Student Web Design with Weebly

Happy techie Thursday! I hope this post finds you "spinwheel of death" free. At the beginning of the year, our entire staff was trained in web design with Weebly when we created our classroom websites. Did you know that you can have up to 40 free student accounts with Weebly? Students can use this easy website creation tool to design a password protected website of their own!

Integration Idea
There are so many curriculum integration possibilities with Weebly sites. Any work that you want your students to showcase or publish can be hosted on a site. You can have the students create digital portfolios to host their work. Teams can design websites to host projects. Below is a screenshot of a student website used to organize information for a math unit culminating project. Click here to see the direction sheet for this project.

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What do the students think?

"Building websites is very exciting. I like how your imagination is your limit."
-Hiram, 6th grade CMS student

"Designing websites is good because you get to show your talent and how good you are at creating."
-Ilse, 6th grade CMS student

How to...

Set up student accounts

• Convert your Weebly account to a Weebly for Education account (free) at https://education.weebly.com
• Click on "My Students" to begin building your class (see image below).
• Click on "Add a class" to create a class.
• Click on "Add a student" to add students to the class. Tip: To keep username/password use consistent, it is helpful to create the students' accounts using their Google login information (just copy/paste from the Powerschool report). 

• Students will log in on the page students.weebly.com
• You can create a unique access password for all of your students' websites by selecting "Class Settings" and entering a class password.

Up for a challenge?

• Have your students use Embed Code to insert a Padlet or a Thinglink on their sites! Ask me how to do this... it's WAY easier than you would think.

Let me know if you want support in getting your students started with Weebly web design.  If you already have experience with this, please share your experience in the comments below!