Google Sites Training

The Google Sites Training is intended for building websites for schools and classrooms, however provides excellent general information for creating amateur radio websites. The training consists of eight chapters and is organized to provide initial training as well as reference material for future lookup.

This training originally from http://edutraining.googleapps.com/Training-Home/module-5-sites

Chapter 1 Introduction to Sites »

  • Google Sites at your school

  • Google Sites as a wiki

  • Quick principles of well designed and usable sites

Chapter 2 Create, format, and customize a site »

  • Create a site in Google Sites

  • Personalize site theme, background, colors and logos

  • Add navigation menus and sitemaps

  • Let collaborators and files or comments to pages in a site

  • Copy an existing site

  • Change a site URL

  • Delete a site

Chapter 3 Choose page types »

  • Overview

  • Page location

  • Choose a layout for standard page

  • Share files with students and teachers using File Cabinet pages

  • Create classroom/school announcements with Announcement pages

  • Create a class or project blog with Announcement pages

  • Create vocabulary or reading lists with List pages

  • Create a school 'start' page with Start pages

  • Create and edit page templates for your site

Chapter 4 Manage pages in your site »

  • Change page type or template

  • Edit page settings

  • Delete or recover pages in your site

  • View all pages in your site

Chapter 5 Embed gadgets, media, other Apps tools »

  • Rich media options for your site

  • Add standard content to your page

  • Insert Google product gadgets on your page

  • Find and create other gadgets for your site

  • Manage files and attachments on your site

  • Find and create other gadgets for your site

  • Customize search for your site

Chapter 6 Share, publish, and protect a site »

  • Publishing and sharing overview

  • Share a site with an individual

  • Share a site with a group

  • Share a site with your school

  • Make a site public- anyone in the world can see

Chapter 7 Use Sites to manage your class »

  • Overview

  • Embed a course calendar

  • Notify students about course or site updates

  • Deliver courses with presentations, videos, notes

  • Moderate class Q&A and discussion

  • Build a site template for student coursework

  • Collect and organize student course sites

  • Administer quizzes and tests with forms

Chapter 8 Gadget gallery and development »

  • Block and allow certain gadgets for your school

  • Insert and play videos if YouTube is blocked

  • Useful gadgets for teachers and students