Franklin Lakes School District

Skip to main content
Mobile Menu
New Student Registration is open for the 2024-2025 school year.  To begin, select "New Student Registration" under Parent Tab on the District Website's homepage.
| Login Contact Us
IT How-To » Create a Google Site for your teacher page

Create a Google Site for your teacher page

  • In a web browser go to https://sites.google.com and if needed sign in with your Franklin Lakes email address and password. 
  • Once the page has loaded click "Template gallery"
 
Google Sites initial page
 
  • Select either FLPS - Teacher Name Single page or FLPS - Teacher Name Multipage. The difference is all of your content is on one page that scrolls or on multiple separate pages.
Google sites template selection
 
  • Change the name of your site by double clicking the text fields.
 
Google sites change site/page name
 
  • Replace the placeholders on each page or section with your content. For example "Class introduction content. Please replace." should be replaced with an introduction to your class.
    • Your biography should be written in the 3rd person.
  • Any images can be dragged from your desktop into the editor. 
  • Additional content (Doc's, YouTube videos, etc) can be added by using the Insert sidebar.
  • To add a Homework calendar to your site, go to https://calendar.google.com
  • Click the gear icon in the top right corner and select Settings
 
Google calendar select setting
 
  • From the settings sidebar click the expand arrow next to "Add calendar" and select "Create new calendar"
 
Create calendar
 
  • Name the calendar "Homework Calendar" and click "Create calendar"
Name and create calendar
  • In the settings for the new Homework calendar set the correct permissions so that the public can view your calendar. 
    • Under Access permissions for events click the checkbox for "Make available to public" and set the dropdown to "See all event details.
calendar permissions
 
    • Navigate back to your class website editor and from the Insert sidebar select "Calendar" on the page you want your calendar.
 
 Insert calendar
 
    • Select the calendar you would like to insert into your page from the dialog.
 
 
Select calendar
 
    • Click on the calendar and then click on the settings gear from the pop up.
 
calendar settings
 
    • Use the following settings for the calendar
 
website calendar settings
  • To publish your website click the person with a + button icon to share your website
 
share with others
 
  • Change the "Published site" setting from "Restricted" to "Public"
 
site sharing settings make public
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • Click the "Publish" button in the top right corner to publish the changes to your website. You will need to click the publish button anytime you make a change to your site and would like it to be viewable to the public.
 
publish