Google sites is a website creation tool which is easy-to-use and has a friendly user-interface. Though not actually a learning management system, you organize content, share, learning materials, and post assessments in an interface learners are accustomed to.

CREATING A LEARNING PLATFORM IN GOOGLE SITES

1. Go to https://sites.google.com/
2. Start a NEW SITE or select from TEMPLATES available.
3. In the THEMES tab, select and customize your site's visual appeal
4. In the PAGES tab, you may create various webpages and tabs in your website. Suggested pages are
   • Course overview (course background, objectives, syllabus)
   • Week's Module (module for the week, assessment for the week)
   • Module (collection of all modules)
   • Assessment (collection of all exercises, quiz, etc)
   • Note: You may make each tab visible and hidden
5. In the INSERT tab, you may add various content by drag/select-and-drop feature. Google sites allows you to add text, image, borders, buttons, lists, dividers, etc. You can also integrate google slides, docs, sheets, forms, drive, and PDF in your site.
6. Before publishing the site, you may PREVIEW it.
7. PUBLISH the site
   • Select an extension/URL to make your site aligned with your course
   • Select accessibility of your site. It can be for up.edu.ph users only, or for public.

SAMPLE GOOGLE SITE

SAMPLE COURSE IN GOOGLE SITES

This sample google site is designed for DOST-FNRI for their learning course on online learning

https://sites.google.com/up.edu.ph/fnri-ol/home