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Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Create Your Site Create a Google Account- Follow steps at http://sites.google.com (sign up, and sign in)
Click “create site”
1.Keep the blank template 2.Name your site 3.Type the code 4.Click “create site”
Site is created
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Revise Your Site Settings Make site private Click “more actions”
Select “sharing and permissions”
Click “change” in “who has access” section
Select an option and click “save”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Add editors and readers Type e-mail address in “add people” field
1.Change role of added users. “Can edit” means user can change your site. “Can view” means user can only look at site. 2.Click “share and save” Click down arrow next to role to change after initial set-up
Click “return to site”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Customize Your Site Navigation Remove sitemap link Click “edit sidebar”
To remove the “sitemap” link, 1.Click “edit” in the navigation box 2.Uncheck “sitemap” 3.Click “ok”
Save changes
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Customize Your Site Navigation Organize the navigation your way Click “edit sidebar”
1.Uncheck “automatically organize my navigation” 2.Click “ok”
Save changes
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Customize Your Site Navigation Add navigation items Click “edit sidebar”
Click “add sidebar item”
Click “add”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
New navigation appears below original one
Rename navigation item Click “edit”
1.Type link name 2.Click “ok”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Save changes
Create Pages Click “create page”
1.Type page title 2.Click “create page”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
View changes You see the page link is not in the section you want!
Fix navigation (METHOD 1) Click “edit sidebar”
Edit the top navigation item Click edit
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
1.Click link name you do not want 2.Click “x” 3.Click “ok”
Edit next navigation item Click “edit”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “add page”
1.Select page name 2.Click “ok”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “ok”
Save changes
View site Note that Internship Goals appears twice
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Fix navigation (METHOD 2) Click “edit sidebar”
Click “add a sidebar item”
Click “add” in the navigation box
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “edit” in the navigation area you created
1.Name navigation item 2.Click “ok”
Click “save changes”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “return to site”
Click “create page”
1.Name page 2.Click “create page”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “save”
Click “more actions”
Click “page settings”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
1.Check sidebar item 2.Click “save”
View page
Remove sidebar title so just link to page shows Click “edit sidebar”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “edit” in navigation box you want to change
1.Uncheck “display title” 2.Click “ok”
Save changes
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “return to site”
View changes
Add Content to Pages Add and format text Click link to page you wish to edit
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “edit page”
You can now type and format text as if you were using word-processing software
Save your changes
View Page
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Edit page using existing document (Located in GoogleDocs) Click link to page you wish to edit
Click “edit page”
1.Click “insert” 2.Select “document”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
1.Select file 2.Click ‘select”
1.Uncheck “include title” 2.Click “save”
Save page
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
View page
Insert images and video
Insert image Click link to page you wish to edit
Click “edit page”
1.Click “insert” 2.Select “image”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “browse” Alt text helps visually impaired
1.Locate file 2.Click “open”
Click “ok”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
1.Adjust image alignment and size 2.Click save
View page
Insert video Click “edit page”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
1.Click “insert” 2. Select one of the video sources
1.Paste copied URL 2. Uncheck “include title” 3. Click save
Click “save”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
View page
Insert links
Insert web link Click “edit page”
1.Click “insert” 2.Select “link”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
1.Click“web address” 2.Paste address 3.Click “ok”
Save page
Link to a page on your site with attachment (artifact) Click link to page you wish to edit
Click “edit page”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
1.Click “insert” 2.Select “link”
1.Click “existing page” 2.Click “create new page”
1.Type page name 2.Click “create page”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “ok”
Click “save”
Click link to new page
Click the plus sign next to “attachments”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “browse”
1.Locate file 2.Click “open”
Artifact will be attached
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Add Comment 1.Click in comment box on any page 2.Click “add comment”
Add Theme Click “more actions”
Select “manage site”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “themes”
1.Select theme (you can preview before saving) 2.Click “save changes”
More information here: http://www.google.com/support/sites/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=23216&printable=1
Help with YouTube accounts and uploading video to share in your Google Site: http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=57924