Topic outline

  • Unit 48: Create Google Sites for Teaching and Learning


  • Meet your Facilitator

  • Unit Introduction

    This unit will introduce you to Google Sites, a simple and free tool that you can use to design your own website. You will explore the possibilities of using this resource for both teaching and learning. 


    **Note: in order to use Google Sites you will need to have a gmail address. If you do not have a gmail address yet you can learn how to set one up by completing Unit 20: Using eMail to support learning. 

    By the end of this unit you will be able to: 

    • Set up your own Google Site
    • Choose a purpose for your Google Site (administrative, per subject, accessible for parents etc)
    • Devise strategies for getting learners to create their own Google Site or to contribute to an exisiting Google Site. 

    Click on the link below to begin your lesson: 

  • Assessment Instructions


    Your assessment for this unit is to build your own Google Site that can be used for teaching and learning. 

    Step 1: 

    Click on the link below to answer a quick questionnaire about how you are going to use Google Sites and what type of site you are going to build.

    Step 2: 

    Build your Google Site. Remember you can go back to the lesson to review how to build a site if you need to.

    Step 3: 

    To prove that you have created a site you will submit the link of your site so that your facilitator can go and have a look at what you have created. Copy the link of your site and using the upload function below paste the link of your site in the space provided. 

  • Attributions and References

    Attributions (Open Education Resources): 

    • Knowledge Sharing Tools (2018) Google Sites. CC BY SA. Available here. 

    References: 

    • Google. (2018). Introduction to google sites. YouTube. Standard YouTube Licence. 
    • Google. (2018) G Suite Learning Centre. Available here

    • License


      This unit on Using Google Sites, part of the Teachers' ICT Integration Course by Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License with the exception of the following resources:

      Google. (2018). Introduction to google sites. YouTube. Standard YouTube Licence. 

      Google. (2018) G Suite Learning Centre. Available here

      All content not licensed under a Creative Commons license is all rights reserved, and you must request permission from the copyright owner to use this material.