Help! I need a website!
Using *new* GoogleSites to build your website
Easy & Awesome Websites in less time!
Does your classroom website lack information, pizzaz, or to doesn’t even exist? Using GoogleSites, a free website builder, you will be able to create the beginnings of a wonderful website everyone will be talking about. Come ready to start your website and be on your way to maintaining and updating it.
Keep your website and files for your students all in once place! Easily add files from G Suite
What is the hype about the *new* Google Sites?
Seriously easy. Seriously awesome. Seriously you just made a classroom website!
Website Best Practices
2. Simplistic design. Easy to read background, text, and keep scrolling at a minimum.
3. Make sections clear and divided. Use the dividers built in to separate sections for easy organization.
4. Use photos, but think good design principles -- large pictures (so they aren't pixelated) and think colors. (Check copyright also!)
5. Navigation/Organization: Lots of sub pages means hovering on multi-level menus to finally "dig" down to where you need to be. The more simple the better for navigation sake.
6. Convey your information well. Identify yourself, purpose, what information you provide, things you would want from a good classroom website.
Want to explore some websites created by teachers on GoogleSites?
Google Slides/Tutorial
Embedding Your Website
If you school/system has a School In Sites CMS:
Use this code to embed your webpage. Make sure you replace the web address behind the src= tag to point to your web address.
You can use the above html code to embed your website on other Content Management Systems.
Another tool I have found for use within my Weebly Page is Embed.ly. It is a tool that will create the embed code you need to place websites within your website. (Sounds complicated but works well if you don't want people to leave your site or work with a tool/site within your website.)
About the presenter
Email: cristin.m.dillard@gmail.com
Website: http://www.cristinmdillard.com
Phone: 334-243-5514
Twitter: @Mrs_Dilly