Week 2

Before class meets:

• Visit each of the digital resources and tools links and watch the accompanying tutorials.

  • Google Docs - Learn the basics

  • Google Sites

  • How to create a Website in Google Sites for Free (Flipped Classroom Tutorial to 23:00)

  • Lesson 1: Design a Website to Promote a Project

  • Built-in screen capture apps: Grab (Mac), Snip (Windows)

Assignments:

• • Create a website for your Nissaba course with Google Sites. Your new muggle (non-magical) students and their parents are your main target audiences.

  • Add the course instructor as an editor to your website.

  • Choose theme, font, and header.

  • Website should include:

    • Your Nissaba course title

      • Five pages:

      • Welcome landing page

      • About

      • Blog

      • Resources

      • 1 sub page

      • 4 different header styles: cover, large banner, banner and text only

    • A text box with an image

    • An emphasis section

Challenge Assignments: Choose two tips to complete

• • Watch 15 Tips & Tricks for Google Docs and try one on your own.

  • Watch Top 10 Tips for Google Sites for Beginner and Power User and improve your site with one of the tips.

Have a desire and enough band width left to learn more? Feel free to check out these additional tutorials.

• • • Google Docs Tutorial Playlist

    • The best tips and tricks for google sites

Write your reflection in a google doc and share it with the class.

• What is something new you learned?

• How would you use these tools in your real classroom?

• Narrate your journey of building a google site. Think of it as a tutorial for your classmates.

• What do you still need help with?

• Post a new comment on the class discussion page.

  • • Include a link to your shared google doc.

    • Include a screen capture image of the home page from your Nissaba course website.

• Comment on at least 2 of the shared google doc reflections posted by other students.