If this option doesn t appear, it means that you haven t yet accepted the invitation to become a contributor

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1 Student Blog Post: How to submit a blog post This will be similar to the process you went through when you shared a paragraph from you Course Intro Essay with the class, just with a few more steps. 1. [You probably did this step already in August you couldn t have submitted your CIE paragraph without doing this, so skip ahead to Step #2.] Accept the invitation to become a contributor to the website for your section of Mu 101 (J2 or C3A). The you receive will look like this: Clicking Accept Invitation will take you to a website that asks you Would you like to start contributing to [website]? Click Join. 2. To come back to the website for your section of Mu 101 in the future, start by going to the class website by typing the URL into the navigation bar ( Log into WordPress if you re not already. 4. Now you re at the class website AND you re logged into WordPress. To submit your SBP and to participate in the SBP discussions for your section, use the top navigation bar: Writing Assignments o Student blog post Your section

2 The Student blog post link takes you to complete instructions, rubrics, and prompts for all SBP assignments. The link for each section of Mu 101 takes you to the website for either J2 (Tuesdays) or C3A (Wednesdays). This is where you ll submit your SBP and comment on classmates posts. 5. Now you re on the website for your section of Mu 101, which is where you ll be posting your SBP and commenting on your classmates SBPs: J2 (Tuesdays): C3A (Wednesdays): To submit your own SBP, click the My Sites button at the top left of the page. 6. Click the Add button next to Blog Posts. If this option doesn t appear, it means that you haven t yet accepted the invitation to become a contributor of the website. Do NOT create your own website. If you find that you must create a website, it means you skipped Step #1.

3 7. Write your blog post! Type your title where it says Title. Paste your SBP from your word processing program (Word, Pages, etc.) in the blank body space below the formatting tool ribbon. Formatting: You can use the formatting tool ribbon beneath your title (text style, bold, italicized, bullet points, justification) just as you would in a word processing program. This is helpful for adding heading to different sections of your SBP (select the text you want to be a heading and change the formatting using the drop-down menu the default is paragraph but there are several levels of larger heading text to choose from). The three vertical dots at the right of the tool ribbon contain advanced formatting options (font color, indents, horizontal lines, etc.). Youtube videos: Paste the URL for any YouTube (or similar sites) link in their own line in the body of the post. An example of a URL is: WordPress will immediately convert your URL to a video as long as the URL is in its own line of text (i.e., not surrounded by other words). Embedding links for sources: a. Use your mouse to highlight the text you want to appear as a link and then click on the chainlink icon in the tool ribbon.

4 b. A dialogue box will appear. Paste the URL of the site you want to link to in the top box. The text that will become an active hyperlink (that you already typed in the body of your SBP) will appear in the second box. Click the Add Link button at the bottom of the dialogue box. c. Voilà! The selected text in your SBP is now an active hyperlink!

5 8. Submitting your SBP Proofread and double check that your SBP reads the way you want it to on the screen there s a Preview option to the left of your post to see how the final product will appear when published. When you re done, click the blue Submit for Review button on the left. This will allow me to publish your post for the rest of the class to read. your revision reflection to me (music.drjones@gmail.com) to complete your final draft. I will not grade your SBP without a revision reflection, and I will not post it to the SBP discussion without a revision reflection.