EDIT202 - Portfolio Lab Assignment Guidelines

							EDIT202 – Portfolio Lab
Assignment Guidelines



Creating the Links, RSS feeds and Widgets

You have almost completed your portfolio! The last step is to complete the left
hand navigation of the WordPress page.


  1. For us to view anything on the left hand navigation of the page, the first step is to
     add some Widgets to your profile. Add the following widgets:

          Links
          Recent Posts
          Categories



      To begin adding widgets navigate to the Widgets link located in the
       Appearance Tab on the left hand side of the Dashboard as shown below.




      On the Widgets options page add the categories listed in the grey box above
      by selecting, clicking and dragging from the left hand side (Available
      Widgets) to the right hand side (Sidebar).
2. Edit the Categories Widget to have the title “Samples of My Work”.


   To edit the settings of your Categories Widget select the drop down arrow
   located on the right hand side of the widget box. This will display the widget
   options.

   In this options box, change the Categories title to Samples of My Work.
      Select the Show as hierarchy box in this menu. Finish by clicking on the
      Save button as shown above.

      Lastly, preview your ePortfolio and return to the dashboard.
Note: When you preview your portfolio you should now see your Categories
under the new heading on the right hand navigation menu as well as some posts in
the Recent Post heading. However, you will not see any links yet.



  3. Order the widgets in the following order:

        1. Categories
        2. Links
        3. Recent Posts


      To re-order your Widgets navigate to the Widgets link located in the
      Appearance Tab on the left hand side of the Dashboard as shown below.




      Once you are on the Widgets page re-order your selected widgets by simply
      placing your mouse over the widget and then dropping and dragging the
      widgets into the desired order.

      Repeat this process until your Widgets appear in the correct order listed in
      the grey box. Be sure to save these changes
   Lastly, preview your ePortfolio and return to the dashboard.



4. In order for the links to appear in the right hand navigation menu we must add
   link content. Add the following Link Categories.

          Education Links
          RSS Feeds


   To add Link Categories to your page select the Link Categories button




   located on the left hand side of your dashboard under the Links tab.

   To add a Link Category type in the title in the Category name box and
   select the Add Category button as shown below.
   After adding the Education Link category finish this stage by adding the
   RSS Feeds category in the same was as shown above.



5. Add the following links to the Education Links category along with a short
   description of the site. You should obtain this description by visiting the website
   and learning a little about it.

       The Alberta Education Home Page – http://www.education.alberta.ca
       Alberta ICT curriculum - http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/ict/pofs.asp
       Learn Alberta - http://www.learnalberta.ca/
       Shaw TLT - http://www.tlt.ab.ca/
       Telus 2Learn - http://www.2learn.ca/


   To add a link, begin by selecting Add New from the links tab on the
   Dashboard.
   On the New Link menu which appears begin adding your link. This is a one
   step process where you must designate:

             The link title (Name)
             The link address (Web address)
             Your link description
             The desired category




   Once you have entered in all the correct information add the link to the
   selected category by clicking on the Add link button as shown above.

   Using this process add each of the links listed above to the Education Links
   Category.



6. Add the following RSS Feeds to the RSS Feeds links category along with a short
   description of the feed. You should obtain this description by visiting the feed and
learning a little about it.

CBC Technology - http://rss.cbc.ca/lineup/technology.xml
ED Tech Talk - http://edtechtalk.com/node/feed
ZDNet News - http://news.zdnet.com/2504-1_22-0-20.xml



Adding the RSS feeds is very similar to the previous steps of adding the
links. However, be sure that you check the RSS Feeds link category box
when selecting your Link Category.




Using this process add each of the RSS Feeds in the listed above to the RSS
Feeds Category.

Lastly, preview your ePortfolio. Your ePortfolio should look similar to the
following image.
     Copy and paste the link to your wordpress portfolio into the assignment
     submission box on the WebCt site and click on Submit.



Dan New & Andrew Rusheleau
EDIT 202 Development Team
University of Alberta