Writing Requirements:
From the course outline:
Be a minimum of 3 paragraphs, one summarizing the work completed by the student, one or more discussing the facility from the perspective of one of the chapters’ sections (e.g., Chapter 8: Operations: Space management or Chapter 10: Marketing and sales: Facility marketing), and one or more reflecting on and critiquing the experience.
Grammar and spelling count – reread and proof this
Include at least one original photo in the post (select: “Right” for alignment when adding the photo). Original means that the student took the photo (or someone else using the student’s camera (phone)
Logistics of Writing the Blog:
To complete this blog, a few steps of explanation are required.
- The professor will send each student a unique login ID and password. If you do not receive that email, contact Professor Wilson.
- Students will go to the following link: http://www.sportmgmt.com/wp-admin and will see a login ID box and a password box.
Posting the self-evaluation:Â Follow these steps:
- Click on “New Post” in the top menu (alternately, you may also click on “add new” under the “posts” tab on the left-hand side menu
- Give your post an appropriate title
- Write your post (you can “save draft” as you write, but you should not “publish” until finished). Make sure to include a picture by clicking on the “Upload/Insert” “Add an Image” icon above the “kitchen sink” of writing tools (and the post writing box).
- After writing, in the right-hand column of “categories” and check “SPM 400” **This is an extremely important step, if you miss it, your blog WILL NOT appear in the blog section, but on the main page.
- Click “Publish“
That is all it takes to publish your blog.
After writing your blog:
After it publishes, a “view post” button will appear near the top of the page. Click it to view the post.
Please immediately re-read your entire post, so that you can make sure you’ve made no mistakes.
Remember that your writing will now be visible to the ENTIRE WORLD, so when writing please:
- exercise professionalism (no profanity, slang, potentially derogatory or hateful remarks, words or anything else (i.e., photos) that)
- write, read, rewrite (follow this process on everything you write)
- consider your audience (this will be viewed by your peers, but can also be viewed by anyone else navigating to the site)
- maintain your integrity (let your words represent the person you are; be honest in critiquing yourself and generous in constructive criticism of others as they self-critique)
If you make a mistake in writing your blog, you can edit it by:
- Select “Edit” under the “Posts” tab
- Change your error (i.e., check the correct category box, fix misspelled words, etc.)
- Click “Publish” to update your post with changes
Alternately: If you had clicked the “view post” button and are looking at the post, you should see the word, “Edit“. Click on it and it will open the post in edit mode for you to make your changes.
