How to get started with CMS if you are a new user
From ground zero
Need to get started with CMS from scratch?
- Request a CMS account
You'll need an account in order to be a site owner or manager - Request a site
Sites are available for campus departments/business units and individual faculty members - Monitor your NDSU email account for messages regarding the status of your request. The messages from help.desk@nodak.edu will provide information about what to do next, after your site is created
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Make a plan for the site including
- the purpose for your site
- the intended audience
- information that must be included (by department, division, NDSU, state and federal guidelines)
- Attend training or read documentation in the CMS online knowledge base
- Join the CMS user group
The user group meets semi-regularly to discuss CMS changes and needs, and covers CMS how-tos - Populate the new site with content.
Publish the content when you're nearing go live status - When you're ready to go live,
- review the go-live checklist
- and submit a go live request
- Continue with your site in maintenance mode
Once your site is live, you do not need to contact NDSU IT to make additional changes to the site. You can update content and publish on your own
Join an existing site
Are you a new CMS user but you need to join an existing CMS site?
- Request a CMS account
- Contact an owner or manager of the site you plan to join, requesting they add you to the site
- Communicate the site plan with the site owner/manager(s)
- Attend training or read documentation in the CMS online knowledge base
- Join the CMS user group
The user group meets semi-regularly to discuss CMS changes and needs, and covers CMS how-tos - Evaluate the status of the site
- If the site is live, you can author and publish content on your own
- If the site is not live yet, you can author and publish content but will need to request to go live before the site is available under www.ndsu.edu
Next steps