1. Logging in
2. Adding a school profile picture and bio
3. Writing a Post
3.1 Adding Photos
3.2 Adding Videos
3.3 Tags
3.4 Categories
3.5 Publishing
Logging In
Click on the “school’s login” button at the top right of the MicroGlobalScope website and enter your username and password (on your welcome letter) to login.
Once logged in, you will see a “dashboard” containing your recent drafts, a message box containing the latest news of information for schools, and some icons on the left hand side. To change your password, click on the “profile” link (the bottom icon on the left) and add a new password.
2. Adding a school profile picture and bio
On each school’s blog stream there is a space on the left hand side for display a photo and a short biography of the school.
To add your school’s photo and bio, go to the profile section, and fill in a biography and upload a photo. Once you upload a photo, you’ll be prompted to crop the image to a square size – the square version will be used as your picture whenever you write comment.
3. Writing a Post
To write a blog post, click on “new post” up the top of your screen, or in the left sidebar. This will take you to a post page. The page has several parts – a title, the body of the text, an “upload videos” box, a “tags” box, a “categories” box and a “publish” box. You can also upload images by clicking on the first link (the small rectangle) to the right of the “upload/insert” text.
We’ll get to tags and categories in a little while, but for now let’s look at the most important part of blogging – sharing your photos and videos.
3.1 Adding Photos
See detailed instructions here »
3.2 Adding Videos
To add a video, browse for your file in the “Add Video” panel, add a title in the “title” box then click upload. Depending on how long your video is, it may take a few minutes to upload. Once it has uploaded, it will appear at the top of your videos list. Click the “add” button to insert the video intro your post.
3.3 Tags
Tags are descriptive keywords that you add to your post. When you add a tag, it appears in the tag cloud on the home page, allowing people to easily find posts based on what they are interested in.
To add a tag, write your descriptive keyword(s) in the “tags” panel and click “add”. You must click add, otherwise your tag will not be added.
3.4 Categories
The photos on the website are categorized into 5 types: bugs and insects, plants and fungi, materials, food and cells. These categories appear in the search box at the top left of the website and allow people to quickly find the latest posts in each category.
Select the category/categories that apply to your post by checking the boxes in the “categories” panel.