Creating Your Portfolio Site with Google Sites

So Mi Kim, UGA(cotton93@gmail.com)

Your task is..• Go to: http://sites.google.com and log in using your Gmail account.• Open your Google Site.• Create a Home Page and include:

- Picture of you- Short description of what you would like to learn this semester

• Create an “About Me” page and include: - Insert 2-3 pictures- Include 2-3 links to relevant websites- Write 2-3 paragraphs about yourself

• Create a Blog Postings page and link to your home page.- Post your learning story- Post your response to the reading assignments.

1. Create a “Homepage” (1)• Once you create a new site, you will automatically have a

default page, this is going to be your home.• Click “edit page”

1. Create a “Homepage” (2)• “Insert” an image (picture) of yourself

1. Create a “Homepage” (3)• Adjust your image

alignment size Wrap on/off

Sorry, it is not me, but you should insert your

photo!!

1. Create a “Homepage” (4)• Write a short description of what you would like to

learn this semester and click “save”.

2. Create a “About Me” page (1)• Click “new page” and name it as “About Me.”

1. You should select a “Web Page” template

to use!!!

2. Put page at the top; otherwise, you

will create a sub-menu (for example,

under Home).

2. Create a “About Me” page (2)• Insert 2-3 pictures, and write 2-3 paragraphs about

yourself (see “#1. Create a homepage” if you are not sure about how to insert images).

2. Create a “About Me” page (4)• Highlight text and insert 2-3 links to relevant

websites for additional information.

1. Highlight text!

2. Click “Link”

2. Create a “About Me” page (4)• Specify link settings 1. Put the site

address

2. Select the page where you will

create a link

3. Select “Open this link in a new window” option

2. Create a “About Me” page (5)

You should be able to see the link.

3. Create a “Blog Postings” page (1)• Click “new page” and name it as “Blog Postings.”

1. You should select an “announcements”

template!

2. Put page at the top; otherwise, you

will create a sub-menu (for example, under About Me).

3. Click “create”

3. Create a “Blog Postings” page (2)

You should be able to see the “Blog Postings” page

It is RSS, which allows your

readers get posts through a s/w like Google or Google

Reader. 1. Click “New post”

3. Create a “Blog Postings” page (3)• Name the title, type your text, and save it.

3. Create a “Blog Postings” page (4)• You should be able to see a new post.

4. Link the “Blog Postings” page to your home (1)• We would like to have your current postings

displayed at your home. First, click “edit page”

4. Link the “Blog Postings” page to your home (2)• Let’s change the page layout. Click “layout.” We will

have two columns

4. Link the “Blog Postings” page to your home (3)• Click “Insert” and insert gadgets “recent posts”

4. Link the “Blog Postings” page to your home (4)

Specify settings1. Choose from

where you would like to get posts.

2. Chose the post length and

number of posts.

3. Name title as “recent postings”

4. Link the “Blog Postings” page to your home (5)

Now your first column has the original text and

image. The second column has recent postings updated.

4. Link the “Blog Postings” page to your home (6) • Save the page; you should be able to see a page like

this.