In this session you’ll see WordPress basics such as making a post, making a page, working with themes. Ready to begin your own WordPress site? Janene will coach you on your first steps. If you have a WordPress site you’ll love the tips she covers for ease in updating materials, loading correctly sized images, and prepping your work to be accessible.
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Link to Google Hangout
This presentation is offered face-to-face in GRUE 301 and online via a Google Hangout.
Links inside of the Slides
CONTACT FORM – https://community.uaf.edu/contact/ for new site requests
“New Site Request – Please include your UA ID (not an alias), the course title and requested URL (for example: engl111.community.uaf.edu).”
CALENDAR – https://iteachu.uaf.edu/events/ faculty and staff opportunities
GETTING STARTED WITH COMMUNITY – https://community.uaf.edu/
HELP FOR FACULTY – https://community.uaf.edu/help-for-faculty/
USING IF THIS THEN THAT with WORDPRESS – https://ifttt.com/wordpress
USING IMAGES in SUPPORT of COMPREHENSION – https://udloncampus.cast.org/page/media_image#.WRvIMxPyubU
ACCESSIBILITY of IMAGES – https://webaim.org/techniques/images/
FREE RESOURCES
- https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
- https://www.stockvault.net/
- https://www.everystockphoto.com/
- https://pixabay.com/
- https://www.pexels.com/
RESIZING YOUR IMAGES – https://www.picmonkey.com/
FIRST STEPS with WORDPRESS – https://codex.wordpress.org/First_Steps_With_WordPress
OPEN COURSES – https://iteachu.uaf.edu/showcase/
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- Ease of navigation – ART 161 2017
- Discussion – ENGL 213 2016
- Student projects – HLRM 120 2016