{"id":1200,"date":"2023-05-08T20:54:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T00:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/?page_id=1200"},"modified":"2025-05-28T11:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:26:31","slug":"introductory-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/course-information\/introductory-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Introductory Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Create a blog to introduce yourself to the class.<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Be creative.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A photo of yourself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Answer the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who are you?<\/li>\n<li>What are you studying at U of R?<\/li>\n<li>What is your favorite dish to make? To eat?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Important note:\u00a0 Blackboard does not work well with Safari; please use Chrome or Firefox.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">To set up your Blog:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">1) Go to &#8220;Blogs&#8221; on Blackboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">2) Find the blog the assignment name and submit your blog. The video below walks you through how to make a blog entry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UrqmOuWwxHA?start=43\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: #800080;\">3) Videos: <\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">If you don&#8217;t already have one, you will need to create a YouTube page for your videos and including as an embedded video in your blog. You can set the videos to be <i>unlisted<\/i> on YouTube so that they cannot be searched.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">4) Pictures<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\n<li>Do NOT use images that are in the .HEIC format (those created on an iPhone or iPad. Blackboard requires the reader to download each file, one at a time, to view. Rather, save as .png, .jpg, or .jpeg.<\/li>\n<li>Embed your pictures; do not add as attachments. To do so, click the icon shown below:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/setting-up-your-visual-notebook\/embed-photo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-915\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-915 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Embed-Photo-1024x335.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Embed-Photo-1024x335.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Embed-Photo-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Embed-Photo-768x251.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Embed-Photo-1536x502.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Embed-Photo-800x261.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Embed-Photo.png 1726w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\n<li>This will allow you select your image.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/setting-up-your-visual-notebook\/screen-shot-2021-05-23-at-11-17-20-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-916\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-916 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.17.20-AM-1024x812.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.17.20-AM-1024x812.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.17.20-AM-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.17.20-AM-768x609.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.17.20-AM-800x634.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.17.20-AM.png 1244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\n<li>You can adjust the size of your picture once it is embedded by dragging the boxes in the corners of the image.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/setting-up-your-visual-notebook\/adjust-photo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-917\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-917 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/adjust-photo-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/adjust-photo-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/adjust-photo-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/adjust-photo-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/adjust-photo-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/adjust-photo-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/adjust-photo.png 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\n<li>Best way to embed your video is to first upload to YouTube. Then can embed in the same way as you embedded your photos. There is an option to upload YouTube video. (Note: You do not need to use YouTube. Other options are available.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/setting-up-your-visual-notebook\/screen-shot-2021-05-23-at-11-29-56-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-918\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-918 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.29.56-AM-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.29.56-AM-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.29.56-AM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.29.56-AM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.29.56-AM-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.29.56-AM-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.29.56-AM.png 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\n<li>You will get the option to search for your video. You can use the title or link to search. In this example, I searched for Gordon Ramsey. I picked one by clicking select.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/setting-up-your-visual-notebook\/screen-shot-2021-05-23-at-11-30-38-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-919\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-919 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.38-AM-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.38-AM-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.38-AM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.38-AM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.38-AM-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.38-AM-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.38-AM.png 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\n<li>You will then have options on how you would like it to appear in your posting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/setting-up-your-visual-notebook\/screen-shot-2021-05-23-at-11-30-59-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-920\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-920 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.59-AM-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.59-AM-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.59-AM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.59-AM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.59-AM-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.59-AM-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.30.59-AM.png 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\n<li>I chose embed video and it will look like this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/setting-up-your-visual-notebook\/screen-shot-2021-05-23-at-11-31-33-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-921\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-921 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.31.33-AM-1024x705.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.31.33-AM-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.31.33-AM-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.31.33-AM-768x529.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.31.33-AM-1536x1058.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.31.33-AM-800x551.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.31.33-AM.png 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\n<li>When I post my blog, the text above the video will not be included. See below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/setting-up-your-visual-notebook\/screen-shot-2021-05-23-at-11-32-31-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-922 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.32.31-AM-1024x880.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.32.31-AM-1024x880.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.32.31-AM-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.32.31-AM-768x660.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.32.31-AM-1536x1320.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.32.31-AM-800x688.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/files\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-11.32.31-AM.png 1724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><button style=\"background-color: #fdedec; font-size: 120%;\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/lab-schedule\/\">Lab Schedule (Home)<\/a><\/button>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<button style=\"background-color: #fdedec; font-size: 120%;\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/course-information\/\">Course Information<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create a blog to introduce yourself to the class. Be creative.\u00a0 Include: A photo of yourself. Answer the following questions: Who are you? What are you studying at U of R? What is your favorite dish to make? To eat? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/course-information\/introductory-blog\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1230,"featured_media":0,"parent":332,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[142150],"class_list":["post-1200","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1200"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1274,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1200\/revisions\/1274"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/chemistryofcooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}