CMS Training and Access

Find out how to gain access to the campus CMS.

Required Steps for Access

You must be provisioned in the CMS before you can log in. Workplace Technology Services offers online training, documentation, and provisions all users:

1. Request access to the CMS Sandbox training site

To get access to the CMS Sandbox training site, email wts@ucsd.edu from the email associated with your business systems account.

Account requirements

You will need an individual business systems account with department access before we can grant access to the training site. You can't use a group email account, a student account or an @health.ucsd.edu account. If needed, you can self-register for a business systems account.

Contact your Departmental Security Administrator (DSA) if you have questions about setting up department access.

• Find your DSA by email
• Find your DSA by department
• Note: Most students have to be promoted to department business systems access. DSAs, follow the instructions in AccessLink.

2. Complete self-directed exercise

Download cms-exercise.docx (Word file) and work through the steps of creating a folder, page, and adding content to the Sandbox training site.

When you're done, email wts@ucsd.edu with:

• your name
• the URL of your published training page
• the URL of the CMS site(s) you need access to

We'll check your work, let you know if we see any issues, and be available to answer any questions you might have. We may ask you to fix any major concerns we have with your page before giving you access to a live site.

3. Access and work in your CMS site

Once we check that your exercise is completed, we'll give you access to your requested CMS site(s).

Additional training

Note that the training exercise only covers the basics. Make sure to review the online CMS documentation and guide to web writing. If you still can't find the answer to a question you have, email wts@ucsd.edu. Make sure to include the site/page(s) you are working on in your question.

Work with your fellow site editors

Speak with your site manager and other subject matter experts to ensure consistency across your site. If you are working in Blink, direct questions to wts@ucsd.edu and be sure to review the differences between Blink and the Sandbox training site.