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Building Your Faculty Website

Building Your Faculty Website. using Phil Bozak philipbo@buffalo.edu. Learning Objectives. Create a Google Site Add pages to your Google Site Add and edit content Understand and set permissions. What is Google Sites?. Free service offered by Google Web application

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Building Your Faculty Website

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  1. Building Your Faculty Website using Phil Bozak philipbo@buffalo.edu

  2. Learning Objectives Create a Google Site Add pages to your Google Site Add and edit content Understand and set permissions UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  3. What is Google Sites? Free service offered by Google Web application Designed for simplicity and versatility UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  4. Why use Google Sites? • The good: • No cost to use • Don’t need to be a web designer • Central location for web content and offline files • Simple Interface • Page Templates • Edit from anywhere • Collaboration UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  5. Why use Google Sites? • The not-so-good: • Limited layout options • Lacks general password protection • Limited to what Google provides UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  6. Google Sites help http://support.google.com/sites/ UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  7. Creating Your Google Site • “UB Faculty Website Template” or • https://sites.google.com/site/ubtemplate/ • http://goo.gl/TcY43 UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  8. Creating Your Google Site Once a site is created, the site URL cannot be changed Once a site is deleted, site URLs cannot be reused by other people Deleted sites can be restored for 30 days UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  9. Adding Pages Web Page Announcements File Cabinet List UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  10. Adding Pages Page name Page URL Page type UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  11. Page Name UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  12. Page Name Appears at top of browser window and on tabs Appears in navigation menu Appears at top of page content area Default name for bookmarks UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  13. Page URLs No spaces No special characters Google Sites automatically suggests URL based on page name UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  14. Writing for the Web • Clear and concise • 25% - 50% of the word count of paper content • Use headings and sub-headings • Use bullet points • Write out acronyms the first time UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  15. Design suggestions • 2 different fonts per site • Text emphasis • Use bold or italic • 2-3 colors per site • Use fonts and colors consistently • Use meaningful images • Avoid ‘eye candy’ UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  16. Links • Meaningful • Do not use ‘Click here’ • 5 – 7 words in length • Underline • Do not underline text that is not a link UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  17. Page Settings + Navigation Bar UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  18. Sharing and Permissions Public on the web Anyone with the link Private UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

  19. Manage Site UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

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  32. One last thing • You can set up your UB website so that it redirects to your Google Site. • Example: • Typing “www.buffalo.edu/~ubitname” in the address bar will bring the user to your Google Site • Note: the site will still be hosted on Google’s servers (not on UB’s servers). UBTLC - [Building Your Faculty Website] [Phil Bozak] – 10/9/2012

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