Protected: GRS Alumni Night: What happens after graduation?
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Create a UBC blog
Creating a UBC blog is fast and easy for UBC students. You do not need an invitation or a special password, just your CWL. Step by step guide: Go to http://blogs.ubc.ca/ and click on the CWL icon to log in. You’ll be taken to the home page for UBC blogging. Halfway down the screen, below the header, […]
Access your blog
To access your UBC blog: Go to http://blogs.ubc.ca/ Sign in using your CWL information Once logged in, select Blogs Now, just below Blog Directory, click on My Blogs to see your own blog(s) Click on the blog you would like to edit to get to your Dashboard To access your previous GRS blog: Go to either the GRS blog or […]
Participate in Online Discussions
Participating the online class discussions for GRS is just like interacting on any other blog, it’s surprisingly easy. To ensure things go smoothly, it helps to have your web browser updated regularly. Here’s how to get started: From the Homepage, hover over Current Students and select Discussion. Scroll through the recent postings to see which […]
Deal with Spam
One of the challenges of using a public blogging software is spam. However, with a bit of tweaking it is possible to prevent it from showing up on your site while still allowing friends to comment and discuss your posts. Here’s what I did to set up on the GRS blog: From your dashboard, scroll […]
Write Pages/Posts
The Difference between Pages and Posts It is recommended that you create a Page for information that will remain constant or not change often, such as your bio page, resume, etc. These pages will be listed either across the top of your blog or along the sidebar, depending on the theme you choose, for easy access. Posts are […]
Use Tags
What are tags? Tags are a way of linking key words to your posts in order to help identify your posts. By using tags your posts are able to be found through the blog search engine. This allows users, including yourself to pull up posts on one specific topic. For example if you wanted to […]
Protected: The Global Water Crisis
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Welcome to the new GRS site
Welcome! This is your brand new GRS site. We are still making some edits and improvements and appreciate your patience during this process. In the meantime, if you have anything that you’d like to share with the class, please send it to ubcgrs@gmail.com