Stockvault: Free Stock Photos and Graphics
Looking for free stock photos to enhance your classroom lectures, presentations, and student projects? Stockvault is an online collection of user submitted material available for use in non-commercial purposes. Featured images range from photos and pencil sketches to computer generated graphics such as textures and illustrations. With over 50,000 categorized and tagged images in their […]
UBC Blog Tutorial 2 – Creating a Page
A page is a static space that is not part of the chronological logic of the blog. A page sits outside of this inverted timeline, and often features more static content like information about the site, the author, a syllabus, readings, etc. For example, you may need to create an “About me” page for your […]
UBC Blog Tutorial 3 – Creating a Custom Menu
A custom menu can allow you to easily change the main navigation of your site away from the ‘default’ navigation the theme provides (either alphabetical or in order of creation). This can make your site feel more well-planned and allow your ideas to flow. Further, it affords the opportunity to add ‘categories’ to your main […]
UBC Blog Tutorial 4 – Changing Privacy Settings
As a teacher creating a blog or portfolio, protecting privacy isn’t just about protecting yourself but is also about being mindful of your students. As you build your blog, you’ll want to ensure that you protect student privacy – please note that you may upload student work product and images (with appropriate permissions and/or with […]
Citing Research in your Blog
“The term reference is used in many spheres of human knowledge, adopting shades of meaning particular to the contexts in which it is used.” When citing other sources in your blog or website, it is very important to give ‘credit’ where credit is due (and it is always due!). For online sources, you can simply […]
