Across the top of the site you'll see (from left to right)
Admin menu button
BYU logo (links to dashboard)
Search
Site name (if you have access to multiple sites
Link button to launch the live site (or preview site if the site is not live)
Your avatar
Your Net ID
The first panel in the dashboard is the Quick Start. You use that for quickly creating new content. It can be edited to include just the content types you regularly use. Default options are
Article - a news story or blog entry
Attachment - a linked document, such as PDF or Word
Author - associated with an article
Employee - includes image, contact info, and bio for a person (often used as an entry in a directory page)
Event - includes event information for inclusion in a calendar
Gallery - a group of images
Homepage - specific content type for home pages
Package - (not used in BYU Brightspot implementation)
Page - a page in your website
Playlist - a list of videos or audio files
Podcast - main page for a podcast series
Podcast Episode - a single podcast episode
Press Release - for interacting with outside news media
Section - the landing page for a section of your website
Site Search - a search results page
Tag - a way of tagging articles
Video - a video object in Brightspot (can be direct upload or YouTube link)
Recent Activity panel shows content that has recently been saved. Dropdown options at the top of the panel can be used for filtering.
Upload allows you to upload images or attachments by drag and drop or file select. You can add multiples at a time.
Scheduled Events shows items you have scheduled to publish in the future.
Unpublished Drafts shows works in progress. These do not appear in Recent Activity by default.
Workstreams are groups of items that should be edited. This feature allows you to easily track your progress on the batch and work with other editors to edit the items in the list.
