Difference between revisions of "As Poetry - WordPress"

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Your Assignment

For all students your product for assessment will be a “letter” of the program “eAlphabet” that will include:

ILC form
weekly log of hours and activities
weekly Bachelardian reverie
poetry and video of your “poetry observed”
Holdrege-based term paper including text, images, and poetry

Field Study Proposal: In-Program ILC

Post your completed Individual Learning Contract form here. This in-program ILC should describe the learning goals and activities that you want to accomplish during your February field study. Be specific and succinct regarding your answers to the following questions that are prompts for the construction of your ILC narrative: 1) What passion will you immerse yourself in for the month of February? 2) What do you hope to experience during this immersion? 3) What scholarly resources are available from others with more knowledge or experience regarding your passion and immersing yourself in it? Be specific: list authors, books, articles, reports, exhibits, films. Would creating an annotated bibliography of these resources help you achieve your learning objectives? 4) Is there a style of poetry or specific poet that/who might provide a model for your creation of poetry in relation to your immersion in a passion? Note: Your goal is to create a poetic version of what Edgar Doctorow calls good writing: “Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader—not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.” 5) Logistics: Where will you be? Transportation and living expenses? Access to the internet and a library?

Getting Started

Getting Started with WordPress - What is WordPress and how is it being used at Evergreen?

Example

Driving in WordPress

Login to the eAlphabet site
Dashboard Overview - get comfortable navigating the Dashboard and moving between Admin and Public view
Change your profile info

Writing and Managing your content

Adding new posts
Title your post - start ALL of your posts with your unique letter(s).

Example: A - week 1 field study log

"The Letter" post

Your "Letter Post" functions as a landing page or portfolio that gathers together all of the work you contribute to the site.

Creating the sections for your Letter Post

You can copy and paste the following sections template code:
note: you will need to replace the xx with your unique letter identifier

Field Study proposal excerpt

(an excerpt from your in-program ILC will go here )

See full proposal and weekly logs

ABCs and 123s - weekly log and field notes

[catlist tags=xx-logs date=yes excerpt=yes excerpt_size=30]

Bachelardian Reverie

[catlist tags=xx-bachelard date=yes excerpt=yes excerpt_size=30]

Poetry

[catlist tags=xx-poetry excerpt=yes excerpt_size=30]

Poetry Observed

(embedded youtube or Vimeo video will go here)

Term Paper Abstract

Read full term paper

Categories and Tags

Additional Posts and Post Categories

Select the appropriate categories for each post you write

bachelard - used for all Bacheldar Reverie posts
logs - used for weekly field study reports/logs
field study proposal
poetry - all poetry posts
poetry observed - add this category to the poetry post that includes your embedded poetry observed video
term paper - for all term paper posts in addition to quarter category
term paper - fall - for all Fall quarter term paper posts
term paper - winter - for all Winter quarter term paper posts

Adding Links

While editing a post, highlight the text you want to be a link
Click the "add link" button
Paste the URL you want to link to and click "Add Link"

Adding Media

File management: we will all be sharing a single media library. Make sure to use a unique file naming convention. Start your files with your unique letter identifier and it will be easy to find all files related to your work.
Example: aa_image1.jpg, aa_audio1.mp3

You will all be creating a graphic to represent your letter and a banner "featured image" for your letter post. The banner image should be approximately 624 x 94 pixels.

Images

Insert an image - add an image to the body of a post
Adding captions to cite your image sources
Using Photoshop to resize very large images: File > Save for Web and Devices
Scanning from a Macintosh in the Computer Center
Set a featured image for each of your posts. This image will display at the top of post as well as in the category listing page. Experiment with cropping images to different dimensions. For a thumbnail version of your image upload one 150px x 150px.
Image Galleries - WordPress

PDFs

Adding pdfs is just like inserting an image except a link to the pdf will be inserted instead of an image.

Make sure to uncheck the Embed using Google Doc Embedder if you just want a link to the pdf.
For the term paper posts use the Embed using Google Doc Embeeder to give readers an easy way to ready your paper in the context of the site.

Audio

Add descriptive text about the audio file into your post
then upload your audio file (must be mp3) and insert into post. See Exporting Audio for instructions on creating an mp3 using Audacity.
Audio plugin will automatically detect file and insert a graphical player.

