Transcript Lagan Weebly Course

DEVELOP
YOUR
OWN
LAGAN
WEBSITE
This should be the end to missed lessons (and their excuses)
 89% of young people accessed the internet on
Class homework’s uploaded easily to your email and marked
mobile devices in 2013. The use of Tablets is also
Clips stream from Youtube on to your website for class lessons
soaring.
New
technologies are revolutionising the
(without
DVD
players)
Active
careers
information
with information.
links to university
courses.
way we
access
and learn
WE
have to
Parental friendly and has been very well accepted. Parents can
think the way THEY think. We have to Empathise
look over and share in their child’s learning
to Educate.
Update information in seconds and add relevant articles and
A website
make
subject
instantly
web
links. This can
is great
foryour
A-Level
subjects
Finally
your students
easily
create their
websitesausing
accessible
to all can
your
students
24/7own
through
this. This can make highly effective and creative lessons for
medium they love and understand
them and provide a new technical skill to show off and add to
You can upload movies, pictures, audio files, You
CV’s.
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tube clips, class photos, word, excel, publisher
Design YOUR website for what YOU want… and make it work for you.
documents, Power Points etc
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Password: lagan1981
Password: lagan
Password: lagan1981
GO TO:
WWW.COOLTEXT.COM
• CHOOSE SOME LOGOS
• PUT IN SOME TEXT FOR YOUR WEBSITE
• RIGHT CLICK ON IT AND SAVE IN YOUR
DOCUMENTS
• USE GOOGLE
•TRY TO QUICKLY SAVE SOME SUBJECT
SPECIFIC IMAGES TOO – ABOUT 4
Training Scenario:
• For this Session try to work individually.
• You are going to create your own school department web
site, designed to promote your subject.
• Your site will include a number of advanced features.
WRITE IN:
 A USERNAME
 A PASSWORD
 Your School email
 Accept
Fill in the
details here
 Sign up
School district
is not needed.
Click CREATE
WEBSITE
This section allows
you to choose a
site style and
structure to suit
you. (Have a quick
look through)
For today just
choose this one…
You can change it
later
Choose your web
address
Important:
Choose Sub domain of
Weebly —the others are
charged
(approx £30 a year for
.com site)
Just click on
this section and
Write what you
want
This page is going
to be your ‘shop
window’
You can edit this
image and add your
own images
Just click EDIT
IMAGE
Editing the Title
page image
To Edit just
Click Add Image—and
choose images from
your Pictures (Try to
build up a good stock of
photos to use) Try
Coolpix.com for Great
titles!
Other features
You can Add Images
to your title screen top
panel
You can also add a
Title with add Text
Background allows
you to add colour
backgrounds to this
panel
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YOUR TOOLBAR
This little section at the side of your page is
HOW you construct your website
It is full of TOOLS to help you add what you
want
It is simply DRAG AND DROP
You decide which ELEMENT you want and drag it
on to the screen.
The thin blue line shows you where your element
will go when you unclick.
This mini toolbar allows you to
Make the letters Bold
Italic
Underline
Increase or Decrease Font
Change Font Colour
Add hyperlink— (web address)
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This mini toolbar allows you to
Make the letters Bold
Italic
Underline
Increase or Decrease Font
Change Font Colour
Add hyperlink— (web address)
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This allows you to add an image of your choice which you
have saved in your documents.
You can amend the image in various ways too
DRAG IT OUT AND CHOOSE AN IMAGE NOW
You can manipulate your image in
various ways when uploaded.
Edit Image allows you to add edges
and recolour ; It also allows you to
resize.
Click on Caption to add description
Place it where you want
GIVE IT A GO
SLIDESHOWS are really useful to
show a range of photos.
To add a number of photos click on the
slideshow button and hold down control
until you click all the photos you need.
This will upload the full range selected.
Slideshow then automatically runs
through them on your website.
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You can add a web link or indeed a link to a file such as PowerPoint/ Word
or Excel by dragging across a BUTTON
Choose the BUTTON STYLE first
Then click LINK ; Add the file or website address you want and click
SAVE
Add the Caption ON THE BUTTON— What it is (BBC web link for
example)
This Element is really useful for helping you Divide
up and structure the screen.
You can add 2 or more columns and you can then
add what you want in each
GIVE IT A GO.
You can add Youtube to your site.
This SHOULD be made available to teachers
in Lagan and has been cleared
It will allow you the ability to upload valuable
clips on to your website
You can then show these to your classes from
your own website.
Just go to You tube— Copy the URL (web
address) of the clip you want and upload it in
the link box shown here.
Adding a page is very
important—otherwise you
will only have a 1 page
website!!:
 Go to PAGES at the Top
 Click ADD PAGE
 Choose your Page layout
 You can drag your new
page where you want—
This means you can make
sub menus if you want
 TRY PRACTICING
THIS—Move the new page
in slightly from Home to
create a sub menu
Click SAVE AND EDIT to
finish
THE MOST IMPORTANT BUTTON IS PUBLISH!!
You can use this at any time as you are working on your website—It
publishes your website live on to the web!
 It may give you a choice of web address—make sure you choose the free
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