First Nine – DIT

1 Week 1 Aug 10-11	Thursday WordPress.com Account Domain Site Title Mess with Home Page Create 3 Pages Title Picture Content Friday Make sure to Share WordPress URL Verify Launch Verify Theme Verify Menu Publish Pages Parent Pages Delete Pages and Restore Typing.com – 1st Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2539232A 6th Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2AC18906 Parts of a Computer What Makes a Computer Run
1 Week 2 Aug 14-18	Monday WordPress.com Pages Create, Edit, Delete, Restore, Bulk Edit Posts Create, Feature Image, Categories, Tags (Start) Add Categories Add Tags Tuesday WordPress.com Work on Page Attributes Make pages have a parent. Change the order within a parent. Bulk Edit, Delete, Restore Typing.com – 1st Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2539232A 6th Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2AC18906 Using a Mouse Computer Lab Rules Wednesday WordPress.com Posts Create four Posts Welcome 1 2 3 Posts should have title, image and content Create using Default View and Classic View Discuss Feature Image, edit one post so that it has a featured image How are posts displayed? Check live site. Discuss Tags Go to Dashboard, edit post “3” so it has a tag of “featured”. What does this do? Check live site. Make Post “Welcome” and “1” have a tag of your “Last Name” Make Posts “2” and “3” have tag of yor “Eye Color” What does this do? Check live site. Click on a tag. Make sure all Posts have tags by viewing All Posts on Dashboard. You may have to switch to “Classic View” and click Tags in “Screen Options” Typing.com – 1st Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2539232A 6th Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2AC18906 Using a Mouse Computer Lab Rules Thursday WordPress.com WordPress Review Posts – Welcome, 1, 2, 3 Review Tags What does the tag “Featured” do? Posts Titled Welcome & 1 with tag of “Last Name” Posts Titled 2 & 3 with tag of “Eye Color” Review Dashboard Views: Default & Classic Review Screen Options, Make sure Tag is clicked. What happens when you click on a tag in Classic View? New: Add to Posts Titled 4 & 5 Add an image from your Media Library to the content area and then add a featured image that is different. How do you make Post 4 appear at the top of the list wiht a Featured image? How do you add “Brahman” so viewers of your page can search for posts or pages that are related? Check your actual site to see if it worked. Compare what you did with your neighbor. Edit Tag Name: Go to Tags menu under Posts Change existing tag of “Last Name” to “First Name” Change existing tag of “Eye Color” to “Your Age” Use Bulk Edit Make sure you are in Classic View for Posts. Use one click to select all posts. Use the Bulk Edit feature to move all posts to trash. Click Apply. All pages now are gone. Go to Trash. Use one click to Restore all posts Go to Drafts. Use Quick Edit to switch status to Published, click Apply. Categories Go to Categories unde Posts in Dashboard. Create two Categories – “music” and “candy” Using Edit, Classic Editor and Quick Edit, change the categories of the Posts so that three will have a category of “music” and three posts will have a category of “candy” Switch back to All Posts, Make sure you are in Classic View and that “Categories” is selected in Screen Options. Make sure all six posts now have a category. Typing.com – 1st Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2539232A 6th Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2AC18906 Using a Mouse Computer Lab Rules Friday WordPress.com Comments Add to two other sites. One site above you, One site below you on list. Moderate comment Reply To Delete Modify Comment Mark Comment as spam Approve Comment Edit Comment Bulk Edit Date/Time Site-wide Site Settings – Reading – Comments site-wide My Profile Name Graphic Color Scheme Change Password Objective URL Search Typing.com – 1st Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2539232A 6th Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2AC18906 Using a Mouse Computer Lab Rules
1 Week 3 Aug 21-25	Typing.com – 1st Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2539232A 6th Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2AC18906 Surfing Safety Cyber Safety WordPress Collaborate on topics for Student Life, People, Academics, Clubs and Sports Use Jamborad or Google form. Google Form would be better to make all accountable. Assign topics Share brahmanimpressions.wordpress.com site. Make everyone an author. By Friday: Research Beat 8-10 sentences Category – Student Life, Sports, Clubs, Academics, People Tag – Last Name Tag – Topic within category Do not mess with formatting Suggestions Type in Word, Docs or Grammarly Correct mistakes before posting to WordPress
1 Week 4 Aug 28-Sept 1	Typing.com – 1st Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2539232A 6th Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2AC18906 Online Behavior Email Rules and Manners Internet Search Tips WordPress Add quote to content using correct format: “What they said,” Jon Doe (10) said. By Friday: Research Beat 8-10 sentences Category – Student Life, Sports, Clubs, Academics, People Tag – Last Name Tag – Topic within category Do not mess with formatting Add at least one quote Suggestions Type in Word, Docs or Grammarly Correct mistakes before posting to WordPress
1 Week 5 Sept 5-8	Typing.com – 1st Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2539232A 6th Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2AC18906 J, F, and Space 7 U, R, and K Keys 8 By Friday: Post shortened url (bitly or other) to “Weekly Posts” Research Beat 8-10 sentences Category – Student Life, Sports, Clubs, Academics, People Tag – Last Name Tag – Topic within category Do not mess with formatting One Quote (“What they said,” Jon Doe (10) said.) One Image – Your Photo or Canva. Suggestions Type in Word, Docs or Grammarly Correct mistakes before posting to WordPress This school, This Year – Photo should be taken by you or sent via email from someone you interviewed. Photos are not from Google or Social Media
1 Week 6 Sept 11-15	Typing.com – 1st Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2539232A 6th Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2AC18906 D, E, and I Keys 7 C, G, and N Keys 7  WordPress Headlines/Titles – 2 to 4 words, present tense action verb, no punctuation, no articles of speech (a, an, the) Caption Writing – Focus on B & C Google Docs, insert an image, write caption answering 5 Ws. First sentence present tense, second sentence past tense. Print, grade, return. By Friday: Post shortened url (bitly or other) to “Weekly Posts” Research Beat 8-10 sentences Category – Student Life, Sports, Clubs, Academics, People Tag – Last Name Tag – Topic within category Do not mess with formatting One Quote (“What they said,” Jon Doe (10) said.) One Image – Your Photo or Canva. Title – Present Tense Action Verb Caption – A,B,C,D format Suggestions: Type in Word, Docs or Grammarly Correct mistakes before posting to WordPress This school, This Year – Photo should be taken by you or sent via email from someone you interviewed. Photos are not from Google or Social Media Check verb usage
1 Week 7 Sept 19-23	Typing.com – 1st Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2539232A 6th Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2AC18906 Beginner Review 1 7 T, S, and L Keys 7 Monday WordPress.com On student’s blog – Featured Image (tag) Excerpt – what is?, adding to post Permalink/Slug/Shortcode Tuesday Knowledge Pillars – https://platform.knowledge-pillars.com/ 1 Tags & Categories By Friday: Post shortcode generated through post to “Weekly Posts” Research Beat 8-10 sentences Category – Student Life, Sports, Clubs, Academics, People Tag – Last Name Tag – Topic within category Do not mess with formatting One Quote (“What they said,” Jon Doe (10) said.) One Image – Your Photo or Canva. Title – Present Tense Action Verb Caption – A,B,C,D format Featured Image Excerpt Permalink/Shortcode Suggestions: Make sure your post shows up on top because you added the featured tag.
1 Week 8 Sept 25-29	Typing.com – 1st Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2539232A 6th Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2AC18906 O, B, and A Keys 7 V, H, and M Keys 7 Monday WordPress.com On student’s blog – Image editing in Media Library Description Title Cropping/Rotating/Flip Alt text Caption  Tuesday Knowledge Pillars – https://platform.knowledge-pillars.com/ 2 Posts By Friday: Post shortcode generated through post to “Weekly Posts” Research Beat 8-10 sentences Category – Student Life, Sports, Clubs, Academics, People Tag – Last Name Tag – Topic within category Do not mess with formatting One Quote (“What they said,” Jon Doe (10) said.) One Image – Your Photo or Canva. Title – Present Tense Action Verb Caption – A,B,C,D format Featured Image Excerpt Permalink/Shortcode Image Information – T, C, A, D Suggestions: Make sure to check image information in Media Library.
1 Week 9 Oct 2-6	Typing.com – 1st Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2539232A 6th Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2AC18906 Period and Comma 6 Beginner Review 2 7 Monday WordPress.com On student’s blog – Blocks (TEXT) – Paragraph – Heading – List – Quote – Code – Classic – Preformatted – Pullquote – Table – Verse Blocks (MEDIA) – Image – Gallery – Audio – Cover – File – Media & Text – Image – Image Compare – Slideshow – Story – Tiled Gallery – Collage – Masonry – Offset – Stacked  Tuesday Knowledge Pillars – https://platform.knowledge-pillars.com/ 3 Pages By Friday: Post shortcode generated through post to “Weekly Posts” Research Beat 8-10 sentences Category – Student Life, Sports, Clubs, Academics, People Tag – Last Name Tag – Topic within category Do not mess with formatting One Quote (“What they said,” Jon Doe (10) said.) One Image – Your Photo or Canva. Title – Present Tense Action Verb Caption – A,B,C,D format Featured Image Excerpt Permalink/Shortcode Image Information – T, C, A, D Block (TEXT) other than paragraph Block (MEDIA) other than image Suggestions: Make sure to add Blocks (TEXT and MEDIA)
1 Week 10 Oct 9-13	Typing.com – 1st Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2539232A 6th Hour – https://www.typing.com/student/join#64CFF2AC18906 W, X and ; Q, Y and P Z and Enter Beginner Wrap-up Monday WordPress.com On student’s blog – Blocks (DESIGN) – Buttons – Columns – Group – More – Page Break – Separator – Spacer – Row Blocks (WIDGETS) – Shortcode – Archives – Calendar – Categories – Latest Comments – Latest Posts – Social Icons – Tag Cloud – Search – Event Countdown – Timeline – Blog Posts Tuesday Knowledge Pillars – https://platform.knowledge-pillars.com/ 5 Comments TEST THURSDAY 1,2,3,5 By Friday: Post shortcode generated through post to “Weekly Posts” Research Beat 8-10 sentences Category – Student Life, Sports, Clubs, Academics, People Tag – Last Name Tag – Topic within category Do not mess with formatting One Quote (“What they said,” Jon Doe (10) said.) One Image – Your Photo or Canva. Title – Present Tense Action Verb Caption – A,B,C,D format Featured Image Excerpt Permalink/Shortcode Image Information – T, C, A, D Block (DESIGN) Block (WIDGETS) Suggestions: Make sure to add Blocks (DESIGN and WIDGETS)