In Monday night’s class, you guys requested the ability to access all of the student forum posts from one place. I’ve mashed all the RSS feeds for your individual forums into a single feed so you can subscribe in your RSS reader. (Looking for an RSS reader? I use and recommend Feedly.) Subscribing to the […]
How to add images to your forum posts
Since the ‘add media’ button just doesn’t want to display in the forums, I’ve come up with a workaround to allow you to add images to your posts. I’ve installed a plugin that allows you to add attachments to your post, so this workaround uses that functionality to allow you to upload an image, which […]
The case of the pesky ‘add media’ button
So you guys pointed out that you don’t have an ‘add media’ button in the visual editor for your forums. There is no easy solution for this. There are no plugins that will fix it. I found some rough notes on a user forum somewhere on the web on how to hack one of the […]
Site outage tonight
Tonight I’ll be doing some maintenance on the site and attempting to fix the issue with the ‘add media’ button not appearing for you guys in the forums. Please expect the site to be down from 8pm til 9pm. I’ll tweet when the site is back up.
Is your forum post AWOL?
If you post to a forum and your post disappears, don’t panic! I’ve just realised this happens if your post is marked as spam. If you do post and your post goes missing, please get in touch and I’ll dig it out for you. The quickest way to get me is by pinging me on Twitter – […]
Tips for writing and posting your weekly posts
Since you’re about to start posting content to your personal forums, I thought I’d share some tips for writing and publishing your weekly posts. Write offline There’s always a risk that things can go wrong when you’re writing posts directly into a web interface. Some of the things that regularly go wrong for me are… I […]
Please check the Twitter Chat Champion schedule
I’ve now posted the Twitter chat schedule, which covers hashtags, handles for guest tweeters, questions and archives. It also lists your assigned Twitter Chat Champion weeks. Almost half of you didn’t sign up, so I’ve signed you up randomly for the remaining openings. If there are any major problems (like you’re going to be away in your week) […]
Lessons from our first Twitter chat
I feel like I’m still recovering from our fast and frenetic Twitter chat on Monday night. It was my first time hosting a Twitter chat, and I know it was the first Twitter chat that many of you have participated in. I learnt some stuff from running that chat and I’ll be making some changes to […]
Your personal forums are go! Plus detailed schedule
I’ve set up your personal forums so you can start posting your activities whenever you’re ready. Go to Forums > Student forums and then look for your name. I named the forums based on the name and username you used to register for the site, so you may find your forum listed under your full […]
New on the unit site
I’ve made a few changes and additions to the site to make things a little bit smoother. Here’s a run down. Twitter I’ve updated my post on why you should use Twitter to include a link to a list of must follow LIS types on Twitter for you to follow. The list also includes some […]