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Get Started
1. Sign up or Sign in at http://splashup.com 2. Open a //New// image under //File//
 * Next Click Edit Images
 * Name: FirstNameBanner
 * Width: 460 Height: 60.
 * OK

Play
3. Explore several different ways to create a background layer. Try all of these before you decide how you want to make your final background. 4. Use the Text tool to type your name.
 * One at a time, click on the Box, Circle, and Polygon
 * Change the color.
 * Drag your cursor from the top left to the bottom right corner.
 * Click the Gradient
 * Add and change colors in the Options panel
 * Click on the Image and drag until you see colors
 * Click Radial
 * Click anywhere in the image, and drag your mouse, while holding the left button
 * Click Marker, Line, Pencil, and/or Brush
 * Draw and paint using different colors.
 * Explore the different options (especially under the Paintbrush).
 * Use Filters on the top menu
 * Choose your favorite two colors for the Foreground and Background colors.
 * Click Clouds in the Filters.
 * Try the other Filter options.
 * Format: size, color, font
 * Click on the image area to insert your text
 * Notice that a new layer is created each time you click.
 * Find out how to add and delete layers in the lower right box.
 * Choose the move icon (arrow) to place your text exactly where you want it.
 * Click "Apply Move" In the Options box. (If you don't do this last step, the program will freeze and you'll loose your work.)

Save
5. Save your work to splashup as an .fxo image. This allows you to continue working on it from another computer.
 * File > Save Image
 * Choose the splashup tab
 * Choose a folder or create a new folder
 * In the Image Name box, type: FirstNameBanner
 * Click Save
 * In the Type box, select fxo
 * Click Save again > Wait for Save completed! to appear.

6. When you are finished with your banner, save it again to your computer -- this time as a .jpg image.
 * File > Save Image
 * On the My Computer tab, click Save.
 * Confirm that the Type is jpg
 * Type 100 into the Quality box.
 * Notice that you can change your Matte color here. (You might want it to be white.)
 * Click Update Preview > Save
 * Look to see what folder you are saving in. (You probably want it in My Documents.)
 * Click Save again. > Wait for Save complete! to appear.

Publish
7. Open a New Google Doc.
 * Insert the image.jpeg that you saved to your computer (My Folder for some students)

8. Freewrite (then correct) an answer to the question, "Who am I?"
 * Three to five paragraphs.
 * Third person -- as if someone is describing you (He / She)
 * Here are two examples:

>>What people need to know about M. is that M. is really smart and M. likes to pay attention. When M. does something that M. likes to do, like an experiment, M. will complete the experiment in about 4 days because M. likes to do experiments. When M. likes to do something, M. will only do that and M. will concentrate on that, and not do anything else. >>M. likes to play games because it is really fun, and when M. is waiting for something, M. will play his game because times flies by and M. doesn't need to wait for anything when M. is playing his game. M. used to have a PlayStation 2, and it used to be fun and M. had it for 3 years. M. had a lot of games, but now M. doesn't because M. sold all of it for money. >>Now M. has a GameCube and M. has had it for about 2 years. It is very fun. M. has so many games for the GameCube, and they are really fun. M. really like his games because they are cool, and M. used to have only to 2 games, but now M. has about 11 because M. saves his money so that M. can buy more games for his GameCube.
 * Example 1: M....**

//**Example 2: Ileana**// //>>Ileana doesn't exactly know who she is. She's a different everyday, so far anyways...Who is She? She wonders that herself. >>She is an an open minded person. She is open to things like religion, sexual prefrences, and explantions/reasons for people's behavoir. She is bisexual. Aside from feeling attracted to both genders, she doesn't put barriers on herself. She believes in liking a person for their personality not what physically makes them,// //Them. >>She loves to read and considers herself a bookworm. She loves listening to metal because she feels like it's the type of music that relaxes her. This type of music makes her think more clearly. She loves listening to people and problems they may have. She likes helping people with their problems whenever she can help. She is a genorous person who speaks the truth too often. The type of truth that might offend. >>She loves writing poetry because she is able to show people who she is, and who she is becoming as days, weeks, months and years go by. She grows and develops every day, mentally and spiritually. Her opinions change drastically because all the information she gains every day. She is who she is and her literature says a little about who she is. Her life fuses poetry itself, like all others.//

//9. On your Profile Page in Youth Voices or in the Personal Learning Space, edit your "Who am I?" box. You are now going to insert your image into the Youth Voices "Who am I?" box from the Google doc and then copy and paste your text beneath the link.// //// 10. Make Public. > Save
 * //At the top, in the Who am I? field, type this code://
 * //You now need to find the URL of your image to get it into your profile.//
 * //Go back to your Google Doc. In the upper right hand corner click Publish.//
 * //If you are working with a Google Apps Educator's account, check the first box and un-check the second box on a// Publish this document //page.//
 * //**Check this box:** Automatically re-publish when changes are made//
 * //**Un-check this box:** Viewers must sign in with a// Your School Name// account to view the published document
 * After you publish the document, click on the URL that is your "publicly viewable document,"
 * Click Preview.
 * Control click or right click on the image of your banner and copy the link location.
 * Lastly, paste this URL between the quotation marks in the above code.
 * Copy and paste the text beneath the link.
 * Save - make sure your post is public.