Negor q3 Etech11 Module7 v2
Negor q3 Etech11 Module7 v2
Negor q3 Etech11 Module7 v2
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12 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Empowerment Technologies
Quarter 3 – Module 7:
ONLINE PLATFORMS: ICT CONTENT
DEVELOPMENT
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Media and Information Literacy – Senior High School
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 3 – Module 7: Online Platforms: ICT Content Development
Second Edition, 2021
Republic Act 8293, section 176 states that: No copyright shall subsist in any
work of the Government of the Philippines. However, prior approval of the government
agency or office wherein the work is created shall be necessary for exploitation of such
work for profit. Such agency or office may, among other things, impose as a condition
the payment of royalties.
Borrowed materials (i.e., songs, stories, poems, pictures, photos, brand names,
trademarks, etc.) included in this module are owned by their respective copyright
holders. Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek permission to use these
materials from their respective copyright owners. The publisher and authors do not
represent nor claim ownership over them.
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Introductory Message
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What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master the context of Empowerment Technologies. It contains varied activities that
can help you as a Senior High School student to succeed in environments that
require the use of computer and the Internet.
The module contains lesson in Online Platforms for ICT Content Development
Happy learning!
Content Standard:
Performance Standard:
The learners shall be able to: independently apply the principles and
techniques of design using online creation tools, platforms, and applications
to create original or derivative ICT content for use in specific professional
tracks.
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What I Know
A. Multiple Choice: Select the letter of the best answer from the given choices.
III. Rearrange the following steps in chronological order by numbering them from 1
to the last number of the steps. Write X if the step does not belong.
A Posting Using Word Press Steps on How to start a Blog
____ Disable Auto sharing ___ Add/Write new blog posts and
____ Change the format, category, add pages
tags ___ Design your blog by choosing a
____ Preview your post, once satisfied, theme
click on Publish ___ Set up your blog through web
____ Add the title, edit the ULR, then hosting
add the content of your post ___ Configure your blog
_____ On your dashboard, go to ___ Add logo, change colors and
Post>Add New structure
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Online Platforms for ICT
ICT Content Development
What’s In
Online platforms that you can use for ICT content development are social
media platforms like Facebook and Google Plus, and blogging platforms like
WordPress, Tumblr, and Blogger. Social Media are hampered by low customization
but are strengthened by their popularity. On the other hand, blogging platforms are
not as popular but are highly customizable.
What’s New
Blogs, news, and shopping websites use CMS which stands for Content
Management System. CMS is a computer application that allows you to publish, edit,
manipulate, organize and delete web content.
Cloud computing applications are those that do not need any installation and
are readily available over the Internet. You just need an Internet connection to access
it. Cloud computing has its pros and cons, but it is up to us on what we want and
how we want to use it.
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What is It
We will focus on platforms that will allow us to share our own content to the
rest of the world. We will also create a few of them to experience what it is like to use
all of them.
1. Social Media Platforms. Websites like Facebook allow you to create not only
personal accounts but also pages and groups where you can share content.
The only downside of this is that you are restricted to Facebook’s “one-size -
fits -all” design
On the plus side, Facebook has billions of users. LinkedIn is another
example of a social networking site where its focus is on business and
professional networking
2. Blogging Platform. Websites like Word Press, Tumbler, and Blogger focus on
content and design. It typically looks like a newsletter where you are given
options to change the design to your liking. Though you can manipulate the
design, social media platform’s popularity is still unrivaled. The amount of
customization in blogs is also unrivaled depending on the content
management system implemented by the provider.
Content Management
A Content Management System (CMS) is a computer application (sometimes
online or browser-based) that allows you to publish, edit and manipulate,
organize and delete web content. CMS is used in blogs, news websites, and
shopping.
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Tips for choosing a blog topic:
Are you an expert in something?
Are you passionate about something?
Are you learning something new and want to write about your process?
Here’s an example: If you are highly interested in fitness and you like to train, it’s
wise to share your wisdom in a blog that is related to fitness or cover topics on
training and nutrition. Through the blog, you’ll be able to get new clients.
Note: You don’t need to choose your blog topic right away, but it’s good if you already
have something in mind.
