Assignment #1: Blog Set-up

Here are the steps to setting up your blog.  Some of them you have to follow in order (the first few), but the rest you can do whenever you please.  Autonomy, baby! 

I prefer to make an "evil plan" face when doing these kinds of things, but it's optional

 for you

1. To go www.google.com and sign in.
2. At the top of the page, click "more" find "Blogger" in the list... and click it
3.  On the right hand side of the "Confim your profile" page, click the box that says "Create a limited Blogger profile"
4.  Create a blogger name for yourself!  You can use your first name as part of it, but not your last name.  Obviously it must be school-acceptable.
5. You probably want to uncheck the box at the bottom of the page before you click "Continue to Blogger"
6. Now comes the moment of glory: click "New Blog" in the top left of the page.
7. Choose a title (you know the deal... appropriate, blah, blah, blah) and address for your blog.  Remember that short and simple addresses are easier to tell people about.  Combinations of numbers and words are easy to remember and often unique, which means it might be available.

At this point, you're free to do the rest of these as you see fit. You MUST do them all.

From left to right: Create a new post, view list of posts, options menu, and view blog

•  Update your blogger profile by clicking on your blogger name in the top-right and dropping down to "Blogger profile".  Feel free to put whatever you want on there,  including a representative picture (but not a real picture!) of yourself.  You can enter your location, your interests, and anything else you want as long as it doesn't reveal who you are!
•  Edit your blog's appearance by adding a background picture, theme, or color scheme.  To do these, click the triangle just to the left of the "view blog" option and choose layout or settings.
•  Create a first post!  Tell us what you hope to accomplish in your blog, what sorts of topics interest you, and anything else about yourself that doesn't sound like a cheesy dating profile.

 Good luck, and happy blogging!