Archive | June, 2011

Extra Credit

23 Jun

There is an extra credit opportunity available for your blog assignment.  Here’s what you do:

1.  Comment on five of your classmates’ blogs.  You can find a list of those below.  Your comments have to be at least a paragraph long (4 to 8 sentences) to qualify.

2.  In ONE email, send me the links to each of the blog posts you’ve commented on.

3.  Tell me what you want me to do with your extra credit.  You have three options: it can replace your lowest blog grade, replace your lowest exercise grade, or add two points to your lowest paper grade.

4.  You MUST turn this extra credit in by 5:00 pm on July 1st.

Approving Comments

23 Jun

In order for this extra credit opportunity to work, you need to be sure to check whether there are any comments pending on your blog.  In WordPress, comments don’t show up automatically.  As the author, you have to approve the comment before everyone can see it.

To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Go to your blog’s dashboard page.  It’s the one that looks like this:

    Look for the comments section

  2. Right on the main page, there’s a section titled “Right Now.”  There you’ll see a “Discussion” header, and then there are a few directions underneath labeled “comment,” “approved,” “pending,” and “spam.”
  3. If you have any comments submitted to your blog, you’ll see them in the “pending” section.  Click on the yellow link.  It will take you to a page that looks like this:
  4. As you can see, DorianaGraye has left a comment on my blog.  Now I need to make sure it’s approved.  First, put your cursor over the person’s name.  You’ll see some options magically pop up under the comment.
  5. One of these options will be the “Approve” option.  Click it and that comment is magically approved!  NOTE:  If the comment has been automatically approved, there will be an “unapprove” option in yellow letters.  Don’t click this.
  6. If you have a lot of comments waiting approval, you can use a “Bulk Action” to get them up on your blog.  Just click the grey boxes next to each comment, then go to the “Bulk Actions” drop down menu located right under the “Comments” header.  There will be an “approve” option.  Select it, then hit the “apply” button.