(Note: Resources from other toolkits, especially the Visual Toolkit can also be helpful in getting student's sites working and looking their best! Don't hesitate to use those resources too. The Web Toolkit is meant to support the other digital tracks with resources and activities, but student's final remixes should be a culmination of some other form of media.)
Tools for students:
Site Template Examples: https://templated.co/ (Even though you aren’t building your own websites from scratch, it can be great to go through site templates like these to get inspiration for your own sites and design).
Creating Color Themes: https://color.adobe.com/create# (Adobe’s site for choosing color schemes that have a consistent theme/pattern. If you aren’t sure what site colors to use, use this for inspiration!).
Pasting Word into HTML - Word to HTML converter:https://wordhtml.com/ (This will help preserve the formatting of a Word document when pasting into a web-platform, like student blogs).
Identifying Web Colors:https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp (This site will help students choose and recognize colors that they choose for their sites, giving them both the RGB and hex values of those colors).
A detailed video tutorial on making your first Weebly site (20 min.):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v81nRa_W9Fk (This is a detailed tutorial if you need a guide on making your first blog in Weebly. Note that you never need to buy a domain-- free Weebly domains are totally fine).
Tools for instructors:
A detailed video tutorial on making your first Weebly site (20 min.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v81nRa_W9Fk (This is a detailed tutorial if you need a guide on making your first blog in Weebly. Note that you and your students never need to buy a domain-- free Weebly domains are totally fine).
The University of Washington has an entire repository of basic web design concept lessons that's free to access. You might consider the following lessons and readings when introducing website design standards to your course: https://www.washington.edu/accessit/webdesign/student/lessons.htm