Teacher Required Contact Information on Website

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Every teacher is expected to create a teacher website with the minimum district contact information requirements:

  • your name/*photo (photos are *optional)

  • school

  • title/assignment

  • telephone # (you can use your school's number)

  • email

If you already have a New Google Site, please be sure that your site URL conforms to the District URL format. It should look similar to a URL like this:

New Teacher Templates: Not sure if you have a NCSD website?

How do I know if I have a teacher website created for me?

We have made a template for many new teachers. If you were created one, please watch this video to find where it can be accessed and edited.

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If you are not sure if you have a website, you should be able to click HERE and select OWNED BY ME. If you see one, you have one :-) You can also check your school website under Teacher websites.

For New Educators who DO have a template made for them

~ Please watch video #1 - #3 below:

Video #1

Adding:

  • Contact information: name, email, phone,

  • What you teach, website & photo

  • Footers

Video #2

Publishing and viewing other video support resources:

  • You must RE-publish your site EACH time you make changes you want end users to view

  • Where to find other video tutorials for more features and attributes

Video #3

Learning more features and attributes: Where? How?

  • See where these support resources are on your teacher site template

    • Adding pages, video (YouTube/other), Google Docs, and much more

  • Or scroll down on this page (below).

For Teachers who do NOT have a Site template and want to CREATE their own

How to CREATE a NEW teacher Google Site.

This includes how to:

  • create a Google Site if you do NOT have a template already sent to you.

  • select settings for: sharing, URL and publishing

This includes how to:

  • customize your theme

  • create & edits banners, color accents, fonts, etc.

This includes how to edit and move:

  • text (contact information), Sections & Footers

  • images, Alt text (for accessibility)

This includes how to create/edit:

  • Sections and Footers

  • Republishing, Draft and Preview modes

I HAVE a basic website, but could use some additional tips about adding more resources.

These video tutorials highlight the MOST important and useful features for posting information to students in The New Google Sites

#1: Adding Links, Text, Sections, Pages, Photos, YouTube Videos...

Simple additions to your NCSD teacher website.

#2: Updating Your Teacher Website with Google Docs from Your Drive

Adding Word Processing, Slides, Forms, Drawings, Sheets...

*NEW*

#3 Google Sites ~ Announcement Banners

Such a great feature!

*NEW*

#4 Google Sites ~ Templates

Simple to Use!

Other Helpful "How to" Videos for Google Sites

Creating Additional Site Pages

Creating & Adding Newsletters

  • Slides, Word Processing & PDFs Formats

Creating & Adding Photo Galleries or Class Slides

Announcement Banners

Creating & Adding Google Drive Folders (drag & drop)

Adding Google Drive Documents

Creating & Adding Maps

Vertical GROUPING

Create Buttons

Image Carousels

Add site logo with alt text - new Google Sites

Table of Contents feature in the New Google Sites

Link to the Teacher's lounge for Google Sites

IMPORTANT & REQUIRED: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Your sites need to be ADA compliant for all viewers. See what this means here.

Google Sites - Add Alt Text to Images for Accessibility

Other NCSD Support

If you do not have a website and you would like to have one, please contact Amy Gertenrich-Dwyer, Kristin Montagano or Carolyn Kirschmann for the NCSD Teacher Template with video tutorials embedded in the site. We'd be happy to get you started (you do not have to be a new teacher to receive the template).