Google Sites is an online tool that allows users to easily create websites without coding knowledge. It provides storage space of 100MB per site and unlimited pages. Users have control over site design and access permissions. Content like documents, videos and photos can be embedded. Sites can be deleted by owners through the site settings page. Various page types like dashboards, announcements and file cabinets are available to organize information.

1. Google Sites Overview Lesson

2. New Google Tool Launched February 28, 2008 Lets you easily create an individual or group website

3. Basics What is Google Sites? Google Sites is an online application that makes creating a web site as easy as editing a document. Embed rich content (video, Google Docs documents, spreadsheets, presentations, Picasa photo slide shows, iGoogle gadgets) into any page, and upload file attachments

4. Control of your Site You control who can access/edit your pages You control the site’s look-and-feel You can see and revert back to earlier versions of any of your site’s content You can be notified via email when pages are updated, comments are made, or files are attached

5. Storage How much space/pages do you get? Sites created @sites.google.com/site Site quota: 100Mb/site Max attachment size: 10Mb Pages per site: unlimited

6. Attachments How do I attach a document? You can attach files within the Attachments section at the bottom of any page or within a File Cabinet-type page. To attach a document to a standard page, click Browse next to Attach a file, browse for the file, select it, and click Open. Quota is 10 Mb

7. Deleting a Site How do I delete a site? To delete a site, please follow these steps: Go to Site Settings. Click Other Stuff. Click Delete this site. Please note that only owners have the ability to delete sites; once you delete a site, it can't be recovered by anyone. Only choose this option if you're sure that you want to delete the site.

8. Site Appearance You can change the following : Themes, colors and fonts Landing page for my site Logos Sidebar navigation Remove or hide my site title

9. Creating a Web Page A web page is an unstructured page where you can enter text, images, tables, and embed spreadsheets, presentations, videos, and more The web page has standard formatting You can create bulleted lists, numbered lists, and easily link to other pages in your site You can attach documents from your hard drive to the bottom of the page, and allow other site collaborators to comment on your pages

10. What is the Dashboard? A Dashboard page is a two column webpage with four placeholder gadgets to make it easy to get started creating an overview of information You can create a Dashboard page by changing the layout of a webpage to two columns and inserting gadgets in the page

11. Announcements, File Cabinet and List Pages An Announcement page is a page which makes it easy for an individual or group to post chronological information like news, status updates, or notable events A File Cabinet allows you to manage documents from your hard drive and organize them into folders List pages allow you to easily track lists of information.

12. Extra Google Tips Google Dictionary Go to Google.com Type the word “define” first Then type the word you want to look up Two Ways: define belsen (space) Or define:belsen (no spaces with a colon)

13. Extra Google Tips Google Calculator Go to Google.com To use Google's built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you'd like done into the search box and hit the Enter key or click on the Google Search button. Can you figure these out? 44 X 4.56? 6 X 72 in roman numerals? What is 100 kilometers in miles?

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