Learn By Doing Projects
Learn how to use Weebly by making your own class website.
Project #1 - Getting Set Up
Project #2 - Adding Text
Project #3 - Creating Web Links
Project #4 - Uploading Images/Photos
Project #5 - Upload Files
Project #6 - Create a Contact Form
Project #7- Adding Pages to your Website
Project #8- Adding a Video to your site using an html code
Project #9- Adding a Poll
Project #10- Publish Your Website
***Project Challenge- Add Widgets and Other Content to your Website
Project #1 - Getting Set Up
- Sign up for a Weebly account at http://education.weebly.com/ Choose a theme for your website.
- For step by step instructions, please visit http://kb.weebly.com/first-steps.html
- For more information on how to choose themes http://kb.weebly.com/switch-themes.html
Project #2 - Adding Text
- Add text to your website. Include such information as: 1.) Your name and contact info, 2.) A personal mission statement (Why do you teach?), 3.) Your class schedule
- For step by step instructions in more detail, please visit http://kb.weebly.com/first-elements.html
Project #3 - Creating Web Links
- Create three web links to sites that would be helpful for your students or their parents.
- More information on how to create links can be found at http://kb.weebly.com/links.html
- If you would like to add links using the button feature, please take a look at http://kb.weebly.com/button-element.html
Project #4 - Uploading Images/Photos
- Add at least one image or photo to your website.
- For step by step instructions, please visit http://kb.weebly.com/picture-elements.html
- You can also create a slide show. Step by step directions can be found at http://kb.weebly.com/slideshow.html
- You can search for creative commons pictures for your site at http://search.creativecommons.org/
- Looking for clip art? One site that can be used for educational purposes is http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage2.htm
Project #5 - Upload Files
- Upload a file of your syllabus to your website
- For more detailed information, please watch the tutorial at http://youtu.be/92R5ogFg7cU
Project #6 - Create a Contact Form
- Add a Contact Form to your website.
- For step by step instructions, please visit http://kb.weebly.com/contact-form.html
Project #7- Adding Pages to your Website
- Add multiple pages to your website.
- You can find more information on this at http://help.weebly.com/pages.html
Project #8- Adding a Video to your site using an html code
- Find a You tube video and embed it on your site using the html code option
- For step by step instructions, please visit- http://kb.weebly.com/embed-audio-and-video.html
Project #9- Adding a Poll
- Create a poll to share with your students
- Step by Step instructions are available at http://kb.weebly.com/polls.html
Project #10- Publish Your Website
- Website must be published for others to view your site.
- Step by step instructions are available at http://kb.weebly.com/faq-publish.html
***Project Challenge- Add Widgets and Other Content to your Website
- Learn how to add a calendar, Google Map, Search field, and more at http://help.weebly.com/widgets--other-content.html
- Add a subscription feed so that people may subscribe to your blog via email http://kb.weebly.com/blog-subscriptions.html