Instructions

What is this site and how does it work? Well, the site is a weblog run through WordPress. The site was created for the students of Vista Grande Elementary by Mrs. Allard, Science Lab and Computer Literacy teacher. The weblog is for use in discussion and posting of various topics and student work. You must be a registered user to post to this site.  At this time, only the administrator can register users.

Posts and Comments

Know the difference between Posts and Comments. A POST is a brand new topic. A COMMENT is when you want to make a comment, reply, or somehow add to the discussion of a post.

If you are creating something that is a new assignment, submitting work that you have done, etc., you need to create a new POST. See the instructions below for how to POST.

If you have to respond to an assignment that Mrs. Allard has given you, or if you are asked to comment on other students’ work, then you need to click the COMMENT link at the bottom of the POST.

Posting Your Presentations

  1. Login
  2. Click on “Publish” in the user menu.
  3. Name the post (title) the topic of your PowerPoint Presentation.
  4. In the Post area, just type something like “here is my PowerPoint Presentation on …..”
  5. In the category section, check mark the box that says “5th Grade PowerPoint Presentations” (or whatever category is appropriate for your post).
  6. Then click on the “sun” (media) in the Upload/Insert menu above the word processing buttons (above the Bold, Italic, bullets, and numbering controls).
  7. This will bring up a new window.
  8. Make sure it says “from computer” then click on the button that says “select files.”
  9. This will open a third window to your computer. Find and select your PowerPoint Presentation file.
  10. Enter a Title, Caption, and Description.
  11. Then click on “insert into post.”
  12. Click “Publish” on the far right of the screen (or “Update” if you are editing).
  13. The post should be up and visible.
  14. To get back to the Student Weblog, click “Visit Site” in the upper left corner of the Dashboard screen.
  15. Click on the PowerPoint link to your file and check it to make sure it opens the correct thing.

NOTE: These are the same instructions you would follow to insert a new picture/graphic/sound, etc. Just the icon might be different. Square = image, Filmstrip = video, Musical Notes = audio, and Sun = media/document.

 

Creating a New Post without Including a File

Creating a Post is the Same as the instruction above, except you do not need to do steps #6-#11.

Saving Images to Your Computer

  1. Find the image you want to save.
  2. Right click (right mouse button…usually we use the left one) on the image and you will get a menu.
  3. Click on “save image as..” – or – it might say “save picture as…“
  4. A new window will pop up that asks you where you want to save the image. You MUST check to see if the folder you want it in is at the top!
  5. Click first on Desktop (on the left side of the menu).
  6. Next double click on Computer Lab.
  7. Find the folder with your name on it and double click to open it. Your name should now be at the top of the window next to Save in. (If you don’t have a folder, see below.)
  8. Now that your folder is at the top, you can rename the image if you need or want to and then click on the SAVE button at the bottom.

    how to save the image

    Click on the image you want and scroll to "save image as"

 

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