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Watch: Build a Portfolio with Google Sites - a video lesson from Applied Digital Skills that is free of charge. Share your work by creating a portfolio website using Google Sites.
- Student Showcase Portfolio
- Student Learning Portfolio
- Learner Profile Portfolio
- How to Create A Google Site
- How to Add Pages in Google Sites
- Select A Page Layout
- Insert Learning Artifacts
- Publish Your Google Site
If you are looking to get started with portfolios, one way to start is with a showcase portfolio. A showcase portfolio is a place for students to present artifacts that show mastery of standards or skills. Showcase portfolios work especially well at the end of a term or as their final exam. It’s a good place to start with portfolios as it doesn’t r...
Another type of a portfolio is a learning portfolio in which students track and reflect on the learning process. The very first year I started working with student portfolios, I attempted to implement this model but had many issues with it. The main issue was that it required the portfolio to be a place students visit multiple times per week. In th...
If a portfolio is going to be more than a file cabinet for student work, it has to not only reflect the work students do but also encompass aspects of the person that may not be evident is a classroom artifact. As outlined by the Institute for Personalized Learning, a learner profile contains demographic and academic information. But, it also house...
How to Create a New Google Site: 1. To create a Google Site using the New Google Sites platform, go to sites.google.com/new. 2. Click on the red “+” in the bottom right of the page to create a new site For additional support, please refer to the Google Support Center for Google Sites.
Once the site is created, students can add new pages to their portfolio. To add a new page, 1. Go to the right sidebar menu and click on the PAGES tab 2. Click on the “+” at the bottom of the menu to create a new page 3. Name the page and click “done.”
Layouts are a very powerful tool that I have students insert as they have space to insert an artifact with text a heading and descriptive text. To select a layout, 1. Go to the right sidebar menu and click on the INSERT tab 2. Click and drag the layout onto the page
Once a Page has been created, students will use the INSERT tab to insert artifacts from a variety of sources and add text to explain the artifact. One big thing that is easily overlooked when publishing to an audience outside of your classroom is that any artifact in their portfolio should be set so that anyone with the link can view. The INSERT ta...
Once you are ready, click the “Publish” button on the top menu to publish your site. Give your site a name and URL, and click Publish. Giving students an audience for their work that is outside of their teachers, parents, and classmates is a valuable experience and should not be overlooked. (See Shake Up Learning’s previous post: Every Student Shou...
This page will tell you the basics of getting started using Google Sites to make your student portfolio. If you feel like you want to make something that stands out. Consider these online...
Watch: Introduction to Build a Portfolio with Google Sites - a video lesson from Applied Digital Skills that is free of charge.