Additional Resources

Wordpress.com Getting Started Tutorials - these tutorials are for working on wordpress.com but is nearly identical to using WordPress at blogs.evergreen.edu
Lynda.com - video based training tutorials
- WordPress 3 Essential Training - this training is geared towards using Wordpress.com but if you skip the account setup portion most of the rest is relevant to blogs.evergreen.edu
- Photoshop Essential Training
- Illustrator Essential Training

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 *http://blogs.evergreen.edu/dryfalls/
-[http://blogs.evergreen.edu/ealphabet/ Login to the eAlphabet site]
 ====Driving in WordPress====
+*'''[http://blogs.evergreen.edu/ealphabet/ Login to the eAlphabet site]'''
 *'''[[Dashboard Overview]]''' - get comfortable navigating the Dashboard and moving between Admin and Public view
 *Change your profile info
@@ Line 27: / Line 28: @@
 ===Writing and Managing your content===
 *[[Get Published - Pages and Posts|Adding new posts]]
-===='''The Letter" post====
+*'''Title your post''' - start ALL of your posts with your unique letter(s).
-*Title your post - start ALL of your posts with your unique letter
+ Example: A - week 1 field study log
-====Creating the sections for your Letter====
+===="The Letter" post====
+Your "Letter Post" functions as a landing page or portfolio that gathers together all of the work you contribute to the site.
-''You can copy and paste the following sections template code:''
+=====Creating the sections for your Letter Post=====
+You can copy and paste the following sections template code:<br />
+''note: you will need to replace the xx with your unique letter identifier''
-Field Study proposal excerpt
-ABCs and 123s - weekly log and field notes
+----
-<nowiki>[catlist tags=ag-logs date=yes excerpt=yes excerpt_size=30]</nowiki>
+'''Field Study proposal excerpt'''
-Bachelardian Reverie
+(an excerpt from your in-program ILC will go here )
-<nowiki>[catlist tags=ag-bachelard date=yes excerpt=yes excerpt_size=30]</nowiki>
+See full proposal and weekly logs
-Poetry
+'''ABCs and 123s - weekly log and field notes'''
-<nowiki>[catlist tags=ag-poetry excerpt=yes excerpt_size=30]</nowiki>
+<nowiki>[catlist tags=xx-logs date=yes excerpt=yes excerpt_size=30]</nowiki>
+'''Bachelardian Reverie'''
-Poetry Observed
+<nowiki>[catlist tags=xx-bachelard date=yes excerpt=yes excerpt_size=30]</nowiki>
-(embedded youtube or Vimeo video will go here)
+'''Poetry'''
-Term Paper Abstract
+<nowiki>[catlist tags=xx-poetry excerpt=yes excerpt_size=30]</nowiki>
+'''Poetry Observed'''
-You can copy and paste the following sections template code:
+(embedded youtube or Vimeo video will go here)
-[collapsible_item title="Distribution"]
+'''Term Paper Abstract'''
-Your text and images here.
-[/collapsible_item]
-[collapsible_item title="Habitat"]
+Read full term paper
-Your text and images here.
-[/collapsible_item]
-[collapsible_item title="Food Habits"]
+----
-Your text and images here.
-[/collapsible_item]
-[collapsible_item title="Sounds"]
+====[[Categories and Tags]]====
-Your text and sounds here.
-[/collapsible_item]
-[collapsible_item title="Behavior"]
+=====Additional Posts and Post Categories=====
-Your text and images here.
+'''Select the appropriate categories for each post you write'''
-[/collapsible_item]
-[collapsible_item title="Literature Cited"]
+*'''bachelard''' - used for all Bacheldar Reverie posts
-Your text and images here.
+*'''logs''' - used for weekly field study reports/logs
-[/collapsible_item]
+*'''field study proposal'''
+*'''poetry''' - all poetry posts
+*'''poetry observed''' - add this category to the poetry post that includes your embedded poetry observed video
+*'''term paper''' - for all term paper posts in addition to quarter category
+*'''term paper - fall''' - for all Fall quarter term paper posts
+*'''term paper - winter''' - for all Winter quarter term paper posts
-[collapsible_item title="Population Trends and Conservation Issues"]
+=====Tags=====
-Your text and images here.
+  of the post types you create will need to be "Tagged" with your unique letter (xx) - category name. This tagging will assign these posts to display a link and summary from your portfolio "Letter" post
-[/collapsible_item]
+* Weekly log posts: tag = xx-logs
+* Bachelardian Reverie posts: tag = xx-bachelard
-[collapsible_item title="About the Author"]
+* Poetry posts: tag = xx-poetry
-Your text and images here.
-[/collapsible_item]
-====[[Categories and Tags]]====
-#Select the appropriate categories for your bird.
-#You may need to create some of these. Make sure to '''choose the appropriate "Parent category"'''
-#*Order - Add the name of the order that your species is in
-#*Family - Add the name of the Family your species is in
-#*Genus - Add the name of the Genus your species is in.
 ====Adding Links====
@@ Line 101: / Line 93: @@
 #Click the "add link" button
 #Paste the URL you want to link to and click "Add Link"
-'''Tip:''' After your categories are created, try linking the classifications at the top of your species page to the category pages for each Order, Family and Genus.
 ===Adding Media===
