For Mythology Fall 2024

Instead of keeping a traditional notebook or folder for this class, you will develop a Google Site that records your progress through the course. This will be shared with me so that I can drop in and check on your record keeping from time to time; it’s a great way to source a grade come progress report time. There will be a minimum number of features I will be looking for, but you are encouraged to elaborate and make it truly awe-inspiring.

Table of Contents

Creation Process 1

Video tutorials 1

Step-by-Step instructions 2

Create a Google site 2

Title your Google Site 2

Create Subpages 3

Daily Journals 4

Publishing 5

Creation Process

Video tutorials

If you would rather watch a Site being created than just reading directions, feel free to choose from the following:

• Google Sites Beginner Tutorial for 2024 / Teachers and Students by CCSD21 Information Services YouTube Channel

• Google Site is Awesome (let’s build one together!) by John R. Sowash

• Full Google Sites Tutorial for Beginners (Make a Website) by The Social Guide

• Google Sites:00: Basics in 20 Minutes by Education Public

However, you will have to follow the directions below to create your Site for class as required.

Step-by-Step instructions

Create a Google site

1. After logging in to your Google account , click on the “waffle” just to the left of your profile picture or icon

2. Open your Google Drive

3. Click on the + New button

4. Select the topmost option, New Folder

5. Replace “Untitled folder” with the following: “Mythology Fall 2024”, and click “Create”

6. Double click on the folder you just created.

7. Click on the + New button

8. Hold your cursor over the word “More”, then click on “Google Sites” once

9. This is what you will see next

10. Click inside the text box that says “Your page title”. Delete those words. Insert the following: “Adventurer’s Journal”. Click in the white space below the title.

Title your Google Site

11. In the top left of the screen, find the words “Enter site name”. Click on it once and enter the following in all caps.:

    1. The first three letters of your last name immediately followed by the first three letters of your first name, underscore, MYTH, underscore, F24

    2. E.g. if your name is Harold Watson, it would be WATHAR_MYTH_F24

    3. This will automatically change the title of the site. It will also replace the “Untitled site” line above the “Enter site name” line. 

12. Click your cursor once in the white box below the header.

13. On the right hand side, find the section titled “CONTENT BLOCKS”. Click on the top left icon once.

14. This will appear immediately under the header

15. Click once on the blue text that reads “Click to edit text”. Type in the following: My Adventurer

16. On the right hand side, find these three words

Create Subpages

17. Click on “Pages”

18. You should see the following

19. Hold your cursor over “Home” and three vertically stacked dots will appear at right. Click on the dots once.

20. Scroll down and click on “Add subpage” once

21. A New subpage window will open. In the blank under “Name”, type the following: My Journey. Click Done.

22. Within the “Page” you will see the subpage created as a subpage linked to your main page.

23. Repeat steps 19-21 and create the following subpages

    1. My Battles

    2. Treasure Journal

    3. Daily Journals

24. It should look like this

25. WARNING! Do not create a subpage under an existing subpage! You can see this mistake if any of the three pages created in step 23 are offset to the right under the previously created subpage.

26. You can navigate from one page to another within your site using the Page window shown in item 24 above. Just click on the name of any page you wish to visit.

    1. You can see how your page’s visitor’s will navigate your Site by holding your cursor over “Home” in the top right of the page header.

Daily Journals

27. While on the Daily Journals subpage, click “Insert”

28. Click the icon directly under “Insert” to insert a text box on the subpage.

    1. Type the following: “Tyrsdagr, 13 Aug 2024” .  Click <enter>

    2. Write a minimum of fifty (50) words at the default point size (18) that summarizes what you have done in class today. 

       1. E.g. Here is a fifty word writing sample

          1. Following each class session, you must summarize that day’s activities in a minimum of fifty (50) words with this size font. The date does not count towards the word count. Hint, you could write your summary out in a Doc. Use the word count feature (Tools) and paste here. 

    3. Replace my italicized directions with your original summary of today’s class’ activities. 

Publishing & Exiting

29. The last thing you do each time after working on your Site is Publish the changes that you made.

30. Click the blue “Publish”  button in the top right of the screen just to the left of your profile image/icon. 

31. A split screen will appear

    1. “Changes” that you have made will be listed on the far left

    2. To the right of that will be a column labeled “Draft” will show you an image reflecting the most recent of the changes

    3. On the right will be an image reflecting your site prior to the changes.

32. Click the blue “Publish” button. 

Link sharing

33. Find the link icon just to the left of the “Publish” button. Click it once

34. Click the blue “Copy link” button once

35. Navigate to OnCourse Classroom

    1. Submit the link for the assignment titled 

Click here to view the Adventurer's Journal Google Site exemplar