How to create a Google Site

● go to sites.google.com ● Click the Create button

● Name your site ● Scroll down and click to expand the select a

Theme menu ● Choose a theme

● scroll back up to the top, make sure that blank

template is chosen and click create

● Click on the gear and choose edit site layout

● Select Horizontal navigation and deselect sidebar. Then click close in the top right.

● Now, scroll down and add your pages

How to add a page

● Click create page at the top

● Name your page ● Click Create

● Click Save (you can add content later) ● Click on the gear and choose edit site layout ● Click on the horizontal navigation bar

● Click Add page

● Choose the page you want to add to the

horizontal navigation bar ● You can use the arrows to move it up and down

or change the order of your “tabs” ● Click okay ● Click okay ● Click Close

How to edit a page ● Go to the page you want to edit or add to ● Click the pencil edit button in the top right ● add or change the information ● click save

Creating a Blog Creating your blog/announcements page is much like creating a page. You just have to choose the template when adding the page.

● Click on Create page

● Name your page and select announcements

from the choose a template menu

● Click Create

● Click Save in the top right corner (you can add

content later) ● Click on the gear and choose edit site layout

● Click on the horizontal navigation bar

● Click Add page

● Choose the page you want to add to the

horizontal navigation bar (announcements or Blog, or whatever you named it)

● You can use the arrows to move it up and down or change the order of your “tabs”

● Click okay ● Click okay ● Click Close

How to update your blog ● Click the New Post button on your

blog/announcements page

● A new page will open to add your announcement

● Rename your post and type in the content. Use

the buttons at the top to edit just like word processing documents (bold, center, size, font, etc).

● You can also use the insert menu to add a google presentation or document (such as worksheet), a youtube video, a google form quiz, etc.

● Click save in the top right corner ● Your new post will save and load ● From your announcements tab, students will

see the most recent post first. As you add more posts, the most recent will show up at the top.