Hello Class!
Here are the blogging guidelines copied straight from our syllabus:
Enrichment Workshops
First-Year Seminar enrichment activities provide students with the opportunity to learn more about the resources and opportunities available at Baruch College. Offered throughout the semester, these activities will help complement the sessions that students will cover in their First-Year Seminar classes. The enrichment opportunities will help to ease their transition into college life by strengthening connections with fellow peers, faculty, and staff.
The enrichment opportunities offered will include a wide range of activities and events related to the following categories: academic, career, and student life. You will be required to attend or complete a total of three (3) enrichment opportunities, selecting one from each category, and write a short reflective piece on your class’s Blogs@Baruch page. Below are some examples of enrichment workshops that you can attend.
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ACADEMIC |
CAREER |
STUDENT LIFE |
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Attend Major and Minors Fair |
Attend a Starr Career Development Center workshop |
Join a student club or organization |
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Attend a workshop with SAAC Tutoring Center |
Take the Focus-2 Assessment and attend a workshop or schedule a Career Counselor appointment to review. |
Attend a health and wellness or athletic event |
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Attend an exhibition offered at a NYC museum (free with student ID) |
Attend a Field Center for Entrepreneurship workshop |
Participate in a community service project |
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Attend a Writing Center workshop |
Attend the Career and Internship Fair (attend a Career Prep workshop first!) |
Attend a Heritage Month event |
The class peer mentor will highlight additional information regarding dates, times, locations and descriptions for the scheduled activities when classes begin. If you have an event you would like to use as an enrichment workshop, receive approval from your instructor or peer mentor in advance of attending.
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Blogging in First-Year Seminar
Having attended your enrichment workshops, Blogs@Baruch will allow you to reflect on your experience. Blogs@Baruch is an online publishing and academic networking platform for the Baruch College community overseen by Baruch’s Center for Teaching and Learning. All incoming students will contribute to collaborative weblogs in order to build community inside and outside of the classroom, extend the opportunity for dialogue among seminar participants, and to gain an introduction to the implications of doing academic work on the Internet. On the first day of class, First-Year Seminar Peer Mentors will review instructions on how to use Blogs@Baruch, how to develop and maintain a profile page on the system, and will also guide you through the three blog posts that will be required of all First-Year Seminar students. You will also receive instruction on best practices for developing a digital identity, and guidance on where to find support for your work with educational technology on campus.
Embed your image in a blog post and then write a post of 300 words that explains how and why the event or activity assisted you during your first semester at Baruch. Before publishing your post, tag the post as “Academic”, “Career” or “Student Life” in the right sidebar under ‘Tags. Be sure to check your post for spelling, grammar, and capitalization before publishing!
Blog Assignments
ACADEMIC
Select an event or activity from the Academic Workshop section. Post a photo of yourself at the event or
doing the activity. Embed your image in a blog post and then write a post of 300 words that explains how and why the event or activity assisted you during your first semester at Baruch.
CAREER
Select an event or activity from the Career Workshop section. Following the event or activity have the
presenter sign the signature section of your handbook. Write a post of 300 words that explains how the workshop helped you to explore your career goals and what additional resources will you use at Baruch College to help accomplish your career goals.
To attend a career workshop please do the following:
- Log into STARR Search, the SCDC’s electronic career management program, and create your personal profile at http://baruch-csm.symplicity.com/students.
- RSVP for the workshop you wish to attend.
Please note that pictures are not allowed to be taken at the career workshops. Please have the presenter of the workshop sign in the signature section below to verify your participation.
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STUDENT LIFE
Select an event or activity from the Student Life Enrichment Workshop section. Students must register for myBaruch and create a profile. Use myBaruch to look up clubs and events. Post a photo of yourself at the event or of yourself doing the activity. Embed your image in a blog post and then write a post of 300 words that reflect on your impressions of the event or activity and how you plan to get involved.
DUE DATES:
- Post One: Due before Values and Academic Integrity Session
- Post Two: Due before the Mid-Semester Check In Session
- Post Three: Due before Career Planning Session
Resizing Images for Blogs@Baruch
Before uploading a picture to your Blogs@Baruch site, you need to make sure that the image is sized appropriately. Images taken directly from cameras and smart phones are often too large in the raw (unedited) format, so you will need to resize the image.
First, you will need to upload the image to a computer (Mac or PC). You can do this by connecting your camera or phone via USB, or by emailing the image to yourself and saving it on the computer you plan to use.
Once you have your image saved on the computer, you can open the image and change the size. Images should be 800 pixels wide (or less) before they are uploaded to a Blogs@Baruch site. Directions for how to open and resize an image are below.
On a PC, resize a picture using the ‘Paint’ program.
- Open Paint: Click the Start button > All Programs > Accessories > Paint.
- Click the Paint button, click Open, and select the picture you want to resize.
- On the Home tab, in the Image group, click Resize.
- In the Resize and Skew dialog box, make sure the Maintain aspect ratio check box is selected so that resized picture will have the same aspect ratio as the original picture.
- To resize the picture so it’s a specific size, click Pixels, and then enter a new width (800) in the Horizontal box. Click OK. Now your picture is resized.
- Click the Paint button, point to Save as, and then click the picture file type for the resized image.
- Type a new file name in the File name box, and then click Save. Make sure you Save it somewhere that you can access later (ex: a USB drive or a personal folder).
On a Mac, resize an image using the ‘Preview’ program.
- Click on the saved image and it will open in Preview.
- From the top menu, choose Tools > Adjust Size.
- Choose a common size from the “Fit into” menu or, enter new values for width and height.
- You can select 800 x 600 from the “Fit into” menu.
- To ensure that the image keeps its original proportions, select “Scale proportionally.” If you change either the width or height, the other value changes to maintain the proportions. If you choose a size from the “Fit into” pop-up menu, the image’s width or height may be smaller than the chosen size to maintain the proportions.
- To make the image’s dimensions smaller without losing any detail, deselect “Resample image” before changing the width or height.
Disclaimer: The Office of Student Life may use the photograph/video in publications or other media material published, including but not limited to: brochures, invitations, books, newspapers, magazines, television, websites, etc.