{"id":1808,"date":"2012-04-30T02:55:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T07:55:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-05-05T22:34:05","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T03:34:05","slug":"tenure-and-promotion-portfolios-on-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/learningstudio\/2012\/04\/30\/tenure-and-promotion-portfolios-on-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenure and Promotion portfolios on WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2009, over a hundred faculty per semester have built course blogs on WordPress to host discussions, share content and announcements, or have students post projects. ACU Blogs has proven to be a flexible platform for teaching in many disciplines across campus and this fall will be available to faculty going up for tenure or promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Monday in the Adams Center we&#8217;ll host the first discussion on producing your portfolio on WordPress. Here are just a few of the topics we&#8217;ll cover.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/wordpress-screencasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Creating Posts and Pages<\/a> (Pages\u2013&gt;Add New)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/wordpress-screencasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Using Categories and Parent Pages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/wordpress-screencasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Linking to content<\/a> (within the blog or on the web)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/wordpress-screencasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Uploading content<\/a> (Media\u2013&gt;Add New)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/wordpress-screencasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Embedding content from YouTube\/Vimeo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/wordpress-screencasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Customizing the theme<\/a> (Appearance\u2013&gt;Themes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/wordpress-screencasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Customizing the horizontal menu<\/a> (Appearance\u2013&gt;Menus)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/wordpress-screencasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Customizing the side menu<\/a> (Appearance\u2013&gt;Widgets)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen the sample portfolio produced by the University Tenure &amp; Promotion Committee, you&#8217;ll find it here.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/childersj\" target=\"_blank\">Sample Portfolio \u2013 Dr. Jeff Childers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Links from the Session<\/h3>\n<p>The tenure portfolio template begins with the <a href=\"http:\/\/theme.wordpress.com\/themes\/twentyeleven\/\" target=\"_blank\">Twenty-Eleven theme<\/a>, but if you&#8217;re considering changing the following options are well-suited to a professional portfolio.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theme.wordpress.com\/themes\/twentyten\/\" target=\"_blank\">TwentyTen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theme.wordpress.com\/themes\/coraline\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coraline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theme.wordpress.com\/themes\/notesil\/\" target=\"_blank\">NotesIL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theme.wordpress.com\/themes\/pilcrow\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pilcrow<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Stop by the Learning Studio, upstairs in the Library, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/learningstudio\/learning-studio-hours\/\">during our normal staff hours<\/a> for help getting started.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2009, over a hundred faculty per semester have built course blogs on WordPress to host discussions, share content and announcements, or have students post projects. 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