Uploading a Video

I created a You Tube account and uploaded a video to it as a requirement for this class. I wasn't sure the best way to upload the video onto my computer because I used my ipod to make the video. I decided to email to myself and download it onto my computer from there. I am sure there may be an easier way to do, but I didn't know how to at the time. I am going to upload the video here. The video is my son pretending to use Google search to find how to make a video.

Uploading the video was very easy. I click on the icon that looks like a director cut board. From there I chose to upload My You Tube Videos. I Clicked on the video and hit select. Very simple.

Using the iPod to take a picture

I took a picture using the blogger app from the iPod. This is the class working

Once I took a picture I had the option to retake the picture or use it. Once I chose to use it, it was added onto my blog. I then wrote my words and published. After publishing I realized the picture was very big so I went to edit the post and click the picture and chose medium. Then I clicked update.

Adding a link to the blog

Today I am going to try to add a link to my blog.  I am going to put in a link on how to add a link to a blog.

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-use-blogger-to-add-a-link-to-your-blog.html.

What I did was click on to make a new tab so I could have access to my blog and find a link. I went to google search and typed in" how to add a link to a blog". A bunch of choices came up. I decided to click on the how to add a link to blogs for dummies. I then went to the top where the web address was located and copied it. I then came back to my blog and clicked on the link  choice at the top of the blog where you can change color, font etc. Once there I pasted the link in the website box.

Now let me see if it works. First I think I need to publish the blog because when I tried to click on it as I am writing it is not letting me. I may need to edit or tweak afterward.

It worked. You cannot check to see if the link works as you are writing the post but when you go to view your blog you are able to click on the link and it brings you tot he web page. I may not have chosen one with good instructions as it confused me but it may be helpful to others.

Uploading an image

I am going to practice putting a picture into my blog. I am hoping it is as easy as it to put pictures into a Microsoft word document.

Success. At first I wasn't sure how to upload an image but I then remembered from our first class how we put in an image onto the presentation. I chose to find an image from the internet. I went to google search and typed in blogs. To get images rather than websites I chose the images tab on the top of the page. When I found the picture I liked I clicked on the picture and chose to copy the image url. I went back to my post and chose the tab that looks like a picture. I then chose from a URL. There is then a box to paste the URL in. Immediately the image comes up. I then chose to use the image. Once I figured this out it was very easy.