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Hi all, this upgrade to WordPress 5.4 brings a few handy improvements: A four-screen “onboarding” style guide to using the block editor that appears the first time you open the block editor. It can be viewed again via the vertical three dots in the upper right of the window under the item “Welcome Guide”. (If…
Your portfolio
This portfolio starter site was intended to make the process of building a space less technically intimidating, and also easier. While the instructions are focused on basic processes and settings, you are invited to make theme changes and more ambitious shifts as you become more comfortable. Some examples from previous students Elizabeth Spike, Sophia Dodic,…
TRU Faculty Webwork Course Requests
Hi all, please request your Webwork accounts/courses using the form below. It accommodates multiple courses per instructor, multiple instructors per course (for co-teaching or multi-section courses using a common Webwork course.), and adding notes to copy problem sets from an existing course. Please note the following account information which increases flexibility for Faculty, Webwork accounts…
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