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Now, I’m not sure if this is the absolute best way to handle this, but so far it has worked great for me and others that I have set this up for. If anyone has a better idea, I am all ears.

I create video tutorials using a program called Camtasia Studio. Then I produce them in a format best suited for viewing via the web. I didn’t want just anyone to have access to these videos, only people that I gave permission to. So, what I did was create a Web Part Page and added links to each section of video tutorials into a Content Editor Web Part. I’ve included a document with a screen shot with this posting (hope that works) so you can see what it looks like. I had to upload all the video files to my SharePoint site (which is a hosted site btw) using FrontPage 2003. Once you get going with the process it’s really easy to do. Based on how Camtasia Studio produces the videos for web viewing by creating several files, to include a flash file, and an html file that pulls from the flash file. You set the hyperlink in the CEWP to point to the html file, and voila! Anyway, this keeps users from downloading the video tutorials and they can only be displayed when they have access to the SharePoint site.

Andrea Kalli

Andrea Kalli Virtual Trainer and Assistant, LLC

www.virtualassist.net

Your resource for Outlook training and SharePoint training

Hello everyone. I have put together a demo Sharepoint site and created a business model that includes Contact Management, Project Management, Sales Management, Employee Management, and Company Management. I based it on the Office Live sample data you get when you sign up for an Office Live account. Office Live is based on SharePoint technology and I thought they did a great job of putting things together for users. Once I had the Sharepoint site built I created some demo videos for people to see the business model and what is possible with Sharepoint Services.

This business model doesn’t use programming or anything else a regular user cannot build for themselves. Customizing the forms and views is what drives it. If you want to see an example of what Sharepoint can do for a business without the need for high cost development, check out my videos. There are three of them and each one is a succession of the other, so you’ll want to go in order. Each video is 10 to 16 minutes in length. I use Camtasia studio to create my videos and produce them in a FLASH format for web viewing.

If you get a chance, please let me know what you think about them.

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Andrea Kalli

Andrea Kalli Virtual Trainer and Assistant, LLC

www.virtualassist.net

Your resource for Outlook training and SharePoint training

This is a continuation of : Trumba Calendar in a SharePoint site = Event registration functionality within SharePoint environment http://www.sharepointblogs.com/akalli/archive/2006/06/08/8232.aspx

I’ve had more time to explore how this is going to work for us, and the subject came up as to how we might be able to tie the event payment process in with the Trumba event calendar and our SharePoint site. Trumba doesn’t offer the ability to take payments from people who sign up for your events. I mean, why would they? I wouldn’t expect them to. More on Continuing topic: Trumba Calendar in SharePoint site = Event Registration in a SharePoint environment