Recommended Apps
When you go to install an app to a page, many different apps are available. Below is a list of commonly used apps and what they do.
| Category | Part (App) | About the App | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps |
Calendar | Use the Calendar to schedule meetings and other events with your group. This installs a full month calendar and is often not used unless on its own page. | To include a partial calendar, see Event Summary, or Event Summary Week View under Scholantis (below) |
| Documents | This system library was created by the Publishing feature to store documents that are used on pages in this site. | See Documents under the Scholantis category. Documents can also be easily added to a Class site using the Manage Site functionality. See Create a Class or Group Site. | |
| Featured Links | A list of links that are featured on the home page. Note: This is not the preferred format for Featured Links. See the Scholantis section or Featured Links for an even easier way to install them. | These can be easily added using the Featured Links or Quick Links. They can also be easily added to a Class site using the Manage Site functionality. See Create a Class or Group Site. | |
| Featured Stories | Highlight and feature information on your site by adding images, text and links. Note: This is not the preferred format for Featured Stories. See the Scholantis section or Featured Stories for an even easier way to install them. | These can be easily added using the Featured Stories. They can also be easily added to a Class site using the Manage Site functionality. See Create a Class or Group Site. | |
| Links | Use the Links list to share links to relevant information, media and content with your class or group. Note: This is not the preferred format for Links. See the Scholantis section or Featured Links for an even easier way to install them. | Links can be easily added using the Featured Links or Quick Links functionality. They can also be easily added to a Class site using the Manage Site functionality. See Create a Class or Group Site. | |
| News & Announcements | Use the Announcements list to track upcoming events, important dates or other news. Note: This is not the preferred format for Announcements. See the Scholantis section or News and Announcements for an even easier way to install them | See News and Announcements for the best way to work with announcements. | |
| Special Announcements | Use the Special Announcements list to post important messages on the home page of your site. | These can be easily added to a site using the Manage Site functionality. | |
| Summary Links | Allows authors to create links that can be grouped and styled | ||
| Table of Contents | Displays the navigation hierarchy of your site | ||
| Media and Content |
Content Editor | Allows authors to enter rich text content. | |
| Page Viewer | Displays another Web page on this Web page. The other Web page is presented in an IFrame. | ||
| Picture Library Slideshow Web Part | Use to display a slideshow of images and photos from a picture library. | ||
| Scholantis |
Announcement Summary with Image | Summary of announcements with an image thumbnail. | Announcements can also be easily added to a Class site, Group site, or My Public site using the Manage Site functionality. See Create a Class or Group Site. |
| Announcements Summary | Summary of Announcements | Announcements can also be easily added to a Class site, Group site, or My Public site using the Manage Site functionality. See Create a Class or Group Site. | |
| Create Site Button | A button that creates a site of specified type. | This feature is built in with a Scholantis installation. | |
| Custom List View | Displays content from a selected List on the current Web using the specified HTML as a view template. | For how to install and configure this app, see Custom List View and Custom List View Templates. | |
| Document Download | Displays a list of documents for download. | ||
| Documents | Displays a list of documents that can be opened with Office Web Apps or client software if the feature is enabled on the site. | Documents easily added to a Class site using the Manage Site functionality. See Create a Class or Group Site for details. | |
| Events Summary | A summary of events from the calendar. | The events summary is easily added to a Class site using the Manage Site functionality. See Create a Class or Group Site for details. | |
| Events Summary Week View | A summary of events from the calendar displayed in a weekly format. | ||
| Displays public facebook posts from a public Facebook account. | |||
| Featured Links | Add a list of links with a stylistic chrome. | These can be easily added using the Featured Links or Quick Links. They can also be easily added to a Class site using the Manage Site functionality. See Create a Class or Group Site. | |
| Featured Stories | Displays rotating images, text and links from the Featured Stories list. | These can be easily added using the Featured Stories. They can also be easily added to a Class site using the Manage Site functionality. See Create a Class or Group Site. | |
| Form Viewer | Displays generic forms allowing to capture user feedback or any type of data. | For how to install and configure this app, see Form Viewer. | |
| Google Calendar | Displays a Google calendar on a site. | For how to confligure the Google calendar, see Google Calendar. | |
| Displays an Instagram feed on a site. | For how to configure this app, see Instagram. | ||
| Media Gallery | Displays pictures and video on a site. | For how to configure this app, see Media Gallery. | |
| Site Directory | Lists sub sites, pages and content within (below) the current site. Useful for creating a site index page for a section with sub content. For instance, it provides similar contextual navigation items as the left side navigation. Can display multiple levels so users can jump straight to content. | For how to install and configure this app, see Site Directory. | |
| Special Announcements Summary | A summary of special announcements. | ||
| The Twitter app displays a list of tweets from a Twitter account or the results of a twitter search. | For how to install and configure this app, see Twitter. | ||
| User Directory | A directory of users in the district. | For how to install and configure this app, see User Directory. | |
| Weather | Adds a weather widget to the page, displaying local weather. |