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Create a webpage for your classroom, department, or school position using Google Sites. Create interesting webpages. Make them as basic or intricate as you want. Choose from colorful themes and page templates that make the design much easier on you - real time savers!
Teachers can use the Sites for classroom webpages to communicate with students and parents about course requirements, assignments, field trips, homework, and much more. Create subpages, post files for students to view or download, post announcements, upload images, insert videos, link to RSS feeds, and more. Add your own course content and customize the Sites page for your own curriculum. See how to use gadgets to add additional features.
You can also teach your students to use Sites for student ePortfolios. Or use Sites for project-based learning or summary presentations at the end of a unit of study.
Sample Webpage - NEW Google Sites
Sample Webpage - Classic Google Sites
Getting your webpage address to people:
1) If you are just getting started with Google tools, and you don't use them regularly with your students, you may need a quick way to get your
webpage to the students and parents:
Consider using a short URL
Students and parents can access and bookmark for returning to the page later
If you use a computer lab with students or mobile devices, have them bookmark your page for themselves
2) How can I make a short/tiny URL?
Use a URL shortener
Copy and paste the long URL that points to your webpage into the box the URL shortener site provides
The various URL shortening sites will create a short/tiny URL for you.
Copy and paste the long URL that points to your webpage into the URL shortener
The site will create a short/tiny URL for you.
Give that to the students
The shortened URL's can be added to Google Classroom assignments, emails to students, class blogs, or any method you may use to communicate online. The URL's can also be added to Docs, Forms, etc.
3) Later, as you use more Google tools, you will be able to push URL's out to students using other tools such as Google Classroom, a published Google Doc, a Google Slide presentation, etc. If your school uses Google Classroom, it is easy to give students links to any webpage or website you've created. You can post ion the "Announcement" page, or put links inside assignments on the "Classwork Page."
1) It's important to set the "visibility" options of your webpage.
2) When your first create your webpage, it's "private."
3) Only you can view it.
4) You do NOT share a webpage with students or the public when you want to post it to the WEB for viewing.
5) You choose the correct "visibility" option.
6) Follow the directions below (3 screen shots below):
Click the "Share" button in the top, right corner of the Sites Page. It looks like an outline of a person with a plus sign next to it.
The screen shots below show you the steps to follow.
Under "Published site," it says "Restricted." It is restricted from public viewing.
Click the down arrow and choose "Public." Be sure to click "Done" to save your choice.
Notice the message, "Viewers can see the site." Your site is now public on the WEB.
1) Click here for a step-by-step handout for "Classic"
Google Sites
2) Click here for a step-by-step handout for the "New"
Google Sites (to be added to this page)
