This post details the mechanics of posting your weekly journals. To review the requirements of the assignment, refer to the syllabus.
Each week, you will write a journal answering the question that Professor Reis posts in Weekly Questions, accessible via the main menu in the left sidebar. You will create this response by selecting “Add New” from the “Posts” menu or “Post” from the “+New” menu when you are signed into the class website and accessing the Dashboard. You will compose your journal in the text box and title it. Note: to backup your work, you may want to compose your entry in Microsoft Word or in another word processing program and paste your journal entry in. That’s fine. If you do so, make sure that “Text” is selected at the top right of the main text box, so no wonky formatting from your word processor will be transferred along with your text.
Okay, so you’ve written and titled your post. What’s next? Categorizing, making private, and publishing your post. All of these functions can be done via the boxes in the right sidebar of your post edit area. For every entry, you will select “Journals” as the category from the Categories box. Then, in the Publish box at the top of the column, you will click the “Edit” link next to Visibility to change your post from public to private. After you’ve categorized and made your post private, you are free to hit the “Publish” button at the bottom right of the Publish box. Note: you can still edit your post after you publish it, and it may be good practice to give it a read-through afterwards.
Final note on the privacy of posts: each of your journal entries is private so that the only person reading them is Professor Reis. The privacy of the posts is to give you the freedom to develop ideas on your own terms.
