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Sign up to Wordpress.com
Accept invitation from Map Create
Create a ‘post’ to embed your map and type some text
USING MAP CREATE
You are going to use Mapcreate to embed a Google map
• Mapcreate was built using Wordpress
• One of the great things about Wordpress is that it is a very ‘social’ tool - a fantastic medium to promote online conversations, crowdsource information and collaborate online with team members
Wordpress allows you to have multiple ‘authors’,
‘contributors’ and ‘editors’. You as the ‘administrator’ of your own blog can decide which role is assigned to
whom. Click on the ‘User’ tab to do so
Become an author!
• For this exercise I am assigning all of you as ‘authors’. Unlike ‘contributors’, that means you don’t have to wait for me to check your content before publishing a map or blog post – just go ahead and do it!
• Log into your Google mail and you will see an invitation from me to become an ‘author’ on Mapcreate
Sign up to Wordpress
Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up
Create a post
Sign up to Wordpress
This is what the email will look like
You need to do two things
Sign up for a Wordpress
account
Do not click Accept Invitation yet. Get your Wordpress account and
password first. Only then click Accept Invitation.
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Sign up to Wordpress
Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up
Create a post
Sign up to Wordpress
Sign up for a Wordpress account
Get a Username and password
and Sign up
This website was built using Wordpress. Wordpress is a powerful open source blogging tool. When you sign up, you can create your own website or blog
Sign up to Wordpress
Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up
Create a post
Sign up to Wordpress
Check your email again and activate your Wordpress account
Once you have signed up, you will get an automated email asking you to activate your account
Click activate account
Sign up to Wordpress
Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up
Create a post
Sign up to Wordpress
You will be taken to the Wordpress dashboard
The Dashboard is where you can create
your own blog or follow blogs created
by others
This is your personal dashboard. This
is not the dashboard of Mapcreate.
You still need to accept the invitation in the email sent to you in order to access the Mapcreate Dashboard
Sign up to Wordpress
Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up
Create a post
Sign up to Wordpress
Now go back to your email and accept invitation to Mapcreate
Provided you have got your username and
password, you can log into Mapcreate
Sign up to Wordpress
Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up
Create a post
Sign up to Wordpress
You will then be taken to Mapcreate
Hover the cursor over the
MapCreate menu and then click on
Dashboard
If you do not see the Wordpress toolbar, do a Google search for Wordpress in a separate browser tab and log in
Sign up to Wordpress
Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up
Create a post
Sign up to Wordpress
Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up
Create a post to embed your map
On the left hand side of the Dashboard, click ‘Add New Post’
Sign up to Wordpress
Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up
Create a post
Sign up to Wordpress
Then follow the instructions in Google maps – the basics
Go to section
Embed a map
About this slideshow
This slideshow was created using Slideshare, a social networking
platform
You can design slideshows in a variety of formats and upload to Slideshare
Software used to design slideshows
• Powerpoint - Microsoft office
• Open Office (free downloadable office software)
• iWork (Apple)
• Google docs
Slideshare also accepts videos:-
• mp4
• m4v
• Wmv
• avi
• 3gp
• And more...
A basic account with Slideshare is free
Once you have uploaded your slideshare you can embed it in your blog
The embed code is a piece of html which you copy and paste into the HTML section of your
blog or website. If your slideshare is public, it means anyone can do
the same.
This means that the content you create can be widely distributed
• People can see your slideshow on your blog
• On someone else’s blog(only if your slideshow is public)
• Or on the Slideshare platform itself