Student Portfolio

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Adjusting the Theme

Themes in Google Sites allow you to edit the overall appearance of the site. Click the Themes menu and select different themes to see which one you like best. Select the emphasis color and theme that works best for the purpose of your site. Themes also change the overall appearance of the menu that stores the additional pages of your site. You want to make sure the "viewer" can easily see the titles of your pages. You will be able to adjust color and font style regardless of which theme you select.

Formatting Menu Options

3 Tabs across the top of the menu-

Insert- Click this tab to add content to your site. You can also double click anywhere on your site to get a quick add menu. You are able to add text, images, embed from external resources, items from your Google Drive, youtube videos, buttons and links.

Pages- Click this tab to add additional pages to your site. When you start a new site you are editing the Home Page. On the pages menu you can add a link to an external website or a blank page to edit. You edit all pages the same way (using the insert menu).

Themes- Click this tab to change the overall appearance of your site.

1. On the right, click Insert and then Button.

2. Enter a name. This will appear on the button.

3. Paste a URL the button should point to, or choose a page on your site.

4. Click Insert.

Adding an Image

1. On the right, click Insert and then Images.

2. Choose where to get your image.

3. Choose an image and click Open or Select.

4. Once the image appears on the site you can drag and drop or resize to fit your needs.

Adding an Image Carousel

You can add a carousel to show scrolling images on your site.

1. At the right, click Insert Image Carousel.

2. Click Add image .

3. Choose where to get your images.

4. Choose 2 or more images.

   • To delete or add alt text, hover over the image.

   • To reorder images, drag and drop them.

5. If you want to change how the carousel shows images, click Settings .

6. Click Insert.

Turn on Transitions for Image Carousel

1. Click the image carousel you want to edit Settings .

2. In “Edit carousel,” click Settings and check the box next to “Auto start.”

3. To change the “Transition speed” between images, click the Down arrow and select one of the options:

   • “Very slow”

   • “Slow”

   • “Medium”

   • “Fast”

4. To save your changes, click Update.

Add a link

1. Click where you want to add a link, or highlight the text that you want to link.

2. In the toolbar, click the Link icon.

3. Select an option to link to a page within your site or copy/paste to an outside URL.

4. Click OK.

Adding content from Google Drive

1. Click the insert menu and select drive or scroll down under layouts and you will see specific options for adding Docs, Slides, Maps, Sheets, and Forms.

Collaborators: To add a collaborator who can edit the site, click Person+ icon in the top right and type in the collaborator's email address. This works just like other Google Apps (docs, slides, etc.)

Permissions & Sharing Tip: To make sure the content is viewable by anyone who sees your site, you can create a folder in your Google Drive and update the share permissions to "public on the web." Then, anything you want to add to the site needs to be located inside this folder. If you choose note to go with this method, you need to make sure every item you add from your Google Drive has the correct sharing permissions. If you do not want items to be viewable by anyone on the web, you can select certain people to share the folder/items with like your teacher, parents, etc.

Publish: The work that you do on your site is automatically saved in your Google Drive. You can edit the site anytime. Once you are ready to Publish the site, follow the directions below.

(Publish) Final site Permissions/viewing rights: Click the Publish button in the top right to make your site viewable to others.