Create your own free, yet professional website. Easy to follow, step by step instructions. A simple site in less than an hour!

1. Creating
a website

2. Introductions
Gay
Stephenson
Online Communications Manager
gay@peopleforeducation.com
Jacqui
Strachan
Community
Development
Coordinator
jacqui@peopleforeducation.com
Kristine
Garcia
Online Communications Assistant
kristine@peopleforeducation.com

3. Orientation
• Jacqui introductions, shows us how to
participate in this webinar, fields questions.
• Gay shows us how, step by step.
• Kristine answers questions, can give you
extra support.
You (the participants):
• Can chat by typing questions, comments
• Turn on your microphone to speak
• Use the ✔ or ✖ and J and L faces

4. We ve all felt like this…
• I feel stupid.
• What happened?
• I am the only one
who doesn t know?
It s okay to ask.
We ll try to help.
Let s learn together!

5. Collaborating with the school
• For some this is simply a new tool!
• Protocol already in place
• If creating a website is a new endeavour:
– Open communications with the principal and
school council
– Collaborate
– Connect with the school

6. Create your own website

7. This workshop includes:
þ Signing up for a free website
þ Adding content (your text)
þ Adding pictures
þ Choosing a design for your site
þ Adding pages to your website
þ Publishing your new site to the internet!

8. How to sign up
Type in a username…
Then click on Sign Up

9. Choose a name for your site
Type in a name for your
website

10. Choosing your a website address
Click inside Option A

11. Typing your new website name/address
Find a name
that is available
Type in the name you
would like for your site

12. Your new website starts off looking like this…

13. Go to www.weebly.com
Now it s your turn…

14. Next steps…

15. Adding text to your page
Hold your cursor over the first box
Click on the box and drag it
down here.

16. Drag the paragraph with title down to the page
It will look like this

17. Then you can type text in the box
Drag as many Click on red x
of these as to delete a box
you want down you don t want
onto your page
Click in here to edit title
Click in this box to type
or edit paragraph

18. Adding a link to another website Or use the chain button
to add a link (as in email & Word)
You can copy
and paste a
website
address into
a text box
to create a
link to that
website

19. Using the editing / text tool
This is a close-up of what appears when you begin typing text in a text box.
Make text size smaller
B will make text bold
Make text size bigger
I will make text italic
u will underline text
Change the colour
of text

20. Adding a picture
Drag the box down
Click in this box to select
a picture from your computer

21. Then you can type text in the box
Once you’ve uploaded
a picture, you will see it

22. Changing the design
Change the design
Choose from favourite themes
or All Themes for more…

23. How to sign up

24. Choosing the design options: font, font colour
Choose fonts here

25. Don t forget to PUBLISH your site!
Click to save and
publish your work

26. Help when you need it!
Help is available!
Lots of clear
help topics from
weebly.

27. Creating pages
You click here to add a page
Then click Save

28. The settings for your website
Change Change
the title site
of your site address
or remove
it from
display.

29. Changing your website name
Or choose to
register a specific
name for $39/yr
You can change the
name of your site…

30. Questions?
Gay
Stephenson
gay@peopleforeducation.com
Jacqui
Strachan
jacqui@peopleforeducation.com
Kristine
Garcia
kristine@peopleforeducation.com
Or by phone 416-534-0100