Posting a YouTube Video
First, go to YouTube and get the URL of your video. When you have your video showing, go up to the address bar and copy the entire address (the URL). Then come back to your blog. Create a new post. Be sure to give it a title. In the body of the post, type the name of your video. Highlight it. Click on the linked chain graphic in the tool bar where you are typing your post. In the address line, paste the URL of your video (be sure that you do NOT have http:// in the address line twice!). In the target line, choose “Open link in a new window.” Then click “Insert” and then “Save” and then “Publish.” Your video is now embedded in your blog.
Citation Source
Make sure your citations are correct! Refer to The Owl at Purdue to find the latest, most up-to-date citation format from MLA!
Helpful Places on the World Wide Web
I thought you might like to try your hand at creative publishing. Here are some programs that you can use and some helpful websites:
PhotoStory 3 for Windows (free download; very easy to use; create great slideshows from your images with music and narration)
Audacity (free download; mix music tracks and narration into one file in different formats)
audacity-tips-blending-soundtracks
http://www.wordle.net/ (Make neat graphic presentations of words; below is an example)
Just google the programs and you should get several choices of downloads.
The best way to learn how to use the programs is just to play with them. Have fun!
Settings for Your Blog
In order to see the comments people leave for you, you must have your settings edited correctly. To do this, go to “My Dashboard.”
Click on “Settings.”
Click on “Discussion.”
The only check mark should be on “Allow people to post comments on the article.”
On the same page, under “Avatars,” click “Show Avatars.”
Under “Maximum Rating,” click “PG.”
You may choose a default avatar for those bloggers who leave comments and do not have an avatar of their own, or you may choose “Blank.”
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Save.”
Also under the “Settings” tab, click “Privacy” and click on the top setting, “I would like my blog to be visible to everyone.”
Click “Save.”
Now you should be able to see your peers’ comments and teacher comments with no trouble and no delay!
Welcome to our class blog!
Welcome to our class blog. I hope that you find this venue for publishing your writing useful and fun. Please visit each other’s blogs and leave helpful, appropriate comments often. The exchange of ideas is important!
