Website Upgrade 201: Take Your Website to the Next Level (SEM 9-13)

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Class Review:
“Katelyn Miller's classes has become a go to in our home learning.  The moment we are done with one class, we enroll in the next.  Her encouraging approach not only opens up my child for excellent education but builds a confidence and success.   Perfect classes for any child interested.” -Angela W.

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*This class will not be canceled if only one student is enrolled for class.
*Many students take this class for STEM or Technology credit and/or general Elective credit, and may request a grade at the end of the semester for school credit. 

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So, you've taken my blog classes, my entrepreneur website classes, and/or my digital portfolio class, and want to take your website to the next level. Here’s your chance to build a professional website.

In this course, students transition the free website they built in one of my other website courses and learn the paid, professional WordPress platform. Students learn how to set up a professional, paid website through WordPress, learn how to use page builders, and become creative individuals. (No HTML coding experience is required. This class will not cover coding but will cover website page builders such as Elementor.) We will transition the content they created on their free website over to their new website so no content is lost.

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PREREQUISITES FOR THIS CLASS: (One of the following classes must have been taken before taking this class.)
*Write Blogs or Stories and Build a Website: Creative Writing 101
*Become an Entrepreneur and Build a Business Website
*Build a Digital Portfolio, Resume, and Cover Letter

REQUIREMENT FOR THIS CLASS:
Parents/guardians are required to pay for website domain and hosting during the first class. Website domain and hosting is NOT part of the enrollment fee for this class. Website domain and hosting is approximately $125 or less. (This covers hosting for 3 years and domain for one year. It will auto renew unless parent/guardian decides to cancel.) It is recommended parents/guardians are available for the first class.

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Week 1
*Work with students and parents/guardians to setup domain and hosting

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Week 2
*Introductions
*Expectations
*Student introduction activities
*Basic website setup activities

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Week 3
*Learn what a page builder is and how to use it on your website
*Build about page using a page builder (Elementor)

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Weeks 4, 5, and 6
*Move content from your free websites to your new, professional website

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Examples of student made websites created in this class:
https://viviennesaesthetic.com/
https://powerofthepen128.com/
https://izoshpost.com/

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What is WordPress?
WordPress is one of the largest used website building platforms that professional website developers use. In my own marketing business, we use WordPress to build websites for business and organizations. WordPress is an easy to use platform that requires very little coding knowledge. Students in this course will not need to know coding to build their own blogging website. Students may learn a few basic coding techniques. 

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What is the structure of this class?
During the first half of every lesson, teacher instruction will be provided on how to complete that day’s activity. The second half of every lesson will allow students to build their websites. 

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What’s your teaching style and how will you teach?
I like to have fun in my classes. I am thorough in execution but joyful in presentation. I do expect students to follow instruction and do the assignments, and I welcome every question a student may ask. I will use slides to help present my lessons and hands-on work to engage student learning. I love having students bring in their own learning styles and ways of participation. Since this is a small class, I do expect to interact with all students. I want to learn about my students and what they are experienced in.

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