EduSpaces

Eduspaces

Your training team:

Rafay Agha, Krystal Cochrane,

Jacqueline Cassar, Kim Wright

Three Key Skills

1) How to create an account

2) How to join our WRI330 community

3) How to post and edit your blog

What IS Eduspaces?

• Blogging tool for our class wiki

• Blog = “web log”

• On-line space to write; opinions, journal, commentaries, stories, pictures, photos

What will I use it for? Weekly Blog Posts

• Required for WRI330

• Posts for assigned readings and audio pieces

• 10% of course mark

• Gives you your own voice on our class blog

Eduspaces v Facebook

Eduspaces:• Social networking site dedicated to educators• By-and-large an academic community• Full suite of tools for educators; blog,

bookmark, forum• Profs have students create blogs for their

courses

Eduspaces v Facebook

Facebook:• Online “social network” directory• Connects people through schools or

companies• Open network primarily populated by

students• Blog feature (Facebook Notes) not favored by

profs

How To Create an Account

•Open your internet browser

•Type in http://eduspaces.net

•Click “Join EduSpaces!,” the purple button

•Fill in the fields with your name and e-mail

•Click “Register”

• Check for a verification e-mail in your inbox

• Follow the instructions

•From the URL, enter:•Username•Password•Password Verification

•Make sure to remember these for future sessions

•Click “join”

•Welcome to EduSpaces!

How to add an avatar

•What is an Avatar? (aav-a-tar)

•A graphical representation of yourself

•Ability to associate a user with an avatar

•Select ‘Your Profile’

•Select ‘Change site picture’

•Select a JPEG (image) from your computer

•Select ‘default’ and ‘Save’

How to join “Oral Rhetoric 2008” community

•Keyword search: “ORAL RHETORIC 2008”•Select ‘Search’

•Select Oral Rhetoric 2008

Click here to join this community

•Right navigation column

•Select ‘Click here to join this community’

• After Joan approves your request you will be a member of “Oral Rhetoric 2008” community

How to blog

•Once registered

•Main page, right navigation column

•Select ‘Community Blog’

•Top of page

•‘Post new entry’

Italicize,

Adding a new post

•Keywords a.k.a. Tags

•Indexing

•Selective, key words

•Who can read your blog?

•Access restrictions and class requirements

•Usually ‘Public’ or ‘Community: Oral Rhetoric 2008’

•Select ‘Publish’

How to edit your blog and comment on other members’ blogs

Jane D

•Bottom of your post

•Editing your blog posting

•Takes you back to posting page

Jane D

•Deleting your blog posting

•Confirm your action

•Always have a hard copy

•Bottom of other posts

•Commenting on a post

•New page opens

Eduspaces Support

• http://learningeduspaces.pbwiki.com/

• Frequently Asked Questions and Blogging Etiquette

• Help from your training team at Edu.help@live.com