Journal Guidelines

Hi student!

To become a member of this blog:

1. Sign up for a WordPress account
   • If you already have an account, make sure that you use the email you indicated in your student profile
2. Wait for email invitation
   • This is automatically sent to you after our first meeting
   • If you haven’t received one yet by the next day, inform me right ahead
   • You might have to check your spam/archive folders
3. Accept the invitation
4. Log in to your WordPress account
5. Update your WordPress profile
   • You should use your real-life nickname + last name
   • You can upload a photo too so I can easily recognize you

 

To start writing in this blog:

• Check the topics list for recent journal questions
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• Go to the main page, and select .
• You can now write your thoughts and answer the questions for that topic
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• Before you publish your post, make sure you use the correct tag
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  • You can add more tags, as long as you use the tag for the topic.
  • This is important because your post will not be graded unless it has the right tag.
• If you’re having trouble with any of the steps, ask me immediately so we can sort it out.
• If you feel more artistic, you can log in here and create a more formatted blog post (with bold, italic and stuff).
• But if you know html, you can use html tags. They work!

 

Writing guidelines:

• There’s no required length for your posts, so you can write as short/long as you want
• You can use any style — paragraph, bullet, poem, etc. — that matches how you want to convey your thoughts
• You can write in any (mixture of) languages you’re comfortable with, as long as they can be understood by everyone else
• You can also add pictures, link videos, and other multimedia elements to your post; just search for Wordpress guidelines regarding this
• Also, there’s an upload limit to this blog, so avoid uploading heavy files; I might have to delete it afterwards
• Lastly, be honest when writing. If there are ideas that you got from somewhere else, make sure that you give them the proper citations

 

Grading:

• I will decide whether a blog post/comment is acceptable
• If there’s something incorrect or inappropriate in your post/comment, I’ll discuss it with you so that you can make the necessary changes
• I will like your post/comment to indicate that it is accepted
• You can edit your posts/comments as many times as you want until you get the credit

 

— Paul, Instructor