Transcript Blogging 101: The Blogging Basics Seminar 1: Art, Authenticity & Risk Professor: Bridgett Davis Instructional Technology Fellow: Amanda Favia.

Blogging 101:
The Blogging Basics
Seminar 1: Art, Authenticity & Risk
Professor: Bridgett Davis
Instructional Technology Fellow: Amanda
Favia
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Why Blog?
Improve your Writing, Communication, &
Critical Thinking Skills
• Share: Writing about your thoughts &
ideas
• Learn: Reading your peer’s ideas
• Reflect: Responding to your peers
Elements of a Good Blog
• Blog with a purpose!
• Consider your audience (because you have
one!)
• Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible &
Story*
Elements of a Good Blog
Avoid what you dislike. For example,
• http://www.kalloz.com/
• http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/
• http://yourpetsview.com/
Elements of a Good Blog
Emulate what you like. For example,
• African Diaspora Film
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact#
• Music
http://www.thecouchsessions.com/.
• Philosophy
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/
• Personal Site
http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/
Create a Post
•
On the left menu bar, select ‘Posts’ and more posting options will become
available to you
•
To create a new post select ‘Add New’
•
You should see this screen where you will enter your content. Mouse over
the icons to see what each of the tools can do.
Create a Post
When you post you should
do ALL of the following 4
steps:
1. Enter a title
2. Enter your content
3. Categorize the post (select as
many categories as relevant) so
your instructor can easily find
and grade it
4. Publish the post
If you make a mistake, don’t worry! You can view the post for accuracy and edit as
needed.
Create a Post:
Introductions
• Create your first post by introducing yourself to your classmates.
• Make sure you categorize your post under “introductions” &
follow some of these basic writing tips:
(1) Edit: Read Carefully, Check Spelling & Revise
(2) Headlines: Make it Descriptive & Interesting
For example:
“MoMA Visit”
“MoMA: I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life in
Contemporary Drawing”
 “Presidents in Print: A Sketch of Columbia’s Politics
1979-1981”
How to Create a Link
• Highlight the text you
would like to link
• Click on the link
button in the toolbar
• In the popup box,
copy & paste the URL
you want to link to
Add Media
There are many ways to add media files, this
is the quick option that is available in `Add
New Post’using `Upload/Insert’
Add Media
You can then insert media from your
computer, a url or the media library.
• If a media file is on your computer (locally) select From Computer
• If a file is on the web, select From URL
• If a file is in the Medial Library (probably not unless you put it there
earlier) select the Media Library option.
Add Media
After uploading files or
provided a link,
• Give the media a
meaningful title,
description and
caption/footnote.
• Select the size
• Click `Insert into Post’
Add Footnotes
To add footnotes in a post:
(1)Place your cursor where you want the footnote to appear.
(1)Type an open square bracket [
(1)Then, type the number for your footnote, followed directly
by a period, and the footnote text/url.
(1)Finish the footnote with a closed square bracket ]
[1. Smith, John. A Very Important Text. New York: Routledge,
2010.]
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Instructional Technology Fellow
Amanda Favia
[email protected]
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