For EDCI 136, we will be using the Open and Educational Technology Collective, hosted by a team of B.C. post-secondary education IT professionals on BCNet’s Educloud, so your data is stored not only in Canada, but within B.C. We have created a template for you to get you started. To create your blog, please follow these steps:
1. Go to opened.ca and click ‘Get Started’.
Go to opened.ca and click ‘get started’.
2. Click the red ‘Get started’.
Click ‘Get started’
3. Create an Opened username.
Create an opened username.
4. Complete the form.
- Remember, if you want to be anonymous, you can use a pseudonym.
- You MUST use your own UVic email (…@uvic.ca email address. Do not use edtechadmin).
- Make sure you choose ‘Just a username, please.’
- Click ‘Next’
Fill out the form.
5. Go make some tea, and check your @UVIC.ca email in about 10 minutes.
- Sometimes the confirmation email takes a few minutes, if you don’t see it in 10-15 minutes, check your spam/junk folder.
Check email in 10 minutes.
6. Activate your username.
- The email will come from ‘OpenETC Administrator’ and will contain a link that you must follow to activate your account.
Activation email.
7. Then you’ll get another email.
- Click ‘Log in’.
8. Log in to WordPress.
- Use the username and password that were included in the confirmation email.
WordPress log in screen.
9. Your Dashboard will be empty.
Empty Dashboard.
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