1. 1. DO NOW IN JOURNAL:WHAT ARE 3 TRAITS OF AGOOD WEBSITE?
2. 2. "I pledge to do my best this day to honormyself and others in everything I do. Toaccept responsibility for my own learning,and to encourage others that struggle, as Iembrace my own. To exercise leadershipand to crave college preparationcontinually. Mediocrity is not an option, onlyexcellence will do. Who I am has value.What I think has value- Sapere Aude. Who Iwill become is invaluable to the world."
3. 3. Strong Bad:Homestar Runner is a flash-animatedinternet cartoon seriesthat began in 2001. Strong Bad, amask wearing prankster, and oneof the series' most popularcharacters, would answer fansubmitted questions on episodesentitled Strong Bad Email.His advice is often horrible.
4. 4. Website Qualities Checklist:1. Ugly, low quality,distracting, or irrelevantgraphics should be avoided.
5. 5. Website Qualities Checklist:2. Information should beeasy to find.
6. 6. Website Qualities Checklist:3. The home page shouldnot be crammed withinformation.
7. 7. Website Qualities Checklist:4. The purpose of each pageshould be clear immediately.
8. 8. Website Qualities Checklist:5. Readers know where theyare and where they can go.
9. 9. Website Qualities Checklist:6. Navigation, or the menu,must be simple andconsistent.
10. 10. Website Qualities Checklist:7. The text and backgroundcolors should contrast forclear and easy reading.
11. 11. Website Qualities Checklist:8. Font size shouldnt be toolarge or too small.
12. 12. Website Qualities Checklist:9. Avoid presenting too muchinformation in the samespace.
13. 13. Website Qualities Checklist:10. Design elements, such asfont and color choices,should be consistent frompage to page.
14. 14. Open this URL in your Chromebrowser:tinyurl.com/thelistjames
15. 15. Here we have a list of 8 websites.4 of the websites are bad (based onour website qualities checklist).
16. 16. Below your Do Now, choose 4websites to examine(from the list of 8). For each website,write the name and 3 good qualitiesor 3 bad. Choose one or the other.
17. 17. Open your first choice from the listnow and examine it. Choosewhichever one you would like first.You will have 3 minutes for eachwebsite (write 3 notes good or bad).
18. 18. Begin with your first choice.Is it mostly good or mostly badbased on your website checklist?List 3 reasons for either good or bad.
19. 19. Move to your second choice.Is it mostly good or mostly badbased on your website checklist?List 3 reasons for either good or bad.
20. 20. Move to your third choice.Is it mostly good or mostly badbased on your website checklist?List 3 reasons for either good or bad.
21. 21. Move to your fourth choice.Is it mostly good or mostly badbased on your website checklist?List 3 reasons for either good or bad.
22. 22. Open this URL in your Chromebrowser:wordpress.com
23. 23. Type your uplift username & create:
24. 24. Type yourupliftemail,Username,andpassword.Keep thefreeoptionand blogaddress.
25. 25. Scroll down the pageto the 3 columns ofpayment options. Thefirst option, free, has aCreate Blog buttonbellow the word FreeClick Create Blog
26. 26. Press the Next Step button to skip until youreach the Choose a Theme page.
27. 27. When Browsing the themes, look for theAcademica theme. This page hasrandomly ordered themes, so you may haveto click Show more themes to find it.
28. 28. Click My Sites inthe top left cornerof the webpage!
29. 29. You will see yourblank websiterepresented by awhite box with thename andaddress. Click thegear symbol inthe top right of thewhite box.Choose the Goto AdminDashboard optionChoose the Go toAdmin Dashboardoption that pops up.
30. 30. Hover over theAppearance option andmore options with pop up.Choose Customize.
31. 31. Under Custom Designright, choose Front tobring up two optionsYour latest posts or Astatic page.Choose A static page
32. 32. With A static pageselected, chooseAbout for yourFront Page and leavethe Posts page empty.
33. 33. Click SaveWait for it to finish savingand then hover overdark bar where themenu was to bring itback. Click the X toreturn to the dashboard.
34. 34. Click PagesOn the left hand menu ofyour Dashboard screen.
35. 35. Hover your mouse overthe About page tobring up the otheroptions. Click on Edit
36. 36. Click in the title AboutChange the text to readAdvertising inMotorsports
37. 37. The page content contains a paragraphstarting with This is an example of a page.Delete this content by highlighting it andhitting the backspace key on your keyboard.
38. 38. In a new tab, go to this website:tinyurl.com/racingwhoThis is the content for our example page.Hold CTRL and press A toselect all of the text.Hold CTRL and press V tocopy all of the text.
39. 39. Click inside of the big white contentspace. Hold CTRL and press V topaste the content from my googledoc into your page.
40. 40. On the right hand side you have aPublish window. Click on PreviewChanges to see the web page.
41. 41. Congratulations! You are on yourway to building your own websites inWordPress full of your personalresearch content!Use the remainder of the time to check youremail at login.microsoftonline.com remember toclick Outlook and use your full emailto sign in. It starts with WIP and ends withstudents.uplifteducation.orgYou can access my example attinyurl.com/mrjamesemail
42. 42. Links for today:1. wordpress.com2. tinyurl.com/racingwho3. tinyurl.com/imagesracing4. tinyurl.com/mrjamesemail