We use the 4 Girl/Boy icons for three reasons on the Learning Commons: Interesting or noteworthy piece of information (example). For headers to organize content (example). To ask questions or communicate directly to the reader (example). To use the icons, simply paste the following HTML code into the editor box when creating or editing a […]

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Most photos that are used on the Learning Commons site are downloaded from Flickr—selected from photos available from UBC-related Flickr accounts or searched under the Creative Commons Advanced Search option. Here is a screencast that illustrates how to go about doing this: Photos should be 600w x 300h and the most effective ones are evocative, […]

Each WordPress blog has a Media Library that stores all the additional files (audio, video, images, etc.) included in the website content. To access the WP Media Library, after logging in, click on the “Media” tab, on the left-hand side of the page. To add new media to the library, simply click the ‘Add New […]