Website Graded Assignment

Due date Sunday December 6, 2009 before 11:59 p.m.

 

Maximum grade 50

 

Instructions: This assignment requires the use of a gmail account. The assignment is due Sunday December 6, 2009 before 11:59 p.m.

In this assignment, you will create a Google Web site that describes a personal interest or hobby of yours, or information about yourself (such as the information you would put on a resume).

  1. Access CougarNet (http://cougarnet.ColumbusState.edu/)
  2. Access your CSU Gmail account.
  3. In the upper, left menu, click on "Sites."
  4. When the "Welcome to ColumbusState.edu sites" displays, click on the "Create Site" button.
  5. Choose a "Site name" (optionally complete the "Site categories" and "Site description" sections); leave the "Collaborate with Everybody at ColumbusState.edu" selected; and choose a site theme.
  6. Click on the "Create site" button to create your site.
  7. Click on the "More actions" button in the upper right-hand corner, then select "Manage site."
  8. Click on "Sharing" in the left menu and click on the checkbox to the left of "Anyone in the world may view this site (make it public)" so that a checkmark appears in that checkbox.
  9. Click on "<< Return to site" at the top of the left menu.
  10. In the site, create at least one other page other than the home page. Also, between the two pages include at least one of each of the following:
    1. displays an image (not attached)
    2. hyperlink
    3. link to a document (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
    4. embedded video (Google or YouTube; not a link to a video; must be playable when the page is displayed)
    5. table with at least two rows and two columns with content.

Scoring / Rubric (50 pts):

  1. Created a Google Web site: 10 pts
  2. Site contains information that describes a personal interest, hobby, or information (such as the information on a resume): 10 pts
  3. Site contains at least two pages: 5 pts
  4. Site displays at least one image: 5 pts
  5. Site contains at least one hyperlink: 5 pts
  6. Site contains at least one document (Word, Excel, PowerPoint): 5 pts
  7. Site contains at least one embedded video: 5 pts
  8. Site contains at least one table with at least two rows and two columns with content: 5 pts
Have fun with this!!

For the Week 16 discussion question, post a message that includes the following:
The URL of your Google Web site (rather than type the URL in, open your Google Web site in a browser, then copy and paste the URL from the browser address window).