When you have completed this lesson, you will be able to:
- Identify how to embed YouTube videos, Google Forms, and customize your Blog page in your WordPress site.
- Embed YouTube videos, Google Forms, and customize your WordPress site.
Assignment 7.1
- Inside of your Web Design folder, create a new folder titled Lesson 7.
Assignment 7.2
- Utilizing other online features like YouTube, Google Apps, images, and other media sources can add value to your already present content on your site. As a means to add to our Montana Parks site, do the following:
- YouTube
- Glacier
- Navigate to the page Glacier page. Place your insertion point after the heading. Select the + icon to add a new block. Click the YouTube option. Paste this URL into the YouTube URL box: https://youtu.be/FRFaBQ2YXfE. Click Embed.
- Click the site URL to view your page with the video.
- Nez Perce
- Navigate to the page Nez Perce page. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Select the + icon to add a new block. Scroll down to view the Embed options. Select the YouTube option. Paste this URL into the YouTube URL box: https://youtu.be/AJ2_PSVJlKg. Click Embed.
- Click the site URL to view your page with the video.
- Yellowstone
- Navigate to the page Yellowstone page. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Select the + icon to add a new block. Scroll down to view the Embed options. Select the YouTube option. Paste this URL into the YouTube URL box: https://youtu.be/AKoFN9brF_Y. Click Embed.
- Click the site URL to view your page with the video.
- Glacier
- Google Forms
- Hotel Form
- In your Lesson 7 folder, create a new Google Form titled Hotel Form.
- Choose the brown color for the header.
- In the form, create the following questions:
- Name (short answer, required)
- Address (short answer, required)
- Where will you be traveling too? (checkboxes, required)
- Yellowstone National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Nez Perce Historic Trail
- Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park
- Missouri Headwaters State Park
- Tongue River Reservoir State Park
- Makoshika State Park
- First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park
- Wayfarers / Flathead Lake State Park
- Beavertail Hill State Park
- Giant Springs State Park
- Spring Meadow Lake State Park
- Black Sandy State Park
- How many people in your group? (multiple choice, required)
- 1-2
- 3-5
- 6 or more
- What type of room? (multiple choice, required)
- Single queen
- Double queen
- Double queen with kitchenette
- Deluxe family
- Share your Hotel Form with your instructor via your Google Drive. Your teacher will embed it into your Hotel Form page on your site.
- Volunteer
- In your Lesson 7 folder, create a new Google Form titled Volunteer.
- Choose the brown color for the header.
- In the form, create the following questions:
- Name (short answer, required)
- Experience (short answer, required)
- Area of Interest to Volunteer (checkboxes, required)
- Backcountry/Wilderness Guide
- Campground Host
- Construction/Maintenance
- Office Assistant/Clerical
- Fish/Wildlife
- Pest/Disease Control
- Soil/Watershed
- Timber/Fire Prevention
- Trail/Campground Maintenance
- Tour Guide
- Visitor Information
- Share your Volunteer Form with your instructor via your Google Drive. Your teacher will embed it into your Volunteer page on your site.
- Hotel Form
- Blog Posts
- Download these files and upload them into your media library.
- Navigate to the “Fur Trade in Big Horn Canyon” blog post.
- Place your insertion point after the word companies at the end of the first paragraph.
- Click the Insert Menu and select the Insert Read More Tag option. This will put a dotted line after the first paragraph. On your page, that function will only show the first paragraph on your blog page.
- Next, scroll down on your page and click the Set Featured Image link.
- Select the fur trade image to use as your featured image.
- Click on update to update the post.
- Follow the same procedures as above with each of the remaining four posts using the appropriate images from the download above.
- Pages/Posts
- Navigate to your posts and move the Hello World! post into the trash.
- Navigate to your pages and open Sample Page. Rename the page to Welcome and delete any information typed into the page. Within the page and the Page Attributes section, change the Template to Home page.
- Inform your instructor when you have these completed.
- YouTube