Once you get the hang of it, you will find that WordPress is quite intuitive to use.
To add a “post” to the course site follow these basic steps:
- Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel (Dashboard) at http://sites.miis.edu, then visit the IEM8600 site listed under “My Sites” in the WordPress Heads Up Bar at the top of your browser.
- You should now be in the site “Dashboard.” Click the Posts tab.
- Click the Add New Sub Tab
- Start writing! Be sure to give your post a short but descriptive title. Make use of the visual editor tools in WordPress. You are writing on the web, so you have much more capability than you would if you were working on paper. Use a great image. Also make use of hypertext (web links) to connect your ideas to others on the web, by adding useful links where appropriate in the body of your post. Here are some additional tips for authoring great posts in WordPress.
- Before you publish your first post, create a personal Category. On the right side of your post window you will see a box called “Categories.” Click Add New, and title your category with your first Name. E.g. My name is Bob, so I would create a Category called “Bob.” Each time you write a post, you should click your name category. The purpose for this is to help make your posts easy to find and sort.
- When you are ready, click the blue Publish button. As editors, you each have the ability to author and edit posts. Once published you can still go back in and edit your post to correct errors or revise your work.
