Tute Seven

Tutorial Seven: Posting You Tube Videos and Flickr Badges to Blogs: Explaining the process

Task One: Explain the step by step process required to embed You Tube videos into your Blog . Consider using screen captures to provide a visual representation of these steps.
Sign into your blog.
Have your blog as a tab.
Create a new tab.
In the new tab go to the you tube website.
Sign in to you tube
Type the key words: “occupational therapy, participation, students, Dunedin.”
Find the video you wish to have, and click on it.
Find the grey box on the right side of the screen and the word ‘Embed’.
Copy the code of the video by highlighting the code under the ‘Embed’ sign, left click the mouse and select ‘copy’.
Return to previous tab with your blog.
Click ‘new post’.
In the message section, right click mouse and select ‘paste’. The code should appear in the message box.
Choose a title and label for your video.
Then click ‘publish post’ and your video will appear on your blog!

Task Two: Explain the step by step process required to embed a Flickr Badge into your Blog . Consider using screen captures to provide a visual representation of these steps.
Sign into your blog.
Have your blog as a tab.
Create a new tab.
In the new tab go to the flickr website.
Sign into Flicker
Scroll down to the bottom of your main page.
Find ‘Help’ and alongside that click on ‘Tools”.
Find ‘Build a Badge’ on the next page that appears, by looking on the right side of the screen, and the fourth tab down.
Click on ‘build a Badge”.
Chose between a flash badge and another badge.
Click ‘next’ and choose content
Click ‘next’ and choose colours.
Click ‘next’ to retrieve your code.
Highlight code and right click mouse and select ‘copy’.
Return to previous tab, your blog.
Click ‘new post’
Click ‘layout’ at top left of page.
Click, ‘Add a page element’.
Select ‘HTML/ Java Script’ and click ‘Add to blog’
Paste code in content box and add title.
Flicker will appear on the left side of your blog as a page element.