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#599 Creating anchor links in Medium

If you use Medium, you might be interested to know that you can create anchor links on your posts, which creates a table of contents. It is really quick and easy to do…     If you don’t know what Medium is, check out our Medium posts to get you started. Image by VictorianLady from… Continue reading #599 Creating anchor links in Medium

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#450 Instagram: Following and liking posts [3/3]

In this final series of looking at Instagram i’ll take you through the process of following topics, liking and commenting upon posts. Following hashtags or people means that their posts will appear on your timeline. Image by Max Pixel is CC0

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#447 Instagram: Adding a post [2/3]

Following on from the last Instagram post which can be found here, we’ll go through the process of adding your own post. This assumes that you are using your mobile device with the Instagram app already installed. The third and final Instagram post will show you how to like and follow other instagram accounts. image… Continue reading #447 Instagram: Adding a post [2/3]

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#442 Introduction to Instagram [1/3]

Instagram is a picture sharing social media platform where you can post images and short videos of your interests, hobbies and general day to day life. It’s widely popular and can reach a worldwide audience but you need to know the best way to maximise visibility of your posts. In the first of three posts… Continue reading #442 Introduction to Instagram [1/3]

Media literacy · Social Media · YouTube

#352 TubeChop: Embed a segment of a YouTube video

How useful is the YouTube feature that allows you to get a linked video to play from a certain point? How frustrating is it that you can’t so that with an embedded video? Well TubeChop allows you to select a segment and generate embed code just for the bit you want. Featured image: “Cleaver” by… Continue reading #352 TubeChop: Embed a segment of a YouTube video

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#210 Getting started with WordPress [3/6]: Publish a blog post

This is the 3rd in our series of tutorials on WordPress, which is a free to use blogging tool. If you’d like to catch up on the previous posts, see here:  1minuteCPD guides to WordPress In this post we’ll have a look at how you create blogs posts and demonstrate how you can either publish… Continue reading #210 Getting started with WordPress [3/6]: Publish a blog post

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#202 Getting started with WordPress blogs [1/6]: Setting up an account

WordPress is a very easy (and free) to use blogging tool, in fact, our very own #1minuteCPD blog has been set up in WordPress, and we love it! Blogging is a great way to build on your reflective practice, encourage reflective practice in your students, build a community and share resources or even as an… Continue reading #202 Getting started with WordPress blogs [1/6]: Setting up an account