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(based on: pab's potpourri, My Startup Labels, 2011.04.20;
with additions in bold typeface)
For example, on book reviews, you will need to use at least three labels, including:
- books, reviews, ... (comma-spaced values);
- fiction, OR
- non-fiction.
You are welcome to use other suitable labels for book reviews, as well, such as "adventure" or "history" (without quotation marks), as long as they reflect the content of your posts. For details on how to use other required labels, please see Sheet 1 in the Labels and Links page on the Writing Studio Blog.
Now, to jump-start your labels collections, please:
- Copy and paste the labels in the first list above into a new draft post on your own blog;
- Entitle the new draft post, "My Start-up Labels" (in title case, without quotation marks);
- Copy and paste the labels in the list above into the Labels field on the draft start-up labels post;
- Publish the start-up labels post on your blog; and then
- Add a labels gadget to your blog.
Once you've published your start-up labels posts, with labels in the label field (as well as the body of the posts), the labels will show up in your Labels gadget. Then, when you compose new posts, you will be able to choose appropriate labels for required posts, rather than typing them in.
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If you have concerns or questions about which labels to use on various posts, after reviewing remarks in the spreadsheet on the Labels and Links page, please voice your concerns or questions in class, or spell them out in comments on this post. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
ReplyDeleteI have some questions about Proto-Portfolios. First, Sorry I couldn't understand, so please tell me "Coments: in and out, ¶¶ in Essays, posts w/ graphics, links, and media" mean what. Second, we can get 1.5 points if we write BR in first 5 weeks, right? According to PP, I think it means Feb. and Mar.
ReplyDeleteThank you for asking about abbreviations on Proto-Porfolios (PPFs), and the factors for early book reviews (BRs).
ReplyDeleteOn PPFs, "Comments: In" means comments on posts on your own blog, including your responses to in-coming comments on your posts. "Comments: Out" refers to comments that you have left on classmates' and peers' blog posts.
You can find tips for counting both on the Writing Studio Blog, Proto-Portfolios page. Unfortunately, Blogger blog pages don't suport comments yet. If they had, that page would have been a good place to post your first question.
About BR factors, your second question, I'm afraid I was imprecise in class announcements. Here is how they actually work: PPFs automatically factor BR sub-totals for the first two months (n) and second two months (m), on each six-month spreadsheet, as n*1.5 and m*1.25, respectively.
On PPFs, factors of 1.5 apply from Feb. to Mar., and Aug. to Sep., to encourage communication with predecessors, and reward early starts on reading books and writing BRs for each semester. Factors of 1.25 apply from Apr. to May., and Oct. to Nov., to encourage students to continue reading for input, and choosing foci for posts, well before the ends of semesters.
I hope this clarifies the points you asked about, and I will be going offline shortly. So, if you have additional concerns or questions about PPFs, or factors for BRs, would you please voice them in the first class meetings after spring holiday? Thanks in advance.