Creating+a+Portfolio+using+Google+Sites

Go to Google.com
 * Creating a portfolio using Google Sites **
 * This is going to be the location of your electronic portfolio!
 * Click on "more" near the top of the site
 * Click on "Sites" and create your own professional Google Site
 * Make your site private and only viewable by people you invite
 * Use “first name Portfolio” to name your site [Jennifer’s Portfolio]
 * No nicknames or slang
 * Share your site with me (jgrams@hlv.k12.ia.us)
 * Click on "Site Settings" in the upper right hand corner
 * Share the site with me as ** "viewers" **

=== Write an Introduction to the reader (sometimes this is the last thing you write, although it is the first thing people will read). Identify the purpose of this portfolio, the audience, and the contents. What is the purpose of your portfolio? ===

· Set up a structure using goals (or themes) as organizing framework
Table of Contents in Google Sites with links to individual pages created for each goal/theme

· Create one page for each section
Once these categories are identified, set up other pages for each major category you have identified, and link those sub-pages to the main page. Every new page created will automatically be added to the Navigation Bar


 * Creating & Sharing Google Documents **
 * We will be utilizing Google Docs for our work in class
 * Type or upload your** assignment **into Google Documents
 * Create a folder
 * Click on "create new" in the upper left hand corner
 * Scroll down and select "folder"
 * Name this folder the name of your class (ex: Entrepreneurship)
 * Click on the menu "Share This Folder" and select "Sharing Settings"
 * Enter my email address (jgrams@hlv.k12.ia.us) and click the "share" button.
 * Make sure to leave "can edit" selected so I can edit your work
 * Congratulations, now everything you put in this folder will be shared with me!
 * Share a single file with my email address
 * Click on "share" in the upper right hand corner
 * Scroll down to "Invite others"
 * Share with us as ** "collaborators" **

**OR, Consider using . . . Dropbox **
Dropbox is a free file hosting site that will act as your own web server. Dropbox has a wealth of features but mainly you will be placing links to files on your website that will be downloaded from Dropbox. These files include PowerPoint presentations, lesson plans, images, etc.
 * **//__ for linking to artifacts in your portfolio __//**