Cascade Overview

Use command + f to search this page for quick information, or look
through the STA Training Table of Contents to find specific guides
on how to use Cascade.

Users, Groups, Roles

• Users
  • Find a user:
    • Administration >  Users
    • or
    • Search for a person’s EID in upper-right:

• Add New Users
• Add a New STA to Cascade
• Assume a User’s Identity:
  • Search for the user, click on their profile, click the …More button, select Assume Identity

• Groups
  • Groups allow you to assign the same permissions to multiple users. The roles associated with a group will be applied to every member of the group. Every Cascade user must belong to at least one group. Administrators can create groups and assign people to them.
    • Create Groups
      • Administration > Groups > Add Group
    • Add Users to a Group
      • Administration > Groups > Edit > Choose Users
      • or
      • Administration > Users > Edit > Membership and Roles > Choose Groups

• Roles
  • Roles can be assigned directly to a user, group, or site. System roles are applied to users and groups; site roles are applied to sites.
    • Site Roles
      • Manage Site > Site Settings > Roles > Office Site Role > Choose Users and Groups
    • System Roles
      • Administration > Users > Edit > Membership and Roles > Choose Roles
      • or
      • Administration > Groups > Edit > Choose Roles

Site Content

• Unit_Info_Laits_Only
  • Site Lockup (official logo in the upper-left, usually two lines; make sure it is sized correctly, look at existing lockups for reference)

• • Informal Logo (upper-right)

• Unit_Information
  • Office Web Administrator Contact Info
  • Custom Donations Link
  • Left Sidebar Content
    • Related (External) Links
    • Social Media
    • Dept. Address
    • Chair or Head

• Site Navigation
  • Add, Delete, and Edit Folders/Pages to show up in the navigation bar of a site. Change the display name to update the navigation bar name. Include when indexing and publishing.
    • Publish Folders to Navigation:
      • Edit > Properties > “Include when indexing”; “include when publishing”
      • Naming folders
    • Publish Pages to the Navigation:
      • Edit > Configure > “Include when indexing”; “include when publishing”
      • Naming Pages

• Homepage Content 
  • Index page (homepage)
    • main-image (homepage banner)
      • Homepage banner images are stored in their respective banner folders in the units folder. Go to units > _internal > images > banners, select the type of banner (dept., center, etc), then click Add Content to upload the file.

• • • • body-content
        • news (*CLA feed)
        • events (*CLA feed)
        • content
      • right-sidebar
        • video box
        • content
        • color bar links

• Assets
  • Add media
    • 
  • Restore Deleted Assets
    • Click on the trash button on the left side of your screen to access recently deleted content, select the content you want to restore, then click the gray restore button

*CLA feed: These areas will be populated with content from the COLA Web Editor. Go there to edit content like news, events, profiles, and faculty/graduate/staff lists.