Goal

To under­stand the mechan­ics of upload­ing and orga­niz­ing media in basic con­tent man­age­ment system.

Objective

Upload and post image files to a post.

Reading

• https://​codex​.word​press​.org/​M​e​d​i​a​_​L​i​b​r​a​r​y​_​S​c​r​een
• https://​codex​.word​press​.org/​U​s​i​n​g​_​I​m​a​g​e​_​a​n​d​_​F​i​l​e​_​A​t​t​a​c​h​m​e​nts
• https://​codex​.word​press​.org/​I​n​s​e​r​t​i​n​g​_​I​m​a​g​e​s​_​i​n​t​o​_​P​o​s​t​s​_​a​n​d​_​P​a​ges

Exercise

Find and upload an image to your Word­Press sites Media Library. The image could be a “selfie” or other rep­re­sen­ta­tive image. Com­plete the upload process by writ­ing an appro­pri­ate Title, Cap­tion, Alt Text and Descrip­tion. Attach the newly uploaded image to your ini­tial post.

Once uploaded, take a screen shot (cmd-shift‑3 on a Mac) of the browser, upload the file to the appro­pri­ate D2L drop­box, and copy the post perma­link to the drop­box Com­ments section.

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

Techniques

Word­Press Login, media upload, media attach­ment, screen shots

Materials

Media files, Word­Press instal­la­tion, browser

Deadlines

Thurs­day, August 20, 2020. Exer­cise given.

Thurs­day, August 20, 2020. Exer­cise due. Screen­shot file to the appro­pri­ate D2L drop­box, and post perma­link in the drop­box Com­ments section.