Goal

The goal of this exer­cise is to cre­ate and pub­lish an entry into a con­tent man­age­ment sys­tem (CMS).

Objective

Write a short essay regard­ing an engag­ing his­tor­i­cal graphic design event or period before log­ging-in and pub­lish­ing the text.

Reading

• http://​codex​.word​press​.org/​N​e​w​_​T​o​_​W​o​r​d​P​r​e​s​s​_​-​_​W​h​e​r​e​_​t​o​_​S​t​art
• http://​www​.smash​ing​magazine​.com/​2​0​0​9​/​0​3​/​0​5​/​1​0​-​t​h​i​n​g​s​-​t​o​-​c​o​n​s​i​d​e​r​-​w​h​e​n​-​c​h​o​o​s​i​n​g​-​t​h​e​-​p​e​r​f​e​c​t​-​c​ms/
• http://​css​-tricks​.com/​v​i​d​e​o​-​s​c​r​e​e​n​c​a​s​t​s​/​4​1​-​w​o​r​d​p​r​e​s​s​-​a​s​-​a​-​c​ms/
• http://​word​press​.org/​e​x​t​e​n​d​/​m​o​b​i​le/

Exercise:

Research and choose an engag­ing design event. Gen­er­ate an approx­i­mately 500 word essay describ­ing the play­ers, time, and note­wor­thy infor­ma­tion. Texts are avail­able for in-class review. Col­lect appro­pri­ate media to illus­trate your essay. Cite your sources as nec­es­sary. Lastly, describe how the event has influ­enced your design per­son­al­ity. The essay should have mul­ti­ple image/video and ref­er­ence links.

Fol­low­ing the instruc­tor guid­ance in a pre­vi­ous exer­cise, estab­lish a Word­Press site. Login in and cre­ate a new Post using the essay cre­ated above. Check the appro­pri­ate set­tings, using instruc­tor assis­tance as needed.

Sub­mit a screen­shot of the pub­lished post and a click­able link into the appro­pri­ate D2L drop­box for grading.

• The fol­low­ing rubric posted on D2L will deter­mine exer­cise score: Exer­cise Grading

Techniques

Writ­ing, research, CMS login, post cre­ation, media upload­ing, link­ing, publishing,

Materials

design texts, sources, com­puter, web browser, WordPress,