This document provides instructions for creating a digital portfolio using Blogger. It describes how to sign up for a Blogger account using a Gmail email, how to create a new blog and set preferences, how to make new blog posts and insert images. The key steps are to sign up using an existing Gmail account, click "New Blog" to create a blog and give it a unique address, then click "New Post" to write and publish new blog entries and insert images at the cursor location.

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How to create a portfolio using Blogger
Digital portfolios give a view of a person best work, usually made over a year or a longer. Most
portfolios have an amount of information to show a person's point of view or personal interest.
Information in digital portfolios can also contain a mix of media info, such as documents, text,
photographs, illustrations, diagrams, web material, audio files, spreadsheets and PowerPoint
presentations.
-Youwill usinganemail accountalreadymade fromGmail,if youdo not have one youcan create
one by goingto google andregister.
How to signup to Blogger:
1. Go to the web addressbaron any searchengine andtype “www.blogger.com”
2. Clickon the on the webaddressforthe website blogger
3. Registertobloggerbyusingyourpreviouslymade orownedGmail account.
4. Once you have confirmedyourprofile,youcannow edityourpersonal profiletoyourown
preference andcreate ablog.
Brand NewBlog:
1. Clickon New Blog
2. A newpopscreenshouldappearwhere youcancreate a title,the new addresstoyoublogand
the template of yourpreference.
3. Keepinmindthe addressof yourblogneedsomewhat of a unique name hence itisyourown
and itwill letyouknowif that addressisbeingcurrentlyusedbyanotherblogger.
4. Once done clickon Create Blog.
Blog Account preferences:
1. Once you have setup a newblog,youcan now set the preferencesinthis new blog.
2. You can nowgo aheadand click on the right side of the title onthe iconwithdocumenticon
and pushdownarrow where youcan clickon settings.
3. It will firstaskif youwill like tobuya domain name butif not yousimplyskipthisstepby
clickingon No Thanks.
4. Here in settingsyoucansetyour preferencestothe basictitle,description,andprivacyforyou
blog.You can alsoedityoublogaddressand addpermissiontootherbloggertoedityourblog
or add authors.
NewBlog post
1. Once done withthe settingsof yourblogyoucan now create a new postbyclickingonthe
orange bar on the leftside displaying NewPost

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2. You can noweitherwrite anewblogpost or youcan simplyposta previousdocumentbycopy
and paste intothe blogsmainwriting blankpage.
3. If you wishtoeditthe page layoutandadjustwidth,youcan clickon layout tab andthenclick
on the blue Template designerlink.Inwhichnow opensanew page where youcan change
fromwidth,colorand size of yourblog’sdesign. Finally,whenfinishedclickon Save
Arrangements
4. Whenyouhave finishedwithyourpostyoucan clickonthe orange bar on the top right
indicatingPublish.Once youclickonpublishanew page will appearindicatingif youwantto
share on google plusif so desired.
How to insertan image to your post:
-keepinmindthatwhere everyourcursoris at the page,that iswhere the image withuploadtoin
Sense of location.
1. Whencreatinga newpost youcan insertan image byclickingonthe Insert Image icon.
2. Once you have clickon the image icona new page will appearwhere youcanuploadan image
fromyour personal computerandintoyourpost.
3. Clickon uploadbar on the lefttopcorner of the page.
4. Nowyouare able to choose a file image fromyourcomputer.
5. Once you have chosenthe image,youcan now highlightyourdesiredpicture andclickon Add
Selectedonthe bottomleft.