How to Use Google Sites to Make a Portfolio (2026) Tutorial For Beginners

Summary (Google Sites portfolio tutorial for beginners)

• Purpose/Benefit: The video shows how to create a portfolio website using Google Sites, highlighting that it’s free. It only requires signing into a Google account and visiting sites.google.com.

• Starting from templates: After opening Google Sites, the tutorial demonstrates selecting a template from the Template Gallery.

  • It emphasizes the Student Portfolio template as a “complete” starting point, though other templates like event, project, team, and photo portfolio are also available.

• Publishing a live site: The tutorial covers using Publish to set a site name/custom URL. It also explains that the published site becomes accessible through the generated sites.google.com link.

• Editing the site structure (pages): The created website includes multiple pages (e.g., Home, Classes, Activities).

  • The tutorial shows how to return to Edit and use Pages to customize each page.

• Customizing text and styling: Editing includes changing headings and styling options, such as:

  • Updating the portfolio title
  • Trying different fonts (example mentioned: Roboto)
  • Changing text color (example mentioned: white)
  • Adjusting layout when titles disappear by using Text box and repositioning elements

• Adding/changing images (multiple methods): The tutorial demonstrates replacing or adding images using Change image → Upload, including:

  • Drag and drop an image file
  • Select an image from sources such as:
    • a URL
    • Google Albums
    • Google Drive
  • Uploading from downloads to replace background/image content

• Adding content blocks/elements: Using Insert and element selection, the tutorial explains how to add or replace content blocks, including:

  • Sections like About Me
  • Components such as achievements/traits/goals
  • Organizing content by selecting categories/fields (examples: film-making, photo, music)

• Searching and using images: It shows adding images by searching/selecting appropriate “portfolio images” from Google Images using the element image selection workflow.

• Review and update workflow: The tutorial uses:

  • Review changes
  • Published/Draft steps
  • View to confirm the updated portfolio reflects correctly

• Editing additional pages: Finally, it revisits Pages to edit other sections like Classes, including renaming page headers (e.g., adjusting labels to a Contact/Portfolio style).

Main speakers / sources

• Speaker: Unnamed creator (tutorial host)
• Source platform/technology: Google Sites (sites.google.com), including:
  • Template Gallery
  • Editing tools
  • Image sources (URL / Google Drive / Albums)
  • Publish workflow