Google Sites: How to Add Attachments and Links

This video tutorial reviews how to add attachments (such as Microsoft Office, iWorks, and PDF documents).  Sometimes it is also necessary to add a hyperlink to a Google Site.  These hyperlinks (or just “links”) link to other places on the web.  If you are working on a cool website or have a presentation such as a Prezi you’d like to show, having links […]

Google Sites: How to Edit Navigation

Editing the navigation (links to pages) on a Google Site can be tricky.  Pay attention to this video!  It will show you different ways to customize how links to other pages appear on your Google Site or digital portfolio.

Google Sites: How to Create and Set-up a Google Site

Now that your Google account is created, you’re ready to set up your Google Site/Digital Portfolio.  When setting up your site, you will select a template or theme, site name and URL (web address), as well as decide with whom you will share your site. Deciding how to share your site is VERY IMPORTANT!  If you’re creating a digital portfolio, you do not want your […]

Google Sites: How to Change Site and Page Layout

Once you’ve setup your Google Site/Digital Portfolio, the next step is getting the layout (where things are on the site) where you want them.  There are two types of layout – site layout and page layout.  When changing the site layout, all pages within the site change.  When changing the page layout, the layout only […]

Google Sites: How to Insert Text and Images

This tutorial video shows you the basics – how to add text and pictures.  Similar to word processing programs like Microsoft Word, Google Sites offers users formatting options such as font style, size and color of font, as well as emphasis formats such as bold, italics, and underline.  Google Sites does not offer quite as many options as Microsoft Word […]

Google Sites: How to Embed Google Docs

Displaying final product work is the magic of the digital portfolio!  You will be able to look back years from now at projects you worked hard on and feel pride for the work you created.  There are many different ways to display final products on a Google Site.   This video will show how to embed (or […]

Google Sites: How to Add Pages

Congratulations!  If you have followed the digital portfolio creation series, you should at this point have your home page complete (if not, go back and complete videos #1-8 of this series). The next step is to add the interior (or project) pages.  This video shows you how to not only add pages to your website or digital portfolio, but also how to […]

Google Sites: How to Add an Announcements Section

Many times people don’t want to search endlessly on your site looking for new stuff….make it easy on your audience and include an announcements section where you can quickly and easily update what’s new on your site, what’s new with you, or anything else you may want to share that relevant to your digital portfolio. […]

Google Sites: How to Add Video

A great way to enhance a digital portfolio or other type of website is to add video.  Google Sites makes it easy to add video from YouTube or your computer (via upload to Google Drive). If you’re adding video to a digital portfolio, I recommend using videos that showcase you and/or your work.  For this video example, we’re going to […]

Google Sites: How to Insert Tables and Lists

For the purposes of layout (where things go on your site), sometimes we may need to use a table to help keep our stuff in the proper place on the site.  Don’t worry, you can always make the border of the table invisible so that your audience doesn’t automatically see a table. Lists are also very important.  In Google Sites, we can […]