Tips and Tricks for Using the Blog
The class will use the blog to compose daily reflections about the trip. To access the blog, start from the course wiki and click on the Daily Journal link in the Navigation panel.
Initial Registration[edit]
Under the META Section in the right hand navigation panel, click on Register.
- Enter your WFU username and email address
- Click on the Register button
- Go into your email client and look for a new email that will have your password that the system generates.
- Use it to login to the blog.
- Click on the Profile tab.
- Add your First Name, Last Name, and in the Nickname field, enter your first and last name.
- Update your password to one you will remember and click on Update Profile to save these entries
- Return to the Display name publicly as drop-down menu and select your first/last name choice.
- Click the Update Profile button again.
New Post[edit]
Because we will be traveling and staying in a wide variety of accommodations, we recommend that you initially write each day's reflections using Microsoft Word. When we reach our final destination for the day and assess our connectivity capabilities, you will simply have to copy your writings from Word and then paste them into a new post window (directions follow).
- Save your Word document.
- Select all and copy the text to the clipboard.
- In the blog, click on the Write Post tab
- Give your new post an appropriate title
- Click on the Word icon shown in the image below
- A new window will open.
- Use CTRL-V to paste your text that you have copied to the clipboard
- Click the Insert button in the little window. This will put your posting in the blog composition box.
- Choose the Save and Continue Editing button at the bottom of the form.
- Now, you will want to assign categories to describe the subject of your post. Select from the list to the right by checking appropriate categories, or add a new category
- Check the Author listing to make sure your name is listed. If not, choose it from the author drop-down list.
- The final step is to click the Publish button!
