Welcome to our ASTU 400T blog! Here you can share your experiences volunteering at the Headway Center. Below are a few things to help get you started:
1. Create your own UBC blog account and add yourself into the ASTU 400T Course Blog
– I sent you an email which contains a link to confirm the invite to join this blog
– If you’re new to wordpress, you’ll be led through registration
– Here’s a video to guide you through registration
2. Creating a post and publishing
– On top tool bar click “+New ” and then “Post”
– In the Publish box on the right you can save drafts and preview
– In the Tags box on lower right you can tag keywords relevant to your post
– Remember to sign off with your name if different from username
3. Proper use of digital content
videos:
– Anything from youtube is ok
– To add a video, click on the youtube icon in the toolbar and copy/paste the link
pictures:
– Go to image search on google
– Click search tools>usage rights>label for reuse
– This limits your search to images that are ok to use
– To add a picture, click upload/insert>select the file>check off public
domain>under caption write your description and cite the source>upload
– Make sure you state your source for the picture
– Here’s an example of a properly uploaded and cited picture
Koala bears are so awesome it’s ridiculous
(image via wikipedia)
links:
– insert links by highlighting the word>click chain icon on toolbar>paste link
– This will come in handy for citing research you mention in your blog
– Ex: In a recent study by Brooks et al. (2013)…
– Note: the link should go to the webpage with the UBC e-link, not the pdf
4. Netiquette (adapted from SCIE 300)
Your posts and comments must not contain:
– Any inappropriate language including swear words or insults
– Any discriminatory language including derogatory slang toward any race,
gender, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs
Failure to comply with the rules will result in your comment being deleted. Remember that to post or comment on UBC Blogs, you must be logged in with your CWL. You are not anonymous on UBC Blogs. Depending on the severity of the infractions, other disciplinary action may be taken. Here are some further guidelines on netiquette.
5. Confidentiality
No identifying information about any of the members at Headway is permitted
6. Examples
You can see some examples of blogs written about volunteering with patients from Dr. Steven Barnes’ course website. Please also refer to the Blog Grading Rubric to help guide your writing.
That’s it! Happy blogging! As always, feel free to email me if you need help setting up or have any questions. Due date for your first blog entry (max 500 words) is February 25th. I’m genuinely looking forward to reading all your posts!
Written by Vivian Kwan