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Gen-Ed Task Force Blog: Post on the main page

If you would like to post on the main page, here are the instructions:

Step 1: To post to the Gen-Ed Task Force blog you must first request posting privileges. E-mail your request to John Whitehead at whiteheadjc@appstate.edu. Anyone with an appstate.edu e-mail address is eligible.

Step 2: Next you will receive an e-mail message from Blogger. It will say:

You have been invited by John Whitehead to join a blog called Gen-Ed Task Force.

Blogger is a free service for easily communicating and sharing ideas on the web.

Next Steps:

1. Please follow the link below. If you do not follow this link, you will not be able to logon to the correct blog.

http://www.blogger.com/i.g?invID=77824696465993732&hl=en

Click on the http://www.blogger.com/etc link. If you already have a Blogger account go to Step 3. If you don't have a blogger account skip to Step 4.

Step 3: If you already have a Blogger account, from the Blogger e-mail:

2. If you already have a Blogger account, you will be asked to either accept or decline this invitation.
You'll be taken to a webpage that looks like this in your web browser.  Sign in with your username and password to accept the invitation and you are ready to go! To post a message, skip to Step 6:

Step 4: If you do not have a Blogger account, from the Blogger e-mail:

3. If you do not have a Blogger account, you can create one for free in less than a minute. Just click the link and press the 'Create an Account' button.

You'll be taken to a webpage that looks like this in your web browser. Click the Create an Account button.

Step 5: Fill in the new account form to create an account.

  • Your username is your ID for logging into Blogger. It will not be visible on the blog post.
  • Your password ... is your password.
  • Please use your real name for your display name (no anonymous posts).
  • Please use your @appstate.edu e-mail address.

Click continue.

Step 6: Now you are ready to post to the Blog. Click on the Gen-Ed Task Force link on your Dashboard webpage.

Step 7: Click on the Create New Post link on the Gen-Ed Task Force webpage.

Step 8: Create your post by typing in a title and text and then click either "save as draft," if you'd like to save it for editing, or "publish post," if it is ready for everyone to see. If everything worked you should get a screen that says "your blog published successfully." Then you can click on "view blog" to see what your post looks like.