Running head: CREATE A WEBSITE

Create a Website

Kathy Johnson

Student ID: 005054436

Program Mentor: Sierra Dixon

Assessment Code: TDT1 Task 1

August 10, 2021

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Picking My Website

In the past I have had experience with using WordPress and Weebly. I wanted to use a

Google Site for this task assignment because I have never made a Google Site before, and I

wanted to get familiarized with how to use this website platform. Overall, I do love using

technology, and I believe I can adapt to learning how to use different technologies well. This is

why I chose something I was unfamiliar with. One thing that I realized while working with a

Google Site is that all my progress and changes are automatically saved. While using WordPress

and Weebly in the past, I have had concerns with data entered in not being saved correctly. So

far, this platform has been extremely user friendly. I like it better when I compare it to the other

two that I have used in the past.

Creating My Website

To create my website on Google I started on the Home page of the platform. I gave my

website a title and called it: Ms. Johnson’s Class! I used Comic Sans MS Font. I chose this font

because it is a fun font to look at, and I feel younger students would like to look at it more than if

I were to choose a Times New Roman Font. After working on giving my website a name, I

noticed that there was a logo I could put in the top left-hand corner of my website. I put my logo

as TDT1 for this course and I put a Bitmoji of myself in the corner. I also changed the header

type of my title and selected the banner formatting. Once selecting the banner format, I selected a

background that I liked. I ended up selecting a polka dot background for the banner of my title.

I added the required pages: Home, Graphics, Multimedia, and Print. I changed the fonts

for those pages to Oswald. I wanted to change the fonts for the other pages to Oswald because

those aren’t part of the main Home page and I wanted them to be different. I also like how the
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font looks for those pages. I kept the banner format for all the pages the same, which was the

polka dot background.

There was an option to pick different themes for my website. The options were: Simple,

Aristotle, Diplomat, Vision, Level and Impression. I ended up going with Impression because I

felt it stood out more than the other themes. There were 5 main colors to pick from: Orange,

yellow, green, grey, and black. There was also an option to create your own color. I decided to

go with black because I didn’t want a harsh color for my website. I always get annoyed when

there are harsh colors on the eyes when looking at stuff on a screen. Something that is easier on

the eyes is more pleasing to look at, so I picked black to keep it simple.

When adding content and images to my home page, I found that this Google platform is

way easier to use than Weebly or WordPress. I was able to just drag pictures that were on my

desktop where I wanted them on the website. I was also able to click on a textbox to write

something. I was also able to reduce the image sizes very easily and was able to manipulate the

text size and font. On my home page I have three images, which do not include the logo image

that I have at the top left-hand corner of my website page. The first image is a different Bitmoji

image I used from the logo image. This Bitmoji image says: “See you in class.” I thought that

would be a fun Bitmoji to put on the home page. I have used Bitmoji’s with PowerPoint I have

presented in class, so using Bitmoji’s isn’t new to the students. The second image I put up was

me showing a butterfly to students. This picture was taken last year when my class released our

butterflies. I chose this picture so the future students can catch a glimpse of some of the fun

things we do in class. The third picture I posted was of some paintings. I chose to select this

picture because in first grade I love letting the students paint. I learned that it teaches them

behavior skills and following directions, plus it is a fun activity to do. It also helps with their
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gross motor skills. Being able to add and manipulate multiple images and texts on my home page

helped me meet the requirement for this course.

For the text that I entered I talked about how excited I was to meet my new first grade

students. I felt that the text I wrote correlated with the images I uploaded because it showed a

glimpse of the fun activities we do in class. On the bottom of the page, I also created a link so

parents can visit my school’s homepage address. I changed the color of this text so it would stick

out and is accessible to find.

After creating all the required pages and information, I added my assignment to my

website and titled it: Task 1. Again, I made sure that the header included a banner, which is the

same as my other pages, that includes the polka dot background. I wanted to keep the same polka

dot background to keep it consistent and simple. I uploaded my completed document to the page,

which now makes my assignment accessible to my website for the TDT1 course.

After finishing everything that was required for task 1, I previewed all my content under

the Publish button. There were different options I could pick from like: Publish settings, Review

changes and publish, View published site, and Unpublish. Once I reviewed my changes, I

published my site and is now available for viewing. Below is a link to my Google Site where you

can find all required pages and my Task 1 essay.

https://sites.google.com/wgu.edu/msjohnsonsclass/home