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The Basics emphasizes accessibility and includes instructions on:

Advanced Editing

Videos will be added weekly, so check back for updates.
You can also check the sample Snippets and Components for additional instructional videos.

Previous Recorded Training Sessions

  • The Basics
  • Tables
  • Snippets
  • Accordion Snippet
  • Social Media

  • Carousel Snippet

  • The Basics
  • Landing Pages
  • Section Wrapper Snippet
  • The Basics
  • The Accordion Snippet and Tables
  • The Basics
  • The Call to Action Blue Button and components
  • The Basics
  • Scheduling and Reminders
  • Creating new pages and copying pages
  • Accessibility and PDF files
  • The Basics
  • The Carousel snippet
  • All advanced stuff 
  • "Time" formatting for accessibility
  • Details on the Button Grid snippet
  • Details on the Generic List snippet (adding icons)
  • Details on the Accordion snippet (how it formats headings)
  • The Sidebar snippet
  • The Box Container snippet, adding a "clear fix" style to bypass floating elements - like the Sidebar
  • Generic Blocks - 2 and 3 columns
  • The Sunburst Link snippet
  • The basics
  • Uploading Documents and Images
  • Updating and replacing files
  • The basics
  • Uploading and Editing Images
  • Gadgets
  • The basics
  • Omni CMS form builder - with new file upload option
  • The basics
  • The Accordion snippet
  • The Contact Box snippet
  • The basics
  • The "_nav.inc" file. (customizing the side navigation)
  • Call To Action Blue button and Sunburst Link component.
  • The "styles" drop-down menu.
  • The basics
  • Strategies for adding images on the page
  • The "Gallery with Options" component (includes how to work with assets)
  • The "Table with Defaults" snippet.
  • The basics
  • Scheduled Reminders and Stale Reminders
  • Adding images on the fly
  • Resizing images
  • How and when to request a Vanity URL
  • Document storage and uploads
  • The basics
  • The Updated CTA Blue Button and Sunburst Link Components
    (note: there were complaints that it was too difficult to get to the editing/delete buttons for the CTA Blue Button, so we reverted back to the "pill" shaped placeholder.)
  • The Box Container Snippet and using Anchors on a page.
  • The basics
  • Uploading and Editing Images.
  • Editing Navigation - the "_nav.inc" file.
  • The Bio Grid Snippet (new snippet)
  • The Tab List Snippet (new snippet)
  • The basics - focusing on a "Landing Page"
  • The Accordion Snippet
  • Scheduling and Reminders
  • The Section Wrapper Snippet
  • The basics
  • Scheduling a published page
  • Snippets - the Course Listing (for Emeritus)
  • The Generic Grid Button Snippet
  • Assets - how they work
  • The basics
  • Assets
  • Form creation using Omni Assets
  • The basics
  • The Social Media Snippet
  • The Table Snippet
  • The basics
  • How to use reminders.
  • Hero Section
  • The basics
  • The CTA Blue Button component, the Grid Buttons snippet.
  • The basics
  • The CTA Blue Button and other components.
  • The basics
  • Uploading images and documents
  • Editing images
  • Creating new pages - editing hero - adding an accordion
  • The basics
  • A rundown of the Snippets
  • The new (and improved) Video Component
July 7, 2022
Special focus on the SMC Foundation website (but useful for anyone)
  • The basics
  • Reminders and Stale Reminders
  • Landing Pages (Section Wrapper Snippet)
  • Creating new pages
  • Assets
  • Hero Section
  • The basics
  • How to check/change the Title tag (what appears in the "tab" of your browser window) and Breadcrumbs
  • Tip: a quick way to change a URL to a Dependency Tag
  • The Omni "Gadgets."
  • The basics
  • Hero section with or without an image
  • Showcase of different Snippets and Components
  • How Assets work
  • How to use the reminders, stale reminders, and how to schedule publishing your pages in advance
  • The basics. Demonstration on a "landing page."
Covered in the second hour:
  • Grid Button snippet
  • Updated "2 and 3 Columns" snippet
  • New "Read More" snippet
  • Review of new SMC Calendar
  • Special Training on the new SMC Calendar
  • Columns vs. Tables
  • CTA Blue Button
  • Accordions
  • The new "Social Media Image" option in the page parameters.
  • Special Tutorial for Academic Senate Committees - how to upload and link to Agendas and Minutes.
  • Changing the Hero section
  • Grid Button Snippet (new and improved)
  • Inline Quote Component
  • Scheduling in advance publishing a page
  • Reminders - so you don't have to remember
  • Document Management
  • Image Editing
  • How to reduce PDF file size.
  • The Accordion Snippet
  • Tables inside Accordions. The Default Table Snippet.
  • Uploading files to a "documents" folder.
  • Moving, copying, renaming files.
  • New Snippets: Contact Box and Program List
  • Updated Snippets: Accordion and Carousel with automatic heading updates.
  • Discussion of Landing Page hero section and video backgrounds and the Calendar.
  • Learn what’s needed to promote programs and initiatives on the national award-winning SMC website and social media channels.
  • This will include information on what marketing efforts are done for these two areas, as well as timeline/planning, content, and accessibility requirements 
  • Dependency Tags
    • Why we need to use them.
    • Shortcuts to find them.

Modern Campus CMS Training Videos

Design Tools

  • Assets – pre-made, specific content that can go on many pages, like forms and embed codes.
  • Components – form-based templates, like buttons, galleries, and buttons
  • Snippets – table-based templates, like accordions, carousels, and tables.