How to Make a Google Site e-Portfolio

Julie MaierETAD 803: Multimedia Design for Learning

Objective

The learner will be able to set up a Google Site for use as an e-Portfolio.

Part I: Getting your Google profile ready

A. Sign in to your Google Account

1) Create a new account, if necessary, at https://accounts.google.com/signup.

2) Sign in to your account at: https://myaccount.google.com/.

Part I: Getting your Google profile ready

B. Prepare your Portfolio Assets

1) Open the webpage at https://www.google.ca/drive/.

2) Click “Go to Google Drive.”

3) Right-click on “My Drive.”

4) Select “Upload files…”

5) Select some files to share within your e-Portfolio.

Part II: Starting your new Google Site

A. Launch a new Google Site

1) Open the webpage at https://sites.google.com/.

2) Click “Create.”

3) Click “in new Sites.”

Part II: Starting your new Google Site

B. Customize your site and homepage

1) Click on the “Themes” tab.

2) Select from the options given.

3) Click on “Untitled site.” …

Part II: Starting your new Google Site

B. Customize your site and homepage

4) Edit the text to give your entire site a title.

5) Click on “Your page title.”

6) Edit the text to give your homepage a header.

Part III: Building your e-Portfolio

A. Add an additional page

1) Click on the “Pages” tab.

2) Click on the round “+” icon.

3) Type in the new page name.…

Part III: Building your e-Portfolio

A. Add an additional page

4) Click “Done.”

5) Click on “Untitled page.”

6) Edit the text to give your new page a header.

Part III: Building your e-Portfolio

B. Add text

1) Use the “Pages” tab to navigate to a page you wish to add text to.

2) Click on the “Insert” tab.

3) Click on “Text box.” …

Part III: Building your e-Portfolio

B. Add text

4) Click within the blue field of the new text box.

5) Type your desired message.

6) Use the relevant buttons to make desired edits.

Part III: Building your e-Portfolio

C. Add a file

1) Navigate to the page you wish to add a file to by using the “Pages” tab.

2) Click on the “Insert” tab.

3) Click on “From Drive.” …

Part III: Building your e-Portfolio

C. Add a file

4) Click on the file in the picker that you wish to add.

5) Click “Insert.”

6) Use the relevant buttons to make desired edits.

Part III: Building your e-Portfolio

D. Build, edit, and preview

1) Repeat the steps in Part III, A-C as necessary.

2) Click on the eyeball icon at the top of the page to “Preview” your whole site.

3) Explore your site looking for anything you may wish to go back and change.

4) Click on the blue “X” at lower right to exit the preview.

Part IV: Finishing your e-Portfolio

A. Put your e-Portfolio on the web

1) Click on “Publish.”

2) Type a unique addendum to your site’s URL.

3) Uncheck the box to “Allow my site to appear in search results” if desired.

4) Click “Publish.”

Part IV: Finishing your e-Portfolio

B. Share your e-Portfolio

1) Click on the arrow next to “Publish.”

2) Select “View published site” to see it on the web.

3) Make note of the full URL shown in your browser.

4) Send the URL to friends or colleagues you’d like to share with.

Part IV: Finishing your e-Portfolio

C. Future site management

1) Visit https://sites.google.com/new to view your collection of Google Sites.

2) Click on a site if you wish to return to editor mode.