look at Courses 50046: Introduction to Development Using Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and 5061: Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.