Author Nicole Zeftel

Join Flickr Go to Flickr.com and make an account by following the “Sign Up” links. Disclaimer: Flickr is free BUT it does have ads. What is Flickr? Why Use it? Flickr is a free and simple way to upload, organize,… Continue Reading →

This post will discuss the following: Tips for collaborative writing; Adding Co-authors Writing & editing collaboratively Tips for collaborative writing What does it mean to write collaboratively?  (Hint: it doesn’t mean one person doing all the work and slapping everyone… Continue Reading →

There is a plug-in that allows you to create a slideshow in directly in the eportfolio. Go to Plugins from the left-hand menu. Search (command + F) “slideshow” to find the Slideshow plugin. Activate. Then, to create a slideshow on a… Continue Reading →

The site is now set up so that anytime anyone comments on your post, you should receive an email. But when you’ve commented on someone’s post you will need to check the tiny little box above the “Post Comment” button… Continue Reading →

Embed Images Why? “A picture is worth a thousand words,” the saying goes. Embedding relevant images in your post not only provides visual interest and but can guide readers’ attention as well as their understanding of the textual or audio information… Continue Reading →

Your Macaulay professors will likely send out emails through the Eportfolio sites. Of course, that means you need to regularly check the email address associated with your eportfolio. You probably signed up with your Macaulay email address (which you should… Continue Reading →

Where to find media? and Giving credit where credit is due! You can include any image/audio/video that you created on the site without any question (though you might want to credit yourself). But, if you use an image/audio/video that you did not create,… Continue Reading →

Although you can upload images, audio, and video to the Eportfolio media library in order to embed audio in a post, because of the sheer number of us using this one class site, we ask that you host larger files… Continue Reading →

As you set up your final class site you might wonder when to create a post versus when to create a page. Here is a brief explanation.  

You can easily embed a .doc, .pdf, or other file in a post or on a page so that the viewer can both view and scroll through the document on the site as well as download it. You can also embed… Continue Reading →