• WordPress Q & A

Today’s Activity will be to finish up putting the finishing touches to your WordPress Site. I’d like you to partner up with a classmate to review your work thus far and work to troubleshoot any additional issues. A few reminders for the weekend.

• Make sure I have your blog URL. Send to my email (tswallace@ualr.edu)
• Customize your blog
  • Apply a new theme
  • Customize the sidebar or another template part/region
    • Using Custom Template parts – Display an rss feed from a site that you frequent.
  • Try using a shortcode in a post or a page.
• Completed About Page
• Created a Custom Menu that points to your writing assignments.

• Blog Settings
• Applying a Theme
• RSS Feeds
• Shortcodes
• Individual Q&A

• Blog Settings
• Applying a Theme
• RSS Feeds
• Shortcodes
• Individual Q&A

• WordPress Setup  – https://wordpress.com/setup/education
• Introduction to WordPress
  • WordPress.com
  • What is a blog?
  • Publishing Content
  • Pages vs Posts
  • More Resources

• Review Syllabus & Expectations
• Faculty Introductions
  • Thomas Wallace
  • Sarah Clements
  • Jami Eubanks
• Student Introductions
• Introduction to Classroom Technology

We will be using a broad array of tools to support this course this semester. If you would like to familiarize yourself with these feel free to do so. I will explain and do walkthroughs with the tools when we begin to use them.  You are welcome to go ahead and create your accounts (they are all free) but make sure to keep track of your credentials.

• Codepen.io – Codecasting Service for Lectures and Reference
• GitHub (Student Pack) – Code Versioning Repository for submitting assignments
• Pixlr – Cloud Based Image Editing Tools
• Icebreaker Activity