SW756: IBM WebSphere Portal Version 5.1 Fundamentals

IBM's WebSphere Portal solution provides a single point of interaction with dynamic information, applications, processes and people to help build business-to-employee (B2E), business-to-business (B2B), and business-to-consumer (B2C) portals. This course offers an introduction to WebSphere Portal and is the prerequisite to all WebSphere Portal education courses in this series.

This Web-based training course is based on IBM WebSphere Portal Version 5.1. The course is self-directed and self-paced, and divided into modules so you can select and customize the course to your educational requirements.

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The course consists of 13 core modules plus an introduction and a summary module. All modules have a lecture in the form of an independent reading. You can read the pages that comprise a lecture from your Web browser or download a PDF document to print and read off line. Most core modules have a self-assessment quiz at the end. Some modules also have demonstrations that you can view in your Web browser:

• Portal Introduction
• New Version 5.1 Features
• Portal Architecture
• Page Hierarchy Management
• Portlets
• WebSphere Portal Tools
• Security
• Portal Installation
• Portal Administration
• Content Integration
• Collaboration
• Integrating Business Processes
• Application Integration
• WebSphere Portal Education Roadmap
• Summary

Audience

This course is suitable for IBM customers, Independent Software Vendors, systems integrators, and IBM technical staff members, including architects and developers, who implement portal solutions built on the IBM WebSphere Portal platform.

Objectives

After completing this course, students should be able to:

• Describe the portal environment and personalized portals.
• Describe the main features of WebSphere Portal and how it fits within the WebSphere family of products.
• Describe the concepts of collaboration and the value of WebSphere Portal in a collaborative environment.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of common administrative tasks.
• Locate the follow-up courses available for WebSphere Portal and the roadmap for further education opportunities.

Prerequisites

• Students should be knowledgeable about Web concepts and about the value of Web-based applications to their organization.

System requirements

• This course requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 5 or greater.

Duration

This self-paced web-delivered course is divided into 13 modules each of which contains a lecture in the form of an independent reading. Most modules also contain a quiz for self assessment and a demonstration.

How long it takes to complete the course depends upon your reading speed, and how many modules you select. Each module typically takes 20 to 40 minutes to read, with an additional 5 to 15 minutes for a demonstration and quiz. Therefore, you can allow an average of 45 minutes for each module.

One benefit of a self-paced course is that you can take it a portion at a time. Allocating some time each day for a week may be more a effective approach to completing this course than setting aside an entire day.

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