How to create a Google Site by Fiona Beal
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This document provides instructions for creating a Google Site. It discusses what a Google Site is, how to set up the basic structure and elements of a site including the header, navigation menu, content area and footer. It then guides the reader through the steps to set up a new Google Site, including choosing a template and theme, customizing the header, adding pages and content, citing resources, and uploading images. Links are also provided for additional learning resources on using Google Sites.
How to create a Google Site by Fiona Beal
- 1. How to create a Google Site by Fiona Beal
- 2. A. What is a Google site? A Google Sites is a structured wiki- and web page-creation tool offered by Google. Google Sites is one of the best website creation software for teachers. It is an ideal platform to host a class website. It is great for collaborative projects – one can embed videos, audio, presentations, and images that students can use when working on their projects and assignments.
- 3. B. What does a Google site look like? https://goo.gl/gcPfo1
- 4. Four elements of a Google site page 1. The Header section appears at the top of each page and can contain text, graphics or both. 2. The Navigation Menu contains links to all the pages in the site, or at least the main sections. Navigation menus can be horizontal across the top of the page, or in a vertical menu on the left or right of the page. 3. The Content area on each page is where you find all the information. The content area stretches from the header to the footer, and can contain text, images, video, links, etc. On a Google Site, the content area can be in a number of layout styles, with columns or other sections. 4. The Footer area is at the bottom of each page and usually contains copyright and contact information.
- 5. A site with a horizontal navigation menu https://goo.gl/gcPfo1 Header Navigation Menu (horizontal) Content area Footer area
- 6. Types of pages on a site Home page A Site usually has a home page that serves as an introduction to the site, and a brief description of what it's all about. It introduces your visitors to your Site. Content pages These will usually be structured around themes or topics. A Site can have an unlimited number of pages, although if there are many pages it is usually better to build subpages, i.e. add more pages grouped below a topic page.
- 7. Home page example https://goo.gl/gcPfo1 The video introduces the site instead of using written words
- 8. Content page example https://goo.gl/gcPfo1 Information in text and images Page topic Citing & copyright information Student collaborative project - contributors
- 9. Terminology Site: a website on the Interent Home page: Landing page that introduces the site Navigation menu bar: A bar that organises the links to the information Content page: A page containing information on a topic Footer: Bottom area of a page for citing sources of information Header: appears at the top of each page and can contain text, graphics or both. Layout: the way the page can be designed
- 10. C. Let’s create a Google site
- 11. Simply said…
- 12. Let's create a Site – here are the steps: 1. Log into your Google account and go to http://sites.google.com 2. Click the Create button 3. Choose the Blank Template 4. Name your site. You'll notice it creates the url based on the name but you can override that if you wish (Note that the name must be unique in your domain) 5. Unfold the Themes section, and choose the Iceberg theme (I like to start with Iceberg, but it's up to you) 6. Unfold the More Options section, and enter a short description about your Site. 7. Type the captcha code (if you get one) 8. Click the Create button at the top of the page
- 13. 1. Sign into your Google Apps account and select Sites
- 14. 2. Click on Create
- 15. 3. Choose the blank template
- 16. 4. Name your site
- 17. 5. Explore the themes – click on Themes
- 18. Explore the themes – select a template (Choose Iceberg for this lesson)
- 19. 6. Explore the ‘more options’ section Add a category (Education) and a description) and then click on Create
- 21. D. Let’s work with your site
- 22. 1. Set privacy options while you create Click on the down arrow next to More options
- 23. 2.Edit your page layout - sidebar Go to More/Edit site options and choose. Let’s choose Sidebar and select Close
- 24. NOTE: See what your screen will look like on multiple devices at whatismyscreenresolution.net
- 25. E. How to create the Header https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5waCQscgGgo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-XLzxbvziY
- 26. Create a header https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5waCQscgGgo • Go to More/Manage sites • Themes, colours and fonts
- 28. Make a header 1000X104px in Paint
- 29. Header fine-tuning • Before we start adding content, there's just a couple more choices to make...Actions Menu > Manage Site • If you've used a Header image that already contains the site name you may want to turn off the text in the header. Untick the Show site name at top of pages option • If you'd like to include a Search box so visitors can search your Site, configure this using the Configure Search button (You may need to consider this when you design your header graphic. Bear in mind that the position of the search box will vary from theme to theme) • If you think your Site may be viewed on mobile devices, tick the Automatically adjust site to mobile phones option. (This doesn't perfect, but it's worth turning on anyway. With the right theme, it can work quite well.) • Under Access settings, choose who should be able to see Site activity and Revision history. • Click Save.
- 30. F. Adding content to a Google site
- 31. Let’s make some pages First click on the Add Page button. It takes you to this page
- 32. G. Citing resources on a Google site
- 33. Use Photos for Class http://www.photosforclass.com/ With this application you can search for Creative Commons photos and download them – the site will automatically cite them correctly.
- 34. Example
- 35. Attribute your resources and images in the footer This is how we will cite them in the footer:
- 36. H. How to upload to a Google site
- 37. This is how to add content: 1. Click on Edit: 2. All the editing tools appear 3. When finished click on Save
- 38. Links for learning about Google Sites • http://www.summitstuff.com/sites-and-blogs/designing-sites- part1 • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QwNyBliPclkMU4p6oI 5ODBNY8vnuEovaC79hD9-_WKU/edit