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Blog How-To Session - Jan 11

Friday, January 8th, 2010 by admin

How-To Session Agenda:pre-k classroom

  1. Overview of blog functionality
    - posts, comments, categories, home
  2. Logging in/Creating account
    - username appears with your posts
  3. Add/revise posts
    - Categories, publish time, kitchen sink, visual vs HTML
  4. Add images/media
    - Media library, alignment, Youtube embeds

Next steps: post regularly, publicize blog, invite SIAD subscribers, invite experts, schedule Ask-an-Expert

ETA: Inserting a PDF or Word doc:

  1. either edit or add a post
  2. click ‘add media’ button (next to Upload/Insert)
  3. click ‘from computer’ (or ‘from URL’ tab if using an external link)
  4. click ‘select files’ button and browse to your pdf (or word doc, etc.)
  5. type a pdf title for users to click on (to open the pdf, that is)
  6. make sure the file URL line has a link to the pdf; do not click ‘none’
  7. click ‘insert into post’ button
  8. view live post and test PDF link

Example: Differentiation Lit Review Word Doc (.doc)

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