A tool for identifying Collage skills levels.

 
The skill levels outlined below serve as a broad categorization of user skill within the Collage content management system. The skill levels below will help you assess your level of experience and responsibility in using Collage to manage your website. As a general rule, do keep in mind that the higher the level, the higher the level of reponsibilities and time committments.

Most content editors reach a Level 2 through training received as part of their site migration roll-out. Levels 3 and above are reached in partnership with WMS staff, as the needs develop, through additional task-specific trainings.

Level 0

 
Have no knowledge of Collage or content management systems and their use at UST

Level 1

1. Understand that Collage is a content management system.
2. Know there is a project WebSPACE and have a basic understanding of its goals.
3. May or may not have attended a Collage migration meeting.

Level 2:  All of Level 1 plus the following:

1. Have access to at the Content Tab in at least one Collage project.
2. Have attended basic Collage – Contribution training on the following:
   1. Login process
   2. Navigating folders
   3. Toolbars and menus
   4. Styles
   5. Links
   6. Inserting/uploading images
   7. Template use
   8. Working with tables
   9. Unordered and ordered lists
   10. Using metadata to perform functions
3. Know the location and have read all Collage documentation on the IRT web site.

Level 3:  All of Level 2, plus the following:

1. Have access to the Deploy Tab in at least one Collage project.
2. Have received Collage – Deploy Folders training on the following:
   1. Can schedule and understand the implications deploy
   2. Can schedule and interpret link verifications
   3. Can move/rename folders and files within Collage and understand the implications
   4. Have received training on the Search tool and its uses
   5. Have learned about versioning and approval
   6. Can apply bulk metadata operations
   7. Understand and can resolve shadow assets
3. Have a basic understanding of the UST web environment and its servers.

Level 4:  All of Level 3, plus the following:

1. Have access to the Site Tab in at least one Collage project.
2. Have received Collage-Site training on the following:
   1. Understand the use of site structures to form navigation
   2. Can add, move and delete nodes within a site structure
3. Have read and understand the guidelines and best practices for site architecture.

Level 5:  All of Level 4, plus the following:

1. Have access to the Project Tab in at least one Collage project.
2. Have received Collage-Project training on the following:
   1. Can maintain local groups and content permissions for a Collage project.
   2. Can make permission requests for project level access on behalf of others.
   3. Have an understanding of Document Definitions and their use within Collage.
   4. Have an understanding of Masterpages and their use within Collage.
   5. Can interpret problem reports within the Collage work cabinet
   6. Can design page functionality with metadata
3. Have read the Components User Guide.
4. Must be a contributing member of the Web Knowledge Sharing group, attending at least 10 of 12 meetings annually.