Faculty Page Guide

Office of Public Affairs

Updated 5/13/19

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WordPressContentManagementSystemWelcometoournewWordPressContentManagementSystem,whichwillmakeeditingandmanagingyourfacultypagemucheasier.PleasecontactPublicAffairsbyphone (212)346-8501oremailpublicaffairs@bmcc.cuny.eduifyouhaveanyquestions.1)GotoFaculty/StaffResources,amenutitletowardsthetopoftheBMCCwebsite;selectFaculty/StaffResourcesonthatmenu

2)Intherightcolumn(Resources)scrolldowntoFacultyPageLogin.

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3)LogintoyourfacultypagewithyourOutlookemailusername(justthenamepart,not@bmcc.cuny.edu)andyourOutlookpassword.

4)Youwillseeyourfacultyprofilefromthebackendofthesite—theinformationherecomesfromCUNYFirst.Ifanythingisincorrectonthispage,wewillreportittothem.Togotoyourfacultypage,hoverovertheword“Faculty”onthelefthandmenuandthenselect“AllFaculty”.(Youwillbebroughtdirectlytoyourfacultypage)

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5)EditingYourFacultyPageType,cutandpaste,oredittextintheboxes.

BiographicalDescriptionUsethird-personsingulartocreateabriefbiographicaldescription.YoucanincludeahyperlinktoyourLinkedinorpersonalprofessionalwebsiteinthelastsentenceofyourbio.

Beconsistent.Abbreviatedays:Mon.,Tue.,Wed.,Thurs.,Fri.,Sat.,Sun.

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6)ExpertiseAddyourareasofexpertise.

7)AddingCoursesTaught

WhileintheCoursesTaughtfield,typethethreelettercodeforthesubject,(ex.MAT,ENG,BUS,etc.)andyouwillgetadropdownlistofcoursesinthatfieldtoselectfrom.

ChangingCourseOrderYoucanchangetheorderofthecoursesbydraggingthembeforeorafteranothercourse.

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8)AddingPublicationsTypeorcutandpasteyourpublicationsinthePublicationsbox.

Movethepublications(draganddroporcutandpaste)tobeinreversechronologicalorder,sothatthenewestpublicationisfirst)Youcanhyperlinktoonlineversionsofyourpublicationthatareavailablefreeofcharge.9)SelectUpdatetosaveandpublishyourchanges.

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HEADSHOTS

Ourphotographerisavailabletotakeheadshotsoffaculty.PleasecontactPublicAffairsbyphone (212)346-8501oremailpublicaffairs@bmcc.cuny.eduifyoudonothaveaprofessionalheadshotonyourfacultypage.Youcanuploadyourphotousing“SetFeaturedImage”onthelowerrightsideofthescreen.

AfterclickingSetFeaturedImage,youwillbebroughttotheMediaLibrary,whereopentheFacultyHeadshotsfolderonthelefttoselectyourphoto.(pictureofthisonnextpage.)

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Afteryouhaveclickedonyourimage,clickonSetFeaturedImageatthelowerrightofthepagetobringthisimageintoyourfacultypage.

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RESUMEScrollingdowntothebottomofthepageyouwillfindabuttontouploadaresumeorCV.

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FORMATTINGANDSTYLEAPSTYLEBMCCusesAssociatePress(AP)styleforprintandwebsite.SomeexamplesofAPstyleare:TimeAPstyleusesperiodsfora.m.andp.m.andlowercaseletters.

Ex.3:30p.m.or8a.m.iscorrectDates,Months,Years,DaysoftheWeekFordatesandyears,usefigures.Donotusest,nd,rd,orthwithdates

Ex.May12iscorrect...notMay12th

TechnologicalTermsHerearethecorrectspellingsforsomecommontechnologicalterms:

• e-book• e-bookreader• e-reader• email• cellphone• Facebook

NumbersSpelloutnumbersusedatthebeginningofasentence,exceptforyears.

Ex.Twohundredstudentsvolunteeredfortheprogram.2018wastheyearthecollegepresidentsteppeddown.

Headings

*Capitalizeprincipalwordsinheadingsandsubheads-minorwordssuchasfor,of,a,an,at,arenotcapitalized-seeAPStyleTitleCaseformoreinformation

APStyleReferencesAmorecompletesummaryoftheAPstylecanbefoundinthefollowing:

• ThePurdueOnlineWritingLab• TheStateofColoradoAPCheatSheet

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FormattingStyle

UseofBoldTypeUseoccasionalboldtypetoemphasizeoneortwowords,notawholesentenceorparagraph.

UseofALLCAPSThisisnotastyleweuseontheBMCCwebsite.Itismoredifficulttoreadthanmixedcase.

UseofUnderliningUnderliningisnotusedonourwebsite,becauseitcaneasilybemistakenforahyperlink

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OFFICEOFPUBLICAFFAIRSMainNumber: (212)346-8501Email: publicaffairs@bmcc.cuny.edu Location: RoomF-1230U,FitermanHall

ManuelRomero,ExecutiveDirectorAnnetteMaccarone,OfficeAssistant PublicationsTomVolpe,DirectorofPublicationsSharmelaBhagwant,GraphicDesignerJamalJones,GraphicDesignerJeffWong,GraphicDesigner MarketingRosslynnPieters,AssociateDirectorofMarketingLouisChan,Photographer/SocialMediaDavidPangburn,Videographer PublicRelationsLynnMcGee,CommunicationsManagerJohnCodyLyon,Writer WebandMultimediaCynthiaBlayer,WebContentManagerRobGizis,GraphicandMultimediaDesign