STEP 1: Go to your Department main page. On the left top side above hero banner image, click + New, and then click Page.
DO NOT go to the Gear icon (Settings) to create a new page.

STEP 2: Pop-up displays the list of templates available. Select one of the 10-11 templates under the Saved On This Site tab (Bottom Document Library, Content and Documents Type 2, etc.)
DO NOT select any of the templates under the From Microsoft tab (Blank, Visual, or Basic Text). The templates you can choose from are located on the second tab to the right of the Microsoft Standard templates.

STEP 3: After you have selected your template by clicking on it, click Create Page button at the bottom right corner.

STEP 4: At the top of the page where it says Add a Title, enter the page title. 
This page title will be used for two things: 1) a headline in News area and news digest; 2) to create the URL.  Please put spaces between words and capitalize every word (no all caps).  Filling in the "Name or Email Address" field is optional if you want a byline. 

It will look like this:

STEP 5: Add content to the rest of the page and then click on Page Details in the top left to open the Page Details panel on the right.  In Page Details, enter information in the required metadata fields.

STEP 6: Click Save As Draft until your edits are complete. Once you are done, click Submit for Approval button in top right corner.