Google Sites


Wonder

Have you ever wondered how students can build a website to communicate what they have learned and share their best work with a wider audience?

Learn how Google Sites can provide you and your students with a platform for communicating learning.

Objectives

  • Create and customize a Google Site with text, images, links, and a variety of multimedia
  • Create pages and/or sub-pages to keep your content organized
  • Edit your privacy settings to make your site as private or public as you'd like

Tasks

Create

  • Create a new Google Site and name it
  • Edit the header with text and an image
  • Create a welcome message on your "home" page that includes your contact information and an overview of your courses(s) with any relevant text, images, and links

Edit

  • Continue to edit your Site by adding new pages based on the vision you shared in the previous module.
  • Populate your pages with at least three of the following:
    • a file and/or folder from Google Drive (note: Permissions must be set in Google Drive to "anyone with the link can view"
    • a YouTube video
    • a Google Calendar (note: Permissions must be set in Google Calendar to make your calendar "public"
    • a Google Map or custom "My Maps" (note: Permission must be set in Google My Maps to "anyone with the link can view"
    • a Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, and/or Forms file

Manage & Publish

  • Continue to add content to your Site and arrange pages
  • Select a Theme for your Site and add any finishing touches (with the understanding that your Site will continue to be a work-in-progress
  • Publish your Site
  • Continue to fine-tune your content/layout and push out any updates to your published Site

DISCUSsion

Complete the following on Google Classroom:

  • Share the published link to your Site.
  • What are you most proud of regarding your Site?
  • What challenges do you face in using your Site with your stakeholders?