Pedagogy PostHow to create a Post

Skills to Learn In this tutorial you will learn

▻ How to create and edit a post for the Pedagogy Post assignment

▻ How to add a link

Locate the Posts section

Click Here

Add New PostYou can add New Posts in a few ways.

Click on one of these…

… or mouse over ‘+New’and select ‘Post’

Create a PostGive your post a titleAdd text to the box below.Click on Save ‘Draft’

Adding Text… brieflyWe’ll address editing text in more

detail in Wp-05. WordPress has a Visual editor that is

essentially a WYSIWYG editor. For those not familiar with HTML, this is a good starting point.

Adding LinksSelect the text you’d like to make your link. Click on the icon that looks like links. These

only become active when you’ve selected text.

Choose or enter the appropriate link and then select ‘Add link’.

Adding MediaThere are a few ways to add media

to your post. Here you will learn the most straightforward method.

Figure out what image you want

It should be a JPG, PNG, or GIF file. A note on using images from the

web: take care to use images you are allowed to use!

A note on image size: You can use a program such as Photoshop to easily crop and resize your images (though it's not so easy that I'll save that for another day).

Save your imageSave where you know you can find it.Save with an easy to reference

name. I try to get as much information in the name as possible, such as ▻ description_credits_size▻ hippo_JoeSchmoe_300x400.jpg

Upload as you WorkPlace your cursor where you want

your image to line up. Click on ‘Add Media’Select ‘upload

files’. You can drag and drop or browse.

Choose the appropriate options for your media.

Additional Post FeaturesYou may create Categories and Tags

to help your readers find what they are looking for. ▻ Categories are the big themes you

use for your posts. For example, you might use ‘Education’ or ‘Media’ or ‘Design.’

▻ Tags are used to describe your post in more detail. For example, you might use ‘flipped classroom’ or ‘videography.’

• On the Left Side Menu

• In the Post itself

Add Categories

Click on one of these…

Organizing CategoriesCategories can be organized in a way

similar to an outline, with a ‘Parent’ and the subsequent categories that fall underneath.Here, a ‘Graduate’ category has been created to fall under the ‘Education’ parent.

You can also access and edit under the Categories page accessed in the left side menu.

Adding TagsAdd any tags that apply to your post.

You can choose from ones you already have created, or generate new tags.Here, the tags ‘flipped classroom,’ ‘inquiry,’ and ‘hands-on’ have been created.

Publishing your PostWhen you are ready to publish your post,

click PublishYou can schedule WordPress to Publish

your post at a predetermined time.▻ Find and click Edit▻ Choose your preferred Publish Time and click

OK

▻ Then click on Schedule

Manage your PostsView all of your Posts on the ‘Posts’

page.

Your posts

Manage your PostsEdit, Quick Edit, Trash, View, Clone,

and make a New Draft hereQuick Edit allows you to change

selected items without navigating to the Post itself.

In this tutorial you learned▻ How to create and edit a post for the

Pedagogy Post assignment▻ How to add a link

Skills Learned