Features
SharePoint is a Microsoft 365 application that allows users to easily create websites for sharing information and tracking and collaborating on projects. SharePoint offers many out-of-the-box features to help users share, organize and discover information that is relevant to a department, team or project.
SharePoint provides a number of site templates to simplify site creation for a variety of functions. When you request a new SharePoint site, you’ll be asked to choose between two templates: team site or communication site.
- Team site: Request a team site if your goal is to create a place where you and your team can work on projects and share information. A team site includes a group of related webpages, a default document library for files, lists for data management, and web parts that you can customize to meet your needs. To learn more about team sites, see Microsoft's Create a Team Site in SharePoint page.
- Communication site: Request a communication site if your goal is to distribute information to users outside of your team or work group. To learn more about communication sites, see Microsoft's Create a Communication Site in SharePoint page.
Once your site is created, you can choose to apply a Microsoft-provided site template that may contain pre-populated pages, page templates, news post templates, or web parts that can be customized to fit your business needs.
Note: SharePoint is a document and content management system that takes time to learn how to use effectively, and some of the more advanced features may require support from an IT Professional. OIT provides limited support to customers who decide to use SharePoint for document storage.
Who can get it
CU Boulder faculty, staff and students can request a new SharePoint site. Owners of existing SharePoint sites can grant site access to CU Boulder faculty, staff or students by adding them as owners, members or visitors.
How to get it
Faculty and staff can request a SharePoint site by submitting the SharePoint Site Request Form through the OIT Messaging and Collaboration Request Portal.
When completing the form, you will be asked for the following information:
- The primary site owner's IdentiKey (e.g., rabu1234)
- The secondary site owner's IdentiKey (e.g., chbu1234)
- Which site template to use: Communication site or Team site
- Your department (e.g., Office of Information Technology)
- The name of your new SharePoint site (e.g., O365UserGroup)*
- A descriptive site title (e.g., Microsoft 365 User Group)
- A site description (e.g., "Microsoft 365 user group for sharing information and collaborating around services and features in Microsoft 365.")
- The ServiceNow GREQ ticket number, if applicable
Your SharePoint site will be automatically created and you will receive an email with details about getting started.
*The site name cannot contain spaces or the following characters: ; + \ / @ () &
Resources
- Sample SharePoint site
- CU Boulder Microsoft 365 User Group (Microsoft Teams)
- Get started with SharePoint (Microsoft 365 Learning Center)
- What's new in SharePoint (Microsoft Support)
- Apply a SharePoint site template (Microsoft Support)
- Learning SharePoint Online (LinkedIn Learning)
- SharePoint tutorial collection (LinkedIn Learning)
SharePoint Accessibility
CU Boulder is committed to providing help information and assistance with campus services for all users, including those with accessibility concerns. SharePoint accessibility considerations, information for content creators, alternatives/workarounds, and more can be found on the SharePoint Accessibility page.
