My Wednesday Workshop presentation on creating classrooms websites using Smore or Wordpress.

1. Creating Classroom Websites
Meredith Martin

2. Sites to Get Started
Smore - extremely simple single page website
smore.com
Wordpress - extremely popular, easy to use, flexible
wordpress.com
Google Sites - built in to our Google Apps account,
easy to set up

3. Website Creation Tips
Start Simple - you can always add to it later
Plan It Out - take the time to plan out what you want
on your website rather than just adding things
randomly
Clear Navigation - your website navigation should
make it easy for people to find what they are looking
for

4. Sample Website Map

5. Websites With Smore
PART ONE

6. Why Smore?
Extremely simple and
easy to use.
Just a few clicks and you
have an attractive web
page.
Only one page - perfect
for teachers who don’t
need a lot of content.
Quickly create an online
presence.

7. Signing Up
smore.com
Click Try it Now
Choose Sign Up Without
Facebook
Fill in your information

8. Setting Up Your Page
Start A New Flyer
Start From Blank

9. Add Your Title &
Subtitle

10. Add Main Content

11. Add Other Content
Photos, Links, Video, & More

12. Customize Your Design

13. Final Steps
Once you have told
Smore you are finished,
you are brought to a
page with a few final
options.
Edit, Preview, or Print
Link to Page
Flyer Settings

14. Flyer Settings
Choose elements you
want on your page.
Set privacy levels.

15. Presto! You Now Have
a Webpage!

16. Websites with Wordpress
PART TWO

17. Why Wordpress?
Easy, hosted website
Allows multiple pages
Simple to customize
Interface is easy to
navigate
Lots of design options

18. Signing Up
Click Get Started
Fill in your information
Choose free Basic plan
Check your email for
activation link

19. Choose Your Title & Tagline
You can always change these later

20. Choose a theme
Many themes are customizable

21. Create your first post

22. Sample Post

23. On the Dashboard, Click My Blogs

24. Click on Blog Admin

25. Welcome to your main dashboard
Manage all your settings from this page

26. Posts Vs. Pages
Pages are static - they are always in the same place
Posts are dynamic - most recent posts will be first
Posts are most often used for blogging
For websites, use pages for most things

27. Pages
On the menu to the left,
select PAGES
All Pages shows you a
list of pages already
created
Add New lets you create
a new page
Copy A Page duplicates
an existing page

28. Page Editor
Page Title Goes Here
Page Content Goes Here

29. Page Attributes
PARENT - Lets you nest
pages under other pages
TEMPLATE - Some
themes have multiple
page templates to
choose from
ORDER - Lets you
choose the order your
pages are listed in

30. Add Images & Other Media
Upload or Choose from Media Library
Once you upload an image or other media file, it is
saved in your Media Library for future use

31. Links
Link to often accessed
websites
Links show up in your
‘Blogroll’
Can be organized into
categories

32. Widgets
Found under the APPEARANCE menu
Widgets are little extras you can add to your site.

33. Important Widgets
Some themes may not
have these as default
widgets
Be sure you have
Pages, Links, and Meta
visible on your page.

34. Settings
Wordpress has many
different settings
Customize how your site
is viewed

35. General Settings

36. Writing Settings

37. Reading Settings
For most sites you will want a static front page.

38. Discussion Settings

39. Your Live Site
Your Website Address
Log in here

40. Don’t Forget
Email your site address to Jonathan to have it added to the
district page!