Founded in 2007, Weebly is a complete platform that allows anyone to start and grow an online site or business with curated website templates, powerful ecommerce and integrated marketing. Users can create a site easily using the powerful Drag & Drop Website Editor. Videos, pictures, maps, and text are added by simply dragging them to your website. No HTML or technical skills are required
It is completely free to create and publish a website with Weebly. Users can opt to buy a pro account upgrade for a small fee, or purchase their own domain, but the free service is and will remain 100% feature packed.
Hosting is included so users do not need to pay for a hosting provider.
Type of Material:
Development Tool
Recommended Uses:
Weebly offers users the structure and open-ended ability to create websites for portfolios, online stores, travel logs, online brochures, non profits, and more. A blog set-up, also within Weebly, can easily be connected to any of these possibilities.
Technical Requirements:
Internet access is required.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
The purpose of Weebly is to provide a service that allows everyone to easily create a high quality web site. Today, Weebly has helped millions of people--entrepreneurs, business owners, teachers, artists and more start something that is uniquely their own.
Target Student Population:
middle school through adult
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
No prerequisite knowledge required. If you do have experience with web site development, you will appreciate the organization, structure, and ease of use with Weebly.
Content Quality
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Strengths:
Weebly offers a all-in-one website builder for users. The drag and drop design, the consistent and good functionality, the bundled hosting, and customer support provide users with solid tools for creating websites to meet their educational needs. The free version offers all of this. The pro version offers more. This site provides everything a user needs--except the content--to create well designed and responsive web sites. Users can also create a blog in Weebly and connect it (or not) to their Weebly website. Any curricular area, content, or beyond can be featured on the user's website. The Weebly site provides a well organized Help Center for users as well.
Concerns:
None.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
Materials can be utilized by those new to web page design as well as for advanced users. Pages can be created for any content subject. Additional apps to aid with specific focus on pages are available for free and paid versions. Weebly makes all of the tasks that go to creating a functioning website efficient, so users can focus on the particular content they want to share. Weebly can be used beginners who have never created a website and by webmasters. The support and visual guidance built into the site, make it easy to create pages that showcase what you want. And if you have a question, the help center, chat option, and online community offer quick ways to find what you need. Weebly also offers marking tools, that can be added to the user's website. Weebly is designed for those who need a functioning website and are not heavy users with complex sites or sales.
Concerns:
None.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The layout of the Weebly site is clear and the tabs indicate what tool options users have. The site provides user-friendly templates, drag and drop tools that help build pages. The themes users can chose are responsive so they will perfectly adapt to mobile devices. A simple statistics tool is available in the free plan. More detailed statistics tools are available with upgrades. The free plan has a limit of 500 MB storage space. Weebly takes care of security against hackers and spam. Support is available through FAQs, Chat, Email and telephone.
Concerns:
None.
Other Issues and Comments:
When using with students, educators might consider how they will sign up for free web site access.
Creative Commons:
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