Wix.com - Webpage Design

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Check your email for the class invite.
What is Wix?
Look at some examples.
Create a new https://www.wix.com/education account using your school Google email address.
Assignments for the Wix unit are due on the day they are assigned. Late lessons will lose 50% of the possible points.

Lesson 1

Flag Side of Room Select Get to Know the Editor - In this lesson, you will get to know the Wix editor and learn more about safely creating online.

Lesson 2

Clock Side of the Room Select Working with Text - In this lesson, you will explore how to use text to communicate your ideas clearly, and how different fonts evoke different messages.

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Lesson 3

Flag Side of Room Select How to Work with Images - In this lesson, you will be tapping into your own visual identities while exploring image properties and best practices for displaying images online.

Lesson 4

Clock Side of the Room Select Designing with Vector Art - In this lesson, you will be exploring how you can add different icons (like characters and symbols) to your website to help tell a story.

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Lesson 5

Flag Side of Room Select Make it Clickable - In this lesson, you will learn how to add interactive buttons to your site, and will also explore how websites sway visitor behavior through calls to action.

Lesson 6

Clock Side of the Room Select Adding Video Content - In this lesson, you will explore different ways of incorporating videos into your websites, and will learn how to customize your own video content.

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Lesson 7

Flag Side of Room Select Designing with Strips - In this lesson, you will explore using strips — horizontal sections of a Wix website’s page — to help organize and structure your sites.

Lesson 8

Clock Side of the Room Select Design Your Mobile View - In this lesson, you will learn how to optimize your website for mobile browsers, so that your site is accessible from both desktop and mobile devices.

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Lesson 9

Select My First Website - This is a multi-class activity where you will be synthesizing the lessons your learned over the course of the unit to create your own websites.

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Select Create a Portfolio - In this lesson, you will learn how to create a portfolio website to showcase your projects, create an online resume, and/or develop your web presence online.
YOU NEED TO USE SOME EXAMPLE OF YOUR ACTUAL WORK FROM THIS CLASS. YOU MAY NEED TO SCREENSHOT THE GOOGLE SLIDE, PASTE THE PHOTO INTO PHOTOSHOP AND SAVE AS A .JPG BEFORE USING IT WIX. ZERO CREDIT IF YOU DON'T USE PHOTOS FROM YOUR GOOGLE SLIDES PORTFOLIO.

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Find a template that you can use to "sell" Elizabethtown or Westport as a great vacation spot!

You will need the following pages:

Homepage - a photo of your chosen destination with a blurb about the history.
Events/Activities Page - list of annual events (county fair, music festivals, races, 4th of July, etc.)
Attractions (at least 5) What is there to do here?
Places to Stay at least 2 (You should list the place, include a photo, and link to the actual site)
Anything else?

250 points

Examples

Email me the link to your website! Late -50%off

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