Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Create a Google
AccountFollow steps at
http://sites.google.co
m (sign up, and sign
in)
Click “create site”
1.Keep the blank
template
2.Name your site
3.Type the code
4.Click “create site”
Site is created
Create Your Site
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Make site private
Click “more
actions”
Select “sharing
and permissions”
Click “change” in
“who has access”
section
Select an option
and click “save”
Revise Your Site Settings
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Add editors and readers
Type e-mail
address in “add
people” field
1.Change role of
added users.
“Can edit” means
user can change
your site. “Can
view” means user
can only look at
site.
2.Click “share and
save”
Click down arrow
next to role to
change after initial
set-up
Click “return to
site”
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Remove sitemap link
Click “edit sidebar”
To remove the
“sitemap” link,
1.Click “edit” in
the navigation box
2.Uncheck
“sitemap”
3.Click “ok”
Save changes
Customize Your Site Navigation
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Customize Your Site Navigation
Organize the navigation your way
Click “edit sidebar”
1.Uncheck
“automatically
organize my
navigation”
2.Click “ok”
Save changes
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Add navigation items
Click “edit sidebar”
Click “add sidebar
item”
Click “add”
Customize Your Site Navigation
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New navigation
appears below
original one
Rename navigation item
Click “edit”
1.Type link name
2.Click “ok”
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Save changes
Click “create page”
1.Type page
title
2.Click “create
page”
Create Pages
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View changes
You see the
page link is
not in the
section you
want! 
Fix navigation (METHOD 1)
Click “edit
sidebar”
Edit the top navigation item
Click edit
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
1.Click link
name you do
not want
2.Click “x”
3.Click “ok”
Edit next navigation item
Click “edit”
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Click “add page”
1.Select page
name
2.Click “ok”
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Click “ok”
Save changes
View site
Note that
Internship Goals
appears twice
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Fix navigation (METHOD 2)
Click “edit
sidebar”
Click “add a
sidebar item”
Click “add” in
the navigation
box
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Click “edit” in
the navigation
area you created
1.Name
navigation item
2.Click “ok”
Click “save
changes”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “return to
site”
Click “create
page”
1.Name page
2.Click “create
page”
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Click “save”
Click “more
actions”
Click “page
settings”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
1.Check sidebar
item
2.Click “save”
View page
Remove sidebar title so just link to page shows
Click “edit
sidebar”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “edit” in
navigation box
you want to
change
1.Uncheck
“display title”
2.Click “ok”
Save changes
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
Click “return to
site”
View changes
Add and format text
Click link to page
you wish to edit
Add Content to Pages
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Click “edit page”
You can now
type and format
text as if you
were using
word-processing
software
Save your
changes
View Page
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Edit page using existing document (Located in GoogleDocs)
Click link to
page you wish
to edit
Click “edit page”
1.Click “insert”
2.Select
“document”
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1.Select file
2.Click ‘select”
1.Uncheck
“include title”
2.Click “save”
Save page
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View page
Insert image
Click link to
page you wish
to edit
Click “edit page”
1.Click “insert”
2.Select “image”
Insert images and video
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Click “browse”
Alt text helps
visually impaired
1.Locate file
2.Click “open”
Click “ok”
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1.Adjust image
alignment and
size
2.Click save
View page
Insert video
Click “edit page”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
1.Click “insert”
2. Select one of
the video
sources
1.Paste copied
URL
2. Uncheck
“include title”
3. Click save
Click “save”
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View page
Insert web link
Click “edit page”
1.Click “insert”
2.Select “link”
Insert links
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1.Click“web
address”
2.Paste address
3.Click “ok”
Save page
Link to a page on your site with attachment (artifact)
Click link to
page you wish
to edit
Click “edit page”
Electronic Portfolios with Google Sites
1.Click “insert”
2.Select “link”
1.Click “existing
page”
2.Click “create
new page”
1.Type page
name
2.Click “create
page”
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Click “ok”
Click “save”
Click link to new
page
Click the plus
sign next to
“attachments”
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Click “browse”
1.Locate file
2.Click “open”
Artifact will be
attached
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1.Click in
comment box
on any page
Add Comment
2.Click “add
comment”
Click “more
actions”
Select
“manage site”
Add Theme
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Click “themes”
1.Select
theme (you
can preview
before saving)
2.Click “save
changes”
More information here:
http://www.google.com/support/sites/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=23216&printable=1
Help with YouTube accounts and uploading video to share in your Google Site:
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=57924