Classroom Page Training September 20 to September 22 - PowerPoint Presentation

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Classroom Page Training

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Classroom Page Purpose

To serve as the main method of communicating with parents, eventually replacing the weekly classroom newsletter.

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Expectations (1)

Pages will be standardized across grades – every teacher will look goodAll teachers will update their page at minimum once a month, but once a week is recommended

Homeroom teacher will post general school information as a reminder, i.e., Spring Break dates; Chinese New Year performance details, etc

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Expectations (2)

If specialist teachers have information to issue specific to a grade, send that news item to that grade’s teacher, who will then post it on that grade’s News tab (so that parents are not expected to check all specialist pages for pertinent information)

No bloggingSeptember 20 to September 22

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Edit your page in Wordpress

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Use Internet Explorer or FirefoxGo to: http://yinghuaacademy.org/wp-login.php

Username: your email addressPassword: yinghuarocksYou are now on the “Dashboard”, which is your starting point for editing

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Edit your page in Wordpress (2)

Username: your email address

Password: yinghuarocks

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Edit your page in Wordpress (3)

You are now on the “Dashboard”, which is your starting point for editing

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Change your Password

On the left hand sidebar, click

Your ProfileScroll down to About YourselfEnter your new password twice in the boxes providedWrite it

down

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Create the Content on your Page

Click POSTS

All the current POSTS are listedClick MINE to see only yours

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Add a POST (1)

Click Add New (under Posts)Enter Title in title bar, for example, Daily Schedule

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Add a POST (2)

Enter Body in body sectionCopy and Paste from Word Document

Click this iconThen choose “Paste as Plain Text” or “Paste from Word”

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Add a POST (3)

On right hand side under Categories, check the Classroom box.

Then click the name of the tab on which the post should appear: Assignments, Classroom News, and OverviewClick Publish

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Go to the live classroom page [http://www.yinghuaacademy.org/classrooms/firstname.lastname@yinghuaacademy.org], refresh, and double check appearance. Go back to

Wordpress to tweak as necessary

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dd a POST (4)

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Insert MEDIA (1)

See the Upload/Insert icons at the top of the body section. Click on the starburst (“Add Media”)

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Insert MEDIA (2)

Find your media, change the title to something visually appropriate

If you are entering a PDF file or a downloadable file, click “File URL” before clicking “Insert into Post” (not Post URL)

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Tips (1) – Visual or HTML

The body section has two tabs – visual and HTML. Always edit in Visual (the default tab). You only need to use the HTML tab if you are pasting something in from another source (i.e., from Word, Pages, or other websites). Paste it into the HTML side and then switch back to Visual to edit it.

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Tips (2) – Post Time Stamp

Yours posts will show up in reverse order – the most recent post will be on the top. If you want a different order, you can trick the program by changing the date/time stamp on the post. Go to your list of posts, hover over the one you want to change, and click Quick Edit. Change the time as needed to reorder your post. You will probably only need to do this for your Overview tab.

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Tips (3) - Post Time Stamp

Similarly, you can enter posts ahead of time, and schedule them to go live later – just alter the timestamp (under Quick Edit, see first tip above) to your specified date/time in the future.

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Tips (4) – Up to 10 Posts

Each tab, Assignments, Classroom News, and Overview, will maintain up to 10 posts. After 10 posts, it will automatically archive the oldest one(s). Next year you will be able to access them for updating and re-posting if you wish.

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Tips (5) – Insert “More” Tag

If your entry is too long, consider inserting a break with a “read more” button. Simply enter the entire text that you want, then place the cursor where you want the break, and click the Insert More tag (Alt-Shift-T) from the top row of icons, next to the anchor.

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Tips (6) - Acceptable Media Formats to be Able to Open Within the Webpage

Images: 
.jpg 
.jpeg 
.png


 .gifAudio: .mp3
 .m4a 
.ogg
 .wavVideo: .mp4 .m4v, 
.mov


.wmv 
.avi


 .mpg
 .ogv 
.3gp 
.3g2Only Administrator is able to insert embedded media or youtube

link

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Practice and Questions

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