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YOUR TURN We are going to create a quick but effective writing guide for your students in

groups. Go to wordpress.com. You will use the following username and

password:

Now you're logged in, you click on Dashboard. You will arrive at a screen that

gives a range of information about your website:

atalia1234

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Click on Pages and then All Pages:

You will be given a group number. Press de Edit button of your group:

And you will see the editor.

As you can see from the buttons, it’s possible to format text in a number of

ways. The buttons will be familiar to any user of word processor software. You

can also extend the size of the box by dragging on the bottom right of it.

By default you’ll only see one line of buttons, not the two below – that’s because

you need to press the Advanced Options button on the far right to see them.

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Essentially, what you’re working with should be familiar to you – it’s rather like

using Word or some other similar word processor.

Come back to the blog (Front End) and go to Your Turn page.

And follow the instructions given to your group.

Once you’ve completed your group page, press the Update button to the right.

You can always click on Preview this Page to see how it’s looking while you’re

writing without saving the changes.

When you have finished check your group page and those of the other groups

to see the final result of an activity in which content is uploaded by different

users.