Hi Teachers, a common question I hear is "What's the difference between a Post, Page, Link, or Category?" I'm hoping this 3 minute video will help explain the answer.
I'll summarize just in case you don't have time to watch the video:
Posts are your most common task in a Blog. A post is your journal, or log, such as what the assignments were this week in class. A student or parent could access this at home and keep up, or prepare for next week's agenda.
Pages are more of a long term item, such as displaying your Class Disclosure, Class Fees, what to expect from your classes, etc…. You can also create a separate page to display your latest posts if you do not want them on your Home Page. This is called a "Static Home Page". Info on that here: http://blog.weber.k12.ut.us/jumcfarland/2008/09/19/set-a-static-page-for-your-blog/
Links are useful resources for your students that are elsewhere on the internet, such as your Online Classroom, other websites relating to your class material, their student webaccess mail…
Categories are chosen each time you write a post, so you can "categorize" and group your posts together, perhaps for each of your different classes. With this, your "English III" students will visit your blog, click on the English III category, and filter all of the posts addressing their class.
What is a "tag"?
ReplyDeleteJustin, just a follow up to my previous question about themes... I am currently using the Amazing Grace theme which says I should be able to upload my own photos to rotate... and there is one other theme in your catalog that says I should be able to insert my own photos (much like you have done on your site), but I can't figure out how I do that. Do you have a instruction sheet/video I can watch that would show me how to do that?
ReplyDeleteYou are the best teacher I've ever had!!
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ReplyDeleteHi Justin. I just changed my theme and only 2 of my categories came up on the page. They show on my dashboard though. Could it be that the new theme only allows a certain amount of categories? I just haven't been able to figure out how to get them to show up on my page. Thanks for your help.
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Hi Laurie, those widgets might be standard with that theme, but if it is a "widget ready" theme, you can go to Appearance, Widgets, and add as many as you like to the sidebars.
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