{"id":11,"date":"2012-09-11T18:42:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T18:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digital-literacies\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2012-09-18T18:54:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T18:54:00","slug":"help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/digital-literacies\/workshops\/help\/","title":{"rendered":"Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<header>\n<h1>Help<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are three main parts to our help section:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>WordPress Idea Help<\/strong> addresses some of the pedagogical and content challenges of incorporating WordPress into teaching and research.<\/li>\n<li><strong>General Help<\/strong> points at some online resources and some strategies for finding the answers you need when you need them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Technical Help<\/strong> deals with some How-To\u2019s of WordPress.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We are indebted to the Emerson College WordPress team for generously allowing us to reuse and adopt some of the WordPress resources that they have developed.<\/p>\n<h2>WordPress Idea Help<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI\" target=\"_blank\">What is a Blog?<\/a> \u2013 A CommonCraft YouTube Video the explains how blogs work. Very cute!<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"WordPress for Teaching and Learning\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/teaching-and-learning\/\">WordPress Ideas for Teaching and Learning<\/a> \u2013 a few things to keep in mind as you develop your WordPress site.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/10-tips-for-your-class-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Class Blog<\/a> \u2013 a great resource for faculty thinking about using a WordPress site in their class.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Reflection, Motivation, and Learning\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/678-2\/\">Reflection, Motivation and Learning<\/a> \u2013 a few more things to think about when using WordPress with students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>General Help<\/h2>\n<p>The <a title=\"WordPress Codex\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Codex<\/a> is essentially the online manual for everything WordPress. It is an overwhelming and abundant resource, but a few highlights for beginners are:<a title=\"First Steps With WordPress\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/First_Steps_With_WordPress\" target=\"_blank\"> First Steps With WordPress<\/a>, <a title=\"Introduction to Blogging\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Introduction_to_Blogging\" target=\"_blank\">Introduction to Blogging<\/a>, and <a title=\"Writing Posts\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Writing_Posts\" target=\"_blank\">Writing Posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you need an answer for WordPress, I suggest Googling for help (someone\u2019s probably had the same problem before and left the answer on the Internet). Vassar faculty and students can ask <a href=\"http:\/\/computing.vassar.edu\/faculty\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACS<\/a> for help, or they can email the <a href=\"http:\/\/computing.vassar.edu\/helpdesk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">helpdesk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Technical WordPress Help<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/basic-posting\/\">Basic Posting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/files\/2012\/08\/Anatomy-of-a-WordPress-Blog-Post.pdf\">Anatomy of a Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/about-your-dashboard\/\">About Your Dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/add-an-image-from-file\/\">Add An Image \u2013 From File<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/adding-an-image-from-flickr\/\">Add Am Image \u2013 From Flickr<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/changing-your-%E2%80%A6s-header-image\/\">Changing Your Header Image<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/choosing-a-theme\/\">Choosing A Theme<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/adding-users-to-your-blog\/\">Adding Users<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/managing-your-posts\/\">Managing Your Posts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/math-expressions-and-plots\/\">Math Expressions and Plots<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Help &nbsp; There are three main parts to our help section: WordPress Idea Help addresses some of the pedagogical and content challenges of incorporating WordPress into teaching and research. 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