website administrator training
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website administrator training
Someday some how maybe I will get a answer.
I have have been a website administrator in a ward since day one. I have NEVER got any training, help or info. If I wasn't a geek of the first water who has studied and worked with computer since 1966 I would be totally lost! Is there somewhere some thing in the way of training or help at all?
I have have been a website administrator in a ward since day one. I have NEVER got any training, help or info. If I wasn't a geek of the first water who has studied and worked with computer since 1966 I would be totally lost! Is there somewhere some thing in the way of training or help at all?
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Re: website administrator training
The ward website administrator is a position not listed in the Handbook. The building scheduler is a similar position. The responsibilities are determined locally and defined by the bishop. As such the person responsible for giving any training must also be determined locally. Due to the nature of the rights of the role in the LDS.org sites and tools I would think the ward clerk could provide training. Absent any technical skills or aptitude by the clerk then the stake technology specialist is a good training resource.
However, most, if not all, of the necessary information related to the tasks a ward website administrator may have in regards to any church websites or tools are found in the help for those websites and tools. Any person with just a curious nature about these technologies and a willingness to read the help documentation can learn and perform their duties on their own with more than reasonable proficiency.
However, most, if not all, of the necessary information related to the tasks a ward website administrator may have in regards to any church websites or tools are found in the help for those websites and tools. Any person with just a curious nature about these technologies and a willingness to read the help documentation can learn and perform their duties on their own with more than reasonable proficiency.
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Have you tried finding your answer on the ChurchofJesusChrist.org Help Center or Tech Wiki?
Have you tried finding your answer on the ChurchofJesusChrist.org Help Center or Tech Wiki?
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Re: website administrator training
I would like to see some responsibilities over the local unit tools formalized with specific callings. I think tools such as Lesson Schedules gets unused because it's not clear who is responsible for setting this up. Clerks and bishoprics surely can do it, but do they have time/interest/desire to spend several hours setting it up? If the website administrator calling had a more formal list of responsibilities, it might increase the adoption of some of these tools.
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Re: website administrator training
What kind of training are you looking for? If it's for the apps, click on "Help". That's where the user documentation can be found.
Have you searched the Help Center? Try doing a Google search and adding "site:churchofjesuschrist.org/help" to the search criteria.
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Re: website administrator training
If I don't What I am suppose to do or where I am suppose to do it it is hard to even start to ask questions. However most of the help docs are unclear at best. Most are aimed at users and not web admins. Trying to find that I am seeing because that I am a admin and not just a user is a guessing game. Reading every help only to find they have nothing to do with your calling is exhausting. It would be nice just to have some idea of that I am suppose to be doing.
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Re: website administrator training
Here's a list of help topics related specifically to administration:bkofoed wrote:Trying to find that I am seeing because that I am a admin and not just a user is a guessing game. Reading every help only to find they have nothing to do with your calling is exhausting. It would be nice just to have some idea of that I am suppose to be doing.
- Calendar: Administrator Role in Rights and Roles
- Directory: Roles and Responsibilities
- Newsletter: Managing Rights and Roles and Managing Categories
- Lesson Schedules: Setting Up Lesson Schedules
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Re: website administrator training
Thank you for your answer. It is the first real info I have ever had giving to me. Since no one has ever told me to do or not to do any thing at all maybe they don't know that website administrator can do either. May I assume that some training takes place at some level and that it never gets down to the people who are called to do it?
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Re: website administrator training
I sure agree. As a stake clerk, I fielded two questions just this past week about why Teachings for our Times wasn't showing in their unit's Lesson Schedules. All I could do was reference them to the help page where the roles are spelled out and suggested they bring it up in ward council.johnsonth wrote:I would like to see some responsibilities over the local unit tools formalized with specific callings. I think tools such as Lesson Schedules gets unused because it's not clear who is responsible for setting this up.
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And yet I see wards in my stake make all sorts of different decisions in this area. They have website administrators called, but choose to have the ward clerk or executive secretary handle calendar issues, an assistant clerk handle photos, etc. I'm not sure what it would mean to "formalize responsibilities," but I would hope that it doesn't remove this flexibility.johnsonth wrote:I would like to see some responsibilities over the local unit tools formalized with specific callings. I think tools such as Lesson Schedules gets unused because it's not clear who is responsible for setting this up. Clerks and bishoprics surely can do it, but do they have time/interest/desire to spend several hours setting it up? If the website administrator calling had a more formal list of responsibilities, it might increase the adoption of some of these tools.
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Re: website administrator training
Overall, I think Bishops have a responsibility to come up with something that works for his ward and fits the skill sets of the people he has.
As far as the Lesson Schedules, I'm not sure as anything was sent to the Bishops to let them know it existed. If so, then it would either require someone with default rights to take initiative, or someone to bring it to the Bishop's attention.
As far as the Lesson Schedules, I'm not sure as anything was sent to the Bishops to let them know it existed. If so, then it would either require someone with default rights to take initiative, or someone to bring it to the Bishop's attention.
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