Video organization using Google Spreadsheets and Sites

Web editing can be difficult for many and making something user friendly for students can be even more difficult. I've been playing around with Google Sites recently and have found a useful tool for presenting students with an organized list of video resources created for the class.

What I'm doing is entering in a video link, the learning objective for the particular video and the textbook resource section associated with the video (as an additional resource). Using a new favorite formula of mine hyperlink(link, text) the link and learning objective are combined together very quickly.

What I like is what displays on the webpage can be resorted and filtered. If a student wants to see the videos, filtered by book section or learning objective they could do that. The page is also updated by editing the spreadsheet rather than having to go and update a webpage which seems quicker.

Here are the steps to set this up:

1. Click "Use this template" (or create your own if you want something different)

2. Edit the tab that says "Edit this, then Hide" by entering in your video information. Once your videos are all added to hide the tab, within the spreadsheet, click on the tab menu arrow and select "Hide this sheet":

Note: The spreadsheet needs to be shared as public to the web or it will not display for all visitors to your website.

Move to your Google Sites page now:

3. Click "Create page"





4. Add "Webpage" (Not a list page)

5. Go to the "Insert" menu and choose "Spreadsheet"

6. Choose your video list that you've edited. Set the option below to be viewed as a "List":

Check out your site page after clicking save to be sure it is displaying as you had hoped. Play around with the sorting and filtering features so you can show your students how this works as well.