ENG 1021: Creating an Electronic Portfolio
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Click “Sign up now”.
Click “Sign up now”.3.Create a user name of your choice. Please write this down. You will need to give this to me at the end of class.
Create a user name of your choice. Please write this down. You will need to give this to me at the end of class.4.Create a password and confirm it.
Create a password and confirm it.5.Enter your J&W email address.
Enter your J&W email address.6.Select “I have read and agree to the fascinating terms of service.”
Select “I have read and agree to the fascinating terms of service.”7.Select “gimme a blog!” then click “next”.
Select “gimme a blog!” then click “next”.8.Note: if someone else has chosen the username you have selected, the system will highlight everything in red and will ask you to choose another.
Note: if someone else has chosen the username you have selected, the system will highlight everything in red and will ask you to choose another.9.If your username is accepted, you will be directed to the next page where you will need to select your blog’s domain name (i.e. web address), your blog’s title, and language.
If your username is accepted, you will be directed to the next page where you will need to select your blog’s domain name (i.e. web address), your blog’s title, and language.10.For language, select English.
For language, select English.11. Check the box under privacy if you would like for others to have the ability to locate your blog using google or other search engines. If you don't want this option, leave this unchecked.
12. Click "sign up."
13. An email will been sent to the email address you used to activate your account in step #5. Check your email inbox and click the link in the message. It should arrive within 30 minutes. If you do not activate your account within two days, you will have to sign up again
14. You will receive an email that reads, "Your account is now active!
Your blog at <your user ID>.wordpress.com is active. You may now login to your blog using your chosen username of "<username>". Please check your email inbox at <your email address> for your password and login instructions. If you do not receive an email, please check your junk or spam folder. If you still do not receive an email within an hour, you can reset your password.
15. In the first line of this message, there will be a hyperlink associated with your username. Click this, and it will take you directly to your blog.
16. At the bottom right, under "meta," you will see "log in." Click that and log into your account using the user ID an password you created in steps #3 and #4 above.
17. On the left side of the page, you will see what the site calls the "dashboard." This is the toolbar that you need to complete all of the following steps.
Today what we want to focus on is only creating the pages that you need and working on what your blog looks like.
18. On the left side of the page, about half-way down your dashboard, you will see "pages." Click that.
19. In that same location, beneath "pages," you should now see "edit" and "add new." Click "add new."
20. Add the top of the page you will see "Add New Page" and a text box. In that textbox, type "Annotated Table of Contents" (without the quotation marks please).
21. Near the end of that textbox on the right side of the page, you will see "Publish." In that box, click "save draft" and then "publish."
NOTE: IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT THAT YOU CLICK PUBLISH. IF YOU DO NOT, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VIEW YOUR PAGES WHEN I'M GRADING THAT SECTION OF YOUR PORTFOLIO AND WILL ASSUME IT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED.
22. To ensure that the page link has been created, click "visit site." This can be found at the top of the page near <your username>'s Blog and beneath "my account," "my dashboard," and "new post."
23. "Annotated Table of contents should now be listed under "pages" on your blog. If it is not, you will need to return to "my dashboard" at the top of the page. You will see "edit pages" near the center of the page and each of your blog's pages will be beneath that. Beneath the page that is unpublished, click "edit," then when the "edit page" screen pops up, click "publish" on the right side of the page.
24. If your "annotated table of contents page link appeared in step #23, then begin the process of adding a page for each of the following (each of these is a separate page):
•Intro to Older Piece of Writing
Intro to Older Piece of Writing•Older Piece of Writing
Older Piece of Writing•Intro to Remembered Event
Intro to Remembered Event•Revised Remembered Event
Revised Remembered Event•Intro to Research Paper
Intro to Research Paper•Research Paper
Research Paper•Intro to Additional Writings
Intro to Additional Writings•Additional Writings (can place each entry on a separate page; should include 3 that illustrate how you have grown as a writer and/or your understanding of argument has changed).
Additional Writings (can place each entry on a separate page; should include 3 that illustrate how you have grown as a writer and/or your understanding of argument has changed).•Reflective Essay
Reflective EssayRepeat steps #18-23 to create these pages.
25. When you visit your site, "About" and "Annotated Table of Contents" should be the first two pages listed, followed by the pages listed in step 24 above (in that order).
