SharePoint for Website Documents
Use a SharePoint group account to share documents on University websites
Use a SharePoint group account to share documents on University websites
Website editors can use a shared SharePoint group account to post PDFs, Word documents and spreadsheets on school, department and office websites.
UAlbany SharePoint is part of the University's Microsoft Office 365 suite of services. If you have any issues or questions about SharePoint, you can contact the ITS Help Desk.
SharePoint Group: Used for your website's documents
Personal OneDrive: Used for your own documents
Learn more: OneDrive Instructions from ITS
If your website already has a SharePoint group account that you can access, please follow these steps to add a document to your website:
Note: Shareable links are URLs that can be used on University websites or in campus-wide emails and documents.
When you’re sent a shareable link, please copy it exactly and insert it into your website, email or document as an accessible link.
Never copy or share Office 365 links directly from your web browser. Those URLs are not shareable links.
Make documents accessible: Make sure the document you are sharing is accessible to people who use screen readers and other assistive technology. An easy way to test if your document is accessible is to try to highlight its contents. If the text cannot be highlighted, it is not accessible. For additional guidance please visit the web accessibility portion of this website.
Create accessible links: Make sure your link is accessible. Accessible links must include enough contextual information that someone using a screen reader or other assistive technology would know what the link leads to if they asked their device to read off all the links on a page. An example of an accessible link is “Read our strategic plan.” An example of an inaccessible link is “Click here for our strategic plan.”
Secure your documents: Be sure that the link to the document does not allow editing, as described in the instructions above. This is a security measure to help protect your website content.
Consider making a webpage instead: Ask yourself if the information you’re sharing needs to be a document or if it would be better displayed as normal page content. Analytics show that users who click on a document most often don’t return to the site afterwards. Use documents sparingly to ensure users stay on your site and get the information they need.
Please contact Web Services at [email protected] if you have any questions.