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Blog PMRC (October, 13th, 2008)

1. What is a blog

2. The most popular blog - Google

Technorati - by authority

by numbers of fans

3. Free blogs - Google

a.

b.

c. – 40+ free blog hosts

4. Blog from the college perspective

a. Wordpress

b. LAVC Sharepoint

5. Why do we need a blog

a. Faculty

b. Students

c. Administration

6. Faculty

a. Access to files

b. Class Rosters

c. Message from students

d. Message to students

e. Grade assignments

f. Post course outlines

g. Office hours

h. Office locations

i. Test grades assignments

j. Call in sick, emergency, class canceled

k. Message from president, department chair, dean

l. Union announcements

m. Professional Development announcements

n. Others (suggestions from audience)

7. Students

a. Class enrolled

b. Classes completed

c. Grades

d. GPA

e. Students in your class

f. Instructor contacts, info

g. School calendar

h. U:\ drive

i. Course outlines

j. Books

k. Room #

l. Class canceled

m. Message from instructor

n. Message to instructor

o. Class suggestions for the next semester

p. Test grades

q. Others (suggestions from audience)

8. Current Website weakness – one way communication

- targets everyone

9. LAVC portal – final solution

10. temporary solution

11. Design your site using

a. Discuss Features ( – Features)

b. FAQ ( – FAQ)

c. My Dashboard

1. Write

a. Post

b. Page

c. Link

2. Manage

a. Posts

b. Pages

c. Links

d. Media Library

3. Design

a. Themes

b. Widgets

12. Start with Design

13. Discuss

a. Themes

b. Layouts

c. Columns

d. Custom Headers

14. Describe Widgets

a. Pages

b. Links: Blogroll

c. Recent Comments

d. RSS

15. Discuss Comments

16. Create a page

17. Insert a post

18. Insert a picture

19. Insert a movie

20. Media Library Management

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