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

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.mp4

What is Google Sites?

lesson8_2_accessinggooglesites.mp4

Accessing Google Sites

lesson8_3_creatingagooglesite.mp4

Creating a Google Site

lesson8_4_addingcontent.mp4

Adding content to a Site

lesson8_5_addingpages.mp4

Adding pages to a Site

lesson8_6_customizingthedesign.mp4

Customising the design of a Site

lesson8_7_sharingagooglesite.mp4

Sharing a Site

lesson8_8_publishingagooglesite.mp4

Publishing a Site

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

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 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

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

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.