This is intended as an in-class assignment. If you do not finish in-class, however, please complete the assignment before the beginning of the next class session.

In class today we will begin the process of setting up a weblog at Wordpress.com. To begin, each student will set up an individual weblog. The purpose is to introduce you to the Wordpress system.

Wordpress will become the platform you will use for your group projects, but before you can run a group site with Wordpress, you need to know the basics of Wordpress individual sites.

Please navigate to Wordpress.com and set up an account and a weblog (we will go through the process in class). Once your account is active, we will go through the basic steps to create your weblog. Please do not use a mail.ru email account when you sign up, because you will just get an error message. Use an email address with another service.

Today we will cover:

• Basic setup
• Choose a theme
• Post one entry
• Leave a link to your blog

Once your basic Wordpress blog is set up, please leave a link to your blog as a comment on this entry.