Weekly Workshops
Tips for Attending a Training Session:
Gather ideas for your site (find some websites that you like and make note of the features that you like on them).
Gather content for your site (we will not create any pages for content that you do not have AHEAD of time, we’re web designers not fortune tellers!) Your content can be in any format and probably will be a big mess of many sources. That’s okay. We can work with word docs, pdf docs, images, notes. But it’s best if any hand written notes or content are typed into something ahead of time, such as notepad or word. Preferably notepad.
Images – You’ll need a lot of them. You need high quality, large size images. At a minimum we will need 5-6, and if you want to get fancy, plan on around 20. These images are for your layout only, this is not content related. I’d stay away from current students (this can instantly date your site) unless they are abstract or creative shots where the focus is not specific students but what they are doing. The exception are when you have a really nice shot. Really nice shots are always usable, despite the circumstance (as long as you have photo clearance). Please don’t steal your images off Google. Enlist some want-to-be-photographers! There are also some wonderful free image sites: https://pixabay.com/ or https://unsplash.com/ You can also make brilliant looking graphics on Canva https://canva.com/, and we have this resource free of charge for the district, simply login with your district credentials for a free pro account!
Access to your site – We will be jumping in quickly. You should already be able to login to your school website and have at least blindly clicked around, wondering what all those confusing choices can do for you. Be bold, be daring! I promise, it will all start to make sense.
Overview of Training Videos – It does help to have gone through some of the training videos. Even if all they do is cause you to have more questions. Any sort of exposure to wordpress or websites in advance will help you get started and more importantly, understanding more quickly.
