Set up your personal website

Write first.
Publish with Sites.

Your website is the public home for your work. ChatGPT Sites is the publishing interface: you bring your finished writing or photograph, review the page Sites creates, and decide when to publish.

Before week one

Create your course site.

You do not need a separate account system, database, upload form, or private dashboard. Continue using the same ChatGPT conversation whenever you want Sites to update your website.

  1. 1

    Start a Sites conversation

    Open ChatGPT and explain that you need a personal website for EDU106. Ask ChatGPT to use Sites to build it.

  2. 2

    Build the structure

    Request a home page, a chronological writing page, individual post pages, and a responsive photo-grid page. Ask Sites to keep navigation consistent.

  3. 3

    Protect your voice

    Tell ChatGPT that your writing must remain your own. It may help with layout, accessibility, and proofreading, but it should not invent your ideas or rewrite your work without permission.

  4. 4

    Review and publish

    Check every page, link, title, image, and date. Ask Sites to publish the website and save the public address.

Starter prompt

Use @Sites to create my personal website for EDU106. Include a home page, a chronological page for my writing, individual post pages, and a responsive photo-grid page. I will publish notes, articles, replies, and photo posts. Make sure all posts are added to my rss feed and iclude the proper microformats2 classes. Keep my writing in my own voice. I will use ChatGPT Sites as my publishing interface. Make the site accessible and responsive. Ask for my name, introduction, and design preferences before writing content for me. Let me review the site before publishing.

Choose a post type

Match the form to your purpose.

Tell Sites which type you are publishing. Sites should add it to the correct index and create a stable link to the individual post.

01

Note

A short observation, question, quotation with commentary, or idea you want to remember and share.

02

Article

A developed piece with a title, clear structure, evidence, links or citations, and a sustained argument.

03

Reply

A response to another webpage or classmate. Link to the original and make your contribution understandable on its own.

04

Photo

An image-centered post with a title, meaningful alt text, a caption or reflection, and a place on the photo grid.

Every week

Publish two pieces of writing.

Publish one response to the assigned reading and one free-choice blog post. A photo post is separate unless your instructor says it may count as one of the two writing assignments.

Required

Reading response

Make a specific claim about the reading, support it with evidence, and explain why your interpretation matters. Go beyond summary by questioning, connecting, applying, or challenging the author’s ideas.

Required

Free-choice blog

Choose a subject that matters to you. Use the post type that best fits your purpose and write for a real audience—not only for the instructor.

College-level reading response expectations

  • Make an arguable point. State what you think about a central idea rather than reporting only what the author said.
  • Use precise evidence. Quote briefly or paraphrase accurately, identify the source, and link or cite it when possible.
  • Analyze the evidence. Explain how it supports your claim; do not leave quotations to speak for themselves.
  • Create connections. Relate the reading to another text, a course concept, lived experience, current issue, or meaningful question.
  • Organize for readers. Use a descriptive title, focused paragraphs, useful headings when needed, and a conclusion that develops the discussion.
  • Revise before publishing. Check clarity, accuracy, grammar, links, citations, and accessibility. Your published post should represent finished academic work.

Publish each new post through Sites

  1. 1
    Bring your work

    Paste the finished writing or attach the photograph.

  2. 2
    Name the type

    Choose note, article, reply, or photo.

  3. 3
    Request the update

    Ask Sites to create the post and add it to the correct page.

  4. 4
    Review and publish

    Check the result before asking Sites to publish.