Before You Begin

Verify Sharing Settings

Remember to verify the sharing settings of anything you add to your site to ensure that others will be able to see it!

EACH Doc, Slides, Sheets, PDF, Image, or Video file from Google Drive MUST be set to "Anyone with the link can view" or to "Public on the Web" to ensure that viewers of your site can see them.

EXPERT TIP

1) BEFORE creating the Site, create a Folder in Google Drive

2) Change the share settings for the entirre folder to "Public on the Web" or "Anyone with the Link can View"

3) Put all Drive files that you add to your Site in Google this folder (including docs, slides, sheets, images, videos, pdfs, etc)

The sharing settings of the folder will apply to everything in it and ensure that files on your website are visible to anyone.

Also Remember

YouTube Videos that you upload must be set to "public" or "unlisted"
Calendars must be set to "Public"
Google My Maps must be set to "Public"

OCR Compliance

Remember that all public school websites must be OCR (Office of Civil Rights) compliant!

The good news is that all G Suite tools are already OCR compliant when inserted into a Google Site! So, as long as you are using G Suite tools, you mostly just need to focus on style concerns such as color, underlining, etc.

Please refer to this checklist as you complete your school site to be sure you are meeting OCR Compliance standards.

Website Checklist for OCR Compliance

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