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What is the 'Showcase' in Google Workspace for Education?
What is the 'Showcase' in Google Workspace for Education?
The showcase element of a Digital Portfolio is used to demonstrate a student's competences, achievements and artefacts. The showcase is a space for students to showcase examples of their work, both curricular and non-curricular, that they have engaged in. In Google Workspace for Education, Google Sites is typically used as the showcase space.
Google Sites Tutorials
Google Sites Tutorials
The videos below, from the Google Teacher Center, are ideal to share with students when introducing Google Sites. They are all very short and provide a great starting point for both teachers and students.
lesson8_1_introduction.mp4What is Google Sites?
What is Google Sites?
lesson8_2_accessinggooglesites.mp4Accessing Google Sites
Accessing Google Sites
lesson8_3_creatingagooglesite.mp4Creating a Google Site
Creating a Google Site
lesson8_4_addingcontent.mp4Adding content to a Site
Adding content to a Site
lesson8_5_addingpages.mp4Adding pages to a Site
Adding pages to a Site
lesson8_6_customizingthedesign.mp4Customising the design of a Site
Customising the design of a Site
lesson8_7_sharingagooglesite.mp4Sharing a Site
Sharing a Site
lesson8_8_publishingagooglesite.mp4Publishing a Site
Publishing a Site
Advanced Google Sites Tutorials
Advanced Google Sites Tutorials
Once students have mastered the basics, they may wish to personalise their digital portfolio showcase further. The following videos will be useful to demonstrate how advanced features can be added.
Version History
Version History
This video shows how students can review changes made before they publish their Site, and also track changes made to their Site with version history.
Collapsible Text Boxes
Collapsible Text Boxes
Collapsible text is useful for adding content to a page on a website that doesn't need to be viewed all the time. This video shows how to create collapsible text boxes.
Creating an image carousel
Creating an image carousel
This video shows how students can add an image carousel to a page in their digital portfolio. Image carousels are great to share photos, trips, images, etc.
Creating navigation buttons for your Site
Creating navigation buttons for your Site
This video shows how students can personalise their digital portfolio by creating navigation buttons in three different ways: by using the button option in the 'Insert' menu in Sites, by using emojis or by creating a button in Google Drawings.
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