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EOP Blog Project 2016: Blogs

Adding Video

You will need to upload your video to a video service like Youtube before embedding it in your blog. Create a new or use an existing gmail account (not your Oswego account) to upload your videos to Youtube. 

Automattic. "WordPress Tutorials: How to Embed a YouTube Video in Your Website." Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 22 March 2016. Web. 25 July 2016.

Blog Examples

Student Athlete Guide: The Final Buzzer: Student-athlete perspective from an Oswego senior

TeensGotCents: Financial tips of interest to college students

What My Freshman Dorm Taught Me About Finding the Right College: Campus diversity

Hoops Addict: Basketball fan perspective

Create Your Group Blogs

Creating Wordpress.com Account

  1. Go to wordpress.com
  2. Set up new account with the free plan.
  3. Choose a free wordpress.com address.
  4. Play around with the free blog theme options.
  5. More help: https://learn.wordpress.com/quick-start-guide/

Inviting Team Members to Contribute to Group Blog

  1. Team leader log in to your account
  2. Select "My Sites"
  3. Scroll down to People (click on Add)
  4. Enter emails & assign roles to team members (Team leader=Administrator, Team members=Editors)
    • Team members must share Wordpress email with team leader
    • Team leader must add a Writing Tutor as Administrator

Adding a Blog Post

  1. Log in to wordpress.com
  2. Go to "My Sites" on the top left.
  3. Scroll down to add blog posts on the left.

Adding Media

  1. Add your blog post.
  2. Find the media icon on upper left to upload or link images, audio, videos, and documents.

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