Learn By Doing Projects

Learn how to use Weebly by making your own class 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