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Word Press How to Guide

We are here to help you create your ePortfolio, so do not hesitate to ask for technical support. To get started on creating your ePortfolio we suggest the following steps:

The first Steps:

  1. Log in if you have not already logged in; get familiar with the administration interface and click here for more information on it.  The administration interface is also, where the Dashboard in WordPress is located and you can get more info about it here.
  2. Remember: When you are in the site administration area of your ePortfolio, you can get tips on what you are doing by clicking the “Help” menu on the top-right corner.
  1. Review your settings, start by changing your Site Title under Settings>General. You need to hit the “Save” button to save your changes. (More information about General Settings here.)
  2. Add a new post. You can pick one of the existing categories by checking a box on the sidebar of the authoring interface. You can manage your categories here. You will need to hit the blue “Publish” button on the right hand side before your post appears. Information on managing the privacy settings on individual posts is here.
  3. We have created your ePortfolio with three pages. You can add more pages, or you can delete what is there. Maybe start by changing your about me page by introducing yourself and sharing a little about yourself.
  4. You are welcome to change the images and upload your own. Here is information about using images from Google.

How to section:

  • Here is information about the terminology used in WordPress.
  • Information on the differences between “posts” and “pages” here.
  • Here is information on the difference between a category and a tag.
  • Information about how to replace media an image or media file in WordPress here.
  • Once you feel comfortable with the WordPress administration interface, you are ready to start changing your ePortfolio’s header image.
  • You can manage, add or remove sidebar or footer widgets at Appearance>Widgets.
  • You can even manage or update your navigation menu at Appearance>Menus.
  • You can change the theme in WordPress too, for more information check here.
  • What is an ePortfolio? Click here for a quick video.
  • What is reflective writing? Click here for more info.

Getting more help:

  • Contact Crystalyn Lemieux at crystalyn.lemieux@gmail.com or at clemieux@tru.ca to set up an appointment to get technical assistance in creating your ePortfolio or to answer any of your questions.
  • Here is the Beginner’s guide for WordPress by WPBeginner.
  • Here is the learn WordPress website by WordPress.
  • Learn more about digital literacy skills here. Check out the menu sections and consider looking at the publish section.
  • If you are confused about anything it is always good to do an initial Google or YouTube search. However, if you are finding that it is taking you longer than 10 minutes to figure out a solution, please make an appointment with Crystalyn for technical assistance.

Advice for others

What is one personal story from your university experience you want to share to give future and current students some advice about being at the university and trying to either reconnect to your culture or include your culture into your coursework. If this is hard maybe share how you would make one small change to include your culture into your coursework.

Cultural Identity Groups

Photo by Natalia 

Cultural identity refers to the many groups of people that we relate to and we feel that we belong to.This could refer to: ethnicity, race, nationality, gender, education, career, language, foods, generation, beliefs, social class, locality, history, and etc.

An example of a cultural identity list might look like this: Tlingit, Alaska native, American, Alaskan, English, female, university student, Fulbright scholar, health educator, Gluten free/dairy free foods, millennial, christian, etc.

Feel free to make this page private by going to the right and clicking on the edit hyperlink under publish>visibility>public>edit. There is more information in the how to guide in the home page.

Photo credit: Natalia. 2016. The skirt project: Connecting gender, religion, and colonialism. Retrieved from                       https://reconciliationsyllabus.wordpress.com