Publish a post on your blog comprising a few paragraphs (about 200 to 300 words in total) introducing yourself and what you would like to achieve by maintaining a blog to support your learning. If you are a first-time blogger, you can also include a reflection on this e-Learning activity. Choose an original title for your post or use: “Declaring myself on LiDA101“. Your blog post must include:

1. At least one link to an external website (for example, a resource you found useful, or a link back to this e-Learning activity)
2. Your first image from the LiDA photo challenge. (In addition to completing the photo challenge, this step will confirm your ability to upload an image to your course blog. Make sure you clear permissions with the person who took the photograph, because they would normally own the copyright of the image. Be sure to attribute the copyright holder unless it’s your own selfie.)
3. Optional: Record a short video introduction and embed this in your blog post.
4. Add a category or tag for your post using the course tag: LiDA101.
   • See how to add a tag in WordPress or in Blogger see Change settings on your posts to add a label.
   • The tag is needed for the harvester we use to identify posts for the LiDA course. If the tag is missing, we will not be able to incorporate a link to your post into the course feed. This is done automatically once you have linked your blog url to your course website account (see below).
5. At least one comment (for example invite a friend or family member to comment on your blog post). This is so you can test that you have enabled comment settings properly and know how to moderate posts, if required.
6. You will need to assign your blog URL to your registered account on the course.oeru.org website. We need this URL to harvest posts tagged or labelled with the course code “LiDA101” for the aggregated course feed. Please note that it may take up to an hour before your posts appear in the feed. If the post does not appear in the feed after a few hours, check that you have assigned the correct blog URL and tagged or labelled your post using the course code.
   • Read the following instructions on the OERu support site:
     1. How we scan your Blog Feed URL
     2. How to assign your blog URL for the feed scanner
   • To assign your blog URL:
     1. Log in to the course website
     2. Visit Blog Feed Finder service.
     3. Enter the full URL of the PUBLIC view of your blog. (Tip: Don’t use the dashboard url used for editing your blog).
     4. Follow the instructions on screen to assign your blog to the courses you have enrolled for.