The document provides instructions for teachers on how to create and maintain a blog on WordPress to share classroom activities and information with students and families. It outlines the requirements needed, including a CAP email and password, and steps for registering the blog, publishing posts, uploading images and videos, customizing themes, and sharing static pages. It also explains how students and parents can access the blog and how the teacher can sign in and out of the dashboard.
2. Introduction
Why a blog?
Content to publish
Homework
Websites
Instructions
Activities
Photos
Videos
Classroom activities
Chronological order
Interaction with students and
families.
What do I need to create my blog in
Wordpress?
My CAP email
Notepad to write down user,
password and URL.
Practice!
3. Content
Register your blog
Access and sign out
Dashboard
Publish posts
Tips for writing posts
Upload images
From file
From URL
Photo gallery
YouTube videos
Appearance – Themes
Static Pages
Slide Share
4. How do I start?
Go to cap.edu.mx
Click on BLOGS
You will need to enter your employee number and
password (the one you use to access the “Portal”)
Go to PRIMARIA
Choose your grade and click on your name
Register!
5. How will students and parents access my
blog?
They’ll have to:
go to cap.edu.mx
Go to BLOGS CAP
enter their student or family number and
password
Your blog will be the only one available to
them
6. How will I enter and sign out?
Go to your blog at cap.edu.mx – BLOGS
Pick your blog from the list an click on it
Meta – Login
Sign out: At the upper right corner click on the your
name and click “Sign Out”
15. Tips for writing posts
Choose a short title that represents the content
Use bold letters to highlight important words.
Write short paragraphs
Review your writing to check for spelling mistakes
and other errors
Add images to illustrate your post
Publish regularly
19. Multimedia
Wordpress stores every object that you have added
to your blog in it’s multimedia gallery.
This way, you can use them in the future without
uploading them again.
22. Add static Pages to your blog
Pages
Add new Page
It’s a good idea to write the DATE and a TITLE
when you add new information, so it’s easily
identifiable.
24. Slide Share
http://www.slideshare.net/
Slideshare is a website that offers users the ability to
upload and share PowerPoint presentations, Word
documents, OpenOffice, PDF…
If you need to share this type of files with your
students, create a SlideShare account and upload them
there. Then, you can copy the wordpress code and
embed it in your post.