Bart's Handout #1 for 3/17/08
Bart's Handout #2 for 3/17/08

Video on how to make a video with Windows Movie Maker

One of our students, Steffie, made this video showing how to make a video using Windows Movie Maker: How to make a movie.

How do I .... my blog?

Yvonne has put together a great resource for those who might still be struggling a bit with blog creation. Complete with screen-shots and helpful video, this page provides clear instructions for some basic blog construction tasks. Check it out at http://t560.edublogs.org/

Silent Picnik Tutorial

For those of you in Thursday's section, I've posted a video tutorial that I made for editing images on picnik.com. I apologize for the "silent film" approach, but I was in Gutman when I made this, and didn't want to seem like a lunatic narrating away to no one in particular. When I have a mic handy, and a little privacy, I will add a sound track that explains what I'm doing. For now, you'll just have to use the visuals to trigger your memory.

For those of you who couldn't make the section, picnik is an online image editing tool that allows you to take images from your computer (or facebook, flickr, etc.,) and edit them as you would in Photoshop. Granted, this free software can't quite offer the same suite of features, but it's still pretty cool and worth checking out.

How to Allow Comments on Your Blog

Below I've written instructions for allowing comments on your blog. Note that these steps will only work on blogspot. If you have chosen a different blog tool, your procedure will be different. I've created some highlighted images to help you identify certain links that I describe in the instructions. You can click on the pictures to enlarge them as needed.

Figure 1. Refer to this Diagram for Steps 1 & 2

1. Type your blog address into the navigation bar at the top of your web browser. (For example, I would type: http://spencech.blogspot.com ). You should arrive at your blog.

2. Look in the upper right corner of the screen. Do you see your email address?

• If you do not see your email address, proceed to Step 3.
• If you do see your email address, you will notice one of two words next to your name:
  
• If you see "Dashboard", click on it and proceed to Step 5.
• If you see "Customize", click on it, then click on the Settings Tab on the left side of the screen (see Figure 2), and proceed to Step 6.

3. If you do not see your email address in the upper right corner of the screen, click "Sign In".

4. Enter the user name and password that you used to set up your account. Click "Sign In". You should arrive at your dashboard.

5. Under the section entitled "Manage Your Blogs", click on the "Settings" link.

Figure 2. Refer to this diagram for Steps 6 & 7

6. You should see a series of links at the top of the screen. Click on "Comments".

7. After the "Who can comment?" heading, select "Users with Google Accounts"

8. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Save Settings"


That should do it!