{"id":15,"date":"2025-09-01T20:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T20:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/?p=15"},"modified":"2025-09-24T19:08:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:08:58","slug":"15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/2025\/09\/01\/15\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up a WordPress site on the OpenETC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you choose to setup a WordPress website, I recommend using the Open and Educational Technology Collective, hosted by a team of B.C. post-secondary education IT professionals on BCNet\u2019s Educloud, so your data is stored not only in Canada, but within B.C. To create your blog, please follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/opened.ca\">opened.ca<\/a> and click &#8216;Get Started&#8217;.<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/creating-a-blog-on-the-openetc\/screen-shot-2020-05-03-at-8-59-40-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-260\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-03-at-8.59.40-PM.png\" alt=\"go to opened.ca and click 'get started'\" class=\"wp-image-260\" style=\"width:438px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Go to opened.ca and click &#8216;get started&#8217;.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Click the red &#8216;Get started&#8217;.<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/creating-a-blog-on-the-openetc\/screen-shot-2020-05-03-at-1-49-32-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-261\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-03-at-1.49.32-PM.png\" alt=\"Click 'Get started'\" class=\"wp-image-261\" style=\"width:510px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click &#8216;Get started&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Create an Opened username.<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/creating-a-blog-on-the-openetc\/screen-shot-2020-05-03-at-1-50-06-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-262\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-03-at-1.50.06-PM.png\" alt=\"Create an opened username\" class=\"wp-image-262\" style=\"width:316px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Create an opened username.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Complete the form.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Remember, if you want to be anonymous, you can use a pseudonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You MUST use your &#8230;@uvic.ca email address.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make sure you choose &#8216;Just a username, please.&#8217;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click &#8216;Next&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/creating-a-blog-on-the-openetc\/screen-shot-2020-05-03-at-1-57-54-pm-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-264\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-03-at-1.57.54-PM-1.png\" alt=\"Fill out the form.\" class=\"wp-image-264\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fill out the form.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Go make some tea, and check your email in about 10 minutes.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sometimes the confirmation email takes a few minutes, if you don&#8217;t see it in 10-15 minutes, check your spam\/junk folder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/creating-a-blog-on-the-openetc\/screen-shot-2020-05-03-at-1-51-42-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-265\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-03-at-1.51.42-PM.png\" alt=\"Check email in 10 minutes.\" class=\"wp-image-265\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Check email in 10 minutes.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. Activate your username.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The email will come from &#8216;OpenETC Administrator&#8217; and will contain a link that you must follow to activate your account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/creating-a-blog-on-the-openetc\/screen-shot-2020-05-03-at-2-01-19-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-267\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-03-at-2.01.19-PM.png\" alt=\"Activiation email.\" class=\"wp-image-267\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Activation email.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Then you&#8217;ll get another email.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click &#8216;Log in&#8217;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/creating-a-blog-on-the-openetc\/screen-shot-2020-05-03-at-2-01-43-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-268\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-03-at-2.01.43-PM.png\" alt=\"Confirmation email.\" class=\"wp-image-268\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Confirmation email.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. Log in to the <a href=\"https:\/\/opened.ca\/wp-admin\/\">OpenETC WordPress<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use the username and password that were included in the confirmation email.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/creating-a-blog-on-the-openetc\/screen-shot-2020-05-03-at-2-03-05-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-270\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-03-at-2.03.05-PM.png\" alt=\"WordPress log in screen.\" class=\"wp-image-270\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WordPress log in screen.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. Stay logged in and <a href=\"https:\/\/opened.ca\/wp-signup.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit this link<\/a>.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create a URL domain for your site, which will be ______.opened.ca, where you fill in the blank.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The URL can contain only lowercase letters (a-z), numbers, and hyphens (no spaces allowed)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you want to remain anonymous, don\u2019t include your name here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You cannot change this later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Give your site a title, which you can change later.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose your privacy setting\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The top two options (allow search engines) are open on the web, but you can still protect your posts with a password \u2013 <strong>we invite you to learn openly in this class and encourage one of these two options<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018Visible only to registered users of this network\u2019 includes all students and faculty in BC who are logged in to an opened.ca site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018Visible only to registered users of this site\u2019 means that you will have to add users from the class who you want to see the site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018Visible only to administrators of this site\u2019 means that the site is private and only you and the network administrators can see it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The bottom three options, as described above, will prevent your posts from being syndicated to the course site, so please contact your instructor if you choose one of these options.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the <strong>TIEGrad Blog Template <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then click <strong>Create Site<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. Site Confirmation.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once the site is created you will get the message \u2018The site [Your site title] is yours. [yourURL].opened.ca is your new site.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to find your new site.<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/creating-a-blog-on-the-openetc\/screen-shot-2020-05-03-at-2-46-10-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-275\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-03-at-2.46.10-PM-1024x130.png\" alt=\"Finding your site.\" class=\"wp-image-275\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Finding your site.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessing your Dashboard.<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/creating-a-blog-on-the-openetc\/screen-shot-2020-05-03-at-2-48-32-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-276\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-03-at-2.48.32-PM-1024x814.png\" alt=\"Accessing the dashboard.\" class=\"wp-image-276\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Accessing the dashboard.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">11. Adjust Privacy Settings as needed.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The default privacy setting is that your blog is open on the web, but you can change that if you would like.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hover over &#8216;Settings&#8217; then click &#8216;Reading&#8217;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/creating-a-blog-on-the-openetc\/screen-shot-2020-05-03-at-9-52-14-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-278\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-03-at-9.52.14-PM.png\" alt=\"Reading Settings.\" class=\"wp-image-278\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reading Settings.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before you change this setting&#8230;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The top two options are open on the web, but you can still protect your posts with a password.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8216;Visible only to registered users of this network&#8217; includes all students and faculty in BC who are logged in to an opened.ca site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8216;Visible only to registered users of this site&#8217; means that you will have to add users from the class who you want to see the site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8216;Visible only to administrators of this site&#8217; means that the site is private and only you and the network administrators can see it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bottom three options, as described above, will prevent your posts from being syndicated to the course site, so please contact your instructor if you choose one of these options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/creating-a-blog-on-the-openetc\/screen-shot-2020-05-03-at-3-01-53-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-280\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci565\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-03-at-3.01.53-PM.png\" alt=\"Privacy Settings.\" class=\"wp-image-280\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Privacy Settings.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you choose to setup a WordPress website, I recommend using the Open and Educational Technology Collective, hosted by a team of B.C. post-secondary education IT professionals on BCNet\u2019s Educloud, so your data is stored not only in Canada, but&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/2025\/09\/01\/15\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials-and-resources","category-tutorials-and-setup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci614\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}