Making the most of Lyceum forums


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For the next few weeks, we’re going to be using Lyceum forums to be in touch with each other, discuss readings, and maintain a sense of community within the class. If you’ve never used the forums on Lyceum before, here’s

Adding Posts to your HTML Page


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You could hand-code individual posts, but it’s easier to use post-styling provided by CSS. Once you have added CSS to your site, use these code blocks to add posts: Replace “This is a blog post heading” with the title of

Adding CSS to your website


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Congratulations – you have a website! But what if you want to add some regular content (say, blog posts)? For that, you need something called CSS (cascading style sheets). CSS lets you apply styles to the entire website (instead of

Troubleshooting Jekyll on Cloud9


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Some questions to common Jekyll on Cloud9 problems: I don’t understand why we have to do stuff in Cloud9 and then download it.  Why are there so many folders? Think of Cloud9 as your laboratory. It’s a place where you can play with your site, make changes, and experiment. When you create a workspace in Cloud9, what you are doing

Writing Posts in Jekyll on Cloud9


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Log in to Cloud9 Navigate to the folder that contains your jekyll instance (using cd) Click on the plus-in-a-circle icon, and select New File Save the file, following the formatting and titling conventions here (you can also open up the

Styling Jekyll with Cloud9


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First, make sure that your instance of Jekyll is installed. Your site should look like this: If it does, great! Move on to the next section. If not, make sure that you’ve: Followed the instructions here Edited baseurl in your

Jekyll on Cloud9


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Creating a new folder Log in to catapult. Navigate to File Manager (in the Files section) Look for public_html in the left-hand sidebar. Double click on the title. Click on the plus sign to create a new folder. Name the

Revising a document


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In some classes, you will be asked to make revisions to a document you have already submitted, and received back with comments. The first thing to check is whether the comments from your professor are visible.  In Microsoft Word, you’ll

Installing Zotero


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If you are going to be doing a lot of writing and citing, it will be helpful to have Zotero on your personal computer.  DO NOT attempt to install Zotero on school computers. Step 1. Navigate to www.zotero.org and click

Editing your Wikipedia Sandbox


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When working with Wikipedia, you will often have to leave text in your “sandbox.”  Here is how you work there. First, navigate to the course wikiedu site (you will have gotten a link from me in e-mail).  If you haven’t

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