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Assignment 1 - Instructional Message Design Using Text (Final Version)

This document provides instructions for setting up an e-portfolio using Google Sites in 4 parts: getting your Google profile ready by signing in and uploading files; starting your new Google Site by customizing the theme and homepage; building your e-portfolio by adding pages, text, and files; and finishing your e-portfolio by publishing it, sharing the URL, and future site management.

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Assignment 1 - Instructional Message Design Using Text (Final Version)

This document provides instructions for setting up an e-portfolio using Google Sites in 4 parts: getting your Google profile ready by signing in and uploading files; starting your new Google Site by customizing the theme and homepage; building your e-portfolio by adding pages, text, and files; and finishing your e-portfolio by publishing it, sharing the URL, and future site management.

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How to Make a

Google Site e-Portfolio


Julie Maier
ETAD 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 sites 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 youd 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.

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