Welcome Students to the IDS 420 Journal Page for Summer 2013!

For the next nine weeks of your summer internship position, this is the page where you will post your weekly activity summary, the weekly topic, and introducing a person you've met during the week that you would like to introduce. Please read over carefully the journal assignment that has been given.

orange azaleaA couple of pointers about formatting and adding images:

When formating select "categories" at the bottom of the the post editing window. You will select the appropriate week for which you are entering: weeks 1 - 9. This will allow me to pull up one week at a time and see each post.

Before completing each post, read over carefully for grammar, spelling/typos, and sentence structure. Do your best to write clearly and succinctly. Others will have access to the posts, and writing professionally is part of the assignment. Avoid using slang. There is a spell checker located in top menu of editing mode.

Before posting your entry, format each entry by going to "text alignment" and clicking on the last selection, which is full justify. Let me know if you have questions about this.

When adding images, make sure you size each image as a thumbnail first. Check the box that creates the thumbnail without changing the original image size! Select "inline" either left, or right to incorporate the image within the text. Do not make images too large, and add captions to each image for clarity. Images need to be about 400 px as a thumbnail.

Before publishing, you will need to make sure the box "published" is checked, and "enable comments" is checked. As you view your post and check for anything that needs to be edited, make a note of excessive spaces in between each paragraph. Go back to "modify" post and take out as many of the extra lines as possible.

You can add links, slide shows  and videos as well as images. Refer to the icons at the top left of edit mode for what you can "add" to your post.

Again, welcome and please let me know if you have questions regarding posting your weekly journal assignment entries -- they are always due by the end of the day Sunday. I will spend Mondays reading your posts.

Best,

Mary Beth