It’s very easy to create a “gravatar” (Globally Recognized Avatar) for yourself that represents you pictorially when you post or comment on wordpress (or many other places).  Go to the gravatar site and then take a picture using your computer’s camera, choose an existing picture, or choose any avatar image you like to represent yourself.  Extra bonus: it makes it easier for me and for peers to put a face to the comment, especially in the early part of the term when we’re still learning names.

The best way to learn how to post is to fiddle around in the dashboard until you get the hang of it.  But there are oodles of resources out there to get you up to speed, such as:**

• The WordPress Codex is one-stop shopping for all WP-related problems and tips.
• Novices might start with the excellent and brief video on publishing posts, and
• those who want more options/detail could move on to the  introduction to blogging and then the “get published” lesson: both contain way more detail than you need, since I’ve configured everything and you just need to enter text. But for those who are curious, or who might like to include links, images, etc. in a given post, it’s very helpful.

**I’ve included this information in links as well for future reference