DEVELOPYOUR OWN

LAGAN

WEBSITE

89%89% of young people accessed the internet on mobile devices in 2013. The use of Tablets is also soaring. New technologies are revolutionising the way we access and learn information. WE have to think the way WE have to think the way THEY thinkTHEY think. We have to Empathise to Educate.A website can make your subject instantly accessible to all your students 24/7 through a medium they love and understand You can upload movies, pictures, audio files, You tube clips, class photos, word, excel, publisher documents, Power Points etc

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This should be the end to missed lessons (and their excuses) Class homework’s uploaded easily to your email and marked Clips stream from Youtube on to your website for class lessons (without DVD players)Active careers information with links to university courses. Parental friendly and has been very well accepted. Parents can look over and share in their child’s learningUpdate information in seconds and add relevant articles and web links. This is great for A-Level subjectsFinally your students can easily create their own websites using this. This can make highly effective and creative lessons for them and provide a new technical skill to show off and add to CV’s.

Design YOUR website for what YOU want… and make it work for you.Design YOUR website for what YOU want… and make it work for you.

Password: lagan1981

Password: lagan

Password: lagan1981

GO TO: WWW.COOLTEXT.COMWWW.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 ScenarioTraining Scenario:: • For this Session try to work individually. For this Session try to work individually. • You are going to create your own school You are going to create your own school department web department web site, designed to promote your subject. site, designed to promote your subject. • Your site will include a number of advanced Your site will include a number of advanced features.features. 

WRITE IN: A USERNAME A PASSWORD Your School email Accept Sign up

Fill in the details here

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 Choose your web addressaddress

ImportantImportant: : Choose Sub domain of Choose Sub domain of Weebly —the others are Weebly —the others are charged charged (approx £30 a year (approx £30 a year for .com site)for .com site)

Just click on this section and Write what you wantThis page is going to be your ‘shop window’You can edit this image and add your own imagesJust click EDIT IMAGE

Editing the Title page

imageTo 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 featuresYou can Add Images to your title screen top panelYou can also add a Title with add TextBackground allows you to add colour backgrounds to this panel

YOUR TOOLBARThis little section at the side of your page is HOW you construct your websiteIt is full of TOOLS to help you add what you wantIt is simply DRAG AND DROPYou 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 BoldItalicUnderline Increase or Decrease FontChange Font ColourAdd hyperlink— (web address)

This mini toolbar allows you to Make the letters BoldItalicUnderline Increase or Decrease FontChange Font ColourAdd hyperlink— (web address)

This allows you to add an image of your choice This allows you to add an image of your choice which you have saved in your documents.which you have saved in your documents.You can amend the image in various ways tooYou can amend the image in various ways tooDRAG IT OUT AND CHOOSE AN IMAGE NOWDRAG 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 descriptionPlace it where you wantGIVE 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.

You can add a web link or indeed a link to a file such as You can add a web link or indeed a link to a file such as PowerPoint/ Word or Excel by dragging across a BUTTONPowerPoint/ Word or Excel by dragging across a BUTTONChoose the BUTTON STYLE firstChoose the BUTTON STYLE firstThen click LINK ; Add the file or website address you want and Then click LINK ; Add the file or website address you want and click SAVEclick SAVEAdd the Caption ON THE BUTTON— What it is (BBC web link for Add the Caption ON THE BUTTON— What it is (BBC web link for example)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 eachGIVE 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 websiteYou 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 one-