If your pages are not in this order, you will need to renumber them. To change the order of your pages, go to "my dashboard" and under "right now" in the middle of the page, click "pages." Click "edit" under the page you wish to reorder and then scroll to the bottom of the page. On the right side, you will see "order." Beneath that, there is a textbox. Type the number here for the order that you wish this page to appear in (i.e., if you want it to be 5th, type 5).
26. Scroll back up and click "update" page. Click "visit site" near the top of the page to make sure that your pages are now in the correct order. If they are not, repeat these steps in #25 and #26 until they are.
27. Now return to "my dashboard." In the center of the page, under "edit pages," under "about," click "edit."
28. In the center of the page, you will see a textbox. Type a short paragraph here about yourself. This is your chance to help a visitor to your page really get to know you personally and to gain a sense of your personality. Describe your background, hobbies, likes, dislikes, etc.
29. After you have completed your paragraph, click the blue "update page" icon located under the "publish" section on the right-hand side of the page.
30. Next, on your dashboard at the left side of the page, slick "settings." This is located near the bottom of the page.
31. Under general settings, you will see Blog Title. In that textbox, type <your name>'s ENG 1020 Portfolio (i.e., Jane Smith's ENG 1020 portfolio).
32. Under tagline, you may type whatever you like. This will appear as a thematic tagline beneath your blog title.
33. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "save changes."
34. Next, on the dashboard on the left side of the page, click "appearance." At first it appears like there isn't anything there on the center and right side of the page and it seems like the function didn't work, but it did. Just scroll down the page, and you will come upon various "themes" that you may use to create a "look" for your page.
35. When you locate one that you like, click on the theme name in blue found beneath the image. This will preview what your blog will look like with that theme.
36. If you like this theme and want to make it permanent, click "activate <theme name> in the upper-right corner. If you don't like it, click the back arrow icon at the top of the page and keep looking.
37. If you want to make sure that the theme was activated, click "visit site" near the top of the page.
38. If you are satisfied with the look of your blog for now, you are finished with today's blog component.
NOTE: IF YOUR "THEME" INCLUDES A PHOTO, BUT YOU DON'T LIKE THAT PHOTO, YOU MAY REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER ONE BY FOLLOWING THESE STEPS:
1. RETURN TO "MY DASHBOARD." CLICK "APPEARANCE." YOU WILL SEE BENEATH THIS THE FOLLOWING LINKS: "THEMES," "WIDGETS," "EXTRAS," & "CUSTOM IMAGE HEADER."
2. CLICK CUSTOM HEADER AND THEN SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE.
3. CLICK THE "BROWSE" ICON. THIS WILL OPEN THE FILES ON YOUR COMPUTER'S HARDDRIVE AND THE "MY PHOTOS" FOLDER. CLICK ON THE IMAGE YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE ON YOUR BLOG, AND THEN CLICK "UPLOAD."
4. YOU CAN'T INCLUDE THE ENTIRE PHOTO IN YOUR HEADER, SO YOU WILL NEED TO CROP IT BY MOVING THE IMAGE SELECTOR TO THE AREA OF THE PHOTO THAT YOU WANT TO USE.
5. WHEN YOU HAVE SELECTED THE PORTION OF THE PHOTO YOU WISH TO USE, CLICK "CROP HEADER." A SCREEN WILL THEN POP UP THAT READER "HEADER COMPLETE."
6. TO SEE WHAT YOUR NEW HEADER LOOKS LIKE CLICK "VISIT SITE" NEAR THE TOP OF THE PAGE.
IF YOU WISH TO MAKE YOUR BLOG PRIVATE AND VISIBLE ONLY TO ME, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
1) UNDER "MY DASHBOARD," CLICK "SETTINGS." UNDER YOUR SETTINGS OPTIONS YOU WILL SEE "PRIVACY." CLICK THAT.
2) YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS:
I would like my blog to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Sphere, Technorati) and archivers
I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors
I would like my blog to be visible only to users I choose
3) CLICK THE LAST OPTION. "I WOULD LIKE MY BLOG TO BE VISIBLE ONLY TO THE USERS I CHOOSE." TYPE IN THE USER NAME "profinclt" (WITHOUT THE QUOTATION MARKS), AND THEN CLICK "ADD USER."
NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT ADD ME AS A USER, I CANNOT VIEW YOUR PAGES AND GRADE YOUR POSTS.
4) FINALLY CLICK "SAVE CHANGES."
