Faculty Experts

Step 1: Navigating to the Site

1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Navigate to the location where you will be placing your new Faculty Expert posting
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Log On
4. Enter your username and password and click Logon

Step 2: Uploading Photos for a Faculty Expert [If Necessary]

1. Click Switch to Edit Site in the Edit Console
2. Click Resource Manager in the Edit Console
3. Click on the appropriate Resource Gallery in the list
4. Click the Add New... button in the Resource Manager window
5. Click the Browse... button in the Add Resource window
6. Navigate to the location of the photo on the hard drive and click on the file
7. Click Open
8. Enter the name of the Coach in the Description text box
9. Click OK
10. Close the Resource Manager window

Step 3: Adding a Faculty expert Posting

1. If you are viewing a specially formatted list of Faculty Experts, click Create New Page in the Edit Console and go to step 6.
2. Click Create New Page (Choose Template) in the Edit Console
3. Expand 0506 Templates
4. Click Academic
5. Click the Select icon to the right of Expert
6. Enter the faculty member's username, which is the first part of their email address - the part before the @ symbol, in the Username text box
7. If you want to display the faculty member's name differently than it is entered in the directory, enter an alternate name in the Alt Name text box
8. If you want to display the faculty member's job title differently than it is entered in the directory, enter an alternate job title in the Alt Title text box
9. If you want to display the faculty member's alma mater, enter that information in the Alma Mater text box
10. If you want to display the number of year the faculty member has been with Middlebury College, enter than number in the Years @ Midd text box. Note that this number will not automatically increment each year, so if you use this field, you will have to edit the posting once a year to change the value.
11. To the right of the contact information, change the title of the Contact Title section from Media Contact to something different, if desired. This field will be shown on the posting page in bold text
12. If the Contact for this faculty expert is someone other than Public Affairs, change the contact information in the Contact Username window. 
13. In the Edit Window underneath the contact fields, change the gender pronoun in the first sentence, if necessary
14. Enter a list of topics for which the faculty member is an expert
15. If there is biographical or interview information about the Coach, enter that in the larger Edit Window at the bottom of the posting page.
16. If you wish to use a photo other than the faculty member's Directory photo or if the faculty member has chosen not to share their Directory photo 
    1. Click the Insert Image link
    2. Click Insert Shared Image
    3. Click the appropriate Resource Gallery in the Resource Manager window
    4. Locate the photo in the list of resources
    5. Click the Select icon to the right of the photo
    6. If the Alternate Text field is blank, enter the  faculty member's full name in the Alternate Text text box
    7. Click Insert
17. Click Save New Page in the Edit Console
18. Enter a name for the posting in the Name text box. The name of the posting should be the username of the faculty member.
19. Enter a display name for the posting in the Display Name text box. The display name of the posting should be a short description of the areas of their expertise. Do NOT include the faculty member's name here. We will find it based on the Username or Alt Name and pre-pend it for you.
20. Click OK
21. Click Approve in the Edit Console

Step 4: Finishing

1. Click Log Off in the Edit Console
2. Close Internet Explorer