This workshop will familiarize participants with skills and strategies they need to build websites from scratch utilizing a user-friendly website builder. By the end of the course, participants will have the beginnings of their own websites that they can add to and implement in their programs.
Six PD Hours: three hour face-to-face workshop, two one-hour webinars, assignments and online communications. The webinars will be on Thursdays, April 14th and May 5th from 3:30pm - 4:30pm
The workshop will be in a computer lab. If you have a laptop, you are encouraged to bring it because it is easier to learn on a computer you are familiar with.
- Set up accounts for a website building platform (e.g., Wix, Schoolrack, etc.)
- Identify features of websites that will help them to achieve their websites' objectives
- Set up a website with a homepage and at least two other connected pages with minimal scaffolding
- Navigate the basic set of tools for building and editing their websites (e.g., add a text box, add a link, add a new page, etc.)
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Call on a variety of strategies for troubleshooting issues that arise while building their websites, so they will feel confident and self-sufficient in continuing to maintain and improve their websites
- Create a lesson plan for students to use and, if applicable, contribute to the website
Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:
Holyoke Community College - Kittredge Center - Room KC220
303 Homestead Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
United States
