Building a Website

  • We will be creating and maintaining our own professional website in class, using it as a digital portfolio.  
  • I recommend using Google Sites for your site, it is very user friendly and intuitive (and the free version works great). If you want to use other sites such as Wix, Weebly or Squarespace, please let me know so I can add them to our unblock list.​
  • We are going to be focusing on your theatrical portfolio in class, but you can feel free to include other sections as well.  For instance, if you are a photographer, it would be great to have a photography page.
  • NOTE:  Do NOT use your school based email address when you create your website, as you will lose access to that address when you graduate.  Use a personal gmail address.  
Websites (you do not have to build your site just like these, they're a starting point for getting ideas)

Theatrical Websites (student) ​
Theatrical Websites (professional)
Other Design Websites
Website Assignment 1

Click here for a step by step tutorial on how to build your Google Sites website.  You do not have to use this tutorial, there are plenty of good videos and tutorials out there to help out.  You also do not have to use Google Sites.  However, the simplest option appears to be Google Sites.

Additionally, the steps below are the minimum for this first assignment.  You can certainly do more at this point if you want to.  
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  • Step 1:  Sign in to google sites with a personal gmail address.  NOTE:  You should use a personal email address (not your ncmcs.net address) for this, so you don't lose anything when you graduate.  If you do not have a personal gmail address, you can just sign up and create one.  
  • Step 2:  Select your template.  I recommend using the portfolio template, but if you would like to use a different one that works better for you, that's fine.
  • Step 3:  Add your site title.  Your sight title should be your name, or a variation of it (including a middle initial, or a middle name, for example).  This site title will also be part of your domain (the website where people can access 
  • Step 4:  Design your landing page.  Your 'landing page' is the homepage where people start out.  It should have some basic information and pictures, but it should not be too long.  
  • Step 5:  Add a new page.  Everyone should have a 'Technical Theatre' page on their site, where you can post projects from this class.  This should be a separate page from your 'landing page' or your 'homepage.'  
  • Step 6:  Publish your website.  Make sure that your website is published and will load when someone else pulls up the link.  Also, check to see that it looks good while viewing it from another device (someone else's chromebook, or phone).  
  • Step 7:  Submit the website URL on Canvas.  This is how you turn in this assignment.