In that way, you’ll have no limitations related to your blog content (such as
images and videos). Your blog will look more professional, better looking, and can be
improved later on. Plus, you actually own your blog. Of course, if you don’t plan to
blog for more than a few weeks, a free blog might make sense. In every other case,
we recommend the self-hosted route.
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It’s free to use (open-source)
It’s very flexible with hundreds of free (and premium) blog themes
It has a large developer community
WordPress is being updated and improved regularly
You will have full control over your blog
STEP 3 – Set Up Your Blog Through Web Hosting (and Register Domain
Name)
To get started with a self-hosted WordPress blog, you’ll be going to need to buy a
domain name and choose a WordPress web hosting.
Of course, you don’t need to use Bluehost, especially when you already have
a web host. Whichever hosting company you choose, make sure it has “one-click
installs” for blogging platforms such as WordPress. This will make your set up
process much easier.
If you get stuck registering a domain name and signing up for Bluehost, below
is a quick step-by-step guide that we made.
Registering a domain name and choosing a web hosting plan on Bluehost
(EXPANDS)
Install WordPress. Once you have signed up with Bluehost, you’re able to install
your WordPress blog. Don’t worry, most reputable web hosting companies offer one-
click install for a WordPress blogging platform, so it should be very easy.
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STEP 4 – Configure Your WordPress Blog
Once you have your admin account for WordPress all set up (the previous
step), you can proceed to visit your new dashboard:
Just go to yourdomain.com/wp-admin and input the access details for your admin
account. Once you log in, you’ll see this:
Even though WordPress is already 100% operational, there are still some
settings that you should go through in order to customize your WordPress blog.
1. General Settings
Start by going to the left sidebar and clicking on Settings → General.
In this section, you can also check if your blog address (URL) is in order, set
the timezone you’re in, and your preferred language. Another important thing to
note is that Bluehost has a Coming Soon feature in the last section of General
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Settings. Once you’re ready to go live with your blog make sure to turn this feature
off.
2. Visibility in Google
The next, super-important thing that you must do is make sure that search
engines such as Google can index your new blog.
To do that, go to Settings → Reading (again, from the main sidebar) and make
sure that the field labeled “Discourage search engines from indexing this site”
remains unchecked. Like so:
If you don’t do that, your blog might end up literally invisible to Google.
3. Permalinks
The “permalinks” settings define how WordPress will go about creating
individual URLs – webpage addresses – for each of your individual blog posts or sub-
pages. Though the idea might sound a bit advanced, setting this is very simple.
Just go to Settings → Permalinks. Once there, set your permalinks to the “Post name”
variant, like so:
This is the most optimal setting of the ones available and also the one
preferred by Google and other search engines.
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Go back to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to Appearance → Themes.
Once there, click on “Add New”:
What you’re going to see are the most popular free WordPress themes in the
market. And the best part is that you can install any of them with just one click. Go
ahead and spend a while browsing through this list to find something that really
suits your business and the main purpose behind your new blog. Once you do see a
theme you like, you can get it installed onto your blog by clicking on “install” next to
the theme’s name, followed by “activate”.
Note: What you’re doing here is just changing the look of your blog. You’re
not erasing any of your content. You can change your themes as often as you want,
without having to worry about your pages vanishing.
Depending on your current theme, you’ll get a different set of options in the
sidebar menu, but the most common ones will include:
“Site Identity” – this is where you can set your blog title again, plus add a
logo image and a site icon (aka. favicon).
“Colors” – for adjusting the basic colors used throughout the design.
“Header” – for setting your header graphic or image.
“Background” – for setting your background graphic, image, or color.
“Menus” – more on this later on.
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“Widgets” – more on this later on as well.
And other, theme-dependent settings.
Since you probably already have your site title and tagline set up, what you’re
going to be doing here is adding your company logo and favicon. Both are quite
easy to do:
To add your logo, just click on the “Select logo” button. On the next screen,
WordPress will let you know what sort of graphics are acceptable for logos.
After uploading your logo, you should see it inside the live preview window.
