09/15 Handout

[This is an online version of the handouts you received]

GETTING STARTED WITH THE CLASS BLOG

• We have a class blog at:
http://gst6420-fall2009.blogspot.com/

• To contribute to the class blog, you need to have a Google or Gmail account. If you don’t have one, you can get one at gmail.com

• You will receive an email invitation to join the class blog. This email invitation is a notification email – I will not get any replies if you hit “REPLY” to this email. If you don’t receive the invitation within the next 24 hours, email me at ravi@ravijain.org

• Once you have a Gmail account and have accepted the class blog, you can log in at anytime at blogger.com Once you are logged in, you will see the “Dashboard” which will show any blogs that you can contribute to. If you’ve just gotten started with blogger, you will only see our class blog.

• From the Dashboard you can create “New Posts” or edit any posts you’ve saved (but not published). You can comment on any other posts from the class blog itself.

• I have noticed inconsistencies with browsers, so I recommend Firefox for blogging.

• We will go over how to create links, add images, tags, and more, so don’t worry if it seems confusing and/or overwhelming. There are very good resources at http://www.google.com/support/blogger/