Module 1: Overview

A simple introduction module.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand your course, classroom, classmates, facility and instructor.

Module 2: 2010 Changes

In this module we are going to take a look at some of the major changes between SharePoint Designer 2007 and SharePoint Designer 2010.

Lessons

• Changes

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the changes to SharePoint Designer 2010

Module 3: User Interface

In this module we take a look at common features of the basic team site.

Lessons

• New SharePoint Features

Lab: SharePoint Designer Interface

• Explore new interface of SharePoint Designer
• Review new work areas of Designer
• Browse Site Pages
• Browse Master Pages
• Browse Lists and Libraries
• Browse Workflows
• Browse Content Types
• Browse Data Sources
• Browse Entities
• Explore Site Structure

Lab: SharePoint Designer (Basics)

• Create a new site
• Create a new page
• Create a new master page
• Attach a master page
• Create a list
• Change list settings
• Create Content Type
• Create/Modify CSS

Lab: SharePoint Designer (Basics)

• Check-In/Check-Out
• Add Web Parts
• Add Web Part Zone
• Adding Images (_images directory)
• Reset to Site Definition

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the new UI features of the basic team site
• Log in and out of a site
• What the Quick Launch bar is
• Describe the Security Trimmed Interface of SharePoint
• Know where to create items on a site
• Find out who has access to a site
• Understand how to undelete items on a site (recycle bin)

Module 4: Data Views

In this module we are going to take a look at Data Views and Data Sources.

Lessons

• DataSources and DataViews

Lab: DataViews

• Create/Manage Data Views
• Create/Manage Data Sources
• Merge Two Data Sources
• Link Two Data Sources
• Data View Parameters

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• How to create and use Data Views and Data Sources

Module 5: External Content Types

In this module we are going to take a look at the new Business Connectivity Services (BCS), the replacement/new version of Business Data Catalog (BDC).

Lessons

• Business Connectivity Services

Lab: External Content Types

• Explore External Content Types
• Create a new External Content Type
• Create an External List

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand what BCS is
• How to create and use Entities with SharePoint Designer

Module 6: Workflows

In this module we are going to take a lookat implementing workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010.

Lessons

• In this module we are going to take a lookat implementing workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010.

Lab: BuiltInActivities (2007)

• Use one of each Built-In Activity (2007)

Lab: BuiltInActivities (2010)

• Use one of each Built-In Activity (2010)

Lab: LoopingWorkflow

• Create a looping set of workflows

Lab: Create a looping set of workflows

• Create Reusable Workflows (Site/Global)
• Export a workflow to Visio
• Import a workflow from Visio
• Save as Template

Lab: ModifyOOBWorkflow

• Modify Out Of Box Workflows

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Build workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010
• Understand how to edit built in workflows
• Implement logging in your workflows