Students are building a Google Site to showcase a project they have created. They want their site to be visible to their teacher and classmates. Where would the students go to adjust access?
To adjust access and make their Google Site visible specifically to their teacher and classmates, the students must use the Publish menu.
When creating a digital presentation, setting the proper visibility permissions ensures the intended audience can actually view the work. By default, a new Google Site remains private to the creator. To update this, navigate to the top-right corner of the editor and click the Publish button.
During the initial publishing process, a dialog box appears featuring a section labeled “Who can view my site.” Clicking the “Manage” link within this area allows students to modify the sharing settings, restricting the live page directly to their instructor and peers. If the site is already live, students can access this exact menu by clicking the downward arrow next to the Publish button and selecting “Publish settings.”
The other interface options serve entirely different functions. The Settings gear controls site navigation and branding elements, Home returns the user to the main Google Sites dashboard, and the More menu handles version history and file duplication. Only the Publish workflow manages the external visibility of the finalized website.