Google Sites as a Wiki

Post date: Nov 14, 2011 2:37:18 PM

Overview

Google Sites is an online application that makes creating a class, school, or project web site as easy as editing a document. With Google Sites, people can quickly gather a variety of information in one place -- including videos, calendars, presentations, attachments, and text -- and easily share it for viewing or editing with a small group, their class, the entire school, or sometimes the world. You always control who has access to your site.

Think of building a site in Google Sites as creating a collaborative wiki. A "wiki" is a website that can be easily edited by multiple authors. You can allow others contribute to the site, track the changes made to your site, and add rich media – no html programming required.

Here's what you can do with Google Sites:

• Customize your site.
• Create sub-pages to keep your content organized.
• Add navigation menus
• Choose page types: webpage, announcements, file cabinet, lists, dashboards, start pages.
• Have a central location for your web content and offline files.
• Keep your site as private or public as you'd like.
• Search across your Google Sites content with Google search technology.

Google sites at your school vs. Google Sites with Gmail

Here are some key differences between using your school Google Apps account and a personal Google account.