-'''File management:''' we will all be sharing a single media library. '''It is possible to overwrite somebody else's file''' if you choose the exact same file name, e.g. "bird.jpg". Make sure to use a unique file naming convention. Start your files with your species and it will be easy to find all files related to your species. <br />
+'''File management:''' we will all be sharing a single media library.  Make sure to use a unique file naming convention. Start your files with your unique letter identifier and it will be easy to find all files related to your work. <br />
-'''Example:''' n_wheatear_image1.jpg, n_wheatear_audio1.mp3
+'''Example:''' aa_image1.jpg, aa_audio1.mp3
+You will all be creating a graphic to represent your letter and a banner "featured image" for your letter post. The banner image should be approximately 624 x 94 pixels.
 ===='''Images'''====
 *'''[[Images in Wordpress|Insert an image]]''' - add an image to the body of a post
-* Use the "Thumbnail" size for the first image next to the Introduction.
 * Adding captions to cite your image sources
-** Creative Commons images from [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiMedia Commons] is a great place to start. Once you find an image you'd like to use click the "Use this file on the web" link. Copy the "Attribution" (HTML) text and paste into your image's caption.
+* Using Photoshop to resize very large images: '''File > Save for Web and Devices'''
-* Using Photoshop to resize very large images: File > Save for Web and Devices
 * [[Scanning - Mac|Scanning from a Macintosh in the Computer Center]]
-*'''[http://support.onswipe.com/customer/portal/articles/531469-setting-a-featured-image-in-wordpress Set your featured image]''' for all posts. Featured images will appear on the category pages.
+*'''[http://support.onswipe.com/customer/portal/articles/531469-setting-a-featured-image-in-wordpress Set a featured image]''' for each of your posts. This image will display at the top of post as well as in the category listing page. Experiment with cropping images to different dimensions. For a thumbnail version of your image upload one 150px x 150px.
-*[[NextGen Galleries - WordPress|Working with image galleries]] (optional)
+*[[Image Galleries - WordPress]]
+====PDFs====
+Adding pdfs is just like inserting an image except a link to the pdf will be inserted instead of an image.
+*Make sure to uncheck the '''Embed using Google Doc Embedder''' if you just want a link to the pdf.
+*For the term paper posts use the '''Embed using Google Doc Embeeder''' to give readers an easy way to ready your paper in the context of the site.
 ===='''Audio'''====
-# Add descriptive text
+# Add descriptive text about the audio file into your post
 # then upload your audio file (must be mp3) and insert into post. See [[Exporting Audio]] for instructions on creating an mp3 using Audacity.
 # Audio plugin will automatically detect file and insert a graphical player.
-====Working with [[GeoMashup Google Maps plugin]] (optional)====
-This part is not required but is really cool.
-*Attach a google earth .kml file to the post using add media
-*Use the following shortcode to embed the .kml file into your posts <br />
-<nowiki>[geo_mashup_map]</nowiki>
-*Tips: if you need to update your KML file you need to delete the old kml from the Media Library and you may need to delete the old post and start all over again (use copy and paste to save your work and transfer into the new post.)
-===Citation Management===
-In the future, this project would benefit from using web-based group citation management via Zotero. Ideas on how this could work:
-* Have faculty create a Zotero group, students would create individual Zotero accounts and then become members of the Zotero group. (Make sure the group name does not have any special characters or spaces - this seems to cause issues with WordPress integration)
-* Students would add citations to group and use tags or collections to organize
-* In the Birds of Evergreen WordPress site we would activate Zotero integration via the Zotpress plugin. Amy would handle the one-time setup of this.
-* All posts would now have a sidebar in the editing window connecting to the Zotero group's citations.
-*Bibliographies could be listed on a bird by bird basis by using Zotero collections or tags.
 === Additional Resources ===
 *[http://learn.wordpress.com/get-acquainted/ Wordpress.com Getting Started Tutorials] - these tutorials are for working on wordpress.com but is nearly identical to using WordPress at blogs.evergreen.edu<br>
-*[http://iplogin.lynda.com Lynda.com] (on-campus) WordPress 3 Essential Training - this is another training geared towards using Wordpress.com but if you skip the account setup portion most of the rest is relavent to blogs.evergreen.edu
+*[http://www.lynda.com/portal/evergreen Lynda.com] - video based training tutorials
+**'''WordPress 3''' Essential Training  - this training is geared towards using Wordpress.com but if you skip the account setup portion most of the rest is relevant to blogs.evergreen.edu
+** '''Photoshop''' Essential Training
+** '''Illustrator''' Essential Training
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