Creating a User Name only
Get a Username only (if you've never created one) to be added to a course group blog or another existing blog
1. Go to the homepage at http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu and click Sign Up Here
2. Add a Username, your Suffolk email, verifyy, and click JUST A USERNAME, please.
1. Add a username like firstname lastinitial or lastinital firstname or something of your choosing
2. This must be your Suffolk email
3. Enter the code
4. Change this option to Just a Username
5. Click Next
Wait for the page to load!
3. A confirmation page will tell you to check your email and click a link to activate
4. Click the link in your suffolk email
Click the link and your Username will be activated. This will show you your
USERNAME and TEMPORARY PASSWORD. The system will also
send you an email with this information.
5. Copy your password and click Login
This will show you your USERNAME and TEMPORARY PASSWORD.
The system will also send you an email with this information.
Copy your password from 2 anpve and click Login.
Enter your username and password on the next screen shown next.
6. Enter your Username and Assigned password
we will change your password later
7. Click Users on the upper right
8. Click Your Profile
9. Enter a New Password that you will remember and click Update Profile
Make this a password you will remember, instead of the one wordpress has assigned to you!
10. Send an email to your instructor with your Suffolk email saying you've been added as a user
Next, your instructor can add you the course blog.
11. When your instructor adds you to the blog, you will receive a confirmation email from blogs@suffolk
Click the link in the confirmation email to add yourself to the course blog
That's it! You're added to a blog!
From now on, return to http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu to log in with your username and password and you will be able to contribute to the blog!