Web Orientation Session



Home:  http://sites.google.com/a/colgate.edu/core-116/  (aka 
https://tinyurl.com/cucoreaids)
  • Google Sites Overview

  • Session overview
    • Your experience with web sites ... 
      • Any? Google? Others? 
    • Previous AIDS Sites overview - Fall 2017 (access = *)
    • Your student webs - old ("Classic") Google Sites 
    • Logon Google
    • Shared site - limited sharing
    • Chrome/Firefox (not Internet Explorer IE)
  • Site Settings
    • Data restrictions - No sharing with others!
    • General settings (gear menu)
      • Manage site
        • Themes, colors, fonts
      • Edit site layout
        • Navigation
    • Theme
    • Save...
    • Do NOT convert to New Google sites (a bit prettier, but very limited)
  • Creating/editing a page
    • New page - name ... locate ... format (name it Sandbox)
      • Insert some text - try formatting options
      • Insert a link 
        • Everyone should include a link on their "home" page to the class page (
      • Insert an image - format
      • Insert a table - check options - Limited!
      • Check page options...
      • Save (versions) (aka Publish)
    • Editing options
    • Layout

    • Using computer documents - Copy text to web pages or add whole documents as attachments - 
      • Do not insert Google Docs! (seems great, but too difficult to share)
      • Tables - Copying from Word is only way to create complex tables
    • HTML mode ...
  • Site appearance - style review
    • Theme
    • Color/fonts
    • Site layout
  • Site management (activity, versions)
    • Hard to lose stuff
  • Copyright/attribution
  • Document/File sharing
  • Help resources

Assignment - Due Thursday! 

  • Create a page in your AIDS site named/titled "About the Author"
  • Include the following items on this page:
    • Picture of the author
    • Short, nicely formatted bio of the author
    • A link to some web site describing your home town 
    • A link to the page with the text "Other Fall 2018 Core AIDS Web Sites.." linking to the page listing all the class web sites
  • Extra credit
    • Include your "About the Author" page in your site navigation (left or top/tabs)



Web Editing To-Do List:

  • Create a page
  • Link to another web site
  • Link to a page in your web site
  • Add an image 
  • Insert a table to caption / position an image
  • Edit left or top navigation