jackie chan is frustrated because he does not understand what a blog is. explain to mr. chan what a...
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Jackie Chan is frustrated because
he does not understand what a
blog is.
Explain to Mr. Chan what a blog is before he karate chops you out of
frustration. Your best guess could save your life.
BELLWORK
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What’s a blog?
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OBJECTIVES
Create a blog on wordpress.com
Complete first assignment: Introduction
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WHAT DO YOU NEED TO CREATE A BLOG?
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- You cannot create a wordpress account without an email.
- If you cannot access yours or do not have one, create an account at gmail.com, ymail.com, outlook.com or various other free sites.
ONE: email accounts
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- Go to wordpress.com.- Click on “create website” or “register”
depending on what you see.
TWO: blog accounts
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- Create an appropriate name for your blog. This name follow by “wordpress.com” will be the address people type to visit your site.
TWO: blog accounts
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- Provide your email and create a password.
- You must be able to access your email. If you cannot, it is time to retrieve your password or create a new email account.
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- Skip any of the premium paid options by clicking “no thanks”
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- Select a theme. This will determine the template for your blog and the design.
- Themes can be changed at any time. If students cannot choose one tell them to select a temporary theme.
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- Select the “Free” wordpress plan
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- Once you have reached this screen you must sign in to your email to activate your blog.
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- If you see this message at the top of your page, you have not verified your email and your blog is not activated yet!
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- Once you are signed in to wordpress and you have verified your email, click the pencil in the top right to begin making posts.
THREE: creating posts
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This is the interface for creating posts with any combination of text and media.
It is a very barebones word processor.
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To insert an image, click the “add media” button.
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This will take you to the media gallery. Click “upload” to add new files from your computer or click “media library” to see what you have already uploaded.
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Here is it what it looks like after uploading two files. At this point you can simply insert or take the time to create a gallery.
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Before you insert an image, you can change settings and information in the window the right.
The display settings below let you choose alignment and size.
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Here is what the post creator looks like after inserting the images.
You can still add text above or below the images.
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Clicking “preview” shows us what our final post will look like.
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In this example, two more photographs were uploaded and “create gallery” was selected from the top left. Afterwards, “create a new gallery” was selected on the bottom right.
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In this is example, the gallery type “Tile Mosaic” was select and then “insert gallery” was clicked.
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Here is what the post creator looks like after inserting the gallery.
You can still add text above or below the gallery.
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This is what the clicking “preview” tells us our final post will look like.
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When you are done, click “publish” and your post will be live! If you are not done, click “save draft” so you do not lose your work.
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Your first Post:1.Your preferred name and a picture of
yourself (use photobooth)2.Previous Animation experience3.Previous Photoshop experience
4.Previous Graphic Design experience5.Previous Illustrator experience
6.Previous video experience
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Common Challenges
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Student blogs have no content
* They may not have activated their account: students must check their email and authenticate by clicking a button.
* Posts may have been saved in “draft” mode and need to be changed to “publish”
* You are visiting the incorrect website, double check their site address
* Student has not completed any work
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Students Forget Login
* Have students write down their username and password somewhere that they will not lose it
* Students need to know to access their email when recovering login information.