Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Follow This

Some of you may have noticed that you can "follow" other blogs, or that your own blog can be followed. I would like you to follow the class blog. You may or may not follow each others blogs. This is an excellent way to keep track of who is posting and what is being posted.

You can follow by following these steps:
  1. log in to your account at blogger.com
  2. if you are not at the dashboard, you can click on the "sign in" link to the top right of the page. this will get you to your dashboard.
  3. once you get to the dashboard, you will see three tabs below the heading "reading list".
  4. "blogs i'm following" will be the first tab. because yours is probably empty, click on the "add" button.
  5. click on the "add" button.
  6. default selects, "add from url". type in the following http://arto354.blogspot.com or cut and paste from the url address bar above this screen.
  7. click "next".
  8. you are prompted to follow publicly or anonymously. choose publicly.
  9. now you can track our posts.
  10. ...and you are done.

Computing Services

The university's Information Technology department has a map showing the location of all computer labs, as well as a list of labs which includes what software is available at each lab.

Intro to Photoshop with The Doc!


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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Setting Up a Blog

Thanks to blogger, there is an easy tutorial available on YouTube of how to set up a blog. Because you will be required to create and maintain a blog during this course, I have added a link to the video: How to create a blog with Blogger. You are not required to purchase any additional customizations. How you layout your blog will be based on your own personal aesthetics. However, I will suggest that whatever layout you choose, keep in mind that this blog is specifically for this class and as such will primarily be used to view your photographic images.

More information about the requirements for your blog can be found on the syllabus.

Once you have created your blog, email the link to your blog and it will be posted to the student blog list.

Course Documents

Throughout the term, you will be able to download course documents (word documents) by clicking on the links to the right of this box. The syllabus and student questionnaire are both available for download now.