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Introduction

Workshop:  Build a Website with Google Sites

This Workshop

ProMatch
January 21, 2015

Steve Raab
steveraab@alum.mit.edu
650-260-4560

Workshop room: Los Altos

Handout Packet: 4 items (including this page)

Upon arrival, check that your laptop has wifi access to the internet. Sign into your Google account. Then put computers in 'sleep' mode.

Wifi: check the whiteboard for network names and passwords.

    • Created using Google Sites 
    • Demonstrate capabilities of Google Sites
    • Online reference information to access as you build and work on your site. 

Google Sites

Access Google Sites at: sites.google.com

    • A FREE cloud-based service
    • Google hosted websites with a browser-based website publishing tool
    • Provides a word-processor-like WYSIWYG editing environment

A Google Account is required to edit Google Sites.

    • An account can have multiple Google Sites.

Useful for:

    • Team Collaboration / Intranet sites
    • Personal websites
    • Personal private sites
    • Small Business websites
    • Club and organization websites


Synopsis

Objective: Empower you to build your own websites! 

This is a Hands-on workshop.  3 Exercise periods.

Participants will each build a Practice Google Site.
  • Practice Google Site, means a private website to learn by doing.
  • Later, take what you've learned to plan and build your own websites. 
The workshop covers:
  • Overview of Google Sites
  • Examples
  • My First Site
  • Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Skills
  • Website Project Tips