This document provides instructions for inserting motivational quotes and images in the announcements and discussions sections of an eCollege course site. It begins with an agenda that includes a motivational quote, then gives step-by-step directions for adding an image to announcements and discussions. Examples of faculty using motivational quotes in eCollege are mentioned. The document concludes by asking how attendees use motivational quotes in eCollege and opening the floor for questions.

1. USING MOTIVATING QUOTES
IN ECOLLEGE
BY BRIAN C. STEINBERG
PROGRAM LEAD
TIME TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014
8PM EASTERN

2. AGENDA
1.Quote for the Week: “Motivation is a fire within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you,
chances are it will burn very briefly.” Stephen R. Covey
2.How to insert an image in the announcements (Thank you Anna Lindemann)
3.How to insert an image in the discussions (Thank you Anna Lindemann)
4.Examples of SLS Faculty using motivational quotes in eCollege
5.How do you use motivational quotes in eCollege?
6.Questions/Open Forum

4. How to insert an image in the announcements:

5. Choose an image you wish to add to your announcement.
For this example, I will use a picture quote from BrainyQuote.
URL: http://www.brainyquote.com/

6. Under the Motivational topic, I chose this quote:

7. In MS Word, right mouse click and Save as Picture

8. In your course, be sure you are in the Author mode

9. Click on the icon that looks like a mountain and sun.
It will be the 13th horizontal icon and is called LinkWizardInsertImage.

10. Browse to find your image

11. Add image

12. Give your image a name
Scroll to the bottom of the Add a Link: Insert an
Image page

13. Choose Insert Image

14. Add Announcement
Voila! Your image is in!
You can do this for any image you wish.
This is how you would insert your photo, too, in
the announcements.

15. How to insert an image in the discussion:

16. Here is an image I want to insert that I found on the Internet

17. Right click on the image in the Internet and choose View Image Info

18. Find the image URL
http://israelsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/shop/iq/3-main/ISIQ-0329.jpg
Alternatively, you can use Copy Image Location. Whatever way you can get the URL.

19. Choose Respond in the class discussion and copy and paste the
image directly in the respond box.
The image will not copy but you will have a shadow box of it.
Right mouse click in the shadow box to find Properties

20. Where you see the image editor wizard icon, paste the URL
there.

21. Choose Okay
The image will now show in your discussion respond box.

22. Examples of SLS Faculty using motivational quotes in eCollege

28. How do you use motivational quotes in eCollege?

29. Questions/Open Forum