Below you will find three step-by-step tutorials. One shares how to write a blog post and publish it, the second one tells how to add resources to the shared Google Drive folders, and the third one tells how to add to the Links Library page. If you have any issues or further questions, please contact Deborah Thomashow (dthomashow@winchesterps.org).
How to contribute a post (question, discussion topic, etc.)
1. Open Google Chrome.
2. Click the Google Apps grid in the upper right corner of the screen.
3. Select Blogger from the menu. You may have to click on "More" at the bottom of the menu if Blogger is not one of the options that immediately pops up.
4. Log in to Blogger using your school email address and password.
5. Once logged in, you will see your Blogger Dashboard. Towards the top of the screen you will have a list of blogs that you author. Click the orange rectangle with the white pen inside (circled in red) to begin typing a new post.
[At some point, you may also want to select from the drop down menu (circled in blue) to get to one of those options listed.]
3. Select Blogger from the menu. You may have to click on "More" at the bottom of the menu if Blogger is not one of the options that immediately pops up.
4. Log in to Blogger using your school email address and password.
5. Once logged in, you will see your Blogger Dashboard. Towards the top of the screen you will have a list of blogs that you author. Click the orange rectangle with the white pen inside (circled in red) to begin typing a new post.
[At some point, you may also want to select from the drop down menu (circled in blue) to get to one of those options listed.]
6a. Give your post a title (in the box circled in red).
6b. Begin typing your post (see red arrow).
6c. You may save your post at any time (click the "save" button highlighted in yellow) and return to finish it at a later date.
6d. Before it is published and public, you may preview what your post will look like on the blog by clicking the "Preview" button (circled in green).
6e. Finally, you may publish your post by clicking the orange "Publish" button (circled in blue).
How to add a Resource
1. Open Google Chrome and select "Google Drive" (circled in red) from the Google Apps grid.
2. Click "Shared with Me" (circled in blue) on the left side of the screen. Then find the folder called "Daily 5 & CAFE" (highlighted in yellow) created by Elizabeth McEleney and double click it.
3. Choose one of the 3 folders (circled in blue) where your document best belongs, and double click on the folder.
4. Click the red "NEW" button in the upper left part of the screen.
5. From the menu that pops up, if you would like to add a(n)
-document (a Word doc, a PDF, etc.) that is saved on your computer, please choose "File upload," locate the document on your computer using the "Open" box that pops up, then click "Open" in the bottom right corner of the box.
-entire folder of resources that is saved on your computer, please choose "Folder upload," locate the folder on your computer using the "Open" box that pops up, then click "Open" in the bottom right corner of the box.
-Google document, Google sheet, or Google slides, please choose from one of those options listed.
6. Don't forget to go back and write a quick post to the blog to let readers know that a new item has been added to one of the Google Drive folders.
How to Add to the Links Library
1. From the Blogger dashboard, select "Pages" (circled in red) from the drop down menu.
2. The 3 blog pages will appear in a list. Hover under the "Links Library" where the yellow highlighting is in the picture below. Four words will appear: Edit, Share, View, Delete. Click on "Edit."
3. Add your website information to the table.
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