Google Sites - Create a simple website

Two x 2-hour sessions
For users of any system

Overview

A basic course that covers how to create and publish a simple website using Google's site building app, Google Sites. You may want to create a website to display and share family history, write your life's story,  document a hobby, pastime, or travel experience.

Prerequisites

You will need to have a Google account. Note if you have a Gmail address then you automatically have a Google account. You will need to know the account password as well. Please bring your laptop or you can use one of the Learning Centre Computers.

Objectives

• To sign into Google Sites and create a new site
• To create web pages and enter content, such as text and images, into same
• To publish a site using various sharing settings

Resources

• Here is a link to the finished website we will make during the course: About Sloths
• Here is a link to the Google Sites help page: How to use Google Sites
• Here are two links to resources that will help get your site indexes by the Google search engine:
  • (video) Add to Search Console
  • (web page) Add to Google Search Console
• The resources for this course are contained in this shared Google Drive folder: Google Sites Course Resources