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DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART
VISUAL ARTS CORE STUDIO 1 – D.I.G.I.T.A.L. L.I.T.E.R.A.C.Y
DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK
Rachel Gillies & Otago Polytechnic | This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
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Wk Lecture Outline Lab Topic Checkpoint
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16th Mar
Blogging, Online Portfolios & Social Networking
Blogging, The Internet & Networked Communities
Setting up your own blogs and basic posting functions. -‐writing a post -‐making a link -‐uploading or linking to an image -‐choosing a template
Your newly set up Blog URL/Web address should be e-‐mailed to [email protected] by the end of this week.
Set up a blog in either Wordpress , Blogger or Tumblr (or other if you already have the ability and want to do so). Follow the on-‐screen instructions for setting it up. You can call it anything you like, but you will be using this blog as part of your work/submission for this paper.
http://www.blogger.com
DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART
VISUAL ARTS CORE STUDIO 1 – D.I.G.I.T.A.L. L.I.T.E.R.A.C.Y
DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK
Rachel Gillies & Otago Polytechnic | This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
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http:/tumblr.com
Make a note of your login username and password, once you have decided on a place tp blog.
What is the URL/Web Address of your blog? (i.e. what would someone else type in, to see you blog online?) Make a note of it here:
Now, please e-‐mail this URL/Web address to Rachel at [email protected]
Write a Post in your new blog. This can be about anything – but try to make it relevant to the purpose of your blog – e.g. who are you and why are you study at the Dunedin School of Art? What is your current project about?
Making Links Write a post (or continue the last one) that references 5 other blogs (e.g. one of your peers’ blogs – full list in moodle), or websites of an artist you like. -‐ You should MAKE LINKS to each of the blogs/websites you discuss in your post. (Hint, use this button:
, and copy the URL/Web address for the site you are linking to.)
DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART
VISUAL ARTS CORE STUDIO 1 – D.I.G.I.T.A.L. L.I.T.E.R.A.C.Y
DIGITAL LITERACY WORKBOOK
Rachel Gillies & Otago Polytechnic | This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
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Tags and Categories
-‐ You should also add relevant tags/categories to your post (normally on the right hand side of your admin page) -‐these should be as relevant as possible as they will help people find information faster on your blog, as it gets larger and larger)
Tags are called LABELS in blogger and the get inserted here at the bottom of your post.
The following instructions are written for setting up a blog in wordpress. http://www.wordpress.com
Most blogs have the same functionaiity, but the layout, or the menus might be sightly different. iF you have had previous experieince in one blogging software, why not try and different one to see how it operates?
Dunedin School of Art 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 find 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 appear ONLINE.
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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 you’re 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 of this page.
IMPORTANT
You must be aware of the rights and permissions of an image or 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 first!
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.
Otago Polytechnic & Rachel Gillies | 2010 | http://www.discussphotography.wordpress.com
Dunedin School of Art Electronic Arts: Blogging & Social Media
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 as a 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.
