Training Videos

This page is a collection of the training videos available for the SobekCM software.

Sobek Digital Training Series

Below are the training videos recorded by Sobek Digital Hosting and Consulting, LLC. These videos are made available here and also on the Sobek Digital video page. You can sign up to receive news emails which include these videos through the Sobek Digital News Feed list serv and you can also view archived messages there.

Demo : Submitting a book through the online interface
Duration:	19:58
Date Recorded:	May 28th, 2015
Formats:	MP4 \| WMV \| YouTube
Description:	The process for adding new items to a SobekCM repository is very simple. In this demonstration, a book item is added through the online interface, the metadata and behaviors are edited, and the table of contents is created in our unique quality control tool. But first, some of the basic concepts are introduced and the architecture of a SobekCM digital resource is discussed.

Demo : Submitting a book through the online interface

Web Skins : Managing the look and feel of your site
Duration:	15:47
Date Recorded:	May 19th, 2015
Formats:	MP4 \| WMV \| YouTube
Description:	There are many ways to affect the overall look and feel of your site, but none more effective than editing the current web skin. This video discusses the concepts behind web skins, including the headers and footers as well as the web skin stylesheets (CSS). Editing of these features, as well as uploading images and documents for the web skin, are demonstrated. Finally, several examples of SobekCM instances are included in a slideshow at the end to demonstrate some of the possible results from the web skin work.

Web Skins : Managing the look and feel of your site

Adding child informational pages to a collection
Duration:	15:42
Date Recorded:	May 6th, 2015
Formats:	MP4 \| WMV \| YouTube
Description:	This video discusses the varieties of child pages that can be linked to an aggregation and then demos the addition of several child pages to a new collection.

Adding a new collection using the Add New Collection Wizard
Duration:	9:57
Date Recorded:	April 27, 2015
Formats:	MP4 \| WMV \| YouTube
Description:	This video steps through the process of adding a new collection to a SobekCM library by using the Add New Collection Wizard. This video discusses preparing the design files for a new collection, using the wizard, and demonstrates editing the new home page to the collection.

Older YouTube videos

Older training videos are also accessible from the SobekCM YouTube page. Some of the information in these videos may be a bit outdated, although the general information provided is excellent.