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Lab 07: Google Site Design

If anyone has questions regarding this lab please go to Blackboard under the Main discussion board and send Carmen your questions via Lab 7 Q&A. She will be available during the lab hour today March 8 to answer your questions.

Do this by the end of Lab time

  1. Follow all the instructions on this page
  2. Do the Reflection at the bottom of this page
  3. Team update on recruitment & interviews. 

Create a new page


Click on Create Page button at the top right when you are logged in to your site.



You will get here

  • Choose the Web Page template for the new page, but notice you have other options.
  • Name it "About" since you should have an About page
  • Put page at the top level.  Notice that you can create a page at any level of your site

Insert unformatted text

Work with this text for lab 7, and change it when you have time.
Copy and paste this into your new About page.

About this site

This website's purpose is to showcase past Community Service Learning projects conducted by the University of Calgary's community partners, staff and students.  It is an individual assignment within the COMS 463 course (described below). more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text

My website features journalistic articles about [names of interviewees ... explain ] more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text more text

About me

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About community service learning

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About COMS 463

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Page Layout

To view the layout options of your new page, click Layout" in the editing menu.



  • For now keep it at the simplest, "one column"

Indenting text

Format the sample text by

  • Indent the contents under each heading.  by pushing the indent button once.
  • Use the bullet buttons to creat a few bullets. 
  • Center the text in one of the paragraphs.
  • Change the color, font and size of some text.

Heading Levels 

You can't just change the font size and color to make a heading if you want the following important features:
  • Headings are necessary for Tables of Contents to work. 
  • They structure your page layout with consistent visual design
  • They also create "page anchors" so that you can send someone directly to a heading within a Google Site's webpage.  This is helpful for Reference Lists that are organized under titles of multiple pages, and for Glossary pages.

First select some text on your page that will become a heading.  Then go to this menu and choose any of the headings H2, H3 or H4. 

If you have pasted text from another program (MS Word) then you may have to Clear formatting before applying the heading.  This strips the tags from the text so that they don't override Google Sites' heading tags.

Use "Normal paragraph text" to space your paragraphs within pages for web readability.

Add a Table of Contents

Section authored by Carmen, edited by Dr Smith

First, make sure that your page has Headings (see above) that are formatted as headings using the Google Sites editing bar.

Place your cursor where you want your table of contents to appear.

To add a Table of Contents go to Insert. Then click on Table of Contents. The following Table should come up.

This is where you have the option to choose the size of your Table of Contents.

  • About 250-300 pixels should be big enough for this table. Enter 300 then click save.
  • The following table should appear somewhere above your text.
  • If you want to change the position on the Table of Contents you can click on it and drag it to your desired location, up or down on your page.
  • If you want to keep it on top of your page but would like to align it left, right on centre please use the menu provided right below the table.
  • If that menu is not visible you just have to click on the table of contents and the menu will pop up.

Once you have positioned your Table of Contents you can click Save on top of your page to see what the contents look like.

NOTE:  The Table of Contents will only be populated if you have 1st , 2nd   and 3rd  level headings on your page. If you do not have any headings on your page your Table of Contents will look like this:


Add a link

Section authored by Carmen, edited by Dr Smith

To add a Link please highlight the words you would like a link created to and then go to Insert, then Link, or go directly to Link on the Menu Bar. Please make sure that you are in Edit Mode to perform this action, otherwise you will not see the Menu Bar.

This is what your page should look like. Notice the part I highlighted that says Link.



The following window will open: Click image to enlarge


Click image to enlarge


Select Web Address, then enter the url address where you would like the link to be made. Make sure you check off “Open this link in new window” so that when you click on the link a new explorer window will open and you will not navigate away from your original page. Click ok.

A link should have now been created. When you hover your mouse over the link you should see the url you entered and where the link will take you.

Image caption box

Click on the link in this sentence to go to a page within this COMS 463 website:  This is a link to the Image captions and color backgrounds heading on the Google Sites Visual Features page

  • Right click the "Create Refine Show' image of Breanna and save it to your computer desktop.
  • Insert this image in your text box
  • click on the image and insert a Link on the image itself.  Link to this webpage for Lab 7 by copying our lab 7 URL shown in your address bar now
  • Create a centered caption in small font, T. Smith (2009) with consent.  This means that Carmen has signed consent for this image.  This is needed because the image is internal, not borrowed from a free copyright image source on the internet. 
    • NOTE: If you want to donate your own photography to our course website, see the Course Documents link for forms to find the waiver 5 form you need to sign to donate files.  If a photographic subject's face is present, even your own, you must also submit a video/audio/photo waiver form for each person in the photo.

Send link to instructors

Send to Dr. Smith smit@ucalgary.ca and Carmen cbgroza@gmail.com the address of the page where your Lab 7 work was done.

 

Reflect

Post your reflection on our Coms 463 Wordpress blog post for lab 7

Choose 2 of the following themes to reflect:
  • As you have worked on your Google Site, how have you made use of principles from Redish and Lectures ?
  • How have you been using (or have you?) your EC's Team Management Google Site?  What are its challenges and benefits?
  • How have you been sharpening your Professional Communication skills through the interview recruitment and interview process?

Team Update

  • Are you on track with the schedule?
    • REVERSE TIMELINE FOR TEAM MANAGEMENT

      Thurs March 18 -- individual website due. Last day to submit consent form and interview notes (Phase 6)

      Mon March 15th -- the last day for one final interview (Phase 5). A few exceptions may be made to accommodate enthusiastic interviewees who need to meet a little later.

      Fri the 12th -- At least one interview should be done on or before this date (Phase 5)

      Thurs March 11 -- Alternative article assignment will replace each interview that has not been arranged yet (not phase 3).

      Wed March 10th -- all interview arrangements have been made. The Google Doc will be used to make a list of people who haven't scheduled interviews yet (phase 3).

      Wed the 10th -- Ideally, both interviews would be done on or before this date

      Tues March 9 -- Using the Google Doc information, new Recruitment notices may be sent by the Instructional team to replace any interviewees who are negative or no reply (not reached phase 2).

      Mon March 8 -- Last day to send recruitment follow-up to obtain an affirmative reply (phase 2). Submit results (positive, negative, no reply) by end of day March 8.

      Fri March 5 -- Last day to send recruitment

  • Please remember to cc your EC and Carmen on recruitment and sending of Consent forms to people by email.  Keep your EC up to date on your progress.  Then submit consent forms and raw data files/notes to Carmen.

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