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VISUAL ARTS CORE STUDIO 1 D.I.G.I.T.A.L. L.I.T.E.R.A.C.Y

DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK

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Wk Lecture Outline LabTopic Checkpoint

5

16th

Mar

Blogging,

Online

Portfolios&

Social

Networking

Blogging,TheInternet&

NetworkedCommunities

Settingupyourown

blogsandbasicposting

functions.

-writingapost

-makingalink

-uploadingorlinkingto

animage

-choosingatemplate

YournewlysetupBlog

URL/Webaddress

shouldbee-mailedto

rachel.gillies@op.ac.nz

bytheendofthis

week.

SetupablogineitherWordpress,BloggerorTumblr (orotherifyoualreadyhavetheabilityandwant

todoso).Followtheon-screeninstructionsforsettingitup.Youcancallitanythingyoulike,butyou

willbeusingthisblogaspartofyourwork/submissionforthispaper.

http://www.blogger.com

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VISUAL ARTS CORE STUDIO 1 D.I.G.I.T.A.L. L.I.T.E.R.A.C.Y

DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK

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http:/tumblr.com

Makeanoteofyourloginusernameandpassword,onceyouhavedecidedonaplacetpblog.

WhatistheURL/WebAddressofyourblog?(i.e.whatwouldsomeoneelsetypein,toseeyoublog

online?)Makeanoteofithere:

Now,pleasee-mailthisURL/WebaddresstoRachelat rachel.gillies@op.ac.nz

WriteaPostinyournewblog.Thiscanbeaboutanythingbuttrytomakeitrelevanttothepurpose

ofyourbloge.g.whoareyouandwhyareyoustudyattheDunedinSchoolofArt?Whatisyour

currentprojectabout?

MakingLinks

Writeapost(orcontinuethelastone)thatreferences5otherblogs(e.g.oneofyourpeersblogsfull

listinmoodle),orwebsitesofanartistyoulike.

-YoushouldMAKELINKStoeachoftheblogs/websitesyoudiscussinyourpost.(Hint,usethisbutton:

,andcopytheURL/Webaddressforthesiteyouarelinkingto.)

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VISUAL ARTS CORE STUDIO 1 D.I.G.I.T.A.L. L.I.T.E.R.A.C.Y

DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK

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TagsandCategories

- Youshouldalsoaddrelevanttags/categoriestoyourpost(normallyontherighthandsideof

youradminpage)

-theseshouldbeasrelevantaspossibleastheywillhelppeoplefindinformationfasteronyour

blog,asitgetslargerandlarger)

TagsarecalledLABELSinbloggerandthegetinsertedhereatthebottomofyourpost.

Thefollowinginstructionsarewrittenforsettingupabloginwordpress .http://www.wordpress.com

Mostblogshavethesamefunctionaiity,butthelayout,orthemenusmightbesightlydifferent.iF

youhavehadpreviousexperieinceinonebloggingsoftware,whynottryanddifferentonetosee

howitoperates?

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Electronic Arts: Blogging & Social Media

How to Blog

This handout uses free blog site wordpress.

com, but you could also use blogger.com

(Some people nd blogger a more friendly or

easier-to-use interface.)

Both sites have easy to use instructions to sign

up for a free site quickly and easily.

You need to choose a USERNAME & PASS-

WORD - can be good to write these down!

Then choose your URL, or WEB ADDRESS

where your blog can be found online.

From your DASHBOARD

you should start by making a

NEW POST.

This is how you make your

post appearONLINE.

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ADDING IMAGES & VIDEO

A great way to make your blog

visually exciting is to add

images and video about what-

ever it is youre writing about.

To add an image or a video

you need to click these but-

tons above your post dialogue

box.

Then you should see a

dialogue box like one of the

ones on the left-hand side ofthis page.

IMPORTANT

You must be aware of the rights

and permissions of an imageor video if you are using it on

your blog. A blog is a form of

publishing, and with any type

of publishing, you must seek

permission or check the copy-

rights rst!

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Toview a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Com-

mons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.

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USING CATEGORIES AND TAGS

These are very useful ways to categories your

information (posts) so that they can be easily

found again)

For example, you could the name of an assign-

ment or course as a CATEGORY, and the name

of the artist, topic or author you are posting asa TAG.

Change the way your

blog looks online by

experimenting with

different themes.

Otago Polytechnic & Rachel Gillies | 2010 | http://www.discussphotography.wordpress.com

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To

view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Com-

mons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.