Tips from Previous Class Blogs

Short summary of current event article(s)
Tie the story to any course concepts, e.g. population health, prevention and promotion, etc.
Provide your opinion, raise new questions, and propose ideas.
Use at least one hyperlink to the source within the text.
Use at least one photo.
Create photo caption with a brief note and a citation with link.
One correct label (topic for individual posts, section location for group posts) should be employed.
Proofread for typos, proper syntax, and grammatical errors
This is a professional blog! Collegiate level writing is essential.

Instead of a full bibliography at the end of your post, only use in-text citations with (Author, year) then “period.” Remember to include a link to the article or webpage you used in the sentence.

Choose “medium” as your photo size.
Right- or Left-align your photo (you can not wrap text if the photo is in the center).
Click on “add a caption.”
If your caption is longer than one line of text (assuming you include a citation, it should be), press “Ctrl+Enter” to insert a line break. This will enable you to transform your very long, single-line caption into a multi-line caption that fits the width of your photo.
You should now be able to wrap the text around your photo and its corresponding caption.

Chrome is the preferred browser for our blog. Firefox and Safari are compatible, while Internet Explorer is often not compatible.

For the sake of formatting, it is easier to draft your post on the blog instead of transferring form Microsoft Word. Cutting-and-pasting from another program does not work well. You can always save your drafts on the blog before you are ready to publish.

A great example of a blog post from a previous student:

N464 Population Health Nursing - Fall 2013