This is a how to guide for creating a free Google Web-page for you classes or school.
By Matthew Bassett
1) Go to google.com
2) Sign-up for an account if you don’t already have an account (right side at the top)
3) Click on more (right side of the menu bar)
4) Click on sites
5) Click Create new sites
6) Type in the name of your site (Subject, your name, combinations of the two)
7) Type in a description of the site as needed
Sharing: Either specify everyone or people I share with. The site will only be visible to those you send invitations to if it is the people I share with.
9) Change the Theme: Find a site that shows a theme you enjoy.
10) Type in the code shown on the left side
11) Click Create Site
12) Sometimes the web site you created will have already been taken, look over the list that may appear and choose one or type in another idea.
13) The new screen that appears is the first part on your new web site.
14) Click Edit Page (top right side)
15) In the top box it says home. If you’d like to rename this just click and delete and then retype what you would like. This might be a place to say “Welcome to______”
16) Move down and type into the lower box what you want people to know when visiting your site. This may be a great place to say a little about you or just give a brief welcome message for visiting the web page.
17) When finished with your editing, click save.
18) To create a new page, click Create Page (top right)
19) Select the type of page you would like to add
a. Web Page: General Information that you want to add
b. Dash Board: A place to have four different gadgets to use on your web page
c. Announcements: A place to store announcements for your web page
d. File Cabinet: A place to store files from your computer (excel files, power point files, word files, .pdf documents, pictures).
e. List: Creating a web page that has a list of information
20) Type in the name of the new page
21) Select the level you would like to find the page in the navigation bar (left side of your page)
a. Top Level: Will be seen on the left side
b. Put Page Under: Will be visible under a specific topic (arrow to open the topic)
22) Click Create Page
23) The new page will open and you can start to enter text into the two boxes. The top box is the title. The lower box is the place to type in all of your information.
24) When finished entering text, click save (top right)
25) At the bottom of the web page you can find a button that says attachments. Click on attachments if you would like to add an attachment to your web page. A prompt will enter asking you to find the file you would like to add. When you find it click open. This will allow you to add in documents that you’ve created for your classes.
26) Sub pages, when creating pages you can add a sub page. Example, I would create a page for period #1, I might have a sub page on period 1, soccer. Inside of this soccer page I would list information about my soccer unit. I could attach files that I use to help my student’s learn about their soccer skills. To create a sub page you will have to click, “put page under _____.”
Think about the structure of your page before starting to develop. You will save a lot of time if you know how you would like it to look instead of working and realizing it is a very confusing web page. I have found that creating a web page based on my grade levels taught works the best. Under each grade level, I have created sub pages for each subject that I teach. My subjects are based on the California Physical Education Standards.
Adding a Calendar
1) Go to Google.com
2) Click more
3) Click Calendar
4) Create a new calendar for yourself. This calendar would be a great place for you to put important information for what your class schedule looks like, when items are due, when you are having assessments, etc.
5) You can add an event on your calendar by clicking on the date and the time of the event, and then drag the event time down to when it stops. Then type in the name of the event.
6) Go back to your google web site, start by creating a new web page
7) Click create page
Name the page, “Calendar”
9) Choose to place the page at the top level
10) Click Create Page
11) The new calendar page will appear
12) Type in any text in the lower area. This might be a place to make a comment about important dates, times, etc. for class will be found here.
13) To insert the calendar directly into the web page, click insert
14) Click calendar
15) Click the calendar you would like to see added (named by your user name for google).
16) Click Select
17) Look through the information on the new screen. Some of the information you might want to leave out. I have checked off the include title section (it has my email address listed). I also remove the show calendar name section.
18) Click save when finished. (The calendar box will disappear and take you back to the page itself)
19) Click save (upper right side)