To add your favicon, click on the button labeled “Select image” under the “Site Icon”
section:
The process is quite similar here as well – WordPress will tell you what sort of
an image it’s expecting. However, the thing that’s different here is that once you do
add your favicon, it won’t actually get displayed anywhere in the preview. To see it,
look at the main top bar of your web browser, next to the blog title. An example from
this site:
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You can pick basically whatever image you wish for your site header, as long
as it’s of sufficiently high quality. WordPress will let you know about the minimal
requirements for your header image right on the upload screen.
4. Change Background
Some themes come with the ability to set the main background for your whole
website. Most commonly, these options will allow you to set a custom image or a
solid color to be in the background. Either way, you can get quite interesting effects
if you experiment with this long enough.
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Here is a great overview of how adding posts and pages works on WordPress.
As you would imagine, once you click the “Publish” button, your page becomes visible
to the public.
Creating new posts works exactly the same as creating new pages. The only
difference is that your posts are going to be displayed automatically on your
homepage, while your pages need to be added to a menu if you want anyone to find
them.
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To create a new menu, go to Appearance → Menus. Once there, look through
the list of the available pages (the pages you’ve created so far) and click the
checkboxes next to the ones that you want to have in your new menu. Then, click on
“Add to Menu”. You’ll see your pages listed in the section on the right.
At this stage, you can also drag-and-drop those pages to realign them. When
you’re done, you can also select one of the checkboxes under “Display location” (see
below). Most commonly, your main navigation location should be listed there – in our
case, it’s “Top Menu”. When we click on the main “Save Menu” button, my menu is
going to be set.
What you can do with all those widgets is place them in one of the predefined
widget areas – usually within the sidebar or the footer. For example, we can drag-
and-drop the “Recent Posts” widget to our “Footer 1” widget area. You can do the
same with any of the other available widgets. Just grab them from the section on the
left and drag-and-drop them onto any of the widget areas that your theme gives you.
Note: The widget areas that you see in your admin panel depend on the theme
that you’re currently using.
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Cloud Computing: Understanding the Cloud
What is the cloud? You may have heard people using terms like the cloud,
cloud computing, or cloud storage. But what exactly is the cloud? Simply put, the
cloud is the Internet—more specifically, it's all of the things you can access
remotely over the Internet. When something is in the cloud, it means it's stored on
Internet servers instead of your computer's hard drive.
Why use the cloud? Some of the main reasons to use the cloud are
convenience and reliability. For example, if you've ever used a web-based email
service, such as Gmail or Yahoo! Mail, you've already used the cloud. All of the
emails in a web-based service are stored on servers rather than on your computer's
hard drive. This means you can access your email from any computer with an
Internet connection. It also means you'll be able to recover your emails if something
happens to your computer.
Let's look at some of the most common reasons to use the cloud.
1. File storage: You can store all types of information in the cloud,
including files and email. This means you can access these things from
any computer or mobile device with an Internet connection, not just
your home computer. Dropbox and Google Drive are some of the most
popular cloud-based storage services.
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2. File sharing: The cloud makes it easy to share files with several people
at the same time. For example, you could upload several photos to a
cloud-based photo service like Flickr or iCloud Photos, then quickly share
them with friends and family.
3. Backing up data: You can also use the cloud to protect your files. There are
apps such as Carbonite that automatically back up your data to the cloud.
This way, if your computer ever is lost, stolen, or damaged, you'll still be able
to recover these files from the cloud.
2. Pixlr: Pixlr is an image editing application that runs in your web browser.
Much like Adobe Photoshop, it includes many advanced features, like color
correction and sharpening tools.
3. Google Docs: Google Docs is an office suite that runs in your browser. Much
like Microsoft Office, you can use it to create documents, spreadsheets,
presentations, and more. And because the files are stored in the cloud, it's
easy to share them with others.
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Advantages Disadvantages
1. No need to install
2. Saves hard disk space 1. Can be hampered down by slow
3. Easy access to your software/ Internet speed; no connection, no
files; can be ran anywhere as long cloud computing
there is Internet connection 2. May still require compatible
4. Saves your money from buying software like a browser
software like licenses and 3. You do not own the software; you
additional hard disk space are simply renting it.
5. No need to update because it 4. Security risk of doing things over
updates automatically the Internet as opposed to your
6. Minimum system requirements personal computer alone
7. Back up and data recovery are 5. More prone to hacking
relatively easier than on a 6. Limited control over the
physical device. infrastructure itself
Using cloud computing is generally up to you. Large companies opt to use the
cloud because they do not need to pay licenses for each computer they have for their
company; instead, they can use a software and demand.
ETech Terms
Cloud Computing - means storing and accessing data and programs over the
internet instead of your computer's hard drive.
Content Management System (CMS) – a computer application that allows
you to publish, edit, manipulate, organize, and delete with content.
Blogging – focuses on content and design. It typically looks like a newsletter
where you are given options to change the design to your liking.
Social Media Platforms – allow you to create not only personal accounts but
also pages and groups where you can share content.
WordPress – a free blogging platforms
Theme – the overall design of a website.
Vlogging (short for “video blogging”) - is the daily practice of capturing and sharing
vlogs characteristically featuring a vlogger shooting themselves at arm’s length
throughout their everyday activities.
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What’s More
Activity 1:
1. What are other blogging platforms besides WordPress that piqued your
interest? Why?
____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
______________________________.
2. What basic principles of design did you follow in your blog layout? Explain.
_______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
___________________________.
3. Besides WordPress and Piktochart, what are the other cloud computing
software you have used so far?
_______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
__________________________.
What I Can Do
Activity 3:
1. Research ten uncommonly used Filipino words, their definition, and example
for each when used in a sentence.
2. Create a blog post about these words using the blog you created.
3. Choose three of these words and video someone (or yourself) to pronounce
these three words using all of them in individual sentences. Upload these
videos on YouTube.
4. Embed those videos as part of your post.
Activity 4:
Add your classmate’s blog to your reading list (when logged into your
WordPress account, simply visit their site, and click on Follow). Update your blog at
least once a week. Talk about anything that interests you and your readers.
Comment on your classmates’ posts and respond to any comments given to you.
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Assessment
A. Multiple Choice: Select the letter of the best answer from the given choices.
III. Rearrange the following steps in chronological order by numbering them from 1
to the last number of the steps. Write X if the step does not belong.
A Posting Using Word Press Steps on How to start a Blog
____ Disable Auto sharing ___ Add/Write new blog posts and
____ Change the format, category, add pages
tags ___ Design your blog by choosing a
____ Preview your post, once satisfied, theme
click on Publish ___ Set up your blog through web
____ Add the title, edit the ULR, then hosting
add the content of your post ___ Configure your blog
_____ On your dashboard, go to ___ Add logo, change colors and
Post>Add New structure
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Additional Activity
7. What new job possibilities are there that don't exist today?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________.
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Assessment What I know
I. Multiple Choice I. Multiple Choice
1. B 1. B
2. A 2. A
3. C 3. C
4. D 4. D
5. C 5. C
II. Matching Type II. Matching Type
6. C 6. C
7. D 7. D
8. B 8. B
9. 9 9. 9
10. A 10. A
III. III.
C. Posting using Word Press A. Posting using Word Press
__X_ Disable Auto sharing __X_ Disable Auto sharing
__3_ Change the format, category, __3_ Change the format, category,
add tags add tags
__4_ Preview your post, once __4_ Preview your post, once
satisfied, click on Publish satisfied, click on Publish
__2_ Add the title, edit the ULR, then __2_ Add the title, edit the ULR, then
add the content of your post add the content of your post
__1_ On your dashboard, go to __1_ On your dashboard, go to
Post>Add New Post>Add New
D. Steps on How to start a Blog B. Steps on How to start a Blog
_5__ Add/Write new blog posts and _5__ Add/Write new blog posts and
pages pages
_3__ Design your blog by choosing a _3__ Design your blog by choosing a
theme theme
_1__ Set up your blog through web _1__ Set up your blog through web
hosting hosting
_2__ Configure your blog _2__ Configure your blog
_4__ Add logo, change colors and _4__ Add logo, change colors and
structure structure
Answer Key
References
Books
Empowerment Technologies. Rex Book Store Inc. and Innovative Training Works,
Inc., First Edition 2016
Web Sites
Schaferhoff, Nick, “How to Start a Blog: Step-By-Step Guide for Setting Up Your Own
Blog”, accessed January 20, 2021, https://websitesetup.org/how-to-
start-a-blog-guide/