Great job, students, and congratulations on leaping into the “published” world. I have enjoyed reading your introductory blogs, and I look forward to reading your posts. Before you delve into your first prompt, there are a few business items we need to take care of before we begin.
If you are unsure of how to use your blog space and although it is fairly intuitive, you can watch the video tutorial in the dashboard.
POSTS: By now many of you have posted your introductory posts. You’ve figured out that the posting section functions a lot like Word. This is where you will respond to the writing prompts I post each week. As you post weekly, you want to make sure that you give your post a title that relates to what you are writing. As you’re posting, make sure that you format paragraphs, use spell check, and follow our normal rules of grammar and mechanics. You are not texting for crying out loud!
You are allowed some creativity in your blog posts. Add photographs if it helps make your point. Remember rhetoric includes visual images. To add a photograph, click the “Insert Photo” button on the Post Dashboard.
LINKS: For argumentative posts or posts asking you to respond to an event in the news, you will need to provide a link to the news article within your blog post. Failure to complete this step for such posts will not earn you all the available points. To insert a link, use the “chain link” button located at the top of the text box.
When you have finished your assignment, you must click “Publish Post.” If you only “Save” or “Preview,” I will not be able to see your post.
First, you need to look to the right of this post. If your name is not listed, you have not sent me your blog address. If your name is there, click on it, and see if it opens to your blog. If it does not, you’ve sent me an incorrect address.
SUBSCRIBE: You will need to subscribe to my blog. Click on “links,” and then “add new.” Put my name, Mrs. Smith in the first box, and put the web address (miscmanuscripts.wordpress.com) in the next box. Make sure you click “Save.” You will perform this task as you add the blogs of your classmates.
You must get at least FIVE of your peers to link to your blog. Try to link peers who you know will give you honest and constructive feedback. Sometimes our friends have a hard time doing this.
If you cannot see a links section, you will need to add one.
WIDGETS: Widgets are blog “add-ins.” Each theme contains some widgets, but you can exchange them for ones you actually want. Make sure you add the LINK widget. Remember to SAVE each time you make a change.
MISCELLANEOUS: Everything else is pretty self-explanatory. Play around. Have fun. Be creative.
TWITTER/FACEBOOK: Set up your blog so it automatically tweets your posts or adds your posts to Facebook. This will help you develop a following, which is part of the point of this assignment. You want others to hear your voice.
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