Getting Started

Getting Started with EDUCAUSE Blogs and Wikis

Blogs

Blogs are a great way to expand your professional persona, share your experience at events, and publish ideas. Our blogs provide an easy way to participate in the higher-education IT community.  EDUCAUSE encourages members to;

• Share and discuss topics and resources of interest;
• Share and discuss EDUCAUSE events,

1. Each person will have their own style for blogging.  We encourage you to capture key points and lessons learned and to annotate, as appropriate, perspectives, resources, and Q&A.
2. If event related, please include the event title and day
3. Choose event tag - examples EDUCAUSE11, ELI2011, EDUSprint
4. Please Note: EDUCAUSE maintains a Job Opportunities web resource to which members may post job openings; all interested parties are welcome to browse the listings. Most readers find job postings intrusive in this medium, and we discourage such practice. For more information on communication etiquette, please review our discussion group community guidelines which also apply to EDUCAUSE blogs.  

Getting Started

• Create an EDUCAUSE profile: https://www.educause.edu/user/register
• Create a blog on EDUCAUSE web site, Blog submission page: http://www.educause.edu/node/add/blog
• Information to be included in the entry

1. Title (The title should be fairly short and self-explanatory)
2. Body
3. Layout and data tables may be inserted, as well as photos and other graphics.   Please compress and resize photos for Web display before attempting to add them.  You may also add attachments. FCK Editor help http://docs.fckeditor.net/FCKeditor_2.x/Users_Guide
4. Choose tag(s) (type term in box to see if the tag is already in use, if not feel free to add your own folksonomy tag)
5. Preview your blog entry before submitting and make necessary changes before submitting.
6. Submit - (double-check that it actually displays as you intended)

Wikis

Wikis have emerged as a great opportunity to collaborate and share collective knowledge on a topic. Help make sure our community is up-to-date by adding your insights and information.

Getting Started

• Create an EDUCAUSE profile: https://www.educause.edu/user/register
• Create a Wiki on the EDUCAUSE web site, Wiki submission page: http://www.educause.edu/node/add/wikipage
• Information to be included in the entry

1. Title - The title should be fairly short and self-explanatory
2. Body
3. Layout and data tables may be inserted, as well as photos and other graphics.   Please compress and resize photos for Web display before attempting to add them.  You may also add attachments. FCK Editor help http://docs.fckeditor.net/FCKeditor_2.x/Users_Guide
4. Choose tag(s) (type term in box to see if the tag is already in use, if not feel free to add your own folksonomy tag)
5. Preview your wiki entry before submitting and make necessary changes before submitting.
6. Submit - (double-check that it actually displays as you intended)