How to create a Google Sites template for your students

One of the great things about Google Apps is how you can easily create templates for your students.  In the same way that you might create a template in Google Docs, you can easily create a website, and then share it with your students as a template.

To do this, simply create your website like you normally would. Once your website is just how you want it and ready for students to begin adding content, follow the instructions below.

Note: Once your students begin creating a website from your template, you cannot go in and make changes to your template expecting those changes to effect the student sites. Those pages will now exist separately from the others.

1. Go to More > Manage Site at the top right of the webpage.

2. On the main Manage Site page, click on "Publish this site as a template" in the middle of the page. 

3. On the next page, choose how you will be listed as author (full name or user name), name your Site Template, and enter a description of your site. Then click the red "Submit" button.

4. After you click submit, a blue bar will appear at the top of the screen, and on the middle of the page a link will appear.

For directions on how your students can create a website using your template, follow